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The Ballston Spa softball team hopes that this weekend’s installment of its annual Grand Slam Tournament will bring awareness to another worthy cause.

The Grand Slam event has been dedicated to the fight against ALS since 2016. This year, the event will be dedicated to suicide awareness and menthal health support.

“One of our players, her father suffered from ALS and we wanted to support her and that cause,” Ballston Spa softball coach Amanda Fifield said. “Then, a family within our program was impacted by the the loss of someone due to suicide. We want to make a donation in their honor, and promote the awareness that there’s help out there for you.”

Prior to the 9 a.m. first pitch Saturday at Luther Forest Athletic Fields in Malta, Fifield will speak briefly before the…

Ethereum scaling solution Polygon today unveiled a new dedicated network for blockchain hosting called “Supernets” and announced a $100 million fund to encourage developers to use the technology.

Polygon is what is known as a Layer-2 scaling solution that provides developers infrastructure on top of the popular Ethereum blockchain to reduce transaction times and costs caused by congestion.

Blockchain technology is the basis of Web3, the decentralized web, which is made up of distributed peer-to-peer applications that run without the need for dedicated servers or centralized authority. Web3 applications are built out of self-executing programmable smart contracts that govern operations and logic over networks.

This fact can lead to challenges for developers because…

The official residence of Canada’s prime minister, 24 Sussex Drive, should be replaced as it is not fit to serve as the home of a major world leader, says a new report by the Crown corporation responsible for government buildings in Ottawa.

The report by the National Capital Commission outlines numerous requirements for a new official residence, which likely would be larger than 24 Sussex and better equipped to host high-level visitors and dignitaries.

The official residence of Canada’s prime minister, 24 Sussex Drive, should be replaced as it is not fit to serve as the home of a major world leader, says a new report by the Crown corporation responsible for government buildings in Ottawa.

The report by the National Capital Commission outlines numerous requirements for a new official residence, which likely would be larger than 24 Sussex and better equipped to host high-level visitors and dignitaries.

“Most G7 and Commonwealth leaders receive official visitors in a space dedicated for these purposes. Canada currently lacks such a facility,” the report reads.

The residence at 24 Sussex, it…