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Luxury precious rings in a row on display in a jewelry store at a high-end shopping mall.Craig Hastings | Moment | Getty ImagesRoses are red, violets are blue, gemstones are hot and prices are too.Valentine's Day has long been one of the most popular days of the year for jewelry and engagements. U.S. consumers will spend a record $6.4 billion on jewelry around Valentine's Day this year, representing 10% of the total annual spend, according to Ankur Daga, founder and CEO of fine jewelry e-commerce company Angara.This year,…

Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, said Thursday that the creation of a gemstone market will ensure the diversification of the Nigerian economy. Mr Adegbite made this known in a statement signed by Funmi Imuetinyan, the head of the press department in the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development. According to the statement, the minister stated this at the commissioning of the Ultramodern International Gemstone Market Ojoo, Akinyele Local Government Area Ibadan, Oyo State, on…

We have the answer to Wordle (#663) on April 13, as well as some helpful hints to help you figure out the answer yourself right here. We’ve placed the answer right at the bottom of the page, so we don’t ruin the surprise before you’ve had a chance to work through the clues. So let’s dive in, starting with a reminder of yesterday’s answer. Yesterday’s Wordle answer Let’s start by first reminding ourselves of yesterday’s Wordle answer for those new to the game or who don’t play it daily, which was “borax.” So we can…

Resident Evil 4 is finally out and it’s one hell of a remake. Capcom spared no expenses with the ambitious project, reinventing the horror classic and making one of the series’ best games (again) in the process. For newcomers, it’s a perfect way to experience one of the best games of all time without some dated mechanics, while old fans will get a kick out of seeing the original radically reimagined. That surprising approach might also present some challenges upfront. If you know the original like the back of your…

All that glitters… Another day, another bout of controversy for Activision Blizzard — This time around, the subject is the publisher’s free-to-play mobile title Diablo Immortal, which is now seemingly in the sights of a possible class-action lawsuit due to one of its microtransaction-based gemstones. According to a report by Polygon, Washington D.C. law firm Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is considering filing suit against Activision Blizzard over Diablo Immortal‘s Legendary gem “Blessing of the Worthy”, which the firm…