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The History of Bitcoin 07/23/2024 08:00pm • Bitcoin (BTC) was the first cryptocurrency created and is now the most valuable and well known. While the idea of cryptocurrency has been around for over 40 years, Bitcoin made it a reality in 2009 and its 15-year trading history has been an exhilarating ride. Fueled by increasing interest from youn 9 Online Business Ideas 07/23/2024 08:00pm • According to the latest research, Brits work more from home than any other nationality. In fact, 44% work from home in some capacity, while 16% of the UK now work fully remote. Remote work brings many benefits, from a better work-life balance to less money spent on commuting. Running your own busine Google's corporate parent still prospering amid shift injecting more AI technology in search 07/23/2024 05:50pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Google���s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. delivered another quarter of steady growth amid an AI-driven shift in the ubiquitous search engine that is the foundation of its internet empire. The second-quarter report released Tuesday showed that Google is still reeling in adverti Harris steps into the limelight. And the coconut trees and memes have followed 07/23/2024 05:27pm • If you're trying to get up to speed on Vice President Kamala Harris' swift emergence as Democrats' possible nominee this fall, you really need to know your memes. From ���brat summer��� to ���coconut tree," it's been a timeline full of Harris-related memes for many people since President Joe Biden e Alphabet: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 07/23/2024 04:12pm • MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) ��� MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) ��� Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) on Tuesday reported second-quarter net income of $23.62 billion. On a per-share basis, the Mountain View, California-based company said it had profit of $1.89. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The aver A Russian internet pioneer is handed a 2-year prison sentence by Moscow court 07/23/2024 02:16pm • MOSCOW (AP) ��� One of Russia's internet pioneers has been sentenced to two years in prison on charges of abuse of office that he has rejected, a verdict that is seen by some as politically driven. Alexei Soldatov, who served as deputy minister of communications in 2008-2010, was convicted Monday on Malaysia evacuates 123 citizens from violence-hit Bangladesh 07/23/2024 11:24am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ��� Malaysia evacuated 123 of its citizens from Bangladesh on Tuesday in response to violent unrest that has killed dozens of people. Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution greeted the evacuees, including 80 students, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport after they landed Google makes abrupt U-turn by dropping plan to remove ad-tracking cookies on Chrome browser 07/23/2024 10:26am • LONDON (AP) ��� Google is dropping plans to eliminate cookies from its Chrome web browser, making a sudden U-turn on four years of work to phase out a technology that helps businesses tracks users online. The company had been working on retiring third-party cookies, which are snippets of code that Internet is still down in Bangladesh despite apparent calm following deadly protests 07/23/2024 01:45am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� Bangladesh remained without internet for a fifth day and the government declared a public holiday Monday, as authorities maintained tight control despite apparent calm following a court order that scaled back a controversial system for allocating government jobs that spark A top Chinese university fires a professor after a student accused him of sexual harassment 07/22/2024 11:26pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� A top Chinese university fired a professor on Monday, a day after a graduate student accused him of sexual harassment on social media in a rare public allegation and posted recordings as evidence, drawing widespread support. The woman, who identified herself as Wang Di, said she i HealthStream: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 07/22/2024 04:37pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� HealthStream Inc. (HSTM) on Monday reported second-quarter earnings of $4.2 million. On a per-share basis, the Nashville, Tennessee-based company said it had net income of 14 cents. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of US census takers to conduct test runs in the South and West 4 years before 2030 count 07/22/2024 04:26pm • Six places in the South and West will host practice runs four years prior to the 2030 U.S. census, a nationwide head count that helps determine political power and the distribution of federal funds. Residents of western Texas; tribal lands in Arizona; Colorado Springs, Colorado; western North Caroli Grammy-nominated metalcore band As I Lay Dying ready to shred The Fillmore in Silver Spring 07/22/2024 03:18pm • What's heavier than heavy metal? Check out the screaming and growling of "metalcore!" Arguably the genre's biggest act,��As I Lay Dying, joined WTOP as it prepares to rock The Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland, this Friday night. "We've done some incredible shows in the D.C. area," front AI industry is influencing the world. Mozilla adviser Abeba Birhane is challenging its core values 07/22/2024 11:50am • ���Scaling up" is a catchphrase in the artificial intelligence industry as tech companies rush to improve their AI systems with ever-bigger sets of internet data. It's also a red flag for Mozilla's Abeba Birhane, an AI expert who for years has challenged the values and practices of her field and the Biden's legacy: Far-reaching accomplishments that didn't translate into political support 07/22/2024 06:33am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Sitting in the Oval Office behind the iconic Resolute desk in 2022, an animated President Joe Biden described the challenge of leading a psychologically traumatized nation. The United States had endured a life-altering pandemic. There was a jarring burst of inflation and now glob