A worker stocks eggs at a grocery store in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 12, 2025. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Whether it’s a dozen eggs or a new car, Americans are having a hard time adjusting to current prices. Nearly all Americans report experiencing some form of “sticker shock,” regardless of […]
Bitcoin turns positive but still heads for its worst week since 2023
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Bitcoin turned positive on Friday after the latest personal consumption expenditures price index came in line with expectations, after falling below the $80,000 level overnight for the first time in three months. The price of bitcoin was last higher by 1% to $84,112.00, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it fell […]
Gene Hackman, wife could have been dead for weeks, police say
Santa Fe officials are providing further details into the “suspicious” deaths of legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa. After the couple’s bodies were discovered on Wednesday, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza and Santa Fe’s fire chief Brian Moya shared more information about the ongoing investigation and said that Hackman and Arakawa […]
Google’s Taara Hopes to Usher in a New Era of Internet Powered by Light
Alphabet’s “moonshot factory,” known as X, has long cultivated craziness in its edgy projects. Perhaps the most outlandish was Loon, which aimed to deliver internet via hundreds of high-flying balloons. Loon eventually “graduated” from X as a separate Alphabet division, before its parent company determined that the business model simply didn’t work. By the time […]
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group to launch Solana futures on March 17
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, a globally recognized derivatives exchange, announced it will launch Solana (SOL) futures contracts on March 17, pending a review by United States financial regulators. According to the Feb. 28 announcement, market participants will have access to micro contracts of 25 SOL or standard contract sizes of 500 SOL, and […]