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President Maduro is forcing Venezuelan banks to use his dodgy cryptocurrency

Aug28
by on August 28, 2018 at 10:15 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Nicolás Maduro has ordered every Venezuelan bank to adopt his pet cryptocurrency, the Petro, which is now tied to and completely interchangeable with the new “sovereign Bolivar.” Both public and private banks must now use his dodgy cryptocurrency in all financial reports. For almost a year, this has been Maduro’s plan to pull Venezuela out of financial turmoil. Last month, its highest ever inflation rate was recorded, with prices for goods and services rising by at least 82,766 percent. As of last week, Venezuela has two national currencies: the “sovereign Bolivar” and the Petro. The new sovereign Bolivar is effectively same as…

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President Maduro is forcing Venezuelan banks to use his dodgy cryptocurrency

Aug28
by on August 28, 2018 at 10:15 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Nicolás Maduro has ordered every Venezuelan bank to adopt his pet cryptocurrency, the Petro, which is now tied to and completely interchangeable with the new “sovereign Bolivar.” Both public and private banks must now use his dodgy cryptocurrency in all financial reports. For almost a year, this has been Maduro’s plan to pull Venezuela out of financial turmoil. Last month, its highest ever inflation rate was recorded, with prices for goods and services rising by at least 82,766 percent. As of last week, Venezuela has two national currencies: the “sovereign Bolivar” and the Petro. The new sovereign Bolivar is effectively same as…

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Haiku Review: UE BOOM 2

Aug28
by on August 28, 2018 at 9:56 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to Haiku Review, a feature where we review gear and gadgets using the Japanese poetry form. This time round, we’re looking at the UE BOOM 2, a portable bluetooth speaker from Ultimate Ears. Here we go: Small, three-sixty sound Loud, clear, tough and waterproof, I shower with it   Stay tuned for more poetic breakdowns of popular products. And, if you’re that way inclined, you can grab a UE BOOM 2 here.

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Google rebrands its Tez payments app to Google Pay in India, adds instant loans

Aug28
by on August 28, 2018 at 8:15 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia, India


Last September, Google launched Tez, an app for instant money transfers in India. At its annual event in the capital of New Delhi, the company announced it’s rebranding the app to Google Pay. That means it’s unifying its global payments services with what it’s built for India. Tez is based on BHIM UPI, a government-built platform that allows for on-demand transactions between bank accounts used by individuals and businesses. The company stressed its ongoing efforts to help digitize payments by announcing upcoming support for Google Pay in more than 15,000 retail stores across the country by the time the festival…

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Here’s why mosquitoes bite some people more than others

Aug28
by on August 28, 2018 at 7:59 am
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication, world


Surprisingly few of the more than 3,000 mosquito species actually specialize in biting humans. Instead, most are opportunistic feeders – feeding when they are able and from lots of different sources. But Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae are well known for their preference for human blood and their role as vectors which transmit disease in humans. Ae. aegypti has been linked to zika and dengue, while An. gambiae carries the parasite which causes malaria. Not only do certain mosquito species show very strong preferences for obtaining their blood meals from humans, they also appear to discriminate between people when choosing…

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