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Which of the World’s Stars Invested in Cryptocurrencies and What Happened to Them?

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are not only of interest on Wall Street. Who among the stars of show business and sports has already invested in digital assets and who promotes them? Bitcoin and altcoins have long ceased to be the domain of technologists and venture capitalists from California. In addition to the Forbes list and ... Read more

The post Which of the World’s Stars Invested in Cryptocurrencies and What Happened to Them? appeared first on Star Two.






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How to spend a weekend in Miami, from local sushi to sunsets on the beach




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How to spend a weekend in Bilbao, the Basque country's artistic capital




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How to spend a weekend in Malaga, the cultural gateway to Andalucía






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How to spend an autumn weekend in Lisbon, Europe's most photogenic capital




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How to spend a vibrant autumn weekend in Venice






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How to spend the ultimate European city break weekend in Vienna







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Tech Briefing: A 90mm Full Suspension Singlespeed, 135mm Cranks, Wheel Protection Kits & More



All the tech from the last <i>two</i> months.
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Pinkbike's 2024 Community Survey: How Do Pinkbike Readers Spend Their Money?



Time to drill down into the cold, hard cash.
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Misspent Summers Launches Its 2024 DH and EDR Yearbooks



The new books capture all the storylines of the 2024 racing season in stunning photography, reporting and analysis
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What happens when you season a cast iron pan

Here is how oil and heat can form a durable coating.




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Sleepwalking: What Happens in the Brain?

Why sleepwalkers can paint, eat, or even drive when part of their brain is asleep.




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Schools in Asheville are reopening in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene

After-school activities will still be suspended Monday and Tuesday.




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Activity center for new immigrants from FSU opens in Tel Aviv


Over Sukkot, over 150 young Russian-speaking immigrants gathered to celebrate the opening of the center, SSY stated. 




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'Disclaimer' | Crítica: Cate Blanchett brilha em suspense de vingança 'envolvente'

Cate Blanchett intepreta Catherine Ravenscroft, uma famosa jornalista investigativa que recebe anonimamente um romance no qual ela é, indiscutivelmente, a personagem central




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'Devoram tudo que encontram': a ilha nos EUA com milhões de serpentes que ameaçam floresta

Guam tem 40 vezes mais aranhas do que as ilhas vizinhas — e uma população de cobras invasoras tão vorazes que acabaram com os pássaros das florestas.





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President Trump pens $100K check to Homeland Security

President Trump and the congress are still light years away from coming to agreeing on funding the border wall, but now it appears as if Homeland Security is a little bit closer to finding the money it needs to secure the southern border. During his 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump spent a whopping $66.1... Read More

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Open Source Project DeFlock Is Mapping License Plate Surveillance Cameras All Over the World

An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Flock is one of the largest vendors of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) in the country. The company markets itself as having the goal to fully "eliminate crime" with the use of ALPRs and other connected surveillance cameras, a target experts say is impossible. [...] Flock and automated license plate reader cameras owned by other companies are now in thousands of neighborhoods around the country. Many of these systems talk to each other and plug into other surveillance systems, making it possible to track people all over the country. "It went from me seeing 10 license plate readers to probably seeing 50 or 60 in a few days of driving around," [said Alabama resident and developer Will Freeman]. "I wanted to make a record of these things. I thought, 'Can I make a database of these license plate readers?'" And so he made a map, and called it DeFlock. DeFlock runs on Open Street Map, an open source, editable mapping software. He began posting signs for DeFlock (PDF) to the posts holding up Huntsville's ALPR cameras, and made a post about the project to the Huntsville subreddit, which got good attention from people who lived there. People have been plotting not just Flock ALPRs, but all sorts of ALPRs, all over the world. [...] When I first talked to Freeman, DeFlock had a few dozen cameras mapped in Huntsville and a handful mapped in Southern California and in the Seattle suburbs. A week later, as I write this, DeFlock has crowdsourced the locations of thousands of cameras in dozens of cities across the United States and the world. He said so far more than 1,700 cameras have been reported in the United States and more than 5,600 have been reported around the world. He has also begun scraping parts of Flock's website to give people a better idea of where to look to map them. For example, Flock says that Colton, California, a city with just over 50,000 people outside of San Bernardino, has 677 cameras. People who submit cameras to DeFlock have the ability to note the direction that they are pointing in, which can help people understand how these cameras are being positioned and the strategies that companies and police departments are using when deploying them. For example, all of the cameras in downtown Huntsville are pointing away from the downtown core, meaning they are primarily focused on detecting cars that are entering downtown Huntsville from other areas.

