Lots of LOX — Rocket Report: Amazing view of Falcon 9 landing, spaceport suit Down Under “We remain confident of achieving our objective of a full vertical orbital launch.” Eric Berger – Oct 14, 2022 11:30 am UTC Enlarge / Vulcan Centaur, United Launch Alliances next-generation rocket, lifts off in this artists rendering.United Launch Alliance
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The cutting room floor — So much screaming inside meGoogle Stadia shutdown stuns indie developers Game makers were still working on their ports when shutdown news went public. Kyle Orland – Oct 14, 2022 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / Like it never even happened.Aurich Lawson / Getty Images reader comments 69 with 52 posters participating,
As the world continues to digitize rapidly and more and more issues around cybersecurity and data privacy come to the forefront, its no longer feasible to keep conversations around the two separate. Cyberattacks tend to be eye-catching and make flashy headlines. However, privacy violations and data compromises that accompany such intrusions are not as widely
The $11 trillion real estate market remains a much talked about industry for streamlining access, reducing transaction friction, and democratizing ownership. Real estate technology company Roofstock aims to do just that, launching a marketplace for physical real estate NFTs that cuts sellers fees by over 50% when compared to traditional standards. In partnership with Origin
Fresh off her first debate in Massachusetts gubernatorial race, Attorney General Maura Healey spent Thursday afternoon in the Pioneer Valley, where supporters and elected officials hoped to show her a region they said needed her support if she claimed the states highest office. At businesses in Northampton, in research hubs at the University of Massachusetts
Liz Truss, UK prime minister, is preparing to rip up the government’s “mini” Budget in a desperate attempt to rebuild market confidence and save her embryonic premiership. Kwasi Kwarteng, the chancellor, is expected to return from IMF meetings in Washington on Saturday, with government insiders saying he will have to scrap measures in his £43bn
Surely it’s going to go on sale, right? — Pixel Watch review: Beautiful, fast, and way too expensive It could be better, but it might be good enough for a wearables-starved ecosystem. Ron Amadeo – Oct 12, 2022 5:00 pm UTC Enlarge / The Pixel Watch. It’s a perfect, round little pebble. Ron Amadeo reader
HSBC Holdings plcHSBC is considering selling its business in Canada without disclosing the potential valuation of the business. It has tappedJP Morgan Chase & CoJPM to handle a potential sale. As per the lawyers and analysts, the potential sale could discourage big domestic banks from bidding as the government has charged the antitrust regulator to
Y Combinator announced more than 20 companies from its summer 2022 batch will be launching on Wefunder, a crowdfunding platform connecting startups with investors online. Wefunder is a platform whereby smaller, unaccredited investors are able to invest in startup companies and for as little as $100, investors can buy into any one of those from
The average American consumer might not think much of their access to financial services. But for consumers that are underbanked or unbanked, the very high costs of relying on alternative financial solutions, such as payday loans, check cashing services, money orders, and pawnshop loans can be astronomical and create a vicious cycle of financial pain
No one came to help Abi Insley once again. The 10-year-old needs a nurse by her side throughout the day, especially when shes in school. But for the third time in a week last month, her nurse had to call out sick.
Binance permanently destroyed $547 million worth of BNB in its 21st quarterly burning event, but the markets remain steady. 3251 Total views 31 Total shares Listen to article 0:00 News Crypto exchange platform Binance has concluded its 21st quarterly BNB (BNB)burn, eliminating around $547 million worth of BNB tokens from its supply. In an announcement,
The Bank of England battled a renewed sell-off in UK government bonds on Wednesday after its vow to end its emergency gilt-buying programme unsettled markets already unnerved by the fiscal plans of prime minister Liz Truss. The central bank bought £4.4bn of gilts from investors, its biggest intervention since it entered the market last month
Andrew Bailey dashed the hopes of pension funds on Tuesday, ruling out continuing the Bank of England’s £65bn bond-buying intervention into next week. The BoE governor said that although strains had been felt, market conditions in the government bonds “seemed calmer” on Tuesday after it had staged its second emergency intervention in two days. “We’ve
A sell-off in UK government bonds pushed the country’s long-term borrowing costs to their highest point since the Bank of England stepped in to avert a financial market collapse, as new BoE and government measures failed to reassure investors. Monday’s fall in gilts came despite the BoE announcement earlier in the day of a new
Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of carrying out a “terrorist attack” against the bridge linking Crimea to mainland Russia, a key military supply route for its invasion of Ukraine and symbol of Russian prestige. Russia’s president said there was “no doubt” that Ukraine was behind the explosion, which sent two of the bridge’s road spans
An explosion tore through Russia’s bridge across the Kerch Strait to Crimea early on Saturday, killing at least three people and severely damaging its structure in a major blow to Vladimir Putin more than seven months into his invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s anti-terrorist committee said a truck exploded on the bridge’s roadside in the early
Liz Truss has overruled her chancellor and insisted the UK should not set a limit on the number of applications for low-tax investment zones despite internal Treasury concerns the projects could cost billions of pounds in lost taxes. The flagship policy designed to turbocharge UK investment is a key plank of Truss’s “dash for growth”
The White House said nothing was off the table a day after Opec+ angered Washington with sharp cuts to world oil supply, as it considered responses — including new releases from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve to contain energy prices. The Opec+ cartel led by Saudi Arabia and Russia on Wednesday agreed to lower production
The White House has accused Opec+ of aligning with Russia after Saudi Arabia led the group in agreeing deep oil production cuts, prompting a backlash from countries already battling surging energy inflation triggered by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The Opec+ group said it would reduce production targets by 2mn barrels a day, equivalent to 2