What would you do if you had a billion dollars? Build a new city from scratch, says one cohort of California billionaires. A group of Silicon Valley elite have been buying up land in Solano County between San Francisco and Sacramento with the dream of building a brand new city. The idea began with Jan
tastes like extra fingers — Coca-Cola embraces controversial AI image generator with new Y3000 flavor Tie-in Coca-Cola mobile app uses Stable Diffusion to modify your photos. Benj Edwards – Sep 12, 2023 10:41 pm UTC EnlargeCoca-Cola reader comments 69 with Coca-Cola has taken a fizzy leap into the future of AI hype with the release
Alan Vey is the CEO and founder of Aventus, a PolkadotDOT/USD parachain that describes itself as an enterprise-grade Layer 2 blockchain that marries the scale of a permissioned blockchain with the security and interoperability of public blockchains. Vey and Aventus have been making waves in blockchain-based ticketing, with major partnerships that include Vodafones"Economy of Things"
it sustains itself — What would it take to build a self-sustaining astronaut ecosystem on Mars? We’re getting closer to bioregenerative life support systems for astronauts. JacekKrywko – Sep 13, 2023 11:00 am UTC EnlargeAurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 5 with In 1829, Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward , a doctor living near Wellclose Square
Receive free European Central Bank updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest European Central Bank news every morning. The European Central Bank has raised interest rates to an all-time high in a bid to cool consumer prices, despite faltering growth in the eurozone. The ECB’s knife-edge decision to lift
Prometheus Materials has a solution for replacing one of the biggest contributors of greenhouse gasses, financial backing from Microsoft and an aggressive plan to scale up quickly. By Amy Feldman, Forbes Staff We love concrete. We use it everywhere — skyscrapers, data centers, roofs, sidewalks, homes. The problem is, concrete doesn’t love us. Its key
Municipals were slightly weaker in spots Wednesday, largely ignoring the mixed reactions of other markets following the release of a hotter-than-expected consumer price index figure. The focus was on the primary where the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York priced for institutions with yields lowered by up to five basis points from the
Atlanta is taking another step forward on a massive urban revitalization project nearly two decades in the making. City officials this week commissioned a transit planning study for a 13-mile stretch of the Atlanta BeltLine project, an effort launched in 2005 to create a network of public parks, pedestrian paths, and new transit options centered
The account that overpaid $500,000 in fees on Sept. 10 for a Bitcoin transfer belonged to Paxos, according to a Sept. 13 statement from the company. Paxos claimed that end users have not been affected and all user funds are safe. Paxos is most well-known as the issuer of stablecoins, including PayPal USD (PYUSD) and
In this article C RDW CTVA MRNA SAVE 9868-HK AAL 9866-HK ADBE F GM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT David Wadhwani, senior vice president of digital media for Adobe Systems, speaks during the launch of Adobe Creative Cloud and CS6 in San Francisco on April 23, 2012. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty
Ask 10 different people to define a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), and you’ll likely get 10 different definitions. But there is at least one thing most agree on: DAO governance is a mess. At best, it’s an experiment in the works. According to DeepDAO, DAOs today handle a whopping $17.2 billion in value. Yet many
US inflation exceeded forecasts in August after fuel prices rose, but underlying price pressures eased. The headline rate of consumer prices rose 3.7 per cent year on year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from 3.2 per cent in July and higher than consensus forecasts of 3.6 per cent. On a monthly basis,
A “For Sale” sign hangs in front of a home in San Mateo County, California, Aug. 22, 2023. Liu Guanguan | China News Service | Getty Images Higher mortgage rates continue to take their toll on mortgage demand, especially for refinancing. Total mortgage application volume dropped 0.8% last week compared to the previous week, according
Banks’ pandemic-era bond investments are still hampering some lenders, dragging down the profitability of those that are saddled with low-yielding portfolios for months or even years to come. The concerns are far less severe than they were in March and April, when the failure of Silicon Valley Bank brought scrutiny of surviving banks whose large
Bitcoin experienced a 5% increase after testing the $25,000 support level on Sept. 11. However, this breakout rally doesn’t necessarily indicate a victory for bulls. To put today’s price action in perspective, Bitcoin (BTC) has witnessed a 15% decline since July. In contrast, the S&P 500 index and gold have maintained relatively stable positions during this
Municipals were little changed Tuesday amid an active primary market that saw the retail pricing of $889 million deal from the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York. U.S. Treasuries were firmer in spots and equities ended in the red. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Tuesday was at 63%, the three-year was at 64%, the
Gracy Chen, managing director of global cryptocurrency exchange Bitget, advised her followers and friends not to scan their eyeballs in exchange for a few Worldcoin tokens.“There’s a huge privacy concern,” she tells Magazine, adding that she isn’t optimistic about its price prospects given the anticipated influx of WLD tokens in the near future. “There will
For many young Americans, the dream of owning a home feels less like a middle-class milestone and more like a prize available only to those with family money or extraordinary incomes. The monthly mortgage payment on a median-priced home has increased 15% in the last year, while incomes have only increased by 4%. And even
Bigger is better — Top-end Roomba can now refill itself with water via furniture-sized dock The do-it-all dock has a faux wood top, making it look like a small table. Ron Amadeo – Sep 11, 2023 9:15 pm UTC reader comments 65 with The Roomba Combo j9+. iRobot That spoiler on the back is the
Ant Group, an affiliate company of Alibaba BABA and parent of Alipay, launched a new blockchain service, ZAN which will be targeting Hong Kong, Singapore, and overseas markets for expanding global Web3 presence. At a Shanghai conference, ZAN CEO, Zhang Hui,disclosed that the new service offers a broad range of blockchain application development products and