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Blockchain

Facebook to charge $10M per license to manage its cryptocurrency network, report says – CNET

FaceCoin? Nasir Kachroo/Getty Images Facebook is reportedly planning to charge companies $10 million each to operate the nodes on its future cryptocurrency network. The social network could be launching its own Facebook cryptocurrency as early as 2020. An…

bubmagJune 6, 2019

Protectionism

Amazon and Walmart Could Face the Music as PM Modi Begins His Second Term

The results of India's recently concluded general elections don't augur well for the likes of Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) and Walmart(NYSE:WMT). Both American retail giants will now have to work once again with a government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at lea…

bubmagJune 6, 2019

Air Pollution

Robotic furniture transforms Ikea’s tiny rooms with the touch of a button

Swedish home furnishings manufacturer Ikea is understandably proud of its tiny home designs, which can be found in demo form in most of its retail stores, where designers have crammed a bed, a sofa, a television, and a tiny kitchen into spaces as small as 250…

bubmagJune 6, 2019

Christianity

David Horowitz reveals the left’s ‘Dark Agenda’ to destroy Christianity in America

New York Times best-selling author and conservative activist David Horowitz joined Glenn Beck on Tuesday's show to talk about his new book, "Dark Agenda: The War to Destroy Christian America." David reveals how the left is destroying America's heritage and ho…

bubmagJune 6, 2019

Christianity

Here’s Pope Francis’ big change to the ‘Our Father’

Lead us not into mistranslation. Pope Francis officially approved a change to the most famous prayer in Christianity. It’s the prayer Jesus taught followers to pray and one of the few things that unites 2.2 billion Christians across the globe. But the Holy …

bubmagJune 6, 2019

Panda

China’s Xi visits ‘best friend’ Putin, vows new era of ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping began a three-day visit to "best friend" Vladimir Putin on Wednesday with a touch of panda diplomacy and a raft of new Russian-Chinese business contracts. The leaders praised their countries' ties during talks at the Kremlin, as…

bubmagJune 6, 2019

Yemen Civil War

Veterans In The Bronx Say Ocasio-Cortez Is Neglecting Local Issues, ‘She Cares More About Beating Up On Trump’

The two military veterans who said they walked out of a private meeting with New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez say the Democratic congresswoman is neglecting local issues in favor of “beating up on” President Donald Trump and Republicans. Vietnam vetera…

bubmagJune 6, 2019

Holocaust

YouTube bans Holocaust denial videos in policy reversal

YouTube said on Wednesday it would remove videos that deny factual catastrophes such as the Holocaust ever happened and stop sharing ad revenue with channels that skirt too close to its rules, a major policy reversal as it fights criticism that it provides a …

bubmagJune 6, 2019

Air Pollution

In a ‘first’, Gujarat to launch trading system with incentive for low polluting industries

The programme is being piloted in Surat as it is a densely populated industrial centre where textile and dye mills release a significant amount of air pollution. Gujarat on Wednesday launched a market-based trading system to reduce air pollution, where the g…

bubmagJune 6, 2019

Elon Musk

SpaceX Starlink satellites have astronomers amplifying the cosmic alarm – CNET

This image of a distant galaxy group from Arizona's Lowell Observatory is marred by diagonal lines from the trails of Starlink satellites shortly after their launch in May. Victoria Girgis/Lowell Observatory The world's largest organization of professional …

bubmagJune 6, 2019

Facebook to charge $10M per license to manage its cryptocurrency network, report says – CNET

Amazon and Walmart Could Face the Music as PM Modi Begins His Second Term

Robotic furniture transforms Ikea’s tiny rooms with the touch of a button

David Horowitz reveals the left’s ‘Dark Agenda’ to destroy Christianity in America

Here’s Pope Francis’ big change to the ‘Our Father’

China’s Xi visits ‘best friend’ Putin, vows new era of ties

Veterans In The Bronx Say Ocasio-Cortez Is Neglecting Local Issues, ‘She Cares More About Beating Up On Trump’

YouTube bans Holocaust denial videos in policy reversal

In a ‘first’, Gujarat to launch trading system with incentive for low polluting industries

SpaceX Starlink satellites have astronomers amplifying the cosmic alarm – CNET

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