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Cryptocurrency has become a mainstream avenue for investment and income generation. For many, mining Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies remains an exciting way to earn digital assets. However, the high costs of hardware, electricity, and technical know-how can be significant barriers. This is where free Bitcoin cloud mining apps come into play in 2025 — offering users new and accessible options to start earning cryptocurrency without upfront investments.This article dives into the leading free Bitcoin cloud mining apps that empower users to mine Bitcoin and other cryptos easily, securely, and without any initial costs. Whether you are a beginner or simply…

Tether introduces USAT to comply with new US stablecoin laws, a move to bring transparency and expand its reach in the American crypto market. Tether has shared plans to launch USAT, a new stablecoin backed by the U.S. dollar and designed to follow U.S. regulations. At the same time, the company named Bo Hines as the future CEO of the project. Announcing both news together shows Tether’s goal to offer a stablecoin that meets U.S. rules and is led by a team based in the country right from the beginning. Tether’s Plan To Launch USAT The company behind the world’s…

The agreement sets out hiring timelines that the company must also hit to receive these tax incentives: Meta can receive the highest property tax exemption as long as it hires the equivalent of 300 “full-time” jobs by 2030, 450 by 2032, 475 by 2033 and 500 by December 31, 2034.Louisiana’s agreements ask for more than some other states’ tax subsidies. According to Good Jobs First, nearly half of state tax subsidies for data centers don’t require any new jobs to be created. But Miller has concerns that the tax breaks were not necessary at all to entice a company as…

Politics / September 22, 2025 If Democrats don’t fight this with everything they have, they are basically admitting that authoritarianism is here to stay. Ad Policy President Donald Trump introduces White House border czar Tom Homan during a “One Big, Beautiful” event in the East Room of the White House, on June 26, 2025.(Francis Chung / Politico via AP Images) Donald Trump lies about virtually everything except for one topic: his unrelenting hatred of his political foes. He’s willing to indulge this rage even at the most inappropriate moments—say, a nationally televised funeral service supposedly based on Christian faith and…

MIT Department of Mathematics researchers David Roe ’06 and Andrew Sutherland ’90, PhD ’07 are among the inaugural recipients of the Renaissance Philanthropy and XTX Markets’ AI for Math grants. Four additional MIT alumni — Anshula Gandhi ’19, Viktor Kunčak SM ’01, PhD ’07; Gireeja Ranade ’07; and Damiano Testa PhD ’05 — were also honored for separate projects.The first 29 winning projects will support mathematicians and researchers at universities and organizations working to develop artificial intelligence systems that help advance mathematical discovery and research across several key tasks.Roe and Sutherland, along with Chris Birkbeck of the University of East Anglia, will use their…

The Irish government has appointed Niamh Sweeney as a new member of the Data Protection Commission (DPC), the country’s data protection commission, which also has the main responsibility in the EU for monitoring that the big tech giants comply with European data protection laws. The appointment has been met with harsh criticism from Noyb, an organization that in recent years has reported several technology companies that are considered not to take personal privacy seriously. The criticism centers on the fact that Niamh Sweeney has previously been a lobbyist for Meta, a company that has violated EU laws and regulations on several occasions.

The formal innovations might not have worried the Lord Chamberlain too much, but some of the songs’ lyrics would definitely have had him reaching for his blue pencil, especially those with the “four-letter words, explicit sexual content, rituals, drugs” mentioned by Miller. Hair has its share of uplifting flower-power anthems, notably Aquarius and Let the Sun Shine In. But it also has its share of subversive, taboo-busting songs. Sodomy is a soulful gospel number that lists a variety of sex acts. In Hashish, the cast chants the names of numerous narcotics, and two songs, Black Boys and White Boys, are…

Static Media We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. With countless anime shows finding millions of fans worldwide, the Japanese-produced animation medium is at its most globally ubiquitous. But for every show like “One Piece” or “Dragon Ball” that boasts strong popularity and immediate recognition, there are scores of anime that are overlooked. Given the sheer breadth of anime releases across the history of the medium, this is understandable, but many shows deserve to be as celebrated as the best anime on Crunchyroll. Indeed, many of the…

By Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio, Reporter A HOUSE of Representatives committee on Monday moved to channel billions worth of flood control funds to education and health as they began revising the proposed P6.793-trillion national budget for 2026. The House sub-committee on Budget Amendments Review redirected P255 billion in flood control funding originally allocated for the Public Works department next year towards the Health and Education departments, in line with President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s call to strengthen human capital development. “We want to ensure that we are able to reallocate it in a way that the budget will be most…

Lynn Milam says that a nerve-stimulating implant has dramatically improved her rheumatoid arthritis, allowing her and her husband, Donald, to regain the life they once enjoyed together. Lynn Milam hide caption toggle caption Lynn Milam For more than four years, Lynn Milam’s life was bound by the pain that radiated from her swollen joints. “My children could not hug me,” she says. “I couldn’t hold my husband’s hand.” Milam also couldn’t climb stairs or help raise her teenage son. She spent most days on the couch. The reason was rheumatoid arthritis, which occurs when the immune system starts attacking the…