Flipkart, which has been experimenting with web3 and blockchain since last year through Flipkart Labs, is looking to test new use cases beyond metaverse and non-fungible tokens.The Walmart-owned ecommerce behemoth is working with Polygon for its web3 initiatives and plans to go deep with this partnership this year, which can help change the way Indians shop and engage with brands online, according to a senior industry executive, who requested not to be named.“While there are a bunch of...
A federal judge on Thursday upheld the verdict and award in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against former President Donald Trump and denied Trump’s motion for a new trial. Judge Lewis Kaplan, in a written opinion, said Trump’s legal arguments are without merit. The judge also found that the punitive damages the jury awarded to Carroll “passes constitutional muster.” Carroll, a former magazine columnist, alleged Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman department store in the mid-1990s and then...
The flat cap and muffler are in the main a thing of the past now but is the whippet still a northern bloke’s preferred pet? That was the question the team at Yorkshire Windows in Rotherham set themselves as they launched a special online survey. “Over tea breaks, we often chat about our own dogs at Yorkshire Windows and it recently sparked a surprisingly serious conversation,” said Managing Director Ian Chester, who is himself the proud owner of a cockerpoo. “Our on-site surveyors have noticed...
Elie Mystal By covering the Supreme Court’s hearing of Trump’s immunity claim as if the court were impartial and nonpartisan, the media has done the American people a serious disservice.
NEW YORK (AP) — The “miners” who chisel bitcoins out of complex mathematics are taking a 50% pay cut — effectively reducing new production of the world’s largest cryptocurrency, again. Bitcoin'
Apple announced plans to turn the iPhone into your driver’s license all the way back in 2021. Plane tickets, movie passes, and credit cards were already digital. Now it was time to digitize government-issued identification cards. So far, very few U.S. states actually let you add your driver’s license or state ID to Apple Wallet. However, there are more states without Wallet support where your iPhone can still become your driver’s license. more
Harvey Weinstein’s legal team saw some hope on the horizon when Bill Cosby’s indecent assault conviction was overturned three years ago by Pennsylvania’s top court. “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has demonstrated, once again, that no matter who a defendant may be and no matter the nature of the alleged crime, courts can be relied upon to follow the law and come to the correct decision,” Juda Engelmayer, a spokesperson for Weinstein, said in 2021 after Cosby was ordered released from prison...
Apple isn't doing a great job of hiding the fact that there's a new iPad Air coming soon.
Sometime in the next few days or even hours, the “miners” who chisel bitcoins out of complex mathematics are going to take a 50% pay cut — effectively slicing new production of the world’s largest cryptocurrency in half. That could have a lot of implications, from the price of the asset to the bitcoin miners […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - Will a Las Vegas woman be sent back to prison? Mia Christman insists she is not the same person she was before she was sent to prison. Christman, now 30, was 18 when she was part of a violent crime spree. “I did make my mistakes,” Christman told the 8 News []
The Library venue - set on Leeds Road under the shadow of the Olympic Legacy Park - is re-launching its daytime business under the management of Jamie Christian and Steve Roebuck. The duo made their name at the city’s renowned Baldwins Omega and are bringing their years of expertise in fine dining, banqueting and all-round quality hospitality to the East End. City-born David Slater funded the restoration of the Attercliffe Library building – which originally opened in 1894 and lent its last book...
Sam’s Club is now using artificial intelligence and a new camera system to scan customers’ receipts at the door, instead of having employees check them.