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A fine and the specter of Michael Cohen: deja vu for Trump in hush-money trial
Sat, 04 May 2024 11:00:40 GMT
With the ex-president punished for violating a gag order, the third week of the hush-money trial resembled his fraud case
It was deja vu for Donald Trump at his Manhattan criminal trial this week in more ways than one.
Six months ago a New York judge threatened to throw a former US president in prison for violating a gag order. Remarkably, in a courthouse up the street just six months later, Trump was again threatened with jail time.
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You be the judge: should my best friend be more mindful of my lower income?
Sat, 04 May 2024 06:00:35 GMT
Lily’s bringing in six figures but Michelle earns less than half that. Who needs to change their ways? You decide who’s in the wonga
More money disputes where you can be the judge
She’s richer, more money-focused, and a bit obsessive over spending
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Judge mulls sanctions over Google’s “shocking” destruction of internal chats
Fri, 03 May 2024 23:17:57 +0000
Punishing Google for being the best would be “unprecedented,” lawyer argued.
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NYC Mayor Smeared a Grandmother as an “Outside Agitator” to Justify NYPD Assault on Columbia
Fri, 03 May 2024 20:34:07 +0000
Nahla Al-Arian lost more than 200 relatives in Israel's attacks on Gaza. Then Eric Adams said she was the reason police raided Columbia.
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Judge denies bid to allow jurors to learn of Trump’s recent gag order contempt findings
Fri, 03 May 2024 19:46:37 +0000
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Judge Juan Merchan is back on the bench. He just called Hope Hicks into the room.
Fri, 03 May 2024 18:18:29 +0000
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Todd Blanche is discussing a potential exhibit with Donald Trump while the judge and jury are...
Fri, 03 May 2024 14:52:32 +0000
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The forensic analyst is now off the witness stand. The judge is holding a bench conference...
Fri, 03 May 2024 14:35:31 +0000
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Trump team asks judge to exclude Washington Post article on ‘Access Hollywood’ recording
Fri, 03 May 2024 13:56:59 +0000
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Would You Still Use Google if It Didn't Pay Apple $20 Billion to Get on Your iPhone?
Fri, 03 May 2024 01:23:46 +0000
A US judge who will decide Google’s fate in a historic antitrust trial suggested it was “odd” for the company to say it has the best search engine but also pay Apple billions to lock out rivals.
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QAnon Was Born Out of the Sex Ad Moral Panic That Took Down Backpage.com
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
For years, the political establishment opportunistically railed against sex trafficking. Then came Pizzagate.
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In No Labels Call, Josh Gottheimer, Mike Lawler, and University Trustees Agree: FBI Should Investigate Campus Protests
Sat, 04 May 2024 20:11:18 +0000
The bipartisan duo also praised schools that brought in police to violently quell protests and connected the demonstrations to the TikTok ban.
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Biden to sign new bipartisan law targeting child 'sextortion' online
2024-05-04T19:02:04+00:00
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Two women are seeking Mexico’s presidency. But the race is about a man.
Sat, 04 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
A win by Claudia Sheinbaum, protégé of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, could cement the grip of a party that already controls the presidency, both chambers of congress and two-thirds of Mexico’s governorships.
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Let’s Check In on AIPAC’s Assault on the Squad
Sat, 04 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The Israel lobby failed to take down Rep. Summer Lee. They’ve now set their sights on Reps. Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush.
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India opposition social media chief arrested over doctored video
Sat, 04 May 2024 08:30:41 GMT
Congress party’s Arun Reddy held over fake video of interior minister Amit Shah
Indian police have said they have arrested the social media chief of the country’s main opposition party over a doctored video widely shared during the ongoing national election.
Arun Reddy of the Congress party was detained late on Friday in connection with the edited footage, which falsely shows India’s powerful interior minister, Amit Shah, vowing in a campaign speech to end affirmative action policies for millions of poor and low-caste Indians.
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Biden, congressional Democrats distance themselves from campus protests
Fri, 03 May 2024 21:11:16 +0000
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AIPAC Is Secretly Intervening in Portland’s Congressional Race to Take Down Susheela Jayapal, Sources Say
Fri, 03 May 2024 21:11:34 +0000
The pro-Israel group is funneling money through a “pro-science” PAC, according to two members of Congress.
The post AIPAC Is Secretly Intervening in Portland’s Congressional Race to Take Down Susheela Jayapal, Sources Say appeared first on The Intercept.
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What’s next for Congress on the world front
Fri, 03 May 2024 20:05:15 +0000
A world “on fire” and the threat of “an unholy alliance.” Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Tex.) on the global issues facing a divided Congress
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Automakers Want AM Radios Out of Cars. Congress Is About to Require Them
Fri, 03 May 2024 17:35:02 +0000
A popular bill will force car companies to put AM radios in vehicles at no extra charge, despite decreasing interest from drivers and potential electromagnetic interference.
