Month: September 2024
Crypto Currency Pice
The crypto market started the weekend on a positive note but has been unable to sustain gains in recent days, losing 2.8% in the last 24 hours to reach a capitalisation of $2.04 trillion. This retreat from the $2.12 trillion area looks like a new lower local high, continuing the March series, with the potential
New AirPods noise cancellation
APPLE HAS OFFERED two tiers of its true wireless earphones, AirPods, for the past few years without major updates.The base AirPods, tagged the AirPods 3rd Generation, were launched in 2021, and the more premium option, the AirPods Pro 2, were first released in 2022. The tech giant looks to close the gap between those tiers
Boosting Russian troops
The most capable Russian troops have been pressing an offensive in eastern Ukraine, where they have made incremental but steady gains in the past few months. In June, Putin put the number of troops involved in what the Kremlin calls the “special military operation” in Ukraine at nearly 700,000. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday
Tech billionaire back to Earth after spacewalk
SpaceX’s capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida’s Dry Tortugas in the predawn darkness, carrying tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, two SpaceX engineers and a former Air Force Thunderbird pilot. Isaacman became only the 264th person to perform a spacewalk since the former Soviet Union scored the first in 1965, and SpaceX’s Sarah
Crypto Adoption
In 2023, lower- and middle-income countries were driving cryptocurrency adoption; this year, adoption is spread more evenly between richer and poorer countries. In keeping with that, institutions are facilitating the adoption of cryptocurrency in nations such as Singapore and Indonesia.The U.S. followed a similar pattern. When the U.S introduced a Bitcoin ETF, Siu said it
Google adtech case
The antitrust trial, which began on Monday and is expected to last another month, has been configured as a bench trial. There’s no jury. US District Judge Leonie Brinkema, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, is deciding the facts and the law of the case from a Virginia courthouse. While criminal defendants have a
Arrest of CIA agents in Venezuela
Venezuela is still grappling with the fallout from its presidential election in July, which saw Maduro claim a third term despite global skepticism about the result and outcry from the country’s opposition movement. The US State Department has rejected claims of CIA involvement in an alleged plot to kill Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro, after Venezuelan
Houthi strike inside Israel
Israel and Houthi rebels have repeatedly fired retaliatory strikes at one another since the start of the nearly year-long war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, but nearly all of them have been intercepted over the Red Sea. Nine people were injured as they ran to shelters, after air raid sirens sounded in central Israel
Uber and waymo driverless rides
Uber announced Friday it is expanding its partnership with Alphabet’s Waymo to offer robotaxi rides in Austin, Texas, and Atlanta beginning in early 2025. Shares of Uber jumped 5% on the news while Alphabet rose about 1%. Uber’s initial agreement with Waymo in Phoenix also included autonomous Uber Eats deliveries in the city. The expansion
US sanctions Russia’s state owned media
The crowd-sourcing effort ran on Russian social media platforms and sought to raise funds for military supplies, some of which were procured in China, officials said. There were no obvious connections between RT and the fundraising campaign, or any indication that Chinese officials knew their products were being sold to Russia. The U.S. State Department