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The Response of Central Bank Digital Currencies to the Rise of Cryptocurrency

With several central banks around the world, Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) already collaborates closely. This holds true for the topic of Central Bank Digital Currencies , a type of Cryptocurrency , as well as for the printing of CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currencies). G+D has its own solution for countries that want to issue a CBDC, and it also offers other services like advice and help to make sure the Cryptocurrency meets the requirements. In addition, a large number of people use digital services and shop online as our lives grow more interconnected. Therefore, a digital form of fiat money is required, one that satisfies customer demand for quick and simple transactions. That's CBDC.  Dr. Ralf Wintergerst , Chairman of the Management Board and Group CEO of Giesecke+Devrient and chair of the North Africa Middle East Initiative of German Business (NMI), said in an exclusive interview with Local news media that an increasing number of states are looking into the implementation of a CBD

Simon Cowell Gets Lauren Silverman Pregnant

the X Factor boss,  Simon Cowell is to become a father,  Lauren Silverman is pregnant with Simon Cowell , while still married to his close friend Andrew Silverman, An insider tells Us Weekly (who was first to report the baby news) that Lauren, 36, is "around 10 weeks along" in her pregnancy.  Lauren Silverman  and  Simon Cowell   53, reportedly "became close" as her marriage "deteriorated." Lauren Silverman  and Andrew have been unhappy in their marriage for some time, and their divorce has been in the works for a while," adds the source. This will be the first child for  Simon Cowell   And while he might not be the first guy you think of as having paternal instincts, he told the U.K.'s Sunday People in April 2013, "I'd want kids if I knew I could be faithful. Cowell said, "I do like kids," he clarified. "I'm not sure I would be good for the first six months or so, but once they knew who I am…" &qu

300 GB Optical Discs Released In 2015 By Sony And Panasonic

300 GB Optical Discs Promised by Sony and Panasonic at the end of 2015 . Sony and Panasonic have announced that they are working on the next generation optical disc for long-term digital data storage. The latest effort comes on the part of Sony and Panasonic. The two have signed an agreement for the development of a new standard for professional-use o ptical discs . 300 GB Optical Discs release by Sony and Panasonic 300 GB Optical Discs Specs 300 GB Optical Discs released by Sony and Panasonic, Specs, preview Sony and Panasonic are currently targeting the video production industry along with motion picture houses and broadcasters as its potential customers. However, cloud-based data centers too are expected to make use of the upcoming high-capacity disc to store large amount of data. Thus, by the end of 2015 , we may see recording capacities of 300 GB . After that, the standard will steadily improve if things go well, until 1.5 TB is reached. 300 GB Optical Discs

Kidd Kraddick has died, He died doing what he loved

Kidd Kraddick has died .,  Kidd passed away today in New Orleans at a golf tournament organized to raise money for his beloved Kidd’s Kids charity. He died doing what he loved, and his final day was spent selflessly focused on those special children that meant the world to him. We ask that you respect the privacy of his family and his colleagues. At the appropriate time, we will release more information about the cause of death. On Saturday evening at 7:32 p.m., Cuban allegedly tweeted the following: “ RIP Kidd Kraddick . You were an amazing man and a friend. You are already missed.” Cuban and Kraddick are both popular Dallas personalities, and the fact this comes from Cuban’s actual Twitter account is enough to raise some eyebrows. Kraddick dies in new orleans But considering the KiddNation[dot]com website has mentioned nothing of the demise and that no other news outlets were reporting on it close to three hours after Cuban’s tweet, we’re willing to bet this is a hack

DJ Khaled HOT VIDEO: he Posts nice Picture Of Nicki Minaj With 500k Ring On MTV News

DJ Khaled made the heartfelt decision to propose to Nicki Minaj with a half a million dollar ring on MTV news . The most amazing part is knowing the pair aren’t even dating, though Minaj currently IS single and is probably dwelling on a decision. Nicki Minaj  hot Pict US superstar DJ Khaled was talking with MTV when he pulled out the giant diamond ring and proposed to Minaj . He said: “ Nicki Minaj , I’m at MTV , I’m going to be honest with you; I love you… I like you, I want you, I want you to be mine. Nicki Minaj , will you marry me? “If you gotta take your time and think about it, I overstand, but I know I have to be here today to let you know how serious I am and how serious this is to me.” VIDEO Dj Khaled Proposes To Nicki Minaj With $500000 Dimond People React About Dj Khaled Proposes To Nicki Minaj Comedy  Parody Video He unveils a 10 karat radiant cut diamond ring from Rafaello & Co believed to be worth a massive $500,000, according to MTV

