Bitcoin’s price has been going through a volatile phase lately, making the crypto-asset extremely sensitive to all kinds of developments. China recently announced a ban on the mining of cryptocurrencies in the Xinjiang zone citing “energy-saving environmental protection.” Xinjiang, along with Inner Mongolia and Sichuan, made up three important places in China contributing highly to […]
“Attended, had access everywhere, spoke to hundreds,” Bitcoin core admin Alex Lawn tweeted. It should be obvious that CoinDesk doesn’t have a way to independently verify any of these claims, nor has prior reporting on COVID-19 at Bitcoin 2021 shown any evidence of seeking verification. “It seems most people who went to the conference itself […]
“I don’t want a husband that lives in a completely different state,” Kardashian said. Relationships were a theme on the series finale as Kourtney Kardashian complained about the pressure she feels to get back with Scott Disick, her former boyfriend with whom she shares three children. …Read the full story
When we celebrate Pink Floyd, we’re envisioning the years where Roger Waters and Syd Barrett made plush, trippy music about mental breakdowns, not the too-neat, conspicuously well-named, post-Rog ’80s nadir A Momentary Lapse of Reason; we don’t speak of Squeeze, the Velvet Underground album Doug Yule wrote after Lou Reed and John Cale left, the […]
Of all the aspects of normality Americans missed throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, physical touch has been a common theme. Vinyl may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about the impacts of the pandemic, but for some business owners, it’s everything. The first Record Store Day was on April 19, 2008, […]
G7 leaders were invited to join the Queen, along with other senior members of the family, for a reception before dinner Friday night. Eden Project launched The Big Lunch in 2009, a charitable project which encourages communities to eat, volunteer and spend time together. The charity will be part of the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations in […]
Baby-naming has become almost a competitive sport, with parents vying to find a name that no one else has discovered, that also carries deep personal meaning. Luna has gone from almost nonexistent 20 years ago to number 14 on the Social Security Administration list of popular names. There are definitely boy equivalents — Lucas, Luca, […]
So I was about as shocked as Victor, the show’s chirpy, newly out high-school protagonist, when he notices a squishy plastic cylinder lying on top of his more experienced boyfriend’s wallet when they go off to a cabin for the weekend. In its framing, the show’s depiction of Victor’s coming out pushed against Love, Simon’s […]
By the turn of the century, vinyl appeared in the twilight of its years and seemingly marked for death. Suffolk County is home to nine of such shops at the forefront of the 21st century revinylization. Lines wrap around the shops for colored vinyl, picture discs, new remasters, first-time vinyl pressings and long sought out-of-print […]
That may be true. But it may succeed in attracting an audience of aggrieved viewers, making it a political force similar to the country’s right-leaning newspapers. The launch of GB News comes as pandemic restrictions in the United Kingdom have eased, allowing for some semblance of normal life to return as restaurants and pubs fill […]
When GB News launches at 8pm on Sunday, viewers will for the first time be able to immerse themselves in a non-stop, opinionated, US-style “anti-woke” current affairs television channel aimed at a British audience. GB News employees have also been told their target audience is “rational, civic-minded centrists” who feel BBC News has lost its […]
Participating employers at the event, which runs from 9 a.m. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. …Read the full story
In past years, the Boston Pops has performed its July 4th Spectacular at the Charles River Esplanade, while Tanglewood typically featured James Taylor. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. …Read the full story
His tall, thin, boyishly handsome frame and looks made him the beau hunk opposite of Chris Hemsworth’s beefy Thor. Disney’s “Loki” series grapples with the reality that not only is Loki dead, but maybe he should stay that way. It’s believed that a “unique Loki perspective” is required to track and stop a particularly dangerous […]
Muslims are very rarely depicted in movies, and when they are, it’s usually as a stereotypical terrorist, what Oscar nominated actor Riz Ahmed calls a “dangerous trope.” Having spoken out about this issue for several years, he’s been looking for hard data. USC’s researchers combed through 200 popular films from the U.S., the U.K., Australia […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda still believes it was a miracle that “In the Heights,” the musical homage to Latino culture through the lens of the Washington Heights neighborhood, made it to Broadway. “Some of the hurdles were about Hollywood’s unwillingness to take chances on new talent and invest in that,” Miranda said. The movie features a cast […]
After having been kept off television for seven months, Black’s return was recently announced through a series of vignettes. …Read the full story
Following his mid-life professional transition from semi-successful chef to rousingly successful author and global gadfly, Bourdain had an appeal that was inextricably linked to the impression he gave the audience that we knew him, that we were privy to his thoughts and reflections and, therefore, to something deeper and more personal. Many of the people […]
