Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday recognized Tesla as a pioneer of electric vehicle manufacturing in the U.S. “We admire the range of American companies that have innovated, i...
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Twilio Stock Surges As Revenue Growth Blows Past Estimates
Twilio stock surged Wednesday afternoon on fourth-quarter revenue that blew past estimates as the company also projected profitability on an adjusted basis by 2023. The March-quarter revenue guidance ...
An overview of zero knowledge projects
February 9, 2022, 4:43PM EST • 12 min read Quick Take Zero knowledge projects utilize zk proofs to compress data and reduce the computation required for verifiers to validate transactions The two main...
Meter platform incurred $4.4 million losses: Exploit having a cascade effect
A massive hack on the Meter platform occurred recently and caused the entity to incur significant losses. Amount of ETH was deposited to the Meter platform, which the attacker used to mint tokens, sta...
Why solar geomagnetic storms destroy satellites like SpaceX Starlink
Left: A Falcon 9 rocket carries 49 Starlink satellites toward orbit on Feb. 3, 2022. Right: An April 16, 2012 solar eruption is captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. SpaceX / NASA The s...
Disney, Uber, Mattel and more
General views of the Mickey Mouse Ferris Wheel at Disney California Adventure Park at the Disneyland Resort, which has reopened for outdoor dining and shopping on April 11, 2021 in Anaheim, California...
Munich To Host NFL Game Next Season As Part Of Four-Year Series In Germany
Topline The NFL announced Wednesday it plans to hold a regular season game in Munich next season as part of a four-year series of annual games in Germany, in the latest push to boost the league’...
Zynga reports record results, stock mostly unmoved after hours pending acquisition by Take-Two
Zynga Inc. reported record results in the extended session Wednesday with a slight bottom-line miss, but shares of the videogame publisher were flat after hours given its pending acquisition by Take-T...
Investment firm KKR ups Animoca Brands’ newest funding to $500 million
advertisement KKR & Co, a global investment firm based in the United States, has increased Animoca Brands’ latest funding round to $500 million, Bloomberg reports with anonymous sources familiar w...
Twitter using Quicknode to get into NFT world
Twitter recently announced the integration of a non-fungible token (NFT) profile picture feature on its TwitterBlue platform. Twitterblue is the subscription version of microblogging and QuickNode. Tw...
XRP Rallies 50% in Just Five Days, Overtaking Cardano (ADA) and Solana (SOL) in Market Capitalization
XRP took off on a massive 50% price rally over the past five days, moving up a couple of spots in the market cap rankings as a result. The crypto asset was trading around $0.60 on February 3rd and sur...
Peloton CEO’s first all-hands meeting cut short as ex-staff crash it
In this photo illustration the Peloton Interactive logo seen displayed on a smartphone screen. Rafael Henrique | LightRocket | Getty Images Peloton held a virtual all-hands meeting Wednesday that was ...
Streaming growth, theme park attendance in spotlight for stock-watchers
Disney (DIS) unveiled first quarter 2022 results that beat expectations after the bell on Wednesday. Shares jumped as much as 9% after the report. New membership additions for the company’s two-year-o...
Uphold Reviews: Multiple assets all in one place
Trading different asset classes can be a difficult thing to do. These days, it isn’t easy to have a platform that allows you to trade different assets all in one place. For instance, if you want to tr...
FODL giving away $1M of Bored Ape Kennel and Yacht NFTs to winners
FODL, a decentralized leverage trading platform, is attempting to change. As it began to investigate use cases such as accepting NFTs as collateral, it realized it could most likely assist its traders...
New York Gov. Hochul expected to lift indoor mask mandate
[The stream is slated to start at 11:15 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to drop the state’s strict indoor ...
Figure Skater Kamila Valieva—Gold Medal Favorite—Reportedly At Center Of Russian Drug Scandal At 2022 Olympics
Topline Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva failed a drug test at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing on Wednesday, Reuters reports citing two Russian media outlets, putting into question the gold meda...
Lone Pine Capital Adds Dick’s Sporting Goods To Its Retail Roster
Summary The former tiger cub’s firm has a 3.88% stake in the company. Lone Pine Capital, the hedge fund founded by Steve Mandel (Trades, Portfolio) in 1997, revealed a stake in Dick’s Sporting G...
Affirm Stock Reports Earnings Thursday; Why This Put Option Immediately Earns $235
Affirm (AFRM) reports earnings on Thursday after the close, and some analysts think the company might beat and raise. While shares have been performing poorly in the last few months, some traders may ...
Gaming giant Zynga plans to launch NFT-based game this year
advertisement Zynga, the online and mobile game developer behind titles like FarmVille and Words With Friends, has plans to get into non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and blockchain-based gaming. According ...
Financial anxiety is high. Why financial planners may miss the signs
The Covid-19 pandemic has made it difficult for people to answer big questions about their futures, and many financial planners are underestimating the financial anxiety that is causing, according to ...
Universal Goes All In On Horror Movies For 2022
‘Nope,’ ‘Firestarter,’ The Black Mask’ and ‘Halloween Kills’ Universal We got word this morning that Universal will be releasing a remake/re-adaptation of Ste...
Booking.com taps Idris Elba in ad kickoff
Battered by the pandemic, the travel industry is looking to better days ahead, with Super Bowl ads and consumer giveaways aimed at coaxing travelers to book long-delayed trips. Booking.com is reviving...
University of Michigan provost named as next head of the Boston Fed
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston today announced that Dr. Susan M. Collins will be its next president, CEO. Courtesy: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The Boston Federal Reserve, which is heading the...
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy Says McConnell Right To Call Jan. 6 ‘Violent Insurrection’
Topline House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Wednesday he agrees with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) description of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as ...
Fintech Firm Ebury Unveils Partnership with Melbourne Rebels Rugby Team
Ebury, a London-based fintech firm that enables cross-border transactions for companies, institutions, banks and their clients, announced on Tuesday that it has formed a partnership with the Melbourne...
New Relic Stock Tanks as Guidance Disappoints. Here’s What Analysts Are Saying.
Text size Dreamstime New Relic was falling 29% on Wednesday, a day after issuing fiscal fourth-quarter guidance that frightened investors. New Relic (ticker: NEWR) said it expects fourth-quarter reven...
McDonald’s and Panera Bread file trademarks for virtual restaurants
advertisement McDonald’s and Panera Bread, two major US-based food chains, have filed trademark registrations to build virtual restaurants and sell other digital assets in the metaverse. McDona...
Stellar price analysis: Bullish sweep marks price movement above $0.242 level
TL;DR Breakdown Price has leveled up to $0.243. Stellar price analysis shows uptrend. Support is found at $0.174 low. The most recent Stellar price analysis confirms an increasing trend for cryptocurr...