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Blockchain researcher explains bitcoin's potential as sound money...
Thanks to its six-fold increase during this year, bitcoin is one of the hottest topics in finance in 2017. It has attracted attention from the likes of European Central Bank President Mario Draghi and JPMorgan President and CEO Jamie Dimon. Some call it a bubble and a fraud that will soon collapse; others say the genie is out of the bottle.
French authorities are looking into the case of a woman who allegedly smuggled a baby on board an Air France flight. The small child aged between one and two years old was found hidden in carry-on luggage. The Evening Standard reports: The French company said in a statement the child was discovered on board the 1891 flight from Paris to Istanbul on Monday without a valid ticket. French website Planet.fr quoted a witness who said the child appeared to be about one or two years old. The passenger reportedly told the title: “The bag belonged to a woman sat near the back of the plane.
NASA in collaboration with Lockheed Martin are planning to make supersonic passenger travel a reality once again. Concorde, the last turbojet-powered supersonic passenger jet that was made jointly by France and the U.K. was retired in 2003. The new supersonic passenger aircraft will be much quieter and more fuel efficient and could soon be quietly traversing the skies at mach 2 speeds. Geek reports: It took time for the turbojet-powered Concorde to become profitable, as both the hardware and maintenance were considerably more expensive than traditional jets.