Chesnot | Getty Images News | Getty Images Bitcoin prices rallied on Monday to hit a fresh record high above $71,000, after the British financial watchdog said it would allow institutions to file applications for cryptocurrency-linked exchange-traded products for the first time. The Financial Conduct Authority said in a notice Monday that it would not … Read more
FILE– Jared Bahay. –NBTC PHOTO MANILA, Philippines—For the second year in a row, the country’s top-ranked under-19 player is Jared Bahay. According to the National Basketball Training Center rankings released on Thursday, the Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu standout remained atop the ladder after his team’s successful defense of the Cesafi title in Season 23. … Read more
People aren’t afraid to kickstart their day with Skrillex, so says a new study by Bed Kingdom. The data suggests electronic music fans have cracked the code to the ultimate morning wake-up soundtrack. After analyzing over 600,000 tracks from Spotify playlists labeled with terms such as “wake up” and “motivation,” their research has led to a … Read more
Fernando Alonso put Aston Martin on top of the timesheets for the first time in the new 2024 Formula 1 season as the Spaniard and Mercedes’ George Russell both outpaced Max Verstappen in Practice Two for the Saudi Arabian GP. Alonso, who finished only ninth at last week’s season-opening race in Bahrain, had already impressed … Read more
Max Verstappen maintained Red Bull’s strong start to the 2024 Formula 1 season by topping Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso in first practice at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Verstappen, who began his quest for a fourth successive drivers’ title with a dominant victory in Bahrain last week, finished almost 0.2s clear of Alonso at the … Read more
Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images The price of bitcoin rose to start the week, edging even closer to its all-time high after the rally took a breather over the weekend. The flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by nearly 6% at $66,515.50, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it rose to as much as $66,617.06, … Read more
Lone pumpjack located in the middle of large solar array outside of Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA. Citizens Of The Planet | UCG | Universal Images Group | Getty Images U.S. crude oil futures topped $80 a barrel for the first time in nearly four months, as signs point to a tightening market ahead of … Read more
One of Beyoncé’s new songs, “Texas Hold ’Em,” has landed at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, Billboard reports. She is now the first Black woman to ever hold the spot, Variety notes. The superstar’s “16 Carriages,” released simultaneously, also charted at No. 9 on the Hot Country Songs chart. Both songs are Beyoncé’s … Read more
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24931298/236791_Apple_iPhone_15_and_15_Plus_review_DSeifert_0001.jpg)
For the first time ever, Apple beat out Samsung to ship the most smartphones in a year according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Although IDC cautions that its data is preliminary and subject to change, a second research agency, Canalys, also has Apple taking its top spot for all of 2023. IDC has … Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Reuters Microsoft ended Friday’s U.S. trading session as the most valuable publicly traded company, surpassing Apple after briefly topping the iPhone maker during intraday trading Thursday. Shares of Microsoft climbed more than 3% for the week, bringing the company’s market cap to $2.89 trillion, while … Read more