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Digital currency Ether hits record high
(Reuters) – Ether the world’s second largest crypto currency after Bitcoin on Tuesday rose to a record high of $2,683.65 ...
The CDC’s new mask guidance explained in 2 handy charts – one for outdoors, one for indoors
Inti St. Clair/Getty Images The CDC released new guidance Tuesday on where people can go maskless outside. Everyone can exercise ...
I tried Taco Bell’s new plant-based meat that’s only available at one location and I was very disappointed
Me, my order, and Taco Bell. Brittany Chang/Insider On April 21, Taco Bell introduced its new plant-based protein: the Cravetarian. ...
Bill Gates disagreed with sharing ‘the recipe’ for the coronavirus vaccines, but it doesn’t mean he’s refusing to expand production in developing nations
Microsoft cofounder and former CEO-turned philanthropist Bill Gates. Elaine Thompson/AP Photo Bill Gates is being accused of refusing to share ...
COVID-19 relief fund for India raises over $2.2 million in donations of crypto assets
Many investors are excited about the Ethereum network’s uses. SOPA Images/Getty Images A crypto-based COVID-19 relief fund for India has ...
Building an Effective Social Commerce Strategy
Social commerce is a fast-growing segment of the US ecommerce market that’s garnering more attention and investment from media companies ...
10 useful and innovative ‘Shark Tank’ cleaning products – from phone-sanitizing devices to reusable bamboo paper towels
If you buy through our links, we may earn money from affiliate partners. Learn more. The WISPsystem One-Handed Broom, $29.95, ...
SpaceX is preparing to launch its newest Starship prototype within days. The last 4 exploded.
Left: the SN10 Starship prototype soars above Boca Chica, Texas, on March 3. Right: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. SpaceX; Britta ...
I couldn’t find a hospital bed for my COVID-struck father in India. Days of frantic searching showed me how overwhelmed our health system is.
New Delhi – April 26: A healthcare worker in PPE attends to a patient in an isolation ward – a ...
Analysis: Bankers call for more bang to Britain’s big finance fightback
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Shortly after Britain left the European Union, finance minister Rishi Sunak pledged a series ...
Elon Musk trumpeted self-driving cars, joked about vampires, and recalled a USB-cable hunt on Tesla’s earnings call. Here are the 11 best quotes.
Elon Musk. Asa Mathat | D: All Things Digital Elon Musk discussed AI, clean energy, and production headaches on Tesla’s ...
Biden eyes $80 billion boost for IRS to help fund family initiative: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will seek an extra $80 billion to fund U.S. tax collections that would help ...
Amazon now offers in-garage delivery to all US Prime grocery shoppers in a bid to curb ‘porch piracy’
Amazon in-garage delivery. Amazon Amazon is expanding in-garage delivery for groceries to 5,000 towns and cities across the US. Amazon ...
Top House Democrat unveils plan to establish universal paid family and medical leave programs
Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 24, 2020, on the ...
Boris Johnson witnesses say they will swear on oath he said he’d ‘let the bodies pile high in their thousands’
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson campaigns in Wales ahead of elections on April 26, 2021 in Llandudno, United Kingdom. Phil ...
Lyft joins Uber in ditching plans to make its own self-driving car, selling its autonomous vehicle unit to Toyota for $550 million
Lyft’s cofounder and president John Zimmer. Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images Toyota is buying Lyft’s self-driving technology unit for $550 ...
OPEC+ to meet a day earlier, upbeat on demand
By Rania El Gamal and Olesya Astakhova DUBAI/MOSCOW (Reuters) – OPEC and its allies led by Russia will meet on ...
Elon Musk says Tesla sold 10% of its bitcoin to show it’s a good alternative to cash – but he isn’t selling his personal holding
Tesla CEO, Elon Musk. Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images Elon Musk said Tesla sold 10% of its bitcoin holdings to show ...
Asia stocks lower after Wall St record ahead of Fed meeting
BEIJING (AP) – Asian stock markets fell Tuesday after Wall Street rose to a new record as investors looked ahead ...
Toyota acquires Lyft’s self-driving unit for $500 million
TOKYO (AP) – Toyota Motor Corp. has acquired the self-driving division of American ride-hailing company Lyft for $500 million, in ...
Investor questions for the Fed: what about inflation, bond buying and rates?
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Kate Duguid NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors will be scrutinizing the Federal Reserve’s comments at ...
UBS Q1 profit up 14% as Switzerland’s No. 1 bank unveils Archegos charge
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) – UBS on Tuesday posted a 14% rise in first quarter net profit, as ...
Tucker Carlson called mask-wearing ‘repulsive’ and said parents forcing their children to wear masks in public should be reported for ‘child abuse’
Fox News host Tucker Carlson raged against face masks on Monday night. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Fox News host Tucker Carlson ...
DC police department hit by apparent extortion attack
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Washington, D.C., police department said Monday that its computer network was breached, and a Russian-speaking ransomware ...
Democrats fight ‘sham audit’ in Arizona, saying Republicans aim to justify voter suppression
Cyber Ninjas owner Doug Logan, left, a Florida-based consultancy, talks about overseeing a 2020 election ballot audit ordered by the ...
Oil rises, but gains capped by demand concerns as India reels from COVID-19
TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices bounced back early on Tuesday from drops in the previous session, but gains were seen ...
Asian shares wobble ahead of Fed outcome and earnings
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares fell and U.S. stock futures were steady on Tuesday as caution ahead ...
Top U.S. trade negotiator meets Pfizer, AstraZeneca execs on COVID-19 IP waiver
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Monday met virtually with top executives of drugmakers ...
Blue Origin protests NASA’s awarding of moon lander contract to SpaceX
(Reuters) – Blue Origin, the space rocket company backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is formally challenging the $2.9 billion moon ...
Watch SpaceX’s Crew-1 astronauts plummet to an ocean landing on Wednesday, ending the longest human spaceflight in NASA history
Flying aboard SpaceX’s Crew-1 mission for NASA are astronauts (from left) Mike Hopkins, Soichi Noguchi, Shannon Walker, and Victor Glover. ...