JJ Cale dies From Heart Attack

JJ Cale dies at 74, R.I.P. J J Cale , Grammy-winning musician, US singer-songwriter JJ Cale dies of heart attack . JJ Cale, whose best known songs became hits for Eric Clapton with "After Midnight" and Lynyrd Skynyrd with "Call Me the Breeze," has died. Cale dies The performer and producer's manager Mike Kappus has told The Associated Press that the architect of the Tulsa Sound died Friday night of a heart attack at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, Calif. Born John Weldon Cale in Oklahoma City, he cut a wide path through 1970s rock 'n' roll, influencing some of the most famous musicians at the time with songs that were laid back and mellow, yet imbued with a driving groove. Neil Young, Mark Knopfler and Bryan Ferry are among his many fans in the music world. A former member of the Grand Ole Opry touring company, JJ Cale never rose to the level of success of his admirers, but his fingerprints could be heard all over the genre in the 1970s

The Wolverine 2013 Full Movie | Reviews (Film)

The Wolverine 2013 Full Movie and Reviews , Jackman and director James Mangold (Knight and Day; Girl, Interrupted) have teamed up to bring out the claws once again in The Wolverine . And while it's definitely a more entertaining and far deeper film than the last Wolverine outing, it still falls short of the top tier of Marvel tentpoles like the fizzy Iron Man and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man. MOVIE REVIEWS Wolverine movie review The Wolverine is an existential story about our razor-taloned hero grappling with the burden of immortality and loss. the film opens with a harrowing sequence set, like most of the film , in Japan. It's WWII, and Jackman's Logan is imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp in Nagasaki as B-29s fly overhead to deliver the atomic bomb. During the blast he saves one of his captors, a soldier named Yashida, who, during the explosion, learns of Wolverine's invincibility and ability to heal his own wounds. 2013 Movie Trailer Decades l

Google Chromecast Reviews And Price | Android, iOS, Windows, and OS X devices

Google Chromecast Review  And Specs  -  Google’s new Chromecast HDMI dongle is a reality. The small device lets users beam content from their mobile devices or computers to their HDTVs, but instead of the content going through the device first, it goes straight to the television. The best part is, the dongle only costs $35. We’ve gotten the chance to have a peek at the HDMI dongle here in San Francisco where Google just announced a handful of new products, including a refreshed Nexus 7 , Android 4.3, and the Chromecast . The dongle itself is fairly simple, with a textured plastic feel with an HDMI port on one end and a microUSB port at the other for power. The microUSB provides power to the stick, and it’ll come with a cable and power adapter in the box. From there, you can either plug it into the USB port on your television, or plug it into a nearby outlet using the included power adapter. While USB ports on TVs don’t provide a way to transfer data, they do provide power,

New Nexus 7 Full Reviews Price Specs | Google ChromeCast

The New Nexus 7 Reviews ,  Specs Price And Release Date And Video Reviews  -  The first Nexus 7 was a big hit,” Hugo Barra, VP of Android product development, said at the launch this morning in San Francisco. “We are going to try and follow up with another one. It wasn’t exactly Google’s best kept secret, but the company did in fact announce today a refreshed version to its popular seven-inch Nexus 7 tablet. New Nexus 7 Specs New Google Nexus 7 specs and price review and release dateThe specification, Google has retained the same 7 in form factor as the original. Key components – including the display, processor and RAM – have been enhanced. The screen now packs a 1920 x 1200 resolution (323ppi). Asus has switched from Nvidia’s Tegra 3 chipset to Qualcomm’s S4 Pro 1.5GHz Snapdragon processor and doubled the RAM to 2GB. The CPU is 80 per cent faster and the GPU is four times as powerful as the New Nexus7, While the 0.64-pound tablet measures just 8.65mm inches thick, the real

Amanda bynes Hot News | Amanda Bynes Crazy Behavior

Amanda Bynes Crazy Behavior - The sad, lurid saga of Amanda Byne s continues unabated. The actress was placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold, also known as 5150 in Los Angeles on Monday after setting a fire in a driveway,  She can be held only for 72 hours. Amanda Bynes Crazy According to Captain Don Aguilar of the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, " Amanda Bynes was involved in a disturbance in a residential neighborhood last night in Thousand Oaks in the 200-block of Avenida De Los Arboles. Deputies investigated the incident and determined that she met the criteria of 5150 W&I (She was detained and taken for a mental health evaluation." Earlier this spring,  Amanda Bynes  was charged with reckless endangerment and attempted tampering with physical evidence after allegedly throwing a marijuana bong from the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment. The actress is known on Twitter for her odd, cryptic posts. The most recent one, dated July