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China launches world-first mission to retrieve samples from far side of moon
Fri, 03 May 2024 12:59:51 +0000
The Chang’e 6 mission will advance Beijing’s ambitions to become a space power and scientific force, but its steady progress has caused concern at NASA and in Congress.
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AIPAC’s Next Top Target? Rep. Jamaal Bowman
Fri, 03 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000
The Israel lobby is expected to start a $20 million ad blitz backing its handpicked candidate against the incumbent Squad member.
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From UCLA to Columbia, Professors Nationwide Defend Students as Politicians and Police Attack
Thu, 02 May 2024 21:15:55 +0000
University faculty have put their bodies and livelihoods on the line amid a brutal, violent response to student protests for Gaza.
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Noem dog shooting sparks Congressional Dog Lovers Caucus
Thu, 02 May 2024 11:27:09 EST
“Given recent dog-related news, it’s evident that both sides of the aisle reject animal cruelty and support protecting man’s best friend," Rep. Jared Moskowitz said.
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America!: A Chaos Demon from the Underworld Shares His Tips on Streamlining Congress
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
I’m truly inspired by the surreal dysfunction of your Congress—but isn’t it a little over the top?
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Why Is Marjorie Taylor Greene Trying to Oust House Speaker Mike Johnson?
Thu, 02 May 2024 01:00:00 +0000
Even her opponents within the Republican Party stand to profit from the Georgia congresswoman’s latest outburst.
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RNC chief implores Greene to stand down
Wed, 01 May 2024 06:08:38 EST
Inside the crash GOP effort to head off a motion to vacate.
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Biden Says He Told Nigeria to Kill Fewer Civilians — but Nigeria Keeps Killing Lots of Civilians
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Nigeria has gotten billions in U.S. security assistance, even as its counterterrorism campaign has a massive civilian death toll.
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“Little Home Market”: The Connecticut Company Accused of Fueling an Execution Spree
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:10:40 +0000
Evidence points to Absolute Standards as the source of a lethal drug the Trump administration used to restart federal executions after 17 years.
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UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:19:56 GMT
Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’
The UK has been accused by Amnesty International of “deliberately destabilising” human rights on the global stage for its own political ends.
In its annual global report, released today, the organisation said Britain was weakening human rights protections nationally and globally, amid a near-breakdown of international law.
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University Teams Selected as Finalists to Envision New Aviation Responses to Natural Disasters
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:12:46 +0000
Eight teams participating in the 2024 Gateways to Blue Skies: Advancing Aviation for Natural Disasters Competition have been selected to present their design concepts to a panel of industry experts at the 2024 Blue Skies Forum, May 30 and 31, 2024 at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. Sponsored by NASA’s Aeronautics Research […]
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Evergrande’s liquidation is a new low in China’s property crisis
Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:04:03 +0000
A judge in Hong Kong surprises the mainland
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House Responds to Israeli-Iranian Missile Exchange by Taking Rights Away From Americans
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:18:48 +0000
A measure passed by the House seeks to block Americans from traveling to Iran on U.S. passports.
The post House Responds to Israeli-Iranian Missile Exchange by Taking Rights Away From Americans appeared first on The Intercept.
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As Biden Cheers TikTok Ban, White House Embraces TikTok Influencers
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:25:12 +0000
The White House brushes off accusations of hypocrisy, courting TikTok while seeking to ban it.
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Chuck Schumer Privately Warns Pakistan: Don't Kill Imran Khan in Prison
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:04:01 +0000
Supporters worry Khan’s life is in danger and with good reason: The military has a long history of killing deposed leaders.
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Cotton and Hawley: Send in the National Guard to Columbia
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 13:41:07 EST
Calls for federal action at the university campus come as Monday marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover.
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The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:59:38 +0000
Over the weekend, President Joe Biden signed legislation not only reauthorizing a major FISA spy program but expanding it in ways that could have major implications for privacy rights in the US.
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Rebecca F Kuang: ‘I like to write to my friends in the style of Joan Didion’
Sat, 04 May 2024 17:00:46 GMT
The author of bestseller Yellowface on her agent’s fears about publishing the novel, the joys of a social media purge and being a workaholic who gets bored easily
Rebecca F Kuang, 27, is an American writer. She and her family emigrated to the US from Guangzhou, China, when she was four; she grew up in Dallas, Texas. Her first novel, The Poppy War, a grimdark fantasy with a plot drawn from elements of the second Sino-Japanese war, was published in 2018. Two sequels followed. A fourth novel, the bestselling Babel, set in 1830s England, came out in 2022. Kuang followed this with a controversial departure: Yellowface. A contemporary melodrama in which a white author steals the manuscript of a dead, far more successful Asian-American novelist and passes it off as her own, it wickedly satirises identity politics in the world of publishing. It comes out in paperback this month. Kuang has postgraduate degrees from both Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and is currently a doctorate student at Yale.
Is it true that your agent cautioned against publishing Yellowface when you first told her about the idea?
