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Jan

05

2022

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By Troy Warren

OpenSea Valued at $13.3 Billion as Ethereum NFT Market Booms Again

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By Jeff Benson | Decrypt.Co Troy Warren for CNT #NFT #Business OpenSea had its second-best month for Ethereum NFT volume in December, so it's no surprise that VCs want in. In brief The Series C funding round was led by Paradigm and Coatue. OpenSea raised $100 million in a Series B round in July 2021. The leading NFT marketplace OpenSea announced Tuesday it has raised $300 million in a Series C funding round and is now valued at $13.3 billion. The round was led by venture capital firms Paradigmand Coatue. KRH, the current holding name for the new fund from former Andreessen Horowitz general partner…

Jan

02

2022

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Twitter bans personal Greene account for COVID-19 Misinformation

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Troy Warren for CNT #COVID-19 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter on Sunday banned the personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of its COVID-19 misinformation policy, according to a statement from the company. The Georgia Republican's account was permanently suspended under the "strike" system Twitter launched in March, which uses artificial intelligence to identify posts about the coronavirus that are misleading enough to cause harm to people. Two or three strikes earn a 12-hour account lock; four strikes prompt a weeklong suspension, and five or more strikes can get someone permanently removed from Twitter. In a statement on the messaging app…

Jan

01

2022

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New Year’s Rose Parade marches on despite COVID-19 surge

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Troy Warren for CNT PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A year after New Year's Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, marching bands and floral floats took to the streets again to celebrate the arrival of 2022 despite a new surge of infections due to the omicron variant. The 133rd edition of the Pasadena, California, tradition on Saturday featured actor LeVar Burton as grand marshal, 20 bands, 18 equestrian units and dozens of floats reflecting the theme of “Dream. Believe. Achieve.” After days of record-smashing rains, there were sunny skies for the 8 a.m. start of the…

Jan

01

2022

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Taking a step back: US colleges returning to online classes

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By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks #COVID-19 Amid a wave of COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron variant, dozens of colleges are making plans to move classes online for at least the first week of the semester With COVID-19 cases surging just as students are about to return from winter break, dozens of U.S. colleges are moving classes online again for at least the first week or so of the semester — and some warn it could stretch longer if the wave of infection doesn’t subside soon. Harvard is moving classes online for the first three weeks…

Jan

01

2022

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Wave of canceled flights from omicron closes out 2021

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By DAVID KOENIG, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #Travel #COVID-19 Flight cancellations surged again on the last day of 2021, with airlines blaming it on crew shortages related to the spike in COVID-19 infections More canceled flights frustrated air travelers on the final day of 2021 and appeared all but certain to inconvenience hundreds of thousands more over the New Year's holiday weekend. Airlines blamed many of the cancellations on crew shortages related to the spike in COVID-19 infections, along with wintry weather in parts of the United States. United Airlines, which suffered the most cancellations among the biggest U.S. carriers,…

Jan

01

2022

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Fans mourns Betty White on social media

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By Nancy Clanton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks #Entertainment Entertainment icon was just weeks from her 100th birthday when she died New Year’s Eve America’s favorite nonagenarian died New Year’s Eve, just weeks from turning 100 years old. Betty White was an actress and comedian, but also an enormous animal rights activist. Just Tuesday, White was promoting her upcoming birthday on social media. “Betty White: 100 Years Young — A Birthday Celebration” is scheduled to screen nationwide Jan. 17, when the onetime “Golden Girl” would have hit the century mark. The movie is billed as a…

Dec

31

2021

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Paul Allen’s Former Enchanted Hill Estate Sells for $65M

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BY DEGEN PENER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #RealEstate The 120-acre property in Beverly Hills, once home to a storied Wallace Neff residence designed for 1920s screenwriter Frances Marion and silent film cowboy Fred Thomson, first hit the market in 2018 for $150 million. Enchanted Hill — the onetime site of a famed Wallace Neff home built for Oscar-winning screenwriter Frances Marion and silent film cowboy Fred Thomson — has just sold for $65 million. Listed with Hilton & Hyland, the property, which spans 120 acres on a Beverly Crest ridge, has only had three other owners since the Hollywood couple…

Dec

31

2021

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How to Watch the 2022 Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball Drop Online

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BY DANIELLE DIRECTO-MESTON | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Lifestyle #EditorsPicks The annual countdown starts at 6 p.m. ET when the ball is raised atop One Times Square — here's how to watch the event for free. If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Note that prices and deals are accurate as of press time but may be subject to change. After closing last year’s event to the public, Times Square is inviting masked and vaccinated revelers back for the 2022 New Year’s Eve ball…

Dec

30

2021

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New COVID-19 cases in US soar to highest levels on record

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By KATHLEEN FOODY, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #COVID-19 #EditorsPicks CHICAGO (AP) — More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to their highest level on record at over 265,000 per day on average, a surge driven largely by the highly contagious omicron variant. New cases per day have more than doubled over the past two weeks, eclipsing the old mark of 250,000, set in mid-January, according to data kept by Johns Hopkins University. The fast-spreading mutant version of the virus has cast a pall over Christmas and New…

Dec

25

2021

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Russia blocks website of group that tracks political arrests

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By DASHA LITVINOVA, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian organization that tracks political arrests and provides legal aid to detainees said Saturday that government regulators blocked its website, the latest move in a months-long crackdown on independent media and human rights organizations. OVD-Info reported that Russia's internet and communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, blocked the group's website. The organization said in a tweet that it wasn't formally notified about the decision and doesn't know the reason for the action beyond that it was ordered by a court outside Moscow on Monday. The website was unavailable to Russian internet…

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