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Jon Cruddas has been the MP for Dagenham since 2001, and for the Dagenham and Rainham constituency since 2010. During the course of a 35-year career in the Labour party, he has become one of its most respected intellectual figures, standing for the deputy leadership in 2006 and chairing the party’s policy review under Ed Miliband. His new book, A Century of Labour, is a sweeping historical survey of the party’s ideas and personalities since its formation. Cruddas lives in London with his wife, Anna. He will be standing…

CBDC vs. Crypto: How They Differ in Design, Purpose, and Impact With the introduction of CBDC and cryptocurrency, there has been a great transformation in the digital investment landscape. Here you must be thinking about what CBDC is. The answer is that (Central Bank Digital Currency) CBDC is a digital currency that can be used to make electronic transactions that are controlled by the reserve bank of a country. CBDC provides a safe, efficient, and convenient means of payment to the public as well as…

Rage bait isn’t just common online anymore, it’s taking over the internet — and changing the way we view content in the process. Many early forms of internet content were rage bait adjacent, meant to stop people in their tracks long enough for them to have an emotional response and then engage. Think of early YouTube clickbait titles or trollish comments under tweets or Instagram posts meant to incite angry replies. But in the influencer age, a new character has emerged: the rage-bait influencers. On their home…

Remarkably, rappers who were teens when grime went national are now turning 40. After half a lifetime at the mic, Ghetts is one of the few rap veterans who can still be considered on the up. He’s never had a crossover radio hit yet was a popular winner of this year’s Mobo Pioneer award, as “a true inspiration and icon” to UK black music. And last album Conflict of Interest was his most successful project yet, scooping a 2021 Mercury nomination after reaching No 2 in the charts.In a world where André 3000 questions the…

When Sampson Dahl was looking for an apartment to rent in New York City, he stumbled upon a former laundromat on an online forum that caught his eye. His girlfriend at the time labeled the place, located in Maspeth, Queens, “disgusting,” but Sampson didn’t care. In 2019, he moved in and began calling it his home.At the time, he was paying $1,850 a month— his rent has since increased to $1,900, according to CNBC.On average, he pays $120 for electricity and $60 for internet.A former tenant of the place—which stopped…

About 17 years ago, Steve Jobs took the stage at a San Francisco convention center and said he was introducing three products: an iPod, a phone and an internet browser. “These are not three separate devices,” he said. “This is one device, and we are calling it iPhone.” At $500, the first iPhone was relatively expensive, but I was eager to dump my mediocre Motorola flip phone and splurge. There were flaws — including sluggish cellular internet speeds. But the iPhone delivered on its promises. Over the past week, I’ve had a…

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch its meteorological satellite INSAT-3DS aboard spacecraft GSLV F14 on Saturday, in the evening. Here are 5 points to know about satellite INSAT-3DS' launch:Also read: What is Bharatiya Antariksh Station, India's first space station to be…

In January, the ex-president incorrectly blamed Nikki Haley for being in “charge of security” during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection Donald Trump defended his mental fitness during a campaign rally in South Carolina Wednesday, claiming he was “sarcastic” when confusing Republican rival Nikki Haley with Rep. Nancy Pelosi in January. “I’s very hard to be sarcastic when I interpose. I’m not a Nicki fan, and I’m not a Pelosi fan. And when I purposely interpose names they said, ‘He didn’t know Pelosi…

teThe use of technology cannot be "gimmicky" and should be done with proper permissions, says music maestro A R Rahman, who has used an AI software to recreate the voices of late singers Bamba Bakya and Shahul Hameed for a new track.Rahman is happy that artificial intelligence technology, which is a hot button issue in the world with many looking at it with a mix of awe and fear, allowed him to bring back the voices of his friends and past collaborators of many songs. "(You should do it) Only when you really need it and…

The robotics industry loves a good, healthy debate. Of late, one of the most intense ones centers around humanoid robots. It’s been a big topic for decades, of course, but the recent proliferation of startups like 1X and Figure — along with projects from more established companies like Tesla — have put humanoids back in the spotlight. Proponents of the form factor point out that we’ve built our world to fit ourselves, so it makes sense that we would build robots like ourselves to fit it. There are also certain…