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Source: Live Mint Vietnam trading activities quite tame this week – trader Thai prices see slight fluctuation due to currency exchange, flat demand Bangladesh to import 100,000 tonnes of white rice from Myanmar Dec 19 (Reuters) – Prices of parboiled rice exported from India fell this week as the rupee depreciated and supplies increased, while…
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Source: The Verge A Google Street View image played in role in solving a missing person investigation in Spain, according to reports from the BBC and The New York Times. The image, which can still be seen on Street View, shows what appears to be a person loading a large object into the trunk of…
Source: Coin Tegraph The Bitcoin Reserve Act could break the Halving cycle. Is this four year cycle going to play out differently, will we enter the mythical Supercycle? Read Full Article
Source: Live Mint Wall Street Today: Wall Street’s main indexes rebounded to gain some ground on Thursday, December 19, a day after the US Federal Reserve’s projections of fewer-than-expected interest rate cuts and higher inflation in 2025 spooked investors and pummeled US stocks. The stock market indices logged one of the worst Fed days on…
Source: Coin Tegraph “The HAWK Token exhibits all the characteristics of an unregistered security under established legal precedent,” litigants claimed. Read Full Article
Source: Venture Beat ChatGPT can now support more coding platforms and applications on its desktop apps, opening the door for more agentic use in the future. Read Full Article
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Source: The Verge There’s a new voice assistant in town, and this one can work locally in your home without phoning home to its corporate overloads. This week, the popular hobbyist smart home platform Home Assistant officially launched its first voice assistant hardware — Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition. Built for the open-source smart home…
Source: Bitcoinist A member of the South Korean national legislature could possibly face imprisonment for allegedly misdeclaring his cryptocurrency holdings. State prosecutors recommended that the legislator be sentenced to a six-month jail time for not disclosing a significant portion of his crypto assets, and failing to adhere to the South Korean policy on transparency and…
Source: Coin Tegraph Gamers of a certain age will feel the nostalgic pull of the Web3 incarnation of a 2000s MMORPG fan favorite. Read Full Article
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Source: The Verge The first season of Dune: Prophecy is about to wrap up — but there’s more on the way. Ahead of the finale on December 22nd, HBO has confirmed than the prequel series has been renewed for a second season. The show premiered in November, and takes place 10,000 years before the events…
