Origin story — People attending SXSW this weekend were treated to the series’ world premiere. Jennifer Ouellette – Mar 13, 2022 9:53 pm UTC Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as an alien who comes to Earth in hopes of saving the people on his home planet in Showtime’s new series The Man Who Fell to Earth. SXSW …
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What’s so great? — A cute book, but not nearly as good as Deborah Blum’s The Poisoner’s Handbook. Diana Gitig – Mar 13, 2022 11:35 am UTC Neil Bradbury is a physiology professor whose first book, A Taste for Poison, uses tales of poisons and poisoners as a means to explain physiological processes by describing how …
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Swipe right for the truth — Tinder, other apps give activists a way to share what’s really happening in Ukraine. Morgan Meaker, wired.com – Mar 13, 2022 10:43 am UTC Nikolai Vinokurov | Getty Images René has nothing to do with the invasion of Ukraine. The 34-year-old lives more than 1,000 km away in Nuremberg, …
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Boys will be boys — Hit series shows no sign of pulling back on its bloody outrageousness. Jennifer Ouellette – Mar 12, 2022 10:51 pm UTC Prime Video’s hit series The Boys returns for a third season on June 3. Prime Video unveiled a new red-band teaser for the third season of its hit series …
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Pokemon Goes Away — Developer Niantic goes further than game industry peers by fully blocking access. Kyle Orland – Mar 11, 2022 4:44 pm UTC Russian players will soon not be able to join in scenes like this. PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Pokemon Go developer Niantic has become the latest company to answer Ukraine’s call to cut …
Former Vice President Mike Pence traveled to Ukraine this week to extend his support to refugees who have fled the war-torn country due to the Russian invasion. Pence, accompanied by his wife, former Second Lady Karen Pence, visited the Ukraine-Poland border on Thursday, where Christian humanitarian aid organization Samaritan’s Purse has a field hospital for …
ATLANTA — Unaccompanied child migrants trying to enter the United States will no longer be denied a chance to seek asylum under new guidance announced by U.S. health authorities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in announcing the change late Friday night, said “that expulsion of unaccompanied noncitizen children is not warranted to protect …
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Those who studied history well might remember the city-states of medieval Europe. Back then, caravans of merchants traveled from one city-state to another, bringing luxury goods and news from far-away places. It was this lifestyle that enabled these merchants with freedom of mobility and choice. It is a very similar concept to the one described …
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Home » Business » Thailand scraps 7% digital asset tax for traders in new relaxed tariff laws Thailand is reportedly set to relax its taxation policies even further for digital currency traders as it seeks to promote an industry that has exploded in the past year in the Southeast Asian country. The country will scrap …
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On March 10, the STX market increased in parallel with the launching of “Bitcoin Odyssey.” It is a $165 million fund that would use Stacks’ open-source network for Bitcoin-based smart contracts. It will support building Web3, decentralized finance (DeFi), and non-fungible token (NFT) projects on the Bitcoin blockchain. Bitcoin is sometimes criticized for its lack …
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