Field of wheat in central Kansas is nearly ready for harvest. Ricardo Reitmeyer | Getty Images With a population of about 2,100, Neodesha, Kansas, is roughly 100 miles from Wichita and Topeka in Kansas and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Its claim to fame is the 65-foot-tall tower that supported the drilling framework for the first commercial oil […]
Amazon eyes global expansion for its Temu, Shein competitor
Amazon is looking to expand its competitor to Temu and Shein beyond the U.S. The company intends to launch its discount storefront, called Haul, in Europe later this year, according to two people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named because the plans are confidential. Recent job postings indicate Amazon is eyeing […]
Fox News Entertainment Newsletter: Gene Hackman and wife found dead, investigation continues
Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead Wednesday in their Santa Fe home. A police investigation is ongoing. (Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Welcome to the Fox News Entertainment Newsletter. TOP 3: – Gene Hackman and wife’s deaths called ‘suspicious,’ bodies showed signs of ‘mummification’ – Gene Hackman, wife tested negative for carbon […]
DOGE’s Misplaced War on Software Licenses
Because agencies sometimes get bulk or government-specific discounts, it can also be more affordable to buy software licenses on behalf of their private contractors. “It’s a very clear way for agencies to manage costs,” the ex-official says. Every government agency has its own unique structure, including many subagencies or units, each with their own software […]
Vitalik Buterin joins calls to free crypto advocate Roger Ver
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has joined calls to free early crypto investor and entrepreneur Roger Ver, who is locked in a legal battle with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) over alleged tax evasion and faces extradition to the US. Buterin reposted Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht’s message calling for the prosecution against Ver […]
Americans are suffering from ‘sticker shock’ — here’s how to adjust
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 […]