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Dinosaur Crossing Signs and Statues in Ottawa,...

January 14, 2021

These signs, one depicting a woolly mammoth and the other a Chasmosaurus irvinensis, are a playful homage to the Canadian Museum of Nature’s Centre for Arctic Knowledge and Exploration. Accompanying each signpost are fully fleshed-out replicas of these creatures that provide a glimpse into life during the Late Cretaceous Period and the last Ice Age. The trio of mammoths, two adults and one baby, take inspiration from published scientific research and fossils, including the mummified remains of Dima, a woolly mammoth calf……

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Maen Achwyfan Cross in Whitford, Wales

January 14, 2021

The Maen Achwyfan Cross, near Whitford village, is a freestanding stone monument, or wheel-cross, dating from the late 10th or early 11th century. While it may have been built in commemoration of a person or event, Cadw, the government arm responsible for historical monuments in Wales, states that its exact purpose is currently unknown. While there are other examples around the country, this particular monument is the tallest wheel-cross in Britain, standing at 3.4 meters, or around 11 feet……

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John Rattray Statue in Edinburgh, Scotland

January 14, 2021

Scotland is a country known for many historic inventions and creations, including crafting the ground rules for golf. In the 18th-century, officials from the port city of Leith asked the city of Edinburgh to contribute funds for a silver golf club for an upcoming tournament. The city of Edinburgh agreed, but on the condition that the league responsible for the competition placed the rules in writing. John Rattray was a surgeon and an avid player of the game. He……

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Gemini is launching a credit card with...

January 14, 2021

Cryptocurrency exchange company Gemini is acquiring Blockrize and announcing a new product today based on Blockrize’s work. Later this year, the company is launching a credit card that works like a regular credit card — but you earn bitcoin rewards based on your purchases. The credit card will work like any other credit card and will be available in the U.S. Customers will earn up to 3% in bitcoin rewards (again, up to 3%). You’ll be able to earn……

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Accel Partners heads down to Georgia to...

January 14, 2021

DecisionLink, an Atlanta-based company that provides software for cost-benefit analyses of business services from a customer’s perspective, has managed to woo one of Silicon Valley’s top venture firms to invest in its latest $18.5 million round of funding. Accel Partners has a long-standing reputation as one of the Bay Area’s premier investment firms, and it’s leading DecisionLink’s latest round. Their investment comes on the heels of billion dollar valuations for Atlanta companies like Calendly, Greenlight Financial Technologies, OneTrust, and……

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Upgrade launches checking accounts and debit cards

January 14, 2021

Fintech startup Upgrade has been positioning itself as a neobank. And yet, the company has mostly been focused on personal loans and more recently credit cards. You couldn’t just replace your bank account with Upgrade. Upgrade is adding two important missing pieces of the puzzle with checking accounts and debit cards. With today’s launch, Upgrade competes more directly with other challenger banks, such as Chime, N26 and others. You can open a checking account, control it from a mobile……

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Concept for a hybrid-electric plane may reduce...

January 14, 2021

At cruising altitude, airplanes emit a steady stream of nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere, where the chemicals can linger to produce ozone and fine particulates. Nitrogen oxides, or NOx, are a major source of air pollution and have been associated with asthma, respiratory disease, and cardiovascular disorders. Previous research has shown that the generation of these chemicals due to global aviation results in 16,000 premature deaths each year. Now MIT engineers have come up with a concept for airplane……

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A new lens on real estate design

January 14, 2021

Natasha Sadikin, a master’s student in the MIT Center for Real Estate (CRE), was fascinated by the relationship between people and spaces long before her career in real estate development. A portrait and nature photographer since high school, Sadikin says her work acts as a mirror to her many interests. “My photography reflects two different sides of me,” she says. “One focuses on the human subject and the intimate, romantic nuances between people, and the other zooms out into the……

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Grab Financial Group raises $300 million Series...

January 14, 2021

Grab Financial Group said today it has raised more than $300 million in Series A funding, led by South Korean firm Hanhwa Asset Management, with participation from K3 Ventures, GGV Capital, Arbor Ventures and Flourish Ventures. The Financial Times reports that the funding values Grab Financial, a subsidiary of ride-hailing and delivery giant Grab, at $3 billion. Both K3 Ventures and GGV Capital were early investors in Grab, which was founded in 2012. Back in February 2020, Grab announced……

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Durant, Nets win while short-handed with Harden...

January 14, 2021

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NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 26 points as the solo superstar before soon fronting a brand new Big Three, leading the Brooklyn Nets — short-handed after agreeing to a trade for James Harden — to a 116-109 victory over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night. Durant was already scheduled to play on both nights of a back-to-back for the first time since surgery to repair his Achilles tendon. He maybe had to do a little more…

NY Democrat’s ties to Maduro may help...

January 14, 2021

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MIAMI (AP) — It was the aftermath of a failed coup against Hugo Chávez and Rep. Gregory Meeks was lounging at the Kennedy compound on Cape Cod with a young lawmaker from Venezuela with a bushy moustache named Nicolás Maduro. Photographs of the 2002 encounter show the men standing shoulder to shoulder, having bonded over their shared love of baseball and tales of their respective odds-defying upbringings — Maduro on the streets of Caracas, where leftist radicals like himself…

Twitter CEO defends Trump ban, warns of...

January 14, 2021

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey broke his silence with a philosophical Twitter thread defending his company’s ban of President Donald Trump as the right decision, although he warned that it could set a dangerous precedent. When Twitter called out Trump’s incitement to violence, Dorsey said the company faced an “extraordinary and untenable circumstance” with respect to public safety. “I believe this was the right decision for Twitter,” Dorsey wrote. But such bans, he said, also point…

Doncic has 34 points, Mavs beat Hornets...

January 14, 2021

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The dangerous duo is back in Dallas. Luka Doncic had 34 points, 13 rebounds, nine assists and a career-high four blocks, Kristaps Porzingis scored 16 points in his return from a knee injury and the Mavericks beat the Charlotte Hornets 104-93 on Wednesday night. “When both of those guys are out there at the same time it’s a game changer for us,” said Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, who became the 16th coach in NBA history…

Daily Crunch: Airbnb cancels all DC bookings...

January 13, 2021

Airbnb takes a big step to avoid violence at the inauguration, Intel gets a new CEO and Affirm goes public. This is your Daily Crunch for January 13, 2021. The big story: Airbnb cancels all DC bookings during inauguration week Airbnb said today that “in response to various local, state and federal officials asking people not to travel to Washington, D.C.” it will be canceling all reservations in the area for next week, which is the week of President-elect……

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For Sale: Papers From the Planning of...

January 13, 2021

The study and sweep of history tends to turn real life into myth. In hindsight we imagine it unfolding in grainy footage, or in black and white, set to a sweeping cinematic score. It’s less like it physically happened, and more like it has always just been. Throughout 2020 and into 2021, we’ve been reminded frequently and painfully that this is not the case—that history happens in real time, made and experienced by real people. The January 6, 2021,……

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