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advertisement advertisement advertisement The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is joining the Nasdaq today. Coinbase’s listing is historic in that it’s the first major crypto exchange to go public in the United States, notes CNBC. However, instead of going public via a traditional initial public offering (IPO), Coinbase will go public via a direct listing. Here’s what you need to know: advertisement What is Coinbase? It’s a cryptocurrency platform founded in 2012. In other words, it lets users buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin, among others. What is Coinbase’s stock ticker symbol? Coinbase will trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker COIN. How is a direct listing different from an IPO? In an IPO an underwriter—usually a major bank—sets the target price range for a stock. In a direct listing, the company shares are sold directly to investors from the company’s employees and current investors … [Read more...] about Coinbase stock joins the Nasdaq today: Here’s what to know about COIN

♈ ARIES March 21 to April 20 Venus lands in your values chart, making it easier to measure your feelings and find out, in a subtle way, the true potential of a relationship. Work-wise, you have a lot to offer but need to show it. The luck factor involves workmates and a contest to win a motor vehicle. Better still, friendship deepens. * Read our horoscopes live blog for the very latest on what the stars have in store for you... ♉ TAURUS April 21 to May 21 As sets of numbers start to make sense, you can ask all the right questions and recognise good deals, whether buying or selling. When it comes to new love, Venus in your personality chart puts an unexpected name in mind. Initial “L” is an extra clue. A long-term love can still provide you with what you need. ♊ GEMINI May 22 to June 21 Mars has another week in your sign to provide daring ideas and the energy to test them out. Just as important is the way you can say no while … [Read more...] about Horoscope today, Wednesday April 14: Daily guide to what your star sign has in store for your zodiac dates

If you were interested in technology around 2013 and 2014, lifelogging , or the practice of recording everything about your life for digital posterity, increased self-awareness, and potentially personal growth, was the big trend . The wide adoption of lifelogging seemed inevitable, at least based on the number of products and interest surrounding it, but it never really took off in the way lifelogging evangelists said it would. Or did it? Despite all the privacy concerns that eventually made lifelogging a dirty word, we have still all become lifeloggers — we just don’t call it that. Sadly, we may have lost out on the main redeeming feature about it in the process. Lifelogging tech Google Glass is perhaps the quintessential life-logging product. It was designed to be worn all the time and had a camera that could take stills and video, which it then uploaded directly to Google Now (remember that?) for all to see, and you to remember. You could feasibly catalog everything that … [Read more...] about Lifelogging isn’t dead. It lives on, just without any of the promised benefits

Years from now when we look back at the coronavirus pandemic, one of the first people we'll think of is Anthony Fauci Anthony Fauci Overnight Health Care: US health officials call for J&J vaccine pause over rare blood clots | White House seeks to reassure Five questions raised by the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause Biden says vaccine supply not impacted by J&J pause MORE , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. And why not? It was one year ago when an argument could be made that the two most trusted public figures on COVID-19 were Fauci and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Andrew Cuomo New Mexico governor settles with former campaign aide over claim of unwanted sexual behavior Fauci fatigue sets in as top doc sows doubt in vaccine effectiveness New Mexico governor signs marijuana legalization bill MORE (D). We all know about the spectacular fall of the latter from 70-something percent approval … [Read more...] about Fauci fatigue sets in as top doc sows doubt in vaccine effectiveness

Meet Joe Biden, America’s drunken sailor. When Mr. Biden first came to Washington during the previous mini-Ice Age, federal debt was about $450 billion — a quaint little figure when you think about it these days. In the 48 years since Mr. Biden arrived on the banks of the Potomac, federal debt has exploded. Today, it stands at $28 trillion — a figure that is literally beyond comprehension. If Carl Sagan were still alive and we asked him to explain the enormity of it, he would say, “Wait? How big is that?” Mr. Biden would reply, apparently: “Not big enough.” And Sagan would respond, “Wait? Who let Joe Biden be president?” The last time Joe Biden was allowed near the White House, he tacked more than $8 trillion to the national debt — mostly for all those “shovel-ready” projects that were not ready. Instead of “shovel-ready,” America suffered through the slowest recession-recovery in modern times. To Mr. Biden’s credit, it took him and President Obama eight years to blow … [Read more...] about Charles Hurt: Biden Goes Wild! Spending Could Top Two Iraq Wars in Three Months