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Spotify's Car Thing, Due For Bricking, Is Getting an Open Source Second Life

If you have Spotify's soon-to-be-bricked Car Thing, there are a few ways you can give it a new lease on life. YouTuber Dammit Jeff has showcased modifications to Car Thing that makes the device useful as a desktop music controller, customizable shortcut tool, or a simple digital clock. Ars Technica's Kevin Purdy reports: Spotify had previously posted the code for its uboot and kernel to GitHub, under the very unassuming name "spsgsb" and with no announcement (as discovered by Josh Hendrickson). Jeff has one idea why the streaming giant might not have made much noise about it: "The truth is, this thing isn't really great at running anything." It has half a gigabyte of memory, 4GB of internal storage, and a "really crappy processor" (Amlogic S905D2 SoC) and is mostly good for controlling music. How do you get in? The SoC has a built-in USB "burning mode," allowing for a connected computer, running the right toolkit, to open up root access and overwrite its firmware. Jeff has quite a few issues getting connected (check his video description for some guidance), but it's "drag and drop" once you're in. Jeff runs through a few of the most popular options for a repurposed Car Thing: - DeskThing, which largely makes Spotify desk-friendly, but adds a tiny app store for weather (including Jeff's own WeatherWave), clocks, and alternate music controls - GlanceThing, which keeps the music controls but also provides some Stream-Deck-like app-launching shortcuts for your main computer. - Nocturne, currently invite-only, is a wholly redesigned Spotify interface that restores all its Spotify functionality.

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‘A Lot Of People Are Very Angry’: Chris Matthews Unloads On Dems Over ‘Open Border’ Policy After Harris Loss

By Jason Cohen Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Wednesday criticized Democrats for their “open border” policy following Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss to former President Donald Trump. Trump clinched the required 270 electoral votes early Wednesday, winning Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, according to multiple forecasters. Matthews, on “Morning Joe,” argued that Democrats’ lenient […]

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Biden-Harris Health Department Spent Tens Of Millions Annually On DEI

By Robert Schmad The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spends tens of millions of dollars annually on diversity-related expenses, according to a new report from the watchdog group Open The Books. American taxpayers foot a bill of roughly $38.7 million every year to employ 297 staffers conducting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) work […]

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Qatar suspends role as mediator between Israel and Hamas

The move comes after US officials were quoted saying they would not accept Hamas's presence in Qatar.




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Uncapped McSweeney to open in Australia's first Test v India

Uncapped batter Nathan McSweeney will open for Australia in the first of five Tests against India.




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Norris calls Verstappen 'dangerous' as Sainz wins in Mexico

Lando Norris cuts Max Verstappen’s lead to 47 points and labels his rival “dangerous” as the championship battle reaches boiling point at the Mexico City Grand Prix.




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Verstappen 'got what he had coming to him'

Lando Norris likes Max Verstappen as a person. So Norris was trying not to criticise the Dutchman too much after the Mexico City Grand Prix.




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Verstappen 'knows he did wrong deep down' - Norris

McLaren's Lando Norris says title rival Max Verstappen "knows he did wrong" in their battle in last weekend's Mexico City Grand Prix.




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'Dick Dastardly' tactics - Hill criticises Verstappen

Red Bull's Max Verstappen is accused of acting like Wacky Races villain Dick Dastardly by former world champion Damon Hill.




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Norris on pole for Sao Paulo GP, Verstappen starts 17th

McLaren's Lando Norris takes pole position for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix in a chaotic, crash-strewn qualifying session in which Max Verstappen was 12th.




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What does Norris need to do to catch and beat Verstappen?

BBC Sport analyses the Formula 1 title battle including the factors that may help Lando Norris overhaul Max Verstappen.




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Verstappen wins from 17th in Sao Paulo rain chaos

Max Verstappen climbs up from 17th on the grid to win the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, one of his greatest victories taking him to the brink of a fourth world title.




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'Norris' hopes crushed by Verstappen performance for the ages'

Lando Norris’ already slim world title hopes were crushed at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix by a performance for the ages from Max Verstappen.




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Unconventional Trump brings openings and perils for Africa

Analyst Alex de Waal looks at how the US president-elect could deal with conflicts on the continent.




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Striking aerial photos shed new light on the mountain sheep pen

A new study traces the farming heritage of Wales and shows there's more to the common sheep pen than meets the eye.




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Keeper's penalty heroics send Wigan through in EFL Trophy

Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Tom Watson saves all three penalties in a shootout victory over Nottingham Forest U21s to send them through to the EFL Trophy knockout phase.




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Panenka - the penalty that killed a career and started a feud

Antonin Panenka's penalty in the Euro 1976 final birthed a whole new 12-yard tactic. But the risks were higher than anyone could imagine.




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Mings penalty mistake biggest I've ever witnessed - Emery

Tyrone Mings became the first Englishman to concede a penalty on his Champions League debut in bizarre fashion as Aston Villa lost to Brugge.




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James making up for lost time after penalty pain

Daniel James says his Euros penalty heartache is behind him as he aims to make up for lost time with Craig Bellamy’s Wales.




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Lionesses face Portugal in Nations League opener

England face Portugal in their opening game of the 2025 Nations League after Uefa announce the match schedule for the competition.