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Poor may be priority for digital handout

BangkokPost.com 

The digital wallet handout may be distributed first to groups of people that most need it for spending to inject money into the economy towards the end of this year, says caretaker Deputy Finance Minister Paopoom Rojanasakul.

PVL: Lena Samoilenko, Khat Bell had nothing but love after epic battle

Sports.inquirer.net 

MANILA, Philippines — Lena Samoilenko and Khat Bell shared a moment after an epic showdown as the Chery Tiggo import’s 40-point explosion went for naught with the Russian spiker dropping 37 to lead PLDT to the 2024 PVL Reinforced Conference semifinals. With Bell powering Chery Tiggo to a 2-1 lead in their knockout quarterfinal match,

La Liga : Real Madrid held by Las Palmas

Today.rtl.lu 

Real Madrid relied on a second-half penalty from Vinicius Junior to secure a 1-1 draw against Las Palmas on Thursday, avoiding their first league defeat of the season after going behind early.

OBN launches new campaign to help human trafficking victims

Kfor.com 

The goal is to make information about human trafficking more accessible and provide victims resources through a QR code that will be displayed in businesses and schools throughout the state. The code will take you to the human trafficking section of OBN’s website.

Fraudster could have five years tacked on to sentence after failing to pay $1.6-million fine

Calgary Herald 

Failing to pay a nearly $1.7-million fine on time could earn a convicted fraudster an additional five years in prison. James Russell Neilson, now 58, was convicted in 2020 on charges of fraud, theft and money laundering in connection with Canmore business dealings between 2009 and 2014, and given a 5-1/2 year prison sentence and hefty fine. In […]

The technology that was cutting edge the year you were born

AOL.com 

Tech

We’ve come a long way, baby, when it comes to technology. But do you know the tech that was all the rage when you were born? Read on to see innovations that may seem quaint and commonplace today but were revolutionary at the time. 

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1950: Transistor Radio

At the beach, on the street, everywhere you went in 1950, someone was toting one of these portable radios around. Use of transistors rather than large vacuum tubes, allowed for the miniaturization of radios, TVs, and more. Читать дальше...

The Tech-Trump Alliance

TheAtlantic.com 

A conversation with Ali Breland about the long-simmering ideas animating Silicon Valley’s rightward turn