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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Reveals Why He's Pro Dogecoin Amid Debate Over Web3, Ethereum, Decentralization
Bitcoin.com - 25 Dec 2021 03:00
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk has explained why he’s pro dogecoin as the debate over web3, Ethereum, and decentralization intensifies. In the same conversation, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey insisted that he is not a...
The UK has now boosted 45% of people against COVID-19, trailing only Chile, as it launches a Christmas Day vaccination drive
Business Insider - 25 Dec 2021 12:10
Around 200,000 appointments for a booster shot have been made available over Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day.
Judge rules The New York Times must destroy documents and not publish reporting on conservative group
Business Insider - 25 Dec 2021 05:44
The New York Times has appealed the ruling, saying the judge's decision should "raise alarms" about press freedoms and government overreach.
Microsoft joins Google, GM in not attending CES tech conference in person over Omicron surge
Business Insider - 25 Dec 2021 05:16
More than 40 companies have announced they would no longer attend the CES conference in person this January citing a surge in Omicron COVID-19 cases.
New York State Shortens Covid Quarantine Guidelines For Essential Workers
Forbes - 25 Dec 2021 00:20
Fully vaccinated employees who work in healthcare, education and restaurants and groceries can return to work after quarantining for five days, if they meet certain criteria.
Christmas Brings A Special Music Anniversary For The Gatlin Brothers
Forbes - 25 Dec 2021 15:08
They were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry Christmas night 45 years ago.
A man has been arrested after 100 iPads meant as gifts for sick kids were stolen from a children's hospital
Business Insider - 25 Dec 2021 13:31
The iPads, worth over $90,000, were stolen at night from a container outside a children's hospital, reports say.
How Covid-19 Changed These Eight People's Finances
Wall Street Journal - 25 Dec 2021 12:30
A cancer survivor fears he will catch Covid-19 at work. A bartender ditches restaurants for the Navy Reserve. A security guard plots stock bets while working the night shift. Nearly two years into the pandemic, people ar...
Bitcoin battles bears 'on offense' as Christmas delivers a $50K BTC gift
Coin Telegraph - 25 Dec 2021 12:19
It's not all doom and gloom for Bitcoin bulls this year -- gains are still 100% versus last Christmas.
Terra's Mirror protocol warns community against governance attack
Coin Telegraph - 25 Dec 2021 10:05
The attacker launched a public poll on Mirror's official website, which falsely proposes a freeze on the community pool in case of a scam. If executed as planned, the attacker would receive 25 million MIR tokens.
Turkey's crypto law is ready for parliament, President Erdoğan confirms
Coin Telegraph - 25 Dec 2021 06:53
Once implemented, the crypto law will implement a new economic model that can potentially help recover the lira's falling value.
Trump spokesman turned over 1,700 pages of documents and testified for 4 hours for Jan. 6 committee, per new court docs
Business Insider - 25 Dec 2021 04:31
Trump spokesperson Taylor Budowich said that he testified for four hours and shared extensive documents about the financing of rallies on January 6.
To be truly happy, you need to consider this one controversial approach
Fast Company - 25 Dec 2021 04:00
The author of The Sunny Nihilist says, “When we accept that ‘meaning’ isn’t an inherent thing, we can examine it as a concept we create, and hence have the ability to control.” Wendy Syfret is a Melbourne-based...
These may be the 5 most hopeful tech developments of 2021
Fast Company - 25 Dec 2021 02:01
Turns out, there was more good stuff in 2021 than we realized. Welp, 2021 is nearly behind us. And if you ask me, it wasn’t quite the about-face from 2020 we’d been hoping for. It wasn’t as rough as last year. Bu...
Blackstone gets stuck with IPO duds this year including Bumble and Oatly
New York Post - 25 Dec 2021 01:11
It has been a record-breaking year for IPOs, but it has also been a mixed bag -- and billionaire Stephen Schwarzman's Blackstone Group is among those investors who are picking through their duds.
Japanese Tax Body Updates Crypto Guidelines for Staking and Lending, but Not NFTs
Crypto News - 25 Dec 2021 01:00
Japan's tax body - the National Tax Agency - has updated its crypto FAQs, addressing issues including staking and crypto lending. But the body has made no mention of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) or token airdrops - a sign ...
Matrixport Founder Jihan Wu Believes Crypto Space Will Swell to 'Tens of Trillions of Dollars'
Bitcoin.com - 25 Dec 2021 00:30
Seven months ago, during the first week of May, the digital currency entrepreneur Jihan Wu said at a conference that he expects the crypto industry to surpass the internet and the following August, Wu’s firm Matrixport...
: State budgets show largest annual spending increase in 15 years for 2022
Market Watch - 25 Dec 2021 00:04
U.S. states project the biggest gain in general fund spending since '07 for fiscal '22, as economic growth and federal stimulus help boost local fiscal outlooks
'Emily In Paris' Is 'Ringard' Itself: Season 2 Review
Forbes - 25 Dec 2021 22:41
The second season of Emily in Paris has only been on Netflix since December 22, and it has already jumped to the top of Netflix's Top 10 Shows this Holiday Season.
Crypto Mixing Tools Tornado.cash and Cashfusion Obscure More Than $8 Billion in Transactions
Bitcoin.com - 25 Dec 2021 22:30
While blockchain monitoring has increased a great deal during the last few years, cryptocurrency mixers have seen significant use from those who don’t want their financial transactions tracked. Meanwhile, two mixing ap...
Mackey Award Snub Makes No Sense To Michael Mayer's Position Coach
Forbes - 25 Dec 2021 22:09
Tom Coughlin, Bill Parcells and Greg Schiano all had a chance to influence Notre Dame's current tight ends coach during prior stops with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Dallas Cowboys and Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
Kemba Walker's Christmas Day Triple-Double Shows He's Still Playing With A Chip On His Shoulder For Knicks
Forbes - 25 Dec 2021 21:57
Even before this NBA season began, Jim Calhoun was talking about the chip on Kemba Walker's shoulder. The chip has been on full display over the last week -- and especially on Christmas Day -- as Kemba has put up some as...