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Feb
06
2022
By Ellen Britt
10 NFTs Use Cases That Go Beyond Digital Art – Real Estate

10 NFTs Use Cases That Go Beyond Digital Art – Real Estate

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFT In our last article, we kicked off our new series on NFT Use Cases. Coming up today, we take a closer look at number one on our list, real estate transactions, both real-world and in the metaverse. Real estate and NFTs go together like peanut butter and jelly! Anyone who has ever been involved in a real estate transaction, either as a buyer or as a seller, knows first hand the pain of the laborious, tedious, and time-consuming real estate sale and transfer process.  Let Your Fingers Do The Walking! NFTs could greatly simplify finding out…
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Feb
05
2022
By Troy Warren
GM Hopes to Deliver 400,000 EVs in North America by 2024

GM Hopes to Deliver 400,000 EVs in North America by 2024

Cars,
BY CALEB MILLER | CarAndDriver.ComTroy Warren for CNT #CarsCEO Mary Barra presented the ambitious goal and announced a third electric truck factory to investors on Tuesday General Motors CEO Mary Barra told investors Tuesday that GM plans to deliver 400,000 EVs by the end of 2023, according to Automotive News.Barra also said that GM will build a third electric truck factory to supplement Factory Zero and the Orion assembly plant, which will be converted to build the Silverado EV.GM sold fewer than 25,000 EVs last year but plans to launch several electric models in the next two years. Nearly every automaker has…
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Feb
05
2022
By Troy Warren
Amazon Spent $13B on Video, Music Content in 2021

Amazon Spent $13B on Video, Music Content in 2021

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BY ALEX WEPRIN | HollywoodReporter.ComTroy Warren for CNT #Digital #EditorsPicksThe cash was spent on original shows for Prime Video and for paying musicians through Amazon Music.As the streaming video wars heat up, the amount of cash the major players spend on content is rising accordingly.According to its annual report filed Friday morning, Amazon spent $13 billion on video and music content in 2021, a $2 billion increase from 2020 when it spent $11 billion on content.“Total video and music expense includes licensing and production costs associated with content offered within Amazon Prime memberships, and costs associated with digital subscriptions and…
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Feb
05
2022
By Troy Warren
‘Moonfall’ Actor John Bradley Explains That Wild Ending

‘Moonfall’ Actor John Bradley Explains That Wild Ending

Entertainment,
BY JAMES HIBBERD | HollywoodReporter.ComTroy Warren for CNT #EntertainmentThe actor breaks down that surprisingly emotional climax and gives his take on the film's cryptic final line.[This story contains a major spoiler about the ending of the 2022 film Moonfall.]If 20 minutes into Roland Emmerich’s apocalyptic disaster film Moonfall you attempted to guess the film’s ending, you certainly would never have bet that the film’s conspiracy theorist C.K. Houseman would heroically sacrifice himself to save the planet and end up with his consciousness replicated in an AI supercomputer in the moon’s core, chatting with avatars of his mother and cat. In…
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Feb
05
2022
By Troy Warren
Shake Shack Started a Dating Site That Gives You a Free Chicken Sandwich When You Match with Someone

Shake Shack Started a Dating Site That Gives You a Free Chicken Sandwich When You Match with Someone

Foodie,
By Mike Pomranz | FoodAndWine.ComTroy Warren for CNT #FoodieEating and bonding are intrinsically tied together. But even though everyone can go so far as to place their own delivery order from a different restaurant these days, DoorDash understands the connecting power of food. The delivery giant has teamed up with Shake Shack — which recently added a Buffalo chicken sandwich to the menu — to create a chicken sandwich-themed dating site.Available from now until February 15, Eat Cute is described as a "spicy dating site to help singles find their perfect match over their shared love of Shake Shack's new Buffalo…
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Feb
05
2022
By Troy Warren
Southwest to Bring Back In-Flight Alcohol Sales

Southwest to Bring Back In-Flight Alcohol Sales

Travel,
DONALD WOOD |  TravelPulse.ComTroy Warren for CNT #TravelSouthwest Airlines announced it would restart alcohol sales on its flights this month after nearly two years.According to Reuters.com, Southwest paused alcohol services in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic and extended the decision last year due to a surge in alcohol-related flight disruptions by passengers.The carrier revealed alcohol services would resume on February 16.The airline revealed it would serve wine, vodka, tequila, rum and other cocktails on most of its flights of 176 miles or longer. In addition, officials expanded its line-up of non-alcoholic beverages to include tonic water, apple…
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Feb
05
2022
By Troy Warren
WORLD NUTELLA DAY February 5, 2022

WORLD NUTELLA DAY February 5, 2022

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Troy Warren for CNT #CelebrationsWORLD NUTELLA DAYWorld Nutella Day celebrates what happens when hazelnuts and chocolate collide. For example, millions of people celebrating on February 5th each year!It is often said that necessity is the mother of invention. Adding hazelnuts when cocoa is hard to come by may have been an Italian trick during hard times. In the 1800s, in the northern Italian city of Piedmont, they made a paste of chocolate and hazelnuts at a time when the nuts were abundant, but the cocoa was not.At the end of World War II, cocoa was once again difficult to come…
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Feb
05
2022
By Troy Warren
World Cancer Day: How COVID-19 has affected care

World Cancer Day: How COVID-19 has affected care

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By Alex Osiadacz and Laurel Kelly, Mayo Clinic News NetworkTroy Warren for CNT #Health  #COVID-19February is National Cancer Prevention Month and a good time to learn about preventionFebruary is National Cancer Prevention Month. Also, Friday is World Cancer Day, which is a global initiative to raise awareness, improve education and promote action to create a cancer-free world.Cancer has not rested during the COVID-19 pandemic, as is evident by the number of people diagnosed since 2020. Research published by the National Institutes of Health suggests that delayed screening during the pandemic has led to thousands of deaths and made cancers more…
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Feb
05
2022
By Troy Warren
Living room trends offer endless inspiration

Living room trends offer endless inspiration

Home & Garden
By Avery Newmark, The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionTroy Warren for CNT #HomeGardenFor design enthusiasts, a new year means new trends. And at the start of 2022, the design world’s attention is focused squarely on the living room.Here are three living room trends that designers at The Spruce can’t get enough of in 2022.Extend nature into your spaceBecause we’ve spent so much time at home in recent years, designers expect to see a lot of bringing bits of nature into our indoor spaces. It’s known as biophilic design, a set of principles that put “an emphasis on creating calming environments with natural lighting…
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