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Comment on this storyCommentDo one thing: Pick a slower delivery option if you can.Don’t freak out about: All that cardboard and packaging junk aren’t great for the environment, but they’re not the worst.Do freak out about: Transportation is the biggest source of planet-warming emissions. The final miles for packages to your door (or your car to a store) are a biggie.It’s not your fault: Your choices matter, but slowing climate change is not up to you. Companies want you to buy without thinking about your wallet, your carbon footprint or anything else.Something hopeful: A shopping website in Mexico found that…

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Over the past few years, people have been talking a lot about cryptocurrency. At first, this business sounded scary but people started developing trust in it. You may have heard of Ether and Bitcoin. They both are crypto currencies and use the Blockchain Technology for highest security possible. Nowadays, these currencies are available in several types. Let’s know more about it. How Can cryptocurrency help you? As far as fraud is concerned, this type of currency can’t be faked as it’s in digital form and can’t be reversed or counterfeited unlike the credit cards. Immediate settlement Buying real property involves…

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All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. All prices are correct at the time of publishing.Black Friday isn’t just a great time to snatch up a laptop or pair of headphones. You’ll also find discounts on plenty of music gear. Buying a synth or a guitar pedal isn’t always the cheapest gift option. So if you’re looking for something special for a special someone, but want to make it…

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In what some officials were hailing as a “Thanksgiving miracle” a passenger was rescued from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday evening after falling overboard from a cruise ship, the US coast guard (USCG) announced.At 8.25pm on Thursday, the coast guard located a 28-year-old man in the sea about 20 miles south of Southwest Pass, Louisiana, after he apparently fell overboard the New Orleans-to-Mexico Carnival Valor cruise ship on Wednesday evening.In a statement to CNN, Carnival officials said the man was reported missing on Thanksgiving Day after he walked away from his sister at an onboard bar…

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(CNN) — Market vendor Mr. Chan gestures around what used to be one of Hong Kong’s busiest streets. “There are no tourists now, whatsoever,” he says. Mr. Chan sells silver earrings, necklaces and scarves on Tung Choi Street in Kowloon, which is famous for its robust night market.The past three years have been harsh on him. He kept his stall open until 10 p.m. before the pandemic, but these days he closes at 7 p.m. He hopes for swift change with the end of quarantine, which had a devastating effect on businesses that relied on tourism.Hong Kong has taken steps…

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has some minor, albeit handy, updates for . Soon, when you join a call or start presenting on one from a Docs, Sheets or Slides file, you’ll have an easier way to share that file with other attendees through the meeting’s chat panel. You can grant everyone on the call access to the file or limit it to select attendees. You’ll all be able to collaborate on the document, spreadsheet or presentation while you’re on the call. Elsewhere, Google says it will take your recent search activity into account to improve search results when you use the email service on…

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Comment on this storyCommentPresidential administrations never stay the same from beginning to end. Top personnel come and go for various reasons, and we seem to be seeing that now with the Joe Biden administration. Bloomberg News recently reported that the White House’s top economic adviser, Brian Deese, is expected to depart next year as director of the National Economic Council. There’s speculation that Cecilia Rouse, chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, will leave next year as well.For Biden, these departures are potentially welcome news. His administration’s economic policy desperately needs an overhaul after adjusting too slowly to a new…

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Although there is no way of becoming a millionaire overnight, we have a few tricks to help you earn free BTC. However, keep in mind that these methods still require you to invest a lot of effort. If you are not going to spend fiat, know that you still need to spend a lot of time doing easy tasks or exchanging your private information. Read on to know more. 1: Try Faucets Faucets are the simplest way of earning Bitcoin online. Since it requires no deep knowledge of crypto currencies, you can get started without any worries. All you need…

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Key eventsLabor will win Victoria election by five points, says NewspollA Newspoll in the Australian this morning says that Labor and Daniel Andrews are five points ahead going into today’s Victoria state election.It predicts a two-party-preferred result of 54.5-45.5% in what would be a 2.8% swing to the Liberals compared with the result in 2018. Three weeks ago, the paper reports, the split was 54-46.It adds that such a vote would give Andrews between 45 to 50 of its 55 seats in the 88-seat parliament, and would mean that Andrews would overtake John Cain Jr as Victoria’s longest-serving Labor premier.Australians…

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