Despite their warm fuzzy packaging and seemingly altruistic intentions, mental health and prayer apps are “worse than any other product” when it comes to user privacy and security, an analysis by browser firm Mozilla revealed on Monday. “The vast majority of mental health and prayer apps are exceptionally creepy,” Mozilla’s …
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Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti has been convicted of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for stealing $300,000 from porn star Stormy Daniels. It’s the second criminal conviction in two years for a man liberal pundits once believed would bring down the presidency of Donald Trump. Avenatti was found guilty by …
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A five-alarm fire at a high-rise apartment building has left at least 19 people dead and dozens more critically injured in the New York borough of the Bronx, according to US media. Many are hospitalized with smoke inhalation. The fire broke out on the third floor of the 19-story building …
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Bitcoin dropped to trading levels not seen in more than three months on Friday, down 40% from its all-time high of $69,000 recorded in November, amid a broader sell-off for cryptocurrencies. The world’s number one digital currency fell at one point by as much as 3.7% to $40,938, its lowest …
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Walt Disney, Verizon, and Boeing, as well as California-based biopharmaceutical firm Amgen and tech conglomerate Honeywell, were the worst stocks of 2021, according to stock market index Dow Jones. Disney and Verizon stocks saw double-digit percentage losses, while the other three firms booked losses in the single digits. Entertainment giant …
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The Turkish lira ended 2021 by losing 44% of its value against the US dollar – 19% in the last week of the year alone. This was the lira’s worst performance since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power nearly 20 years ago. The lira tumbled from 18.4 to 10.25 …
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Representatives of the right-wing populist LDPR party submitted the resolution to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, on Monday, proposing to send it to Russian President Vladimir Putin and to other authorities across the country. The document reads, “the Duma once more calls attention to the importance of …
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A total of 91,608 new Covid-19 cases were confirmed in France on Thursday, the national Public Health Agency reported, adding that the absolute majority (97%) of new infections were caused by the Delta strain. The newly released numbers surpassed the two previous records that the nation saw in November 2020 …
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More than 1,500 respondents of an open-ended survey on Yahoo Finance on December 4 were given dozens of alternatives to choose from, but Facebook beat them all. It received 50% more votes as the year’s worst company than the second-place finisher, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. Some respondents complained about Facebook’s …
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The president officially declared a federal disaster emergency on Saturday afternoon after pledging the government’s “full support” to the devastated communities earlier in the day. Biden suggested the wrath of nature was “likely to be one of the largest tornado outbreaks in our history,” adding that his administration stood ready …
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