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Facebook Building Cryptocurrency-Based Payments System
Social-media giant is recruiting financial firms, merchants to help launch payments platform. Facebook Building Cryptocurrency-Based Payments System Facebook Inc. is recruiting dozens of financial firms and online merchants to help launch a cryptocurrency-based payments system on the back of its gigantic social network. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyuLTBlDcJE&list=PLU1KxUVqGmaMzKba8-AFLWD1Ljr62RajS[/embed] The effort, should it succeed, threatens…
United Airlines: A Case Study In Terrible Customer Service (#GotBitcoin?)
Gate Rep. Jeff Bennett is one of the worst examples of a customer service person I've ever seen. The Airport Police Had To Intervene. United Airlines: A Case Study In Terrible Customer Service (#GotBitcoin?) My flight which I cancelled) was delayed due to mechanical issues. Which normally would have been…
Online Ad Fraud Costs Advertisers $5.8 Billion Annually (#GotBitcoin?)
Ad spending lost to schemes declined 11% since 2017, but fraud is shifting to platforms where it is more difficult to prevent. Online Ad Fraud Costs Advertisers $5.8 Billion Annually (#GotBitcoin?) Online Ad Fraud Costs Marketers are expected to waste $5.8 billion this year on buying online ads that will…
TikTok Is the Latest Reason Teens Are Addicted To Their Phones
The app is perfect for spreading memes, but good luck deciphering things like the ‘microwave challenge’ if you’re not in on the joke. TikTok Is the Latest Reason Teens Are Addicted To Their Phones When Holly Grace, a 23-year-old part-time singer and full-time nurse in Nashville, Tenn., first started making…
Google Shows Cracks, Foxconn Retreats (#GotBitcoin?)
Google parent Alphabet Inc. in the first quarter posted its slowest revenue growth since 2015. The poor results highlight the risks for one of Silicon Valley’s biggest names in effectively leaning on one massive, if lucrative, business. Google Shows Cracks, Foxconn Retreats (#GotBitcoin?) Parent company Alphabet posts slowest revenue growth…
Sell Your Home With A Realtor Or An Algorithm? (#GotBitcoin)
Leading real estate brokerage launching iBuying program. Keller Williams, the sprawling national real estate franchisor, plans to launch an instant offer service later this year, another indication of the future path of residential real estate transactions. Sell Your Home With A Realtor Or An Algorithm? (#GotBitcoin) [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YntuJXj3GUk&list=PLU1KxUVqGmaPQ1WYBa5SgQ72nSr28fYPs[/embed] The embrace of…
Navy Admits To ‘Multiple’ UFO Sightings Over Top Secret Military Bases (#GotBitcoin)
UFOs have been spotted hovering over top-secret military bases and flying near aircraft, according to the US Navy. Navy Admits To ‘Multiple’ UFO Sightings Over Top Secret Military Bases (#GotBitcoin) The US Navy is changing how pilots report UFOs after recent sightings. The institution is now drafting new guidelines for…
We Found 85,000 Cops Who’ve Been Investigated For Misconduct. Now You Can Read Their Records (#GotBitcoin?)
USA TODAY is leading a national effort to obtain and publish disciplinary and misconduct records for thousands of police officers. We Found 85,000 Cops Who’ve Been Investigated For Misconduct. Now You Can Read Their Records (#GotBitcoin?) At least 85,000 law enforcement officers across the USA have been investigated or disciplined…
Scientists Restore Some Brain Function After Death In Animal Experiments (#GotBitcoin?)
The science is still a very long way from having applications in humans, but findings call into question longstanding views of the brain’s limits. Scientists Restore Some Brain Function After Death In Animal Experiments (#GotBitcoin?) Researchers have found a way to restore some activity to pig brains hours after death,…
Ultimate Resource On Artificial Intelligence
Findings represent step toward implants that could give people who can’t speak the ability to conduct normal conversations. Ultimate Resource On Artificial Intelligence [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfr50f6ZBvo&t=2862s[/embed] Scientists Use Artificial Intelligence To Turn Brain Signals Into Speech Scientists have harnessed artificial intelligence to translate brain signals into speech, in a step toward brain…
As Social-Media Marketing Fails To Deliver, WarnerMedia Quits OpenAP Coalition For TV Ad Targeting (#GotBitcoin?)
Consortium of competitors loses a founding member, now under new ownership. As Social-Media Marketing Fails To Deliver, WarnerMedia Quits OpenAP Coalition For TV Ad Targeting (#GotBitcoin?) WarnerMedia LLC is withdrawing from a coalition of rival TV networks that it helped form to foster more precise commercial targeting. A lot has…
Ultimate Resource On Bees And Beekeepers
Nectar is scarce because ‘every hipster in the world wants to have a beehive’. Ultimate Resource On Bees And Beekeepers In the tiny universe of New York City beekeeping, Tom Wilk is one of the queen bees. He founded the Queens Beekeepers Guild. His business, Wilk Apiary, manages 30 hives…