Why regulation favors stablecoins over Bitcoin for salaries and how compliance, volatility and payroll rules are shaping crypto wage adoption worldwide....
The Chilean government has awarded a contract to Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech to supply its influenza vaccine ahead of the southern hemisphere winter. The vaccine will be part of Chi...
This project is a tool for engineers who live in the terminal and are tired of losing their command history to ephemeral servers or fragmented `.bash_history` files. If you’re jumping between dozens o...
Bobby and Sofia Castro, center, have changed the way they approach money with their children by increasing transparency — and responsibility. Courtesy of Bobby and Sofia Castro Bobby and Sofia C...
ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images Wall Street professionals say AI chatbots are not ready to replace core finance work. Finance leaders use AI for tasks such as summarizing books and presentations a...
Former Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner has said that she won't be watching the franchise's latest spin-off series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms , as even hearing the original show's theme tune now...
Ubisoft has said that completing its now-canceled Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake would have "required more time and investment than we could responsibly commit," after more than half a decade ...
These laptops can help you get work done. | Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Buying the right laptop can be stressful. It’s likely one of the pricier tech purchases you’ll make, and there are ...
Turning your phone into a handheld with the M4 could be risky. As a retro gaming fan, I was thrilled when Apple opened its App Store to emulators in 2024 , but I've yet to find a controller that makes...
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The American climber reached the top of the 508-metre building after around 90 minutes....
Article URL: https://www.lr.org/en/knowledge/press-room/press-listing/press-release/2026/alarm-overload-is-undermining-safety-at-sea-as-new-research-shows-crews-face-tens-of-thousands-of-daily-alerts/...
After taking offense at Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s more assertive stance toward Washington, Trump withdrew an invitation for him to join his Board of Peace, an organization chaired by Trump...
The family of a Nicaraguan migrant who died at an ICE detention facility in Texas is pushing back against DHS' suggestion that his death may have been a suicide....
The Big Four firm argues in its latest report that institutional adoption has permeated crypto so much there's no turning back....
Binance’s application for MiCA is reportedly being fast-tracked, after the exchange established a holding company in Greece in December....
Musk's swipe at Donald Trump's newly founded Board of Peace touched a nerve as the relationship between the two former close allies has been characterised as volatile for months....
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During the World Economic Forum, Shavkat Mirziyoyev combined multilateral engagement with a series of political and economic meetings, focusing on peace initiatives, investment cooperation and Uzbekis...
Anxiety and patriotism swirl as details of a ‘future deal’ touted by Donald Trump trickle out...