Yes, that’s true. She was a bit stunned, caught off guard. “I’m really worried it’s going to offend people,” she said. But I was convinced both by its strength as a story, and by what I was trying to say, so I asked her to get second reads from other people at her agency – and to her credit, she did. She really stuck her neck out.
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‘Inside an oven’: sweltering heat ravages crops and takes lives in south-east Asia
Sat, 04 May 2024 16:03:16 GMT
Governments issue health warnings as schools shut and crops fail, with fears that worse is to come as heatwave tightens grip
Extreme heat has gripped much of south and south-east Asia over recent weeks, killing dozens of people, forcing millions of students to miss school and destroying crops.
Both the Philippines and Bangladesh shut schools due to the unbearable heat last month, while governments across the region have issued health warnings. In Thailand, at least 30 people have died from heatstroke since the start of the year.
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Xi Jinping to visit France, Hungary and Serbia amid EU trade tariff row
Sat, 04 May 2024 04:00:30 GMT
China’s president arrives as EU anti-subsidy investigations and tensions over espionage, Ukraine and Taiwan continue
China’s president, Xi Jinping, is to visit Europe next week for the first time in five years, in a tour that will take in the unlikely trifecta of France, Hungary and Serbia.
The visit comes as China pushes to avoid a trade war with the EU, while attitudes towards Beijing in the bloc are hardening after multiple spying scandals and China’s ongoing support for Russia in the war in Ukraine.
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From UCLA to Columbia, Professors Nationwide Defend Students as Politicians and Police Attack
Thu, 02 May 2024 21:15:55 +0000
University faculty have put their bodies and livelihoods on the line amid a brutal, violent response to student protests for Gaza.
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In No Labels Call, Josh Gottheimer, Mike Lawler, and University Trustees Agree: FBI Should Investigate Campus Protests
Sat, 04 May 2024 20:11:18 +0000
The bipartisan duo also praised schools that brought in police to violently quell protests and connected the demonstrations to the TikTok ban.
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Spirited Away, the stage spectacular: ‘Every 20 minutes there’s something that would be another play’s finale’
Sat, 04 May 2024 10:55:38 GMT
The theatre adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s beloved animation sold out in Japan in four minutes. As it comes to the UK, we meet the international team of creatives bringing its giant dragons and tiny soot sprites to life
The dragon stirs to life as Toby Olié plucks it up by its tail. He spirals it through the air and, quick as ripping off a plaster, tears the creature in two. “Even when he was curled up on the floor,” the puppet designer says, undoing another of the dragon’s joints, “he took up too much space.” Olié sticks the body back together, a little shorter but more malleable now, and the tail wriggles back into being.
Best known for his work on War Horse, Olié is holding a miniature prototype for Haku, a boy who transforms into an enormous serpentine dragon. Haku is one of the leading characters in Hayao Miyazaki’s exquisite animation Spirited Away, which has been adapted into a major stage production. For the last four years, the creative team have been conjuring, tweaking and perfecting Miyazaki’s world of gods and monsters in three dimensions. The full-sized dragon, for whom Olié took inspiration from fan art as well as close studies of the film, is now more than four metres long, with 4,000 hairs inserted individually down his spine, ears that pin back when he’s scared, and a body powerful enough to carry a child on his back as he flies.
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‘You’re going to call me a Holocaust denier now, are you?’: George Monbiot comes face to face with his local conspiracy theorist
Sat, 04 May 2024 09:00:36 GMT
Covid vaccines, chemtrails, the Great Reset … Why do people invent false conspiracies when there are so many real ones to worry about? There’s only one way to find out: ask a believer
I am a conspiracy theorist. I believe that groups of people conspire secretly against our interests to line their pockets, cover their backs or achieve political goals. By this definition I suspect you are, too. We see evidence of these conspiracies every day. We see them in the Horizon scandal, in which the Post Office kept prosecuting innocent operators. We see them in the government’s use of a “VIP” lane for procuring PPE from friends and donors at extortionate prices. We see them in the Windrush scandal, in which people were denied their legal rights and unlawfully deported by the UK government. In the Cambridge Analytica scandal: a secretive micro-targeting campaign likely to have influenced the Brexit vote. In the Panama Papers and the Pandora Papers, showing how the ultra-rich hide their money from taxes and legal scrutiny.
All these are conspiracies in the true sense: hidden machinations that advance particular interests while causing harm to others. A theory is a rational explanation, subject to disproof. If you accept these scandals are the result of hidden machinations, which they evidently are, you are a conspiracy theorist.
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The Japanese gown uniting Freddie Mercury, the Jedi and Bjork
Sat, 04 May 2024 08:33:47 GMT
A collection of Kimono from some of the most charismatic entertainers has gone on display in Dundee.
