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TECH
From Ripple to Stellar and Beyond, a Visionary’s Journey
Jed McCaleb founded Ripple and Stellar, revolutionizing cross-border payments with blockchain technology. McCaleb’s latest venture, Vast, aims to develop artificial-gravity space stations for long-term human habitation. Jed McCaleb, a name linked with crypto and blockchain innovation, has a story that reads like a road map for technological progress. McCaleb’s journey exemplifies visionary thinking and the relentless pursuit of disruptive ideas,…
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SOCIAL MEDIA
X Moves to the Next Stage of Testing for Comment Downvotes
X is moving to the next stage of its test of downvotes on post replies, with a new variation of its downvote option appearing in the back-end code of the app this week. As you can see in this example, posted by user @P4mui, X now has a new downvote button in production, which hasn’t been released for public testing…
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ENTERTAINMENT
Renowned sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer dies at 96
Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96. Westheimer died on Friday at her home in New York City,…
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LIFESTYLE
MoMA PS1 kicks off its epic summer dance party series with queer nightlife icon Kim Ahn
For more than 20 years now the contemporary art museum PS1, so called because it’s housed in a magnificent old public school building in Long Island City, has played host to Warm Up, one of the best, most musically-diverse series of dance parties in town. This summer season kicked off on Friday night — it’s the first time the party’s being…
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REAL ESTATE
New York City’s biggest Bastille Day bash celebrates ahead of the Paris Olympics
Photos courtesy of L’Alliance New York This Sunday, the biggest event celebrating Bastille Day outside France hits Madison Avenue. To reflect the world’s excitement for the 2024 Paris Olympics, the event, which is expected to draw over 25,000 visitors, will bring an Olympics theme to L’Alliance New York’s annual cultural bonanza of French culture, entertainment, fashion, food, and more. L’Alliance…
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Whistleblowers asked the SEC to investigate OpenAI over alleged illegal NDAs
The complainants called the matter “urgent,” but it remains unclear if the SEC will open an investigation. Source link
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FINANCE
Is It Time to Buy 2024’s Worst-Performing S&P 500 Stocks?
The S&P 500 as a whole is testing new all-time highs, but not all stocks are performing well. Some iconic companies have lost more than 40% of their value since 2024 began. And now could be the time to buy one of these S&P 500 laggards. Down 56%, is this major retailer a screaming buy? Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA)…
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ECONOMY
The Mysterious Slowdown in U.S. Manufacturing Productivity
Danial Lashkari and Jeremy Pearce Throughout the twentieth century, steady technological and organizational innovations, along with the accumulation of productive capital, increased labor productivity at a steady rate of around 2 percent per year. However, the past two decades have witnessed a slowdown in labor productivity, measured as value added per hour worked. This slowdown has been particularly stark in the…
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MARKET
‘I feel slighted’: My husband and I are in our 70s. We married 3 years ago. He’s leaving his $1.8 million home to a 10-year-old relative. Is that normal?
‘I have almost double his pension income, as his former wives took a considerable share’ Source link
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MONEY
How I Received $4,500 in Free Amazon Products by Writing Reviews
Hello! Today, I have a great article to share about how to become an Amazon Vine Reviewer from a reader, Nicole Nicolet. She is a member of the Amazon Vine program and she has received over 100 free products from Amazon and has saved over $4,500 in the last 6 months. If you want to… Hello! Today, I have a…
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