The Lightning Network has struck Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria. During a conference in Ghana, Strike CEO Jack Mallers announced that the Bitcoin (BTC) payments company has partnered with the mobile app Bit...
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Ukraine’s Drones Spell Danger For A Vast Swathe Of Russia As New Airbase Strike Reported
The Ukrainian strikes which we reported yesterday on Russian airbases 400 miles inside Russian territory have huge implications for this conflict. Now social media reports describe a fresh drone attac...
Bitcoin Lightning company Strike enables payments to 3 African countries
Strike, a payments platform built on Bitcoin’s Lightning network, enabled instant and low-cost payments to Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana for U.S. users through its “Send Globally” feature...
Twitter Office Janitors Go On Strike
Topline Elon Musk’s stated vision of cleaning up Twitter appeared to hit another snag of sorts Monday, at least in terms of office hygiene, as a group of janitors contracted to clean the company...
Delta Air Lines offers pilots a new contract as potential strike looms
Delta Air Lines has offered its pilots a substantial pay increase in a new contract to help offset increased working hours and short-staffed conditions, and avoid a potential workers’ strike. Th...
Drew Brees lightning strike is fake, promotional stunt for online sportsbook
Drew Brees #9 of the New Orleans Saints Gregory Shamus | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Legendary New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees faked being struck by lightning as part of a promotional ...
Senate passes rail labor pact before strike deadline, sends to Biden
The Senate passed legislation that would force a tentative rail labor agreement and thwart a national strike. A separate vote on adding seven days of paid sick leave to the agreement failed. The appro...
House Approves Legislation To Prevent Rail Strike
Topline The House voted Wednesday to ratify a formal labor agreement between rail companies and labor unions, and voted to grant rail workers additional sick-leave benefits, aiming to prevent a strike...
CrowdStrike Ahead of Earnings: Strike Now or Avoid the Crowd?
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) is scheduled to report their latest quarterly numbers to shareholders after the close of trading Tuesday. In our May 31 review of CRWD we wrote that tra...
Biden Urges Congress To Pass Bill To Avert Railroad Strike
Topline President Joe Biden pressed Congress Monday to implement a labor deal between the largest U.S. rail operators and a group of large unions, as a months-long impasse between the two sides threat...
With rail strike looming, tech companies reroute chips to trucking
A container delivery truck heads for one of the terminals at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Technology companies supplying critical semiconduc...
Railway Strike Threatens More Economic Disruption On December 9th
(Original Caption) 07/1894-Chicago- The great railway strike of 1894. Miles of burned freight cars … [+] in the railroad yards of Chicago. Photo shows burned out viaduct wrecking crew at work in...
Wife Of Australian Engineer Jailed In Iraq Threatens Hunger Strike To Force His Release
Desree Pether and daughter Nala demand the release of Robert Pether from an Iraqi jail, during a … [+] protest outside the Iraqi embassy in London on November 22, 2022 Desree Pether The wife of ...
Postal workers in the UK launch Black Friday strike as industrial action sweeps the country
LONDON – Strikers from the CWU Trade Union attend the picket line at Peckham Royal Mail centre on November 24, 2022 in London, England. Strikes planned for the Black Friday weekend and the run-u...
With Twitter’s Automated Copyright Strike System Down, Live Sports Events Could Join Movies
Elon Musk’s scattershot management style has put him in potential legal peril with not just … [+] Hollywood, but the sports world. (Photo by Hannibal Hanschke-Pool/Getty Images) Getty Imag...
Starbucks Union Efforts Get Frothy With Strike
Getty Images Key takeaways Workers at over 100 Starbucks locations went on strike Thursday in the next stage of the Starbucks union effort The walkouts coincided with Starbucks’ Red Cup Day, one of th...
Twitter’s Broken Its Copyright Strike System, Users Are Uploading Full Movies
Hackers MGM While Twitter, the website, remains online and has not simply collapsed after the vast majority of workers were fired or resigned under Elon Musk, we are already starting to see the cracks...
Starbucks union to strike at more than 100 locations on Red Cup Day
Starbucks official reusable red cup, left, and red cup from Starbucks Workers United. Source: Starbucks; Starbucks Workers United Workers at more than 100 unionized Starbucks locations plan to strike ...
What We Know Now About Missile Strike In Poland
When a missile struck a village in Poland yesterday killing two civilians, many social media commentators were quick to declare that this was a Russian attack on a NATO member state and NATO must now ...
Some Stock Market Gains Fade After Report Of Rocket Strike Inside Poland
The U.S. stock market pared gains in afternoon trading Tuesday. Indexes slid after a report on Twitter that two rockets hit a town in Poland. X The Nasdaq composite surged 2.5% at midday but cut its g...
Litecoin price analysis: Bears drag price level down to $58.16 in the latest strike
Litecoin price analysis shows that the market for this cryptocurrency has been in a downtrend over the past few hours. The price level is currently facing rejection at $60.82, and heavy selling pressu...
Chainlink price analysis: Bears drag price levels down to $8.65 in latest strike
Chainlink price analysis is showing signs of a downtrend, as the price has been following a decreasing movement since the start of today’s trading session. Bears have dragged price levels down to $8.6...
Could Weather Impact Florida Vote? Tropical Storm May Strike On Election Day
Topline There is “increasing risk” Florida could be dealing with a tropical threat as voters go to the polls on Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center, though at this point th...
Gold Investors Go On Strike — Lowest Purchases In Almost 2 Decades
SEOUL, REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Gold bars are displayed at Shinhan Bank in Seoul on 09 January 2004. Gold … [+] prices hit 544.60 dollars per ounce on January 09, 2006, the highest level since January...
Strike CEO says platform can integrate Bitcoin Lightning payments for Twitter Blue ‘in days’
Following Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter (NASDAQ: TWTR), much speculation has been made about the new owner’s interest in the cryptocurrency industry and how the social media platform may be utili...
Delta pilots vote in favor of potential strike as contract talks drag on
Delta pilots picket for a better contract outside of John F. Kennedy International Airport. Leslie Josephs | CNBC Delta Air Lines pilots voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike if contract talks be...
How That Nutty Long Shot Derby Winner Rich Strike Does, Actually, Have A Shot
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 07: Jockey Sonny Leon reacts as Rich Strike wins the 148th running of the … [+] Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 07, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo...
Opensats, Strike, And The HRF Announce Bounty Winners In 2 Out Of 3 Categories
The experts have spoken. Opensats gave a partial verdict and The Human Rights Foundation announced that Cashu and LNlink will receive bounties. Certain conditions apply, as we’ll explain. And other pr...
Crypto Hackers Strike DeFi Liquidity Locking Project With $14,500,000 Exploit
The liquidity locking project Team Finance says crypto hackers made off with $14.5 million in digital asset tokens. Team Finance says they temporarily paused activity on their platform while investiga...
After the Ether Merger, a16z’s Decisive Strike Raises Industry Concerns
Place/Date: United States – October 24th, 2022 at 3:45 pm UTC · 4 min read Contact: Jessica, Source: a16z a16z, known as the “Rolls Royce” of the venture capital industry, has launched a pled...