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Don’t let Al make decisions on deploying nukes: US urges China, Russia
2024-05-04T06:23:18+00:00
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The Beautifully Unnerving Gaze of “Evil Does Not Exist”
Fri, 03 May 2024 22:20:45 +0000
The Japanese filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi follows his Oscar-winning “Drive My Car” with a hauntingly ambiguous drama of nature and capitalism in conflict.
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Counterfeit Cisco gear ended up in US military bases, used in combat operations
Fri, 03 May 2024 21:58:50 +0000
"One of the largest counterfeit-trafficking operations ever."
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Microsoft ties executive pay to security following multiple failures and breaches
Fri, 03 May 2024 20:25:53 +0000
Microsoft has been criticized for "preventable" failures and poor communication.
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NASA hasn’t landed on the Moon in decades—China just sent its third in six years
Fri, 03 May 2024 20:16:03 +0000
China is going. NASA is talking about going. What gives?
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Geopolitical tensions and Covid crisis: tightrope walk on China and Trump facing new HSBC boss
Fri, 03 May 2024 17:14:48 GMT
CEO is making a surprise exit after successfully slimming down the global bank and winning over its tough chair
HSBC’s chief executive, Noel Quinn, is seen by many as ending his five-year tenure on a high note. The 62-year-old stunned the banking world this week by saying he planned to retire after an “intense” five years in the role to get a better work-life balance.
Quinn has slimmed down a sprawling global bank, paid out $19bn (£15bn) to shareholders last year and successfully staved off calls to break up the lender.
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Inside Shōgun: How visual effects brought 17th-century feudal Japan to vivid life
Fri, 03 May 2024 14:00:06 +0000
VFX supervisor Michael Cliett on the importance of historical accuracy in the show's VFX.
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China launches world-first mission to retrieve samples from far side of moon
Fri, 03 May 2024 12:59:51 +0000
The Chang’e 6 mission will advance Beijing’s ambitions to become a space power and scientific force, but its steady progress has caused concern at NASA and in Congress.
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Venomous snakes likely to migrate en masse amid global heating, says study
Fri, 03 May 2024 09:35:26 GMT
Researchers find many countries unprepared for influx of new species and will be vulnerable to bites
Climate breakdown is likely to lead to the large-scale migration of venomous snake species into new regions and unprepared countries, according to a study.
The researchers forecast that Nepal, Niger, Namibia, China, and Myanmar will gain the most venomous snake species from neighbouring countries under a heating climate.
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Hayao Miyazaki’s Anti-Comfort Movie
Thu, 02 May 2024 20:38:15 +0000
“The Boy and the Heron” finds the filmmaker revising—and sometimes upending—the themes that have defined his career.
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“The Contestant” Is More Than a Cautionary Tale
Thu, 02 May 2024 19:46:07 +0000
The new Hulu documentary charts the rise of one of the earliest reality-TV stars and the ethically queasy production choices that cemented his fame—but it’s elevated by its interest in what came afterward.
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Bob Carr accuses Winston Peters of defamation after NZ deputy PM calls him a ‘Chinese puppet’
Thu, 02 May 2024 03:28:55 GMT
Former NSW premier’s threat to sue comes amid debate about whether New Zealand should join pillar two of Aukus pact
Australia’s former foreign minister and New South Wales premier, Bob Carr, says he intends to sue New Zealand’s deputy prime minister, Winston Peters, for allegations made about Carr’s closeness to China as debate about Aukus ramps up.
Peters called Carr “nothing more than a Chinese puppet” on the national broadcaster RNZ on Thursday morning.
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Solomon Islands chooses China-friendly ex-diplomat Jeremiah Manele as new prime minister
Thu, 02 May 2024 02:49:20 GMT
Move seen as continuation of Pacific country’s policy of growing closer to Beijing
Solomon Islands lawmakers have elected as their new prime minister Jeremiah Manele, a former foreign minister who has pledged to continue the Pacific country’s policy of embracing China.
Manele said outside parliament on Thursday “the people have spoken” and called for calm.
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Match ID: 20 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
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A New Surveillance Tool Invades Border Towns
Sat, 04 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: An assassination plot, an AI security bill, a Project Nimbus revelation, and more of the week’s top security news.
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India opposition social media chief arrested over doctored video
Sat, 04 May 2024 08:30:41 GMT
Congress party’s Arun Reddy held over fake video of interior minister Amit Shah
Indian police have said they have arrested the social media chief of the country’s main opposition party over a doctored video widely shared during the ongoing national election.
Arun Reddy of the Congress party was detained late on Friday in connection with the edited footage, which falsely shows India’s powerful interior minister, Amit Shah, vowing in a campaign speech to end affirmative action policies for millions of poor and low-caste Indians.
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‘Our culture is dying’: vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rites
Sat, 04 May 2024 05:00:35 GMT
Inadvertent poisoning of scavengers across Indian subcontinent is forcing some communities to give up ancient custom
Traditional Zoroastrian burial rites are becoming increasingly impossible to perform because of the precipitous decline of vultures in India, Iran and Pakistan.
