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Former US President Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee, US, on Saturday, July 27, 2024.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCryptocurrency adoption appears to have a political bent — and a significant gender divide.Republicans have adopted crypto with more gusto than Democrats in recent years, data shows, coinciding with President Donald Trump’s ascent to the White House for a second term in office and his broad support for — and involvement in — the crypto industry. About 22% of Republicans said they have invested in, traded or used a cryptocurrency such as bitcoin or ether, according…
Serena Williams of the U.S. in action with partner Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic against Giuliana Olmos of Mexico and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand in the first round of doubles on Day Two of the 2026 Berlin Tennis Open at LTTC Rot-Weiß e.V. on June 16, 2026, in Berlin.Robert Prange | Getty Images Sport | Getty ImagesSeven-time Wimbledon singles champion Serena Williams has accepted a wild-card invitation and will compete at the All England Club in singles and doubles, the tournament announced on Sunday.Williams, 44, will compete with her sister Venus in doubles, as the pair also accepted…
SpaceX Executives ring the Closing Bell at the Nasdaq on the debut of their IPO on June 12th, 2026. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Following the astronomical success of the SpaceX IPO — raising $85.7 billion, valuing the newly public company in the trillions, and minting Elon Musk as the world’s first trillionaire — what many skeptics still view as a pie-in-the-sky idea, building AI data centers in space, is coming into view. There is good reason for the skepticism, but the concept has potentially moved onto at least a more plausible path as a result of the SpaceX windfall. SpaceX…
Oklahoma voters on Tuesday rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2029, marking a rare loss for the issue on a statewide level. State Question 832 would have immediately lifted the state’s minimum wage from $7.25 an hour, a figure it has remained at for nearly two decades, to $12 an hour starting in 2027. Incremental $1.50-per-hour annual raises would take place over the following two years, leading to the eventual $15 hourly rate.Residents who showed up to cast their votes in the state’s primary elections, however, had other ideas. SQ…
There was no mention of that history in the authority’s announcement that it would take the Energy Department grant and spend $48 million more on upgrades. Oklahoma Watch reported that the cash infusion would give the plant several more years of operation. “Extending the life of Unit 2 represents the most cost-effective solution for GRDA, as compared to new-build generation alternatives,” Dan Sullivan, the authority’s president and chief executive officer, said in a statement. “This grant allows us to leverage existing infrastructure to continue to deliver affordable and reliable power to GRDA customers in the future.” Duke Energy, meanwhile, proposed…
We are beginning to see the real weaknesses in these hyperscalers. Amazon , Alphabet , Microsoft and Meta Platforms may have the money, but they have run into a brick wall in this stock market. That brick wall is hardware. I should have realized how acute the shortage is when we saw how the memory chip stocks galloped to much higher stock prices. The shortage of chips, stemming from just a handful of players in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) category — SK Hynix with roughly 60% share, followed by about 20% apiece for Samsung and Micron — is a bottleneck…
An old Joann fabric and craft store is getting new life, if only for a weekend: Hundreds of Southern Californians are expected to visit in search of new art, clothes, decor and an afternoon of communal crafting.That’s the mission behind Lauren Tetef’s Open House Creative Fest, which will run June 27 and 28 from the old Joann location at the Del Amo Fashion Center mall in Torrance, California.The event is part artisan market, part workshop series where guests can learn new skills directly from the makers behind what they’re buying.”As an attendee, you get a little taste of what somebody…
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Still from Pixar’s “Toy Story 5.”DisneyDisney’s Toy Story franchise still has some buzz.The fifth installment in the Pixar film series tallied $160 million during its opening weekend, the highest in franchise history. Internationally, “Toy Story 5″ snared $152 million, bringing its estimated global haul for the three-day period to $312 million.”Toy Story 4” was the previous record holder for the franchise, generating $120.9 million at its opening in 2019, according to Rentrak data. In total, the film series has collected more than $3 billion at the global box office since the first film debuted in 1995, with two of its…
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer gestures as he talks with local residents as he visits a housing development in north-west London on June 19, 2026, with a formal challenge to his leadership likely to be triggered in the near future. (Photo by Peter MACDIARMID / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)Peter Macdiarmid | Afp | Getty ImagesBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer was considering his political future on Sunday, after rival Andy Burnham’s decisive election victory in parliament prompted more ministers in the governing Labour Party to call for him to go.Struggling with some of the lowest popularity ratings for any…