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Irish Crypto Exchanges On The Receiving End As Banks Close Accounts
byA study conducted by Amarach Research and Red Flag recently revealed that the number of people in Ireland who currently own cryptocurrencies is around 120,000, or about 2.5% of the population. This is an increase of 300% in a period of four years. Such a remarkable growth in the adoption of cryptocurrencies in Ireland is […]
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Full Vending Machines. Pot on the Pillow. What Some California Hotels Are Doing to Attract Marijuana Smokers
byA few months after California legalized recreational use of marijuana, the Desert Hot Springs Inn in the Coachella Valley began advertising itself as cannabis friendly — a place where guests can smoke by the pool or heat up a vaporizer in the rooms. What surprised innkeeper John Thatcher was not only that business improved by […]
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THE BEST PLACES TO EAT, STAY AND WORK IN MADRID
byKnown for its sunny weather, its prestigious football teams and its food scene, the Spanish capital has long been a privileged destination for tourists on a weekend break. However, it is also rapidly gaining popularity as a destination for business and professional meetings thanks to improvement of the Spanish economy in the last couple of […]
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Eddie Vedder’s wife, more stars are responding to Melania Trump with their own jackets
byStars are responding to Melania Trump’s controversial jacket with jackets of their own. The first lady donned a short trench coat with a startling message scrawled on the back for her unexpected trip to Texas to visit a migrant children’s shelter. “I REALLY DON’T CARE, DO U?” read the white letters on the back of the military-green jacket, […]
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Facebook has ‘no plans’ to listen in on your conversations (for now), but the creepy stories mount
bySAN FRANCISCO — California technology analyst Brian Solis was having a conversation with a friend while the two were driving through Texas. His friend was buying a ranch in Texas but was having trouble with the financing because it was considered a “barndominium.” Solis had never heard the term before nor had he ever researched […]
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Cynthia Nixon reveals her oldest child is transgender
byCynthia Nixon is proud of her kids. On Friday, the candidate for New York governor, 52, shared on Instagram that her oldest child, Samuel—known as Seph—is transgender. Nixon shared the news in a post celebrating her son on the Trans Day of Action with a photo from his graduation earlier this month from the University of […]
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In major privacy win, US Supreme Court says cops need warrant to access cell phone location
byThe decision imposes Fourth Amendment restrictions on the ability to conduct surveillance without probable cause. Police will no longer be able to access cell phone location. That’s a ruling for the privacy of the advocates. The 5-4 decision (.pdf) brings mobile phone location within the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure. The […]
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Cambodia Issues Warning Against Unlicensed Cryptocurrency Trading
byAuthorities in Cambodia have formally warned domestic investors that they risk incurring penalties for buying, selling, or trading cryptocurrencies without getting a license first. “Any person or legal entity that propagates to mobilize funds, buys, sells, trades or settles Crypto Currencies without obtaining license from competent authorities shall be penalized in accordance with applicable laws,” […]
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Trump’s go-it-alone immigration strategy ends in chaos, confusion
byOn Wednesday morning, White House cooks were flipping steaks and unboxing popcorn machines ahead of the yearly congressional picnic. Within the hour, the picnic was scrubbed, the steaks on ice, and the popcorn machines trucked away. A day earlier, President Donald Trump enthusiastically told House Republicans in the Capitol basement he was behind them “1,000%” in their […]
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Best films of 2018 so far
byThe very best of 2018, from Black Panther rewriting the rules for superheroes, Gary Oldman going to war as Churchill, and Maxine Peake blazing her way through 70s sexism. All the Money in the World Raucous thriller about the real-life 1973 kidnapping of J Paul Getty’s grandson, and the billionaire’s subsequent refusal to pay the […]
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