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Facebook acquires biometric ID verification startup
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Facebook has acquired a biometric ID verification startup named Confirm that specialises in remotely verifying IDs like drivers licenses. The startup offers an application programming interface (API) that helps verify government-issued identification cards. "We're...
America just slid out of the top 10 in this innovation ranking
For the first time since the ranking has been compiled, the US has fallen out of the top ten in Bloomberg’s Innovation Index. South Korea and Sweden retained the top two spots, while Singapore jumped three places to...
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S&P; 500 breaks 54-year-old record for all-time highs notched in January
The U.S. stock market’s list of records seems to grow longer by the day. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 SPX, +0.22% ended at its latest in a string of closing record highs, with its 12th record close of the year so far. This marks the first time the benchmark index has notched so many record closes in...
Cryptocurrency Daily News Bulletin, January 23
Please note: Information on this post should not be construed as personal investment advice. Prices were correct at the time of writing. General Korea. On January 22, Korea announced that cryptocurrency exchanges will pay a tax rate of 24.2% this year. This includes a 22% corporate tax rate and a...
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Skipping rope is the best full-body workout
If you are looking for an uncomplicated full-body workout, which literally takes minutes, then the skipping rope is your best...
Couch potato kids hit by diabetes, 10-15% spurt in menace in 5 years
There is an alarming surge of Type 2 diabetes cases in children as young as 12 in the city. Doctors say that the number of children having diabetes Type 2 has increased by 10-15% when compared to five years back. "At present one or two in 10 kids visiting endocrinologists are being diagnosed with...
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Saving the Environment through Education
In line with its believe in sustaining the environment through continuous research, Chevron Nigeria Limited has since 2006, through the S.L Edu Research Grant, awarded scholarships to doctoral candidates whose research works are on environmental conservation and sustainable development in Nigeria....
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Australian Open: Tomas Berdych sweeps past Fabio Fognini into quarter-finals
Australian Open: Chung Hyeon stuns Novak DjokovicAustralian Open 2018: Tennys Sandgren topples Dominic Thiem to keep Melbourne dream aliveAustralian Open: Roger Federer eases past Marton Fucsovics into quarter-finals Tomas Berdych belied his lowest seeding at a grand slam since 2010 by sweeping into...
(Australian Open) Kerber avoids major upset; Federer into 14th quarterfinal
Angelique Kerber remains the only Grand Slam singles winner in the Australian Open women’s draw after avoiding a major upset. For a while it appeared Kerber’s progression could unravel against No. 88 Hsieh Su-wei, a former top-ranked doubles player with a double-handed grip on both...
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EFL Cup: Quadruple-chasing Manchester City through to League Cup final
Pep Guardiola reached his first final in English soccer as Manchester City ended second-tier Bristol City's memorable run in the League Cup on Tuesday to stay in contention for silverware on four fronts. Manchester City won the second leg of their semifinal 3-2, with Kevin De Bruyne scoring off the...
Kyle Edmund is through to the Australian Open semi-final
Kyle Edmund's impressive run at the Australian Open has seen him become just the sixth British man to reach a singles semi-final of a grand slam in the open era. Andy Murray has been a regular in the final stages of a grand slam for the last decade Murray's position at the top of the men's game for...
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56,000 Flee As Mount Mayon Danger Zone Extended With Warnings of Pyroclastic Flows
56,000 Flee As Mount Mayon Danger Zone Extended With Warnings of Pyroclastic Flows
Lava continued to fountain from the Philippines' most active volcano on Wednesday morning, after it had already been flowing up to 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the crater in the dangerous eruption, according to CBS...
photo: AP / Bullit Marquez
At Least 27 Dead After Twin Car Bombs Explode in Benghazi
At Least 27 Dead After Twin Car Bombs Explode in Benghazi
Twin car bombs have left at least 27 people dead near a mosque in a residential area in the eastern city of Benghazi in Libya on Tuesday night, wounding more than 30 in an attack that seems timed to cause a number of...
photo: AP / Mohammed el-Shaiky
Haley Says Russia Is Complicit After New Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
Haley Says Russia Is Complicit After New Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley criticized Russia and their UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia on Tuesday over the use of chemical weapons in Syria, according to CNN. Haley accused the Syrian...