For millennia, Parsi communities have traditionally disposed of their dead in structures called dakhma, or “towers of silence”. These circular, elevated edifices are designed to prevent the soil, and the sacred elements of earth, fire and water, from being contaminated by corpses.
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Canada arrests alleged hit-squad members in killing of Sikh separatist
Fri, 03 May 2024 22:54:38 +0000
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told lawmakers last year that authorities were pursuing “credible allegations” linking the Indian government to the slaying of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
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Canadian police charge three over killing of Sikh activist
Fri, 03 May 2024 21:28:50 GMT
Prime minister said there were ‘credible allegations’ that India was behind killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Canadian police have charged three members of an alleged hit team for their role in the assassination of the Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the first arrests in a high-profile killing that officials believe was masterminded by India.
The arrests come nearly a year after the prominent activist was killed in the parking lot of the Guru Nanak Sikh gurdwara on the evening of 18 June in the city of Surrey, British Columbia. In what investigators previously described as a carefully orchestrated operation, two assailants fired about 50 bullets at Nijjar and escaped the area in a grey car.
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Chole (Curried Brown Chickpeas)
Fri, 03 May 2024 08:00:00 +0000
Chole, a north Indian dish of curried chickpeas, is spicy, earthy and tart, thanks to chiles, garam masala and amchoor powder, or sour mango powder.
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Hedge funds make billions as India’s options market goes ballistic
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:14:54 +0000
The country’s retail investors are doing less well
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Number of writers jailed in China exceeds 100 for first time, says report
Wed, 01 May 2024 10:00:55 GMT
Freedom to Write index says there are 107 people in prison for published content in China, with many accused of ‘picking quarrels’
The number of writers jailed in China has surpassed 100, with nearly half imprisoned for online expression.
The grim milestone is revealed in the 2023 Freedom to Write index, a report compiled by Pen America, published on Wednesday.
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Judith Butler Will Not Co-Sign Israel’s Alibi for Genocide
Wed, 01 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The famed scholar on why reducing Hamas to a terrorist label sanctions Israel’s war on Palestinians.
The post Judith Butler Will Not Co-Sign Israel’s Alibi for Genocide appeared first on The Intercept.
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Floods and landslide kill more than a dozen people in Indonesia’s Sulawesi island
Sat, 04 May 2024 06:29:32 GMT
Officials say a landslide hit Luwu regency in South Sulawesi on Friday after torrential rain pounded the area
A flood and a landslide have hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 people, according to officials.
The landslide hit Luwu regency in South Sulawesi on Friday just after 1am local time, Abdul Muhari, spokesperson of Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB), said in a statement.
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China Has a Controversial Plan for Brain-Computer Interfaces
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 19:13:46 +0000
China's brain-computer interface technology is catching up to the US. But it envisions a very different use case: cognitive enhancement.
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WhatsApp in India
2024-04-30T11:00:28Z
Meta has threatened to pull WhatsApp out of India if the courts try to force it to break its end-to-end encryption.
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Japan will struggle to rescue its plummeting currency
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:00:14 +0000
Expensive government intervention looks likely to provide only brief respite
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Israel, Gaza, and the Turmoil at One American University
Fri, 03 May 2024 19:00:00 +0000
Not since the Vietnam War has a protest movement reached college campuses with such fury. We look at the reverberations at one school, Harvard University.
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Ruined centuries-old town re-emerges as Philippines dam dries up during heatwave
Fri, 03 May 2024 02:40:31 GMT
After a long spell of intense heat and little rain, water levels have fallen to reveal parts of a sunken church, tombstones and foundations at Pantabangan
Ruins of a centuries-old town have emerged at a dam parched by drought in the northern Philippines.
After a prolonged spell of intense heat and little rain, water levels in the dam have fallen to reveal parts of a sunken church, tombstones and the foundations of structures from the 300-year-old town in Nueva Ecija province.
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I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged.
Wed, 01 May 2024 20:14:34 +0000
When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York.
The post I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged. appeared first on The Intercept.
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Wave of exceptionally hot weather scorches south and south-east Asia
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 06:03:19 GMT
Warnings of dangerous temperatures across parts of Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh and India as hottest months of the year are made worse by El Niño
Millions of people across South and Southeast Asia are facing sweltering temperatures, with unusually hot weather forcing schools to close and threatening public health.
Thousands of schools across the Philippines, including in the capital region Metro Manila, have suspended in-person classes. Half of the country’s 82 provinces are experiencing drought, and nearly 31 others are facing dry spells or dry conditions, according to the UN, which has called for greater support to help the country prepare for similar weather events in the future. The country’s upcoming harvest will probably be below average, the UN said.
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School Employee Allegedly Framed a Principal With Racist Deepfake Rant
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: Google holds off on killing cookies, Samourai Wallet founders get arrested, and GM stops driver surveillance program.
