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Bitcoin price crash as China puts curbs on cryptocurrency mining
Bitcoin price crashed by around 9 percent on Monday morning after reports emerged that China intensified its crackdown on the said cryptocurrency mining. Bitcoin price touched $32,658.65 at 12:14 pm from a high of $35,924.11 at 1:59 am as per data available on Coindesk — the lowest drop in the last 12 days. However, at…
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[Techie Tuesday] The 21-year-old student-entrepreneur building an Indian self-driving vehicle
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” — Mark Twain For 21-year-old Gagandeep Reehal, age has never been a challenge when it comes to achieving his goals. Busy making India’s self-driving vehicle dream come true, he is the co-founder of Minus Zero, a startup that aims to…
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How the Internet Turned on Elon Musk
After NBC first declared the billionaire car-tech-space mogul Elon Musk would serve as guest host for this week’s “Saturday Night Live,” the backlash was swift. Musk has graced the covers of Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Time; he’s lent himself on several episodes of “South Park,” the most long-running revived show which shares his irascible,…
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Biden takes on Dems’ ‘Mission Impossible’: Revitalizing coal country
After years of watching their standing erode in energy-producing states, Democrats under President Joe Biden have accepted the challenge that’s vexed them for a decade: convincing fossil fuel workers that they will still be okay even if their current jobs evaporate as the nation embraces a climate change-friendly economy. Democrats have a term for their…
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California’s rooftop solar program collides with equity concerns
SACRAMENTO — A pandemic-era backlash from California’s yawning wealth gap is taking aim at the state’s pioneering climate policies. The latest target: incentives such as rooftop solar panels. The generous rewards paid to those who is able to install them onto their roofs amount to subsidies for the wealthy, utilities and other critics of this…
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Gavin Newsom feared a vaccine nightmare. So he outsourced California’s rollout.
OAKLAND — California’s vaccination rollout was sputtering this year when Gov. Gavin Newsom adopted a remedy favored by Republicans: outsourcing. Barely a month after the initial doses came, the Democrat — who wrote a book on administration innovation, and it has bemoaned California’s obsolete technology — filmed a no-bid deal with insurance giant Blue Shield…
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The potential for carbon-capture tech is captivating
The potential for carbon-capture tech is captivating Heather Clancy Thu, 02/04/2021 – 01:30 This week, oil giant ExxonMobil pledged $3 billion to the development of a carbon capture and storage business over the next five years — in a bid to manage its business risks associated with climate change. CEO Darren Woods noted in the company’s…
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The 4 Business Moguls Cheering For ‘The Little Guys’ In The GameStop Fiasco
Wall Street is still reeling after amateur investors poured money into stocks heavily shorted by multiple hedge funds. Many financiers were not thrilled about amateur investors’ discovery of speculative trading. Omega Advisors CEO Leon Cooperman told CNBC that GameStop traders “have no idea what they’re doing.” Though many wealthy Americans familiar with the financial markets…
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WhatsApp vs. Signal: The Privacy Wars Begin
On Wednesday, January 6, Facebook-owned WhatsApp informed its users of an update to their terms and privacy policy. The revamped terms entirely jettison the formerly existing boundaries involving WhatsApp and its parent firm, Facebook, verifying the long-held concern of several users that their personal data will feed Facebook’s indulgences. The upgraded privacy policy came combined…
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Leftist Celebrities, World Leaders, And The ACLU: Who Condemned Twitter’s Censorship of Donald Trump?
Last week, following the appalling violence at the US Capitol building, Twitter announced that they will be suspending President Donald Trump’s account “for both continued and severe offenses of [Twitter’s] Civic Integrity coverage. ” Then, mentioning the assumed “threat of further incitement of violence,” Twitter announced that they had “eternally suspended” Trump’s account. Then, the…