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Canada Will Sign Trans-Pacific Trade Pact With 10 Other Countries in March Without US
Canada Will Sign Trans-Pacific Trade Pact With 10 Other Countries in March Without US
Eleven countries are poised to forge a new Asia-Pacific trade pact after the United States withdrew from an earlier version and will sign an agreement in Chile in March, according to Japan's economy minister on Tuesday,...
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Tammy Duckworth Announces Pregnancy, Set To Become First Senator To Give Birth
Tammy Duckworth Announces Pregnancy, Set To Become First Senator To Give Birth
Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois announced on Tuesday that she was expecting her second child, according to The Chicago Tribune. “Northwestern Medicine Fertility strikes again,” Duckworth joked, before...
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Former General Arrested After Announcing Candidacy For Egyptian President
Former General Arrested After Announcing Candidacy For Egyptian President
Less than two weeks after announcing his candidacy, Egypt's former chief of staff was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of incitement against the armed forces and other charges in what appeared to be a calculated move to...
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Senate Confirms Jerome Powell As Federal Reserve Chair
Senate Confirms Jerome Powell As Federal Reserve Chair
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Jerome H. Powell as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, overwhelmingly voting President Trump's nominee to a four-year term as one of the world’s most powerful stewards of the global...
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Researchers Decode Some Of The Last Of The Dead Sea Scrolls
Researchers Decode Some Of The Last Of The Dead Sea Scrolls
More than 70 years after they first mystified archaeologists, some of the last remaining unread fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls have been decrypted, IFL...
Chile's President-Elect Introduces Hardline Cabinet With Ties To Former Dictator
Chile's President-Elect Introduces Hardline Cabinet With Ties To Former Dictator
Chile’s president-elect, the billionaire businessman Sebastian Piñera, has unveiled a new hardline cabinet, including prominent conservative figures and some...
5 Workers Found Dead After Gas Well Explosion In Oklahoma
5 Workers Found Dead After Gas Well Explosion In Oklahoma
Authorities said the remains of five oil rig workers were found Tuesday after an explosion that rocked an Oklahoma gas well a day before, CNN reported. "All...
Venezuelan assembly orders elections by end of April
Venezuelan assembly orders elections by end of April
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's constitutional assembly has ordered presidential elections by the end of April as the ruling socialist party seeks to...
Who Was Naomi Parker Fraley? Original Rosie the Riveter Wasn't Recognized for Over 70 Years
Who Was Naomi Parker Fraley? Original Rosie the Riveter Wasn't Recognized for Over 70 Years
The iconic World War II-era Rosie the Riveter poster has been used as a symbol for the women's movement for years, but few people know the woman behind the...
Zimbabwe Leader Orders Top Officials to Declare Assets
Zimbabwe Leader Orders Top Officials to Declare Assets
Zimbabwe has given cabinet ministers and senior government officials until the end of February to declare their assets as new President Emmerson...
New Report Says Teens Using E-Cigarettes More Likely To Try Smoking Tobacco
New Report Says Teens Using E-Cigarettes More Likely To Try Smoking Tobacco
A panel of public health experts released a new study that says teenagers using e-cigarettes are more likely to try smoking traditional cigarettes and that the...
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Easing stance, South Korea to adopt real-name crypto trading
Easing stance, South Korea to adopt real-name crypto trading
SEOUL--Softening its tough stance on crypto trading for now, South Korea said Tuesday it would adopt...
Bulllard: Seafood farming is key for the future of seafood and our communities
Bulllard: Seafood farming is key for the future of seafood and our communities
As I retire from NOAA Fisheries, I want to share my vision of a bright future where marine...
How Europe is working to solve the plastic waste problem – and Hong Kong can, too
How Europe is working to solve the plastic waste problem – and Hong Kong can, too
Every year, Europeans generate 25 million tonnes of plastic waste, but less than 30 per cent is...
Still figuring out this parenthood thing
Still figuring out this parenthood thing
Sunday night at 8:30 p.m. my husband and I laid in bed, hysterically laughing/crying. After an hour...
Strong gun laws effective
Strong gun laws effective
The following appeared as an editorial in the Hartford Courant: A new report shows that Connecticut...
Trump exemplifies the Ugly American. Davos will accept him anyway.
Trump exemplifies the Ugly American. Davos will accept him anyway.
When all is said and done, the president is a businessman. ......
Some officials are protecting the country from Trump. Sessions isn’t one of them.
Some officials are protecting the country from Trump. Sessions isn’t one of them.
News reports about the attorney general’s involvement in the president’s push to fire an FBI...