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Russia Vetoed a UN Resolution to Ban Space Nukes
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
A ban on weapons of mass destruction in orbit has stood since 1967. Russia apparently has other ideas.
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India election: Modi and rivals trade accusations as voter turnout slumps in second phase
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:30:27 GMT
Parties clash over communal issues in increasingly charged campaign amid concerns unseasonably hot weather affecting voter numbers
India has held the second phase of the world’s biggest election, with prime minister Narendra Modi and his rivals hurling accusations of religious discrimination and threats to democracy amid flagging voter turnout.
Almost 1 billion people are eligible to vote in the seven-phase general election that began on 19 April and concludes on 1 June, with votes set to be counted on 4 June.
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'ArcaneDoor' Cyberspies Hacked Cisco Firewalls to Access Government Networks
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000
Sources suspect China is behind the targeted exploitation of two zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco’s security appliances.
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As Biden Cheers TikTok Ban, White House Embraces TikTok Influencers
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:25:12 +0000
The White House brushes off accusations of hypocrisy, courting TikTok while seeking to ban it.
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Why a stronger dollar is dangerous
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:00:59 +0000
It sets the stage for a nasty new Trump-China clash, among other things
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AI-Controlled Fighter Jets Are Dogfighting With Human Pilots Now
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Plus: New York’s legislature suffers a cyberattack, police disrupt a global phishing operation, and Apple removes encrypted messaging apps in China.
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Can the IMF solve the poor world’s debt crisis?
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:05:21 +0000
The fund will freeze out China if that is what it takes to offer relief
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China’s better economic growth hides reasons to worry
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:33:05 +0000
The country’s leaders are too complacent about deflation
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What China’s central bank and Costco shoppers have in common
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:02:17 +0000
Hint: it is not a fondness for cryptocurrencies
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China’s state is eating the private property market
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:50:47 +0000
Pity those soon to buy a home
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How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America
Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:31:35 +0000
Digital twins, nuclear fusion and the small matter of fixing China’s economy
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China’s banks have a bad-debt problem
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:12:05 +0000
As is becoming increasingly obvious
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Japan ends the world’s greatest monetary-policy experiment
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:12:06 +0000
For the first time in 17 years, officials raise interest rates
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How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:52:43 +0000
Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis
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China’s economic bright spots provide a warning
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:55:00 +0000
What a visit to an optimistic port reveals
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China is churning out solar panels—and upsetting sand markets
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:37:33 +0000
The hunt for grains with a silica concentration of more than 99.9%
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How Trump and Biden have failed to cut ties with China
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:46:06 +0000
It is hard to overcome economic incentives
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As the Nikkei 225 hits record highs, Japan’s young start investing
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:21:14 +0000
Will more now favour domestic stocks?
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Russia outsmarts Western sanctions—and China is paying attention
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:08:09 +0000
How the rise of middle powers helps America’s enemies
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China’s stockmarket nightmare is nowhere near over
Wed, 07 Feb 2024 17:35:54 +0000
The situation ought to worry Xi Jinping
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China’s leaders are flailing as markets drop
Thu, 01 Feb 2024 11:10:43 +0000
The government is not used to being bullied
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Evergrande’s liquidation is a new low in China’s property crisis
Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:04:03 +0000
A judge in Hong Kong surprises the mainland
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The false promise of friendshoring
Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:14:50 +0000
America, China and Europe appear to be trading less with their geopolitical rivals
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As China’s markets suffer, what alternatives do investors have?
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 21:13:53 +0000
Optimism about the world’s second-largest stockmarket is a distant memory
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“Little Home Market”: The Connecticut Company Accused of Fueling an Execution Spree
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:10:40 +0000
Evidence points to Absolute Standards as the source of a lethal drug the Trump administration used to restart federal executions after 17 years.
The post “Little Home Market”: The Connecticut Company Accused of Fueling an Execution Spree appeared first on The Intercept.
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Chuck Schumer Privately Warns Pakistan: Don't Kill Imran Khan in Prison
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:04:01 +0000
Supporters worry Khan’s life is in danger and with good reason: The military has a long history of killing deposed leaders.
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Reporting in India ‘too difficult’ under Modi, says departing Australian journalist
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 06:33:49 GMT
Despite eventual visa backflip by authorities, ABC’s south-Asia correspondent Avani Dias left after being made to ‘feel so uncomfortable’
The south-Asia correspondent for Australia’s national broadcaster, Avani Dias, has been forced out of India after her reporting fell foul of the Indian government, in a sign of the increasing pressure on journalists in the country under Narendra Modi.
Dias, who has been based in Delhi for the ABC since January 2022, said she felt the government had made it “too difficult” for her to continue to do her job, claiming it blocked her from accessing events, issued takedown notices to YouTube for her news stories, and then refused her a standard visa renewal.
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How fast is India’s economy really growing?
