General-purpose blockchains can’t solve industry disputes over construction changes or equipment usage. Specialized layer 1s are optimized for stateless audit trails and regulatory compliance....
Partiful A new way to flirt just dropped. Partiful wants you to shoot your shot in the RSVPs. The party invite app recently launched a tool called "Crush" that lets people match with mutuals. ...
Hong Kong delegates to China’s top political advisory body are a “steadfast patriotic force” and make an important contribution to the city’s long-term prosperity and stability, Chief Executive John L...
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians concludes its 8-episode second season on Disney+ tomorrow. And now, the show’s composer is revealing that he took inspiration from one of the most legendary names in mo...
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Disney+ pricing has been a bit all over the place recently. The service raised prices across all of its streaming plans (including Hulu) last October, before offering a pretty solid Cyber Monday deal ...
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Gaming earbuds have plenty of advantages over full-sized headsets . They're more portable, more versatile – many can connect to your phone for commuting and moseying around – and ditching the headband...
Elaborate movie tie-in popcorn buckets are all the rage these days at movie theaters. These buckets are pricy — clearly a cash grab in the era of dwindling ticket sales — but they’re often cleverly de...
German cities saw large pro-Kurdish demonstrations on Tuesday as government troops in Syria clash with Kurdish forces....
Palmer Luckey says Meta's VR layoffs cut bloated in-house game studios that were quietly undermining the industry's ecosystem. David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images Oculus founder Palmer Luckey...
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A fledgling club of autocrats, strongmen and monarchs is taking shape as US president tries to recast the global order...
German Chancellor Merz said the current form of US President Trump's "Board of Peace" prevented Germany from joining for "constitutional reasons." But Merz said he was open to "new formats" of coopera...
Talks that are due to take place next month take on fresh urgency after the transatlantic rupture in Davos...
US President Donald Trump has unveiled his “Board of Peace,” a $1 billion initiative aimed at resolving international conflicts through permanent membership. Initially designed to oversee Gaza’s recon...
The coldest-ever postseason game remains the 1967 "Ice Bowl" between Green Bay and Dallas....
Move comes after Canadian prime minister took aim at US president in Davos speech...
Putin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow is ‘studying all details of the offer’ to join board overseeing Gaza...