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Investing in the Time of the CCP Coronavirus

For stock market investors, the past month has been one of the most stressful times of their lives when it comes to investing. Share indexes have crashed beyond expectations. In about a month, the S&P 500 has fallen by about 30 percent. Just when the U.S.-China deal was giving investors hope of strong market performance, ...

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Plotting the stock market.

AI Choices: Should I Hit the Mother or the Child?

Even though research in artificial intelligence (AI) is in the nascent stage, experts the world over are struggling with ethical dilemmas with regard to this technology. There is fear that the technology might soon develop into some kind of adversary to humanity. The solution, they believe, is to inject it and data science with human ...

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An astronaut and an AI robot.

Why It’s Worth Considering Working Till 70

In the U.S., the average age of retirement is around 64 years old. Some people retire when they are 60 or even earlier at 55 years of age as the idea of a quiet, calm life seems too appealing to postpone any further. However, many people have started to think that they should work until the ...

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An old man sitting on a bench.

Here’s Why You Should Hold Off Buying Gold

The massive sell-off in gold has crashed the price of the yellow metal. And given the economic uncertainty triggered by the CCP coronavirus outbreak, some investors believe that buying the precious metal at the present low prices would be an excellent investment. However, remaining cautious might be a much wiser decision. A buying opportunity? Earlier ...

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100 g gold bars.

Award-Winning Film on Forced Organ Harvesting in China Now Free to Watch

An award-winning documentary about forced organ harvesting in China can now be watched for free online. The team at Swoop Films has made Hard to Believe available in response to the pandemic now sweeping the world — one now being labeled by Nspirement as the ‘CCP virus’ due to the regime’s coverups and corruption that ...

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Forced organ harvesting in China.

SpaceX Will Be Sending Tourists to Space Next Year

Axiom, an aerospace company based in Houston, Texas, has announced that it has signed a contract with SpaceX to send three paying tourists to the International Space Station (ISS) by 2021. The travelers will make the journey in SpaceX’s reusable spacecraft Crew Dragon. Space tourists “This history-making flight will represent a watershed moment in the ...

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The Crew Dragon spaceship.

How the Loan Forgiveness Program Turned Into an Empty Promise

In 2007, the U.S. government enacted the Student Loan Forgiveness Program. People were promised that if they paid their loans back on time for 10 years and honestly pursued work, their remaining student debt would be wiped out. More than a decade later, the program has proven to be nothing but an empty promise. Loan ...

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Hands holding $100 bills.

Has a Chinese EV Startup Beaten Tesla?

Xpeng, a Chinese EV startup, is expected to launch its battery-powered P7 car this year. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) recently rated the vehicle with a range of 706 kilometers (424 miles). This has made some netizens claim that the Xpeng P7 has the longest EV range in the world, beating even ...

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Xpeng, a Chinese EV startup.

WhatsApp Launches Dark Mode

If there was one thing WhatsApp users were disappointed with, it was the fact that the app never featured a Dark Mode. Such a setting would have allowed users to switch the app’s theme to a dark background with light text, something that would be eye-soothing when using WhatsApp at night when the lights were switched ...

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WhatsApp app on a smartphone.

Graphene: A Material With Superpowers

Graphene was supposed to allow us to make much stronger bulletproof vests, a filter that would distill seawater into drinkable water, longer-lasting batteries, flexible brain implants, and so on. While all these products are yet to hit the market, graphene has made its way into a surprising market — cosmetics. From face masks to hair ...

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A sheet of graphene.