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:00:46 +0000
Statisticians take the country’s figures with a pinch of salt
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How to build a global currency
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 09:55:08 +0000
India is the latest country to try. Painful reforms are required
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How India could become an Asian tiger
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:11:52 +0000
The world’s most selective bureaucracy is struggling to make it happen
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The false promise of Indonesia’s economy
Thu, 08 Feb 2024 11:10:49 +0000
Presidential candidates vow to deliver 7% growth. Voters have heard it before
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The 21 Best Movies on Apple TV+ Right Now (May 2024)
Thu, 02 May 2024 19:00:00 +0000
Argylle, Mad Max: Fury Road, Napoleon, and a documentary about Billie Eilish are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Apple TV+ this month.
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The Fall Guy review – Ryan Gosling fails to fly in vacuous stuntman action comedy
Sat, 04 May 2024 14:00:42 GMT
The combined star power of Gosling and Emily Blunt can’t lift Bullet Train director David Leitch’s action-heavy spectacle into meaningful entertainment
Like the Lee Majors-starring 80s TV show on which this bombastic action comedy is based, The Fall Guy is pitched as a celebration of the work of the stunt crew: the unheralded men and women who take the movie-set risks so that the stars can take the credit. But in fact the film tumbles into the same pitfalls as any other enthusiastically pyrotechnic, action-heavy extravaganza: the sheer volume of stunt sequences means that the skills on show start to lose all meaning. Individually, the shots of a tiny figure dangling from a bucking, spinning, malfunctioning helicopter are impressive. But the relentless pace at which director (and former stuntman) David Leitch (Bullet Train) works through his ostentatious action set piece checklist means that it all turns into empty noise; spectacles strung together by a dizzy, slapdash screenplay that feels as though it has sustained a few too many bumps to the head.
Ryan Gosling is curiously half-baked as Colt Seavers, a top stunt professional whose career and burgeoning romantic relationship are both derailed by a broken back from a botched fall. Now Jody (Emily Blunt), the ex-girlfriend he ghosted after the incident, is directing her first movie (an absolutely shocking-looking sci-fi western titled Metal Storm). And Colt is tempted out of retirement at her express request. Except she didn’t ask for him and she wants nothing more to do with him. Meanwhile, the film’s star, Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), is missing and the fate of Jody’s debut hangs in the balance. It’s up to Colt to do his best work – he’s repeatedly kicked in the face, ignited and shot at – in the name of bad art. Which, I suppose, neatly sums up the stunt performer paradox.
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The Beautifully Unnerving Gaze of “Evil Does Not Exist”
Fri, 03 May 2024 22:20:45 +0000
The Japanese filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi follows his Oscar-winning “Drive My Car” with a hauntingly ambiguous drama of nature and capitalism in conflict.
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NYC Mayor Smeared a Grandmother as an “Outside Agitator” to Justify NYPD Assault on Columbia
Fri, 03 May 2024 20:34:07 +0000
Nahla Al-Arian lost more than 200 relatives in Israel's attacks on Gaza. Then Eric Adams said she was the reason police raided Columbia.
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Actor Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the “Star Wars” movie franchise, gave brief remarks...
Fri, 03 May 2024 18:13:02 +0000
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Hayao Miyazaki’s Anti-Comfort Movie
Thu, 02 May 2024 20:38:15 +0000
“The Boy and the Heron” finds the filmmaker revising—and sometimes upending—the themes that have defined his career.
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“The Fall Guy” Is Gravity-Defying Fun, in Every Sense
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, this action-comedy about a stuntman, by the stuntman turned director David Leitch, sticks its landings, but don’t expect characterization.
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Why the Sports Movie Always Wins
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Films like Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers” and last year’s “The Iron Claw” offer Zeitgeisty takes on masculinity. Do they signal a shift in the storied genre?
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“Challengers” Is Essentially a Well-Shot Commercial
Wed, 01 May 2024 23:10:03 +0000
Because the film has so little to say, viewers are free to simply focus on the vibes—which happen to be the area where Luca Guadagnino, its director, has most distinguished himself.
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QAnon Was Born Out of the Sex Ad Moral Panic That Took Down Backpage.com
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000
For years, the political establishment opportunistically railed against sex trafficking. Then came Pizzagate.
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“The truth as we know it is over.” “Civil War” star on how it really could happen here.
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EST
Wagner Moura, one of the stars of the hit film “Civil War,” tells Playbook Deep Dive how making a movie about a new civil war changed his own personal thinking about politics, how his experiences with Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil are a warning for Americans and what the role of art is in politics.
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Most Frequently Asked Questions About NFTs(Non-Fungible Tokens)
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:04:00 +0000
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are the most popular digital assets today, capturing the attention of cryptocurrency investors, whales and people from around the world. People find it amazing that some users spend thousands or millions of dollars on a single NFT-based image of a monkey or other token, but you can simply take a screenshot for free. So here we share some freuently asked question about NFTs.
1) What is an NFT?