Gareth Bale will not be sold despite reports in Spain that a deal is already agreed

Gareth Bale News -  Tottenham Hotspur FC   continue to insist Gareth Bale will not be sold despite reports in Spain that a deal is already agreed. which is well known for its close allegiance to Real, claimed on Tuesday a six-year contract has been prepared for English football's double player of the year. The report also suggested  Gareth Bale  will be paid 10m Euros (£8.6m) a season and has already told Spurs he wants to leave. Gareth Bale News,Tottenham But speaking at a press conference in Hong Kong, where Spurs are preparing for the Asia Trophy, Andre Villas-Boas repeated the stance on  Gareth Bale  he has taken since before the end of last season. The Spurs manager said: "On Gareth, I want to repeat what I was telling you last season and what I was telling you from the beginning of (pre-season) so I cannot extend myself. He is a player that we are willing to continue to have, he's a Tottenham player, he's one of the most fantastic players in t

Net Robinson agreed to join the Denver Nuggets

Nate Robinson and the Denver Nuggets have come to an agreement over a two-year contract worth a cut of over $4million. Robinson , a 5-foot-9 point guard holds a career average of 11.5 points per game but averaged 13.1 points per game with 4.4 assists last season with the Chicago Bulls.  Nate Robinson  was a key prospect in regards to the Bulls’ offense and helping them battle through their playoff run last season.  robinson join nuggets He appeared 12 times and was active in Game 1 where he racked up 27 points and 9 assists with 40 minutes on the court. Nate took to Twitter to thank his fans and players alike for his time at the Bulls. He said: “Chicago will always have a place in my heart I'm a miss all my teammates it was a treat playing along side of all of them all stand up guys.” However, it won’t take long for  Nate Robinson  to fit in at the Nuggets . Re-uniting with familiar faces Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gallinari when they were all Knicks players. In

Royal Baby VIDEO - Names announcement - Royal Baby boy for Kate and Prince William

World welcomes royal baby boy for  Kate Middleton  and Prince William . the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William's wife, gave birth Monday to a son at 4:24 p.m. local time. after weeks of anticipation and excitement among fans of the royal family over the arrival of a new heir to the British throne. The child was born at 4:24 p.m. London time, about 10½ hours after Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, entered St. Mary’s Hospital in central London in the early stages of labor. Palace officials said the infant weighed 8 (eight) pounds, 6 (six) ounces . What is the name of the new royal baby ? His name  George Alexander Louis Royal Baby VIDEO Full Coverage A royal baby is born In a historic change, the baby was guaranteed to be third in line regardless of gender. A new rule being ratified by the 16 “realms” removes the automatic right of male offspring to leapfrog over older sisters on to the throne, a formula that held for centuries. Barring

Selena Gomez released a Single music VIDEO Birthday - MTV News

Selena Gomez homage to herself for her 21st birthday , released a Single music video , aptly named Birthday . taken from the second single off her album Stars Dance , the official release on July 23, 2013, It's like a Happy Birthday club anthem . Selena Gomez According to MTV News , in the wee hours of Sunday night/Monday morning, the pop singer went lo-fi by taking a group of her besties to a graffiti-decorated warehouse to dance suggestively. All the fun, in sync with our sharing-is-caring attitude, is captured on video . Selena Gomez - Birthday - New Album Stars Dance Music Video

Royal Baby News: kate middleton in labor as world waits for royal baby

Royal Baby News - Princess kate middleton in labor as world waits for royal baby . Catherine and the Duke of Cambridge arrived by car at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, west London, at 06:00 BST. Kensington Palace said she was in the early stages of labour, which was progressing as normal. The couple do not know the sex of their first child, who will be third in line to the throne. The world 's media have been camped outside St Mary's for days in anticipation of the birth. The due date had never been officially announced but had widely been expected to be mid-July. kate middleton news Royal vehicles were seen at a back entrance to the hospital at about 06:00 BST, with the announcement coming from Kensington Palace 90 minutes later. The couple, both 31, travelled to the hospital without a police escort, their spokesman said. The duchess is being tended by a top medical team led by the Queen's gynaecologist Marcus Setchell, who delivered the Coun

Andrea Antonelli Crash Video: Antonelli dies after Crash in Moscow World Supersport Championship 2013

