GDPR is currently searched for more than Beyoncé on Google

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We didn’t know it was possible to care about anything more than we care about Beyoncé. But apparently people around the world care more about GDPR right now than they do about Queen Bey. 

Um, what on earth?

Per Google Trends, search interest in the term GDPR—a.k.a. Europe’s new General Data Protection Regulation—is currently higher than interest in Beyoncé. The unusual twist of events was first spotted by Quartz

A Google spokesperson confirmed to Mashable that GDPR appears to be outranking Beyoncé in search interest at the present time. And, the Google Trends public search tool also shows that GDPR is basically more popular than Beyoncé right now. Read more…

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Beyoncé re-gifts ring given to her by Jay-Z to a museum

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Listen, we’ve all known for a while that Beyoncé is a name that’ll appear in history books for years to come. 

But, now a piece of her jewellery is sitting alongside that of history’s other female MVPs — Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great, and the Empress Josephine. 

Beyoncé rather generously donated a butterfly ring given to her as a gift by Jay-Z to London’s Victoria and Albert (V&A) museum. 

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The “papillon ring” — designed by London-based jeweller Glenn Spiro a.k.a. “G”—is formed of titanium wings, encrusted with green tsavorites, and surrounded with diamondsAccording to the Guardian, the ring is “one of a number of G pieces Beyoncé owns, mostly gifted by Jay-Z”. Read more…

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