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Fireball At Mexico Pipeline Tap Kills 66 (#GotBitcoin?)
Oil company Pemex said that "tappers" punctured the pipeline that runs between the seaport of Tuxpan and a refinery. Fireball At Mexico Pipeline Tap Kills 66 A massive explosion at an illegal pipeline tap in central Mexico killed at least 66 people and injured another 76 on Friday, as rescue…
Martin Luther King Jr Day 2019: 50 Quotes From The Civil Rights Leader Who Inspired A Nation
“Ben, make sure you play ‘Take My Hand, Precious Lord’. Play it real pretty”, are said to be the last words of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr, just before he stepped out onto a balcony in Memphis, Tennessee where a gunman shot him a single time, ending his life half a century…
The Big Hangup: Why the Future Is Not Just Your Phone (#GotBitcoin?)
The once-revolutionary smartphone is losing its power to amaze—and maybe its singular hold on our lives. The Big Hangup: Why the Future Is Not Just Your Phone Steve Jobs took to a stage a dozen years ago this week to introduce a revolutionary new product to the world: the first…
American Railways Chug Toward Automation (#GotBitcoin?)
U.S. rail-freight companies say automating tasks once handled by crew will create fluid networks more akin to a model train set. American Railways Chug Toward Automation Mining giant Rio Tinto PLC calls it the world’s largest robot: mile-long driverless trains traversing the sparsely populated Australian Outback on roughly 1,000 miles…
Trump Get’s An “F” On Lowering Drug Prices (#GotBitcoin?)
Drugmakers have sharply boosted prices of some older, low-cost prescription medicines amid supply shortages and recalls—in some cases, by threefold and more. Trump Get's An "F" On Lowering Drug Prices (#GotBitcoin?) Patients and pharmacies grapple with sharply higher costs for certain generic drugs.. The increases are leading to higher costs…
Bitcoin ATM Firm Coinme To Sell Bitcoin At Coinstar Coin Counting Machines (#GotBitcoin?)
United States Bitcoin ATM (‘BTM’) operator Coinme has entered a partnership to sell Bitcoin (BTC) at coin counting kiosks owned by Coinstar, the company confirmed in a press release Jan. 17. Bitcoin ATM Firm Coinme To Sell Bitcoin At Coinstar Coin Counting Machines Coinme, which was the first BTM operator…
Farms, More Productive Than Ever, Are Poisoning Drinking Water in Rural America (#GotBitcoin?)
One in seven Americans drink from private wells, which are being polluted by contaminants from manure and fertilizer. Farms, More Productive Than Ever, Are Poisoning Drinking Water in Rural America Chuck Wagner has given up on drawing clean water from his faucets. When he moved, 23 years ago, to 80…
The Man Turning China Into A Quantum Superpower (#GotBitcoin?)
Jian-Wei Pan, China’s “father of quantum,” is masterminding its drive for global leadership in technologies that could change entire industries. The Man Turning China Into A Quantum Superpower September 29, 2017, a Chinese satellite known as Micius made possible an unhackable videoconference between Vienna and Beijing, two cities half a…
BlackRock Exposes Confidential Data on Thousands of Advisers on iShares Site (#GotBitcoin?)
BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, inadvertently posted confidential information about thousands of financial adviser clients on its website. BlackRock Exposes Confidential Data on Thousands of Advisers on iShares Site Data Leak: Blackrock Exposes Info On Thousands Of Advisers Via Website The data appeared in three spreadsheets, linked on…
Impeachable? Trump Directs Cohen To Lie To Congress (#GotBitcoin?)
House Democrats say they will look into whether President Trump asked former lawyer Michael Cohen to commit perjury. Impeachable? Trump Directs Cohen To Lie To Congress Lawmakers said they would investigate a report that President Trump directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the president’s involvement…
‘They Own the System’: Amazon Rewrites Book Industry By Marching Into Publishing (#GotBitcoin?)
The retail giant, the world’s largest public company, commands an unrivaled customer base for the books, e-books and audiobooks it publishes. ‘They Own the System’: Amazon Rewrites Book Industry By Marching Into Publishing Amazon.com Inc., which over more than two decades made itself the world’s largest book retailer, has created…
PG&E: The First Climate-Change Bankruptcy, Probably Not The Last (#GotBitcoin?)
The fast fall of PG&E after California’s wildfires is a jolt for companies considering the uncertain risks of a warming planet. PG&E: The First Climate-Change Bankruptcy, Probably Not The Last (#GotBitcoin?) PG&E Corp.’s bankruptcy could mark a business milestone: the first major corporate casualty of climate change. Few people expect…