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Taylor Swift breaks political silence, endorses two Democrats in Tennessee
by“I’ve been reluctant to publicly voice my political opinions, but due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years, I feel very differently about that now,” Swift wrote. Pop star Taylor Swift broke her silence on politics Sunday, pledging to support two congressional Democratic candidates in Tennessee during […]
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H&M buys $20 million stake in Swedish fintech firm Klarna
byFashion chain H&M (HMb.ST) is acquiring a small stake in Klarna in what will be the Swedish online payments services firm’s largest partnership so far. H&M is paying around $20 million for a stake of less than 1 percent, a Klarna spokeswoman said, confirming a Financial Times report on Monday. Klarna’s digital platform would be […]
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Crypto Is More Centralized Than North Korea, Says ‘Dr. Doom’ Economist Roubini
byAmerican Economist Nouriel Roubini has stated that cryptocurrency is more centralized than North Korea in a tweet October 7. New York University professor Roubini, better known as “Dr. Doom” for his alleged prediction of the 2008 Financial crisis, has repeatedly criticized claims that decentralized in cryptocurrency exists. In his tweet today, the Harvard-educated economist again repeated his argument, this time calling […]
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IBM’s Food Blockchain Is Going Live With a Supermarket Giant on Board
byIBM is taking its food-tracking blockchain into production, making it one of the largest enterprise projects to achieve that milestone, and has signed European supermarket giant Carrefour to use it. Announced Monday, the commercial launch of IBM Food Trust means that large players, as well as small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in the food industry supply […]
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America’s nearly forgotten language
byChinook Wawa was once spoken by more than 100,000 people, from Alaska to the California border, for more than 100 years. Even before I saw the water, I heard the rumble. Sounding like a river or a waterfall, the noise was gently muffled by the sword ferns and step moss as it reverberated through the […]
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How Blockchain Can Help You Start, Grow and Protect Your Business
byYour competitors are harnessing the crypto economy’s power. Don’t get left behind. It became open-source software, a business hub, a marketplace. But OpenBazaar began — as great business ideas nearly always do — as a side project. At a Toronto hackathon in 2014, Amir Taaki and a handful of developers started what he called “DarkMarket,” with a proof-of-concept aimed at building […]
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Venezuela Mandates Passport Fees Must Be Paid in Controversial Cryptocurrency Petro
byVenezuelans can only use the state-backed cryptocurrency, the Petro, to pay for passport fees starting next week, the country’s vice president Delcy Rodriguez said in a press conference Friday, Oct. 5. Ahead of Petro’s official “launch” in November, Rodriguez confirmed that as of Monday, Oct. 8, fees for all passport applications will only be payable in Petro, and will cost an […]
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The ultimate guide to proper use of animation in UX
byBy T Rakitskiy Nowadays it’s hard to impress or even surprise with an interface animation. It shows interactions between screens, explains how to use the application or simply directs a user’s attention. While exploring the articles about animation, I found out that almost all of them describe only specific use cases or general facts about […]
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Blockchain Startup Inks Sponsorship Deal with British Masters Tournament
byA blockchain startup is going to be an official sponsor for a professional golf tournament in the United Kingdom. LIFElabs, a philanthropy-based crypto company, has entered into a sponsorship deal with the Sky Sports British Masters tournament, which is scheduled to begin next week. The partnership would mark LIFElabs as the first digital currency firm […]
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‘Cloud.’ ‘Legitimacy crisis.’ ‘Taint.’ Legal experts on Kavanaugh joining the court.
byMisconduct allegations, temperament questions will follow Trump’s pick as he takes his seat. They may never go away. Brett Kavanaugh joins the Supreme Court as damaged goods, dogged by questions about his integrity that he may never be able to outrun — casting a pall over the institution for a long time to come, high […]
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