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Name: Samantha-Jane Agbontaen Company: House Designer Website:         About Samantha-Jane Agbontaen and House Designer   House Designer® is on a mission to make interior and garden design services accessible and enjoyable for today’s busy and savvy homeowners. By combining traditional design methods with cutting-edge 3D technology, we offer a unique and immersive design experience. Whether clients are looking to transform a single room an entire home or garden, our platform provides an innovative solution that allows them to visualise and experience the design before making any commitments.   The Problem We Solve:   The traditional design process…

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A United States House Committee has unanimously passed a pro-blockchain bill, which would task the U.S. commerce secretary to promote blockchain deployment and thus potentially increase the country’s use of blockchain technology.On Dec. 5, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce voted 46-0 to pass H.R. 6572, the Deploying American Blockchains Act of 2023, in a session aiming to clear 44 pieces of legislation. The 13-page blockchain bill would direct Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to “take actions necessary and appropriate to promote the competitiveness of the United States related to the deployment, use, application, and competitiveness of blockchain technology…

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A snapshot of the development of twin chick embryos. The yellow streaks mark the future spinal cords. Credit: Mattia Serra group, UC San Diego One of the most enduring, basic questions of life is: How does it happen? For instance, in human development, how do cells self-organize into skin, muscles or bones? How do they form a brain, a finger, a spine? Although the answers to such questions remain unknown, one line of scientific inquiry lies in understanding gastrulation—the stage at which embryo cells develop from a single layer to a multidimensional structure with a main body axis. In humans,…

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Image Credit: Shutterstock Erin Andrews, 45, revealed what the wives and girlfriends of NFL players think about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce‘s new romance, in a new podcast episode. The sportscaster said she “got a little intel from some WAGs out in Philly” during the recent Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers game, while having a conversation with co-host Charissa Thompson on their Calm Down show on iHeartRadio. “Somebody asked in front of me what the gals on their team thought and they were like, ‘Love it. Adorable.’ And they were like, ‘You know why? Because that’s a man, and…

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Indian financial services firm Paytm sent shockwaves through the industry on Wednesday after it disclosed that it plans to issue fewer personal loans under 50,000 Indian rupees ($600) in a move that has already started to rattle many fintech investors. Paytm’s move followed the RBI recently tightening norms for consumer loans and publicly expressing concerns about the bad, tiny personal loans. Paytm said Wednesday that it was getting “ultra conservative” and will expand its portfolio of higher-ticket personal and commercial loans to lower-risk and high credit-worthy customers. On an analyst call Wednesday, Paytm president and chief operating officer said “recent…

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Fortune CEO Alan Murray will host a one-on-one discussion with Barry about how Best Buy is meeting the changing consumer demands for technology—from optimising the customer experience across physical, digital, and virtual channels to expanding into new and growing product categories. The conversation will also demonstrate the connection between technology and human security, which CTA recently announced as a new eighth pillar of the Human Security for All (HS4A) campaign in partnership with the UN Trust Fund for Human Security.  “Technology is a basic human need and more important to our lives than it has ever been,” said Barry. “We have an important…

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The nature of money is tragically one of the most unexamined and vital questions in modern society. Over the course of history, different monetary systems have risen and fallen as technology progressed and new forms of money emerged that were superior to what came before. To help us understand money, we must examine the question: “who controls the ledger?” As we explore the technological history of money and its various incarnations, from informal social credit to commodity-backed systems, we can gain insight into how control over the monetary ledger impacts individual liberty, economic prosperity, and human flourishing. In the Austrian…

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A protein in the immune system programmed to protect the body from fungal infections is also responsible for exacerbating the severity of certain autoimmune diseases such as irritable bowel disease (IBS), type 1 diabetes, eczema and other chronic disorders, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) has found. The discovery could pave the way for new and more effective drugs, without the nasty side effects of existing treatments. In addition to helping to manage severe autoimmune conditions, the breakthrough could also help treat all types of cancer. The scientists have discovered a previously unknown function of the protein, known…

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