NFT stands for non-fungible token, which is a cryptographic token on a blockchain with unique identification codes that distinguish it from other tokens. NFTs are unique and not interchangeable, which means no two NFTs are the same. NFTs can be a unique artwork, GIF, Images, videos, Audio album. in-game items, collectibles etc.
2) What is Blockchain?
A blockchain is a distributed digital ledger that allows for the secure storage of data. By recording any kind of information—such as bank account transactions, the ownership of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), or Decentralized Finance (DeFi) smart contracts—in one place, and distributing it to many different computers, blockchains ensure that data can’t be manipulated without everyone in the system being aware.
3) What makes an NFT valuable?
The value of an NFT comes from its ability to be traded freely and securely on the blockchain, which is not possible with other current digital ownership solutionsThe NFT points to its location on the blockchain, but doesn’t necessarily contain the digital property. For example, if you replace one bitcoin with another, you will still have the same thing. If you buy a non-fungible item, such as a movie ticket, it is impossible to replace it with any other movie ticket because each ticket is unique to a specific time and place.
4) How do NFTs work?
One of the unique characteristics of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is that they can be tokenised to create a digital certificate of ownership that can be bought, sold and traded on the blockchain.
As with crypto-currency, records of who owns what are stored on a ledger that is maintained by thousands of computers around the world. These records can’t be forged because the whole system operates on an open-source network.
NFTs also contain smart contracts—small computer programs that run on the blockchain—that give the artist, for example, a cut of any future sale of the token.
5) What’s the connection between NFTs and cryptocurrency?
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) aren't cryptocurrencies, but they do use blockchain technology. Many NFTs are based on Ethereum, where the blockchain serves as a ledger for all the transactions related to said NFT and the properties it represents.5) How to make an NFT?
Anyone can create an NFT. All you need is a digital wallet, some ethereum tokens and a connection to an NFT marketplace where you’ll be able to upload and sell your creations
6) How to validate the authencity of an NFT?
When you purchase a stock in NFT, that purchase is recorded on the blockchain—the bitcoin ledger of transactions—and that entry acts as your proof of ownership.
7) How is an NFT valued? What are the most expensive NFTs?
The value of an NFT varies a lot based on the digital asset up for grabs. People use NFTs to trade and sell digital art, so when creating an NFT, you should consider the popularity of your digital artwork along with historical statistics.
In the year 2021, a digital artist called Pak created an artwork called The Merge. It was sold on the Nifty Gateway NFT market for $91.8 million.
8) Can NFTs be used as an investment?
Non-fungible tokens can be used in investment opportunities. One can purchase an NFT and resell it at a profit. Certain NFT marketplaces let sellers of NFTs keep a percentage of the profits from sales of the assets they create.
9) Will NFTs be the future of art and collectibles?
Many people want to buy NFTs because it lets them support the arts and own something cool from their favorite musicians, brands, and celebrities. NFTs also give artists an opportunity to program in continual royalties if someone buys their work. Galleries see this as a way to reach new buyers interested in art.
10) How do we buy an NFTs?
There are many places to buy digital assets, like opensea and their policies vary. On top shot, for instance, you sign up for a waitlist that can be thousands of people long. When a digital asset goes on sale, you are occasionally chosen to purchase it.
11) Can i mint NFT for free?
To mint an NFT token, you must pay some amount of gas fee to process the transaction on the Etherum blockchain, but you can mint your NFT on a different blockchain called Polygon to avoid paying gas fees. This option is available on OpenSea and this simply denotes that your NFT will only be able to trade using Polygon's blockchain and not Etherum's blockchain. Mintable allows you to mint NFTs for free without paying any gas fees.
12) Do i own an NFT if i screenshot it?
The answer is no. Non-Fungible Tokens are minted on the blockchain using cryptocurrencies such as Etherum, Solana, Polygon, and so on. Once a Non-Fungible Token is minted, the transaction is recorded on the blockchain and the contract or license is awarded to whoever has that Non-Fungible Token in their wallet.
12) Why are people investing so much in NFT?
Non-fungible tokens have gained the hearts of people around the world, and they have given digital creators the recognition they deserve. One of the remarkable things about non-fungible tokens is that you can take a screenshot of one, but you don’t own it. This is because when a non-fungible token is created, then the transaction is stored on the blockchain, and the license or contract to hold such a token is awarded to the person owning the token in their digital wallet.
You can sell your work and creations by attaching a license to it on the blockchain, where its ownership can be transferred. This lets you get exposure without losing full ownership of your work. Some of the most successful projects include Cryptopunks, Bored Ape Yatch Club NFTs, SandBox, World of Women and so on. These NFT projects have gained popularity globally and are owned by celebrities and other successful entrepreneurs. Owning one of these NFTs gives you an automatic ticket to exclusive business meetings and life-changing connections.
Final Saying
That’s a wrap. Hope you guys found this article enlightening. I just answer some question with my limited knowledge about NFTs. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop them in the comment section below. Also I have a question for you, Is bitcoin an NFTs? let me know in The comment section below
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