Andrea Antonelli died - Italian struck by fellow rider after crashing in Moscow race . The Italian rider Andrea Antonelli died after a crash on the opening lap of a World Supersport Championship race at the Moscow Raceway on Sunday. Antonelli dies The Kawasaki Go Eleven rider lost control of his ZX-6R bike in rainy weather, said Tatiana Makhina, a spokeswoman for the Moscow Raceway organisers. The 25-year old came off his bike and was struck by a fellow rider. He was treated by an emergency medical team but died of his injuries at the circuit's medical centre. The race was called off as were the day's headline World Superbike Championship races. The crash occurred when Antonelli collided with fellow rider and compatriot Lorenzo Zannetti , who Il Messagero points out was "wholly innocent," after Zannetti lost control of his bike. It appears as if Antonelli suffered massive head trauma in the accident. Video of the crash is below. Fair warni

Jennifer Lawrence in her kissing scenes in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Catching Fire Trailer -  Jennifer Lawrence says a lot of "slobbering" was involved in her kissing scenes in “T he Hunger Games : Catching Fire . The cast of “ The Hunger Games ” is making its Comic-Con debut, along with the trailer for “T he Hunger Games : Catching Fire .  Jennifer Lawrence , Josh Hutcherson , Liam Hemsworth and Lenny Kravitz were among the film’s stars who watched the trailer for the first time Saturday with more than 6,000 dedicated fans. Lawrence and Hutcherson also talked about their kissing scenes in the film. She said they involved “a lot of slobber.” Hutcherson said, “It will be really hot if you’re into snot.” Lawrence also discussed training for the stunts she performs in the film but noted, “the hardest stunt is probably still just basic running.” She said she runs “weird” and added that she had a running coach for the film. The Hunger Games : Catching Fire ” opens in November. See The  Catching Fire Trailer Video Bellow

Only God Forgives Movie trailer and Reviews

Only God Forgives Trailer and review - Mom Is a Drug Lord, and Gore Is a Narcotic. In ‘ Only God Forgives ,’ a Mother Is Bent on Revenge. The closest thing to a human character in Nicolas Winding Refn’s blood-drenched, nihilistic reverie “ Only God Forgives ” is Crystal (Kristin Scott Thomas), a foul-mouthed, platinum-haired gorgon who flies to Bangkok from the United States to avenge the murder of Billy (Tom Burke), the elder of her two sons. That Billy came to a bloody end after savagely raping and murdering a 16-year-old prostitute doesn’t seem to bother Crystal, who runs an international drug smuggling enterprise. “I’m sure he had his reasons,” she says airily. Trailer & Reviews   Crystal’s mission is to persuade her younger son, Julian (Ryan Gosling), who ran a kickboxing gym with Billy, to find the killer and bring his head to her on a platter. She assures Julian that this is what Billy would have done had Julian been the victim.  Ms. Scott Thomas, heavily made u

Mel Smith has died of a heart attack

Mel Smith , The Comic actor and writer has died of a heart attack, aged 60, his agent has confirmed. The British comedian - known for the sketch shows Alas Smith and Jones and Not The Nine O'Clock News - died at his home on Friday, Michael Foster said. Smith formed a lasting partnership with co-performer Griff Rhys Jones with whom he set up the independent television company, Talkback Productions. Mel Smith dies Rhys Jones described his friend of 35 years as a "brilliant actor". In a statement on behalf of his wife, Pam, Mr Foster said: " Mel Smith , comedian and writer, died on Friday aged 60, from a heart attack at his home in north west London." An ambulance was called to Smith's home just after 09:00 BST but he was found dead. Comedian and broadcaster Stephen Fry wrote on Twitter: "Terrible news about my old friend Mel Smith , dead today from a heart attack.  Mel Smith  lived a full life, but was kind, funny and wonderful to know

Cesc Fabregas with Gareth Bale signs for Manchester United

Manchester United optimistic about signing Cesc Fabregas with Gareth Bale next on their wish-list.  Manchester United are aiming to secure the £26 million signing of Cesc Fabregas in the coming days before pursuing an audacious attempt to lure Gareth Bale to Old Trafford . Cesc Fabregas With manager David Moyes yet to make a major addition to his squad since succeeding Sir Alex Ferguson earlier this summer, the Scot admitted during a press conference in Sydney on Friday that he was hopeful of “good news in the not too distant future” following chief executive Ed Woodward’s decision to fly back to Europe on transfer business on Wednesday. Having lodged a formal offer for Fabregas on Monday, United are still to receive a response from Barcelona about their intentions with the former Arsenal captain. But there is a growing confidence at  Manchester United  that a deal for  Cesc Fabregas  can be struck - potentially during their two-game trip to Japan next week - pr