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Instagram, the popular social media app owned by Meta Platforms, is set to launch its NFT integration pilot for the platform on Monday. According to the report from CoinDesk, Instagram is planning non-fungible token (NFT) integrations for Ethereum, Polygon, Solana and Flow. A small group of NFT enthusiasts from the United States will participate in the pilot. It's unclear whether Instagram will support NFTs from all four chains when it launches. Unlike Twitter, Instagram will not charge its users a fee for displaying NFTs according to CoinDesk. Instagram will support widely used crypto wallets like MetaMask. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/05/08/meta…

Fidelity Investments, a U.S. financial services firm, will allow investors to put Bitcoin (BTC) in their 401(k) retirement savings accounts later this year. 401(k) accounts are company-sponsored retirement accounts in the U.S. to which employees can contribute income, while employers may match contributions. As per Fidelity’s plan, a maximum of 20% of contributions can be allocated to investments in Bitcoin. However, this limit may be lowered by employers. This move is expected to allow several first-time investors to gain exposure to bitcoin and other digital assets that may potentially be included by Fidelity in the future. According to Dave Gray, Head of work…

As a person in China... your social credit "score" will go down if you interact with too many others who are in debt. This is a radar device for every citizen to avoid being around others or interacting with other citizens who are in debt. Scary Big Brother stuff going on in china

Luis Miguel ofreció el primero de sus cuatro recitales pautados en las Vegas, Nevada, Estados Unidos, en el Coliseo del Caesars Palace y sorprendió con su look. El rostro más regordete, como si hubiera pasado por algún tratamiento estético (que días atrás él se ocupó de negar) y lleno de canas, algo muy inusual en él. Más allá de la sorpresa de sus fans, lo que a las mujeres más les decepcionó fue saber que sigue de novio... Sí, es que el cantante de 49 años llegó a la ciudad con su novia Mollie Gloud, aunque se había dicho a través de una revista que ambos habían terminado porque el artista estalló de furia cuando le anunció que estaba embarazada y él le pidió que…

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A 73-year-old woman in India has given birth to twin girls. Erramatti Mangayamma is believed to be the oldest person ever to give birth. She became pregnant through IVF and doctors delivered the babies via caesarian section.

No, ya no pienses en llorar de que vale lamentar lo pasado , paso si ese amor terminó otro amor puede llegar nunca es tarde para amar y volver a ser feliz sonríe no para que la soledad cuando la felicidad puede hacerte sentir como es lindo vivir nunca dejes de soñar y mañana al despertar ve la vida con amor sonríe, sonríe noooo nunca dejes de soñar y mañana al despertar ve la vida con amor sonríe, sonríe

Thousands of angry Bolivians have taken to the streets across the country two days after the decision. The court's ruling overturned a 2016 referendum spurred by Morales' attempts to amend the constitution. Thousands of angry Bolivians took to the streets Thursday to protest a decision by the country's Supreme Electoral Court allowing long-serving President Evo Morales to stand for a fourth term in office. Although Bolivia's constitution bars him from running in next October's election and a 2016 national referendum determined he should not be allowed to change the constitution to do so, the court, nevertheless, ruled in his favor on Tuesday. 'Bolivia said …

National and international efforts to develop new sources of carbon-free energy are exploring a nuclear power concept first introduced in the 1950s and 1960s: the Molten Salt Reactor. This design is vastly different from our current light water nuclear power plant and is inspiring a fresh look at the technology. Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are working on many solutions necessary for the design, construction, and operation of a full-scale molten salt reactor. We have expertise in radiochemistry and real-time online monitoring, as well as materials design and performance testing.

In his testimony to the US Senate last spring, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg emphasized that his company doesn’t sell user data, as if to reassure policymakers and the public. But the reality—that Facebook, Google, Twitter, and other social media companies sell access to our attention—is just as concerning. Actual user information may not change hands, but the advertising business model drives company decision making in ways that are ultimately toxic to society. As sociologist Zeynep Tufekci put it in her 2017 TED talk, “we’re building a dystopia just to make people click on ads.” ... Google and Facebook figured out how to commodify "reality" itself by tracking w…

An explosion kills at least 35 people and wounds at least 55 at a market in Kalaya, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Pakistan. Pakistan is having a busy week In the news....

The meaning of the song was hidden in plain sight after all. Although... I thought I saw an interview where Freddie denied "Boehemian Rhapsody " as his coming out song? I could be wrong.

One of the biggest hurdles to widespread adoption of renewables is energy storage. Where do you store energy when the sun's not shining, the wind's not blowing, etc.? A Swedish research team believes it found the breakthrough renewables was looking for, a solar thermal fuel that can store the sun's energy for up to 18 years. Hydrocarbons, in part, became the world's dominant energy source because they are relatively cheap to extract, can be stored for long periods of time, and can be utilized immediately. These factors make it a great source for energy to power on-demand. As batteries continue to develop in their capacity to store energy and for long periods of …

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