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Source: Live Mint NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are coasting to the close of their best week in a year with some modest moves on Friday. The S&P 500 was 0.4% higher in afternoon trading and on track for its biggest weekly gain since early November 2023. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 244…
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Source: The Verge It’s “virtually certain” that 2024 will go down in the books as the hottest year yet. The planet is on track to pass a worrying threshold when it comes to global average temperatures, warns the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. After a scorching summer, and with countries making slow progress on climate…
Source: Bitcoinist Dean Skurka, CEO of blockchain and crypto firm WonderFi, was kidnapped, held for ransom, and was subsequently released after paying $1 million. According to CBC and other sources, Skurka was reportedly abducted in downtown Toronto around 6 p.m., Thursday. Skurka was later released and found safe at the Centennial Park. Police reports indicate…
Source: Coin Tegraph The MAS and BDF experimented with post-quantum email security as a first step in securing payment networks. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25272534/DSCF6339.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Bowers and Wilkins’ excellent sounding PX7 S2e headphones are 0 off")
Source: The Verge The PX7 S2e may not have the most charming sounding name, but they do have a clean design and warm, detailed sound that even competes with the much pricier AirPods Max. In addition to sounding excellent and offering niceties like a transparency mode, they favor proper physical buttons and a proper on…
Source: Coin Tegraph Blackrock’s IBIT ETF now holds upwards of $33 billion in assets, more than the asset manager’s gold fund. Read Full Article
Source: Live Mint Tesla’s market value breached the $1 trillion-mark in a sharp rally on Friday, on growing bets of a favorable treatment for CEO Elon Musk’s companies in return for his support for President-elect Donald Trump in his poll campaign. The electric automaker’s shares rose more than 6% to a more than two-year high…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25721493/Gb3zWbGbwAA5UAk.jpeg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "The new Mac Mini takes a small step towards upgradeable storage")
Source: The Verge Apple’s redesigned Mac Mini M4 has ditched the previous M2 machine’s SSD that was soldered to the logic board, as confirmed by teardowns like this one posted on X showing it has a single removable SSD module. It’s not Apple’s first desktop computer to go in this direction, as we saw similar…
Source: Bitcoinist As President-Elect Donald Trump prepares to assume office, the crypto industry is closely watching his administration’s potential picks for key financial regulatory positions. With promises to end the “war on crypto” initiated under the Biden administration, Trump is expected to overhaul leadership at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other financial agencies….
Source: Coin Tegraph Completed in October 2024, the deal facilitated the transport of 670,000 barrels of crude oil and marked Tether’s entry into the commodity trading market. Read Full Article
