12 Peers invests in ShareRing (SHR), marking the firm’s first investment into the digital asset space
The ShareRing management team has successfully executed gig-economy applications for mobility rentals and travel. Their latest venture, the ShareRing app is focused on the fragmented $7 Trillion travel economy and integrates travel documents and itineraries into an all-in-one travel platform….
Kia Motors collects over 2,000 pairs of football boots via UEFA Europa League Trophy Tour with football legends, fans
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the UEFA Europa League Trophy Tour Driven by Kia has gone online to continue its commitment to donating football boots to young Syrian refugees in Jordan #TheDreamPass encourages children to keep passing the football despite being…
Dr. Stuart Weiss: COVID-19 Update Monday 3-August-2020
August 3, 2020Today’s topics: Its a bad day for: Baseball, Schools reopening, New Jersey, Dr. Birx and Cruise ShipsThere will NOT be a Friday call this week. A Bad day for Baseball\On Saturday, the second team in Major League Baseball learned of…
Hong Kong leader delays legislative elections, asks Beijing to resolve legal questions, citing coronavirus pandemic dangers
By Tony Cheung, Natalie Wong and Kimmy Chung From SCMP Citing health risks of voting amid Covid-19, Chief Executive Carrie Lam invokes emergency powers to postpone Legislative Council polls by a year National People’s Congress Standing Committee to decide legal issues surrounding…
Hong Kong elections: mass disqualification of opposition hopefuls sparks political storm
By Tony Cheung, Kimmy Chung and Natalie Wong From SMCP The group includes such well-known names as Alvin Yeung, Joshua Wong, Dennis Kwok and Gwyneth Ho Government warns more nominations could yet be invalidated, saying there is ‘no question of any political…
Paris Gallery implements social distancing hats with a major design flaw
By Rain Noe From Core77 Hot on the heels of Burger King’s sombrero-like social distancing crown marketing gag, an art gallery in Paris has implemented something similar, but far less effective. As Reuters reports, visitors to the 59 Rivoli gallery…
US: The opposite of looters: The volunteers who clean everything up in the mornings
By Rain Noe From Core77 “We don’t want the message of the protests to get lost” Once again peaceful protests were hijacked by looters, and we were all bombarded with the footage. For the sake of balance, here’s footage of…
Airline banned from UK after pilots found to have fraudulent licences
Nearly a quarter of Pakistan International Airlines pilots had potentially fake licences By Joanna Whitehead From The Independent Nearly a quarter of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) pilots have been found not to hold valid licences. An investigation following the Karachi air disaster in May, in…
10 things that mentally strong parents do with their children to build their maturity and emotional intelligence
By Amy Morin From Business Insider All parents should proactively practice mentally strong habits to help their children build up their own mental strength from a young age. It doesn’t have to be complicated — just spending quality time together,…
Video mapping viral trends of the decade by state is a wild trip down memory lane
By Tim Marcin From Mashable Remember Flappy Bird? “Gangam Style?” Rebecca Black’s unstoppable ear-worm“Friday?” Somehow, despite feeling like a lifetime ago, all those viral hits happened this decade. Using Google’s annual “Year in Search” summary, the YouTube channel V1 Analyticscreated a video…