Bitcoin was invented by Satoshi Nakamoto, an enigmatic figure about whom almost nothing is known. Fifteen years ago, Satoshi brought the idea of an electronic cash system into being with the help of a small cast of oddballs. This week, some of those early collaborators—now crypto-celebrities in their own right—took to the witness box of … Read more
Vehicles are seen on a display at a Carvana dealership on February 20, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Carvana shares surged 30% Friday morning after posting its first-ever annual profit and receiving a pair of upgrades by Wall Street analysts. The used-car retailer has been trimming inventory and expenses as it … Read more
Nationwide building society has put more than 300 peopleâs jobs at risk in the lenderâs third round of cuts over the past 12 months as bosses push ahead with a major restructuring plan. A letter sent to staff by Nationwideâs employee union, and seen by the Guardian, explains that the latest redundancies will affect workers … Read more
The villagers of Muirkirk, a former mining community known for its religious revolutionaries and its footballers, have plans for the derelict petrol station they are about to buy for a knockdown price. An acre square of crumbling tarmac and scrub, it will soon become a community garden and a picnic stop for tourists travelling through … Read more
Two words in this statement popped out to me like a flying dinosaur in a mixed-reality headset: when possible. When I flagged this in a subsequent call, Roku reassured me that a fix for my issue will happen. In the worst-case scenario, if the problem won’t be solved in the next OS, sufferers will be … Read more
Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander on display at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. NASA Shares of Intuitive Machines surged in premarket trading on Friday after the company’s successful first moon landing. Intuitive Machines’ cargo moon lander, “Odysseus,” became the first privately developed spacecraft to land on the lunar surface on Thursday â as well as … Read more
This month’s Super Bowl, in the neon glare of the Las Vegas Strip, capped online betting’s extraordinary rise from pariah to the luxury box of top-flight sports. Tens of millions of Americans had money riding on the Kansas City Chiefs’ clash with the San Francisco 49ers. In its fight to overturn a federal ban on … Read more
US regulators have accused a man of making $1.8m (£1.4m) by trading on confidential information he overheard while his wife was on a remote call, in a case that could fuel arguments against working from home. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it charged Tyler Loudon with insider trading after he âtook advantage of … Read more
Nifty on Friday ended flat but above the 22,200 level to form a higher high and higher low series formation on both the daily and weekly charts. Nifty has been in a consolidation zone for over a month and we may soon see a breakout or breakdown with the former. However, for any significant rally, … Read more
Trudging across the top of Bromley Mountain Ski Resort on a sunny afternoon in January, Matt Folts checks his smartwatch and smiles: 14 degrees fahrenheit. That is very nearly his favorite temperature for making snow. It’s cold enough for water to quickly crystallize, but not so cold that his hourslong shifts on the mountain are … Read more
