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Alicia Silverstone and Brendan Fraser. Shutterstock (2) Alicia Silverstone would be happy to reunite with Brendan Fraser for a Blast From the Past sequel — but they had private reunions right after his Oscar win. “I’d be happy to do anything with Brendan … I just saw Brendan after he won his Oscar,” the Clueless star, 46, said at 90s Con in Hartford, Connecticut, which was attended by Us Weekly, on Sunday, March 19. “He’s so cute and so sweet.” Alicia Silverstone and Brendan Fraser in ‘Blast From The Past.’ Peter Sorel/New Line/Kobal/Shutterstock     Fraser, 54, won the Best…

Bitcoin (BTC) price surged on March 19 to surpass the $28,000 zone, marking a 16% boost in value in the past 7-days, according to Cointelegraph’s MarketPro data. At the time of writing, the leading cryptocurrency is trading at $28,063, a 2.4% increase in the past 24 hours. The price reached $28,459 at its highest point during the day, before trading at $26,877 during the day’s low.Overall this week, Bitcoin has gained over 37% against the U.S. dollar. Bitcoin’s market capitalization added $194 billion in 2023, representing a 66% gain year-to-date, outperforming Wall Street banks stocks especially as fears of a global…

Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro has announced the reorganization of the National Superintendency of Crypto Assets, known as Sunacrip in Spanish, according to a decree issued on March 17.A new board will lead the reorganization, headed by Anabel Pereira Fernández, a lawyer who served as president of the Fondo de Garantía de Depositos y Protección Bancaria (FOGADE), the Venezuelan version of the United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC). Among the other directors are Héctor Andrés Obregón Pérez, Luis Alberto Pérez González, and Julio César Mora Sánchez.Without providing any further details or specific reasons for the reorganization, the decree says the…

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The Federal Reserve and five other leading central banks have taken fresh measures to improve global access to dollar liquidity as financial markets reel from the turmoil hitting the banking sector.In a joint statement on Sunday, the central banks said that, from tomorrow, they would switch from weekly to daily auctions of dollars in an effort to “ease strains in global funding markets”. The daily swap lines between the Fed and the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, the Swiss National Bank, the Bank of Canada and the Bank of Japan would run at least until the end of…

As part of this change, Twitter will also turn off 2FA for your account completely if you don’t switch away from SMS verification or pay for Blue before that deadline, leaving your account vulnerable to hacking. Fortunately, you can still enable 2FA for free using an authenticator app, like Google Authenticator or Authy. You can also use a security key, but this requires the purchase of an actual piece of hardware.Twitter’s making SMS 2FA a paid feature because it’s the least secure form of authentication. This may seem counterintuitive, but it should at least steer non-subscribers away from the method,…

Elena Rybakina claimed her first career win over Aryna Sabalenka on one of the biggest stages as a 7-6(11) 6-4 win secured her the Indian Wells title.Sabalenka stepped on the court with a perfect four-from-four record against Rybakina, including victory in the Australian Open final earlier this year.The world No. 2 has been strong in all departments this season, but she threw in an awful display on serve and it enabled Rybakina to claim the win.WTA Indian WellsRybakina stuns Swiatek in straight sets, will meet Sabalenka in Indian Wells finalYESTERDAY AT 08:51“It was an incredible two weeks here,” Rybakina said.…

As he did in 1984 when he was a military head of state, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), introduced a naira redesign policy, which left in its wake tales of deaths, sorrow and anguish, DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE writes Nigerians who were alive during the introduction of the naira redesign policy by the Muhammadu Buhari military junta of 1984 are not exactly surprised at the re-introduction of the same policy by the same man as a civilian President. A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN,  recalled that the redesign policy of 1984 led to the loss of lives. “In 1984,…

The President and Council Chairman, Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria, Aliyu Wamakko, in this interview with DAMILOLA AINA, explains the negative multiplier effect of the naira redesign policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria, reasons why mortgage is relatively high and what the next government should do for the built industry What is your view on the naira redesign policy by the Central Bank and how it has affected the real estate industry? Generally speaking, the naira redesign is a good policy by the government but it was not faithful to the citizens of the country and the real…

Chinese tech company Baidu has announced that it can now operate robotaxis in a part of the capital city of Beijing with no human staff or driver inside. According to CNBC, the move eliminates the labor cost for operating self-driving taxis — up to the permitted number of cars. The government approval initially covers 10 vehicles in the Beijing suburb of Yizhuang, which is home to many corporations such as JD.com. The suburb is the primary site of Baidu’s robotaxi public road testing and operation in Beijing city. In November 2021, local authorities allowed Baidu and rival robotaxi operator Pony.ai…