Sam Bankman-Fried’s younger brother, who was a top lobbyist for failed crypto exchange FTX, considered purchasing the island nation of Nauru in the Pacific to create a fortified apocalypse bunker state, a lawsuit filed in Delaware bankruptcy court shows. Gabe Bankman-Fried was looking at buying Nauru in the “event where Read more…
The government’s green energy plans faced a setback as the Norfolk Boreas offshore windfarm project by Vattenfall was halted due to soaring supply chain costs and rising interest rates. Vattenfall’s chief executive Anna Borg said: “It’s important to understand that our suppliers are being squeezed. They have problems in their Read more…
A fleet of some 500 drives were performing a display over Melbourne’s Docklands in the lead up to the FIFA Women’s World Cup. About 350 of them didn’t come back and are now being fished out of the Yarra River, no doubt somewhat worse for wear. According to the operators, Read more…
“Having big U.K. meat-eaters cut some of it out of their diet would be like taking 8 million cars off the road,” reports the BBC: That’s just one of the findings of new research that scientists say gives the most reliable calculation yet of how what we eat impacts our Read more…
T-Mobile has started charging customers who pay phone bills in-store a new $5 “Payment Support Charge,” plus tax. The new fee went into effect on July 19th, though prepaid customers will be charged the fee later on. From a report: In a flier shared with The Mobile Report announcing the Read more…
The month of June and the first few days of July were hotter than any in recorded history, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Residents in the south of the US and southern Europe have been enduring sweltering temperatures, bringing excessive heat warnings, wildfires and plummeting air quality. However, Read more…
Amazon has announced that its palm-scanning payment technology, called Amazon One, will roll out to all 500-plus Whole Foods locations by the end of 2023. Amazon first introduced the contactless Amazon One payment system in 2020, but its expansion by the end of 2023 will be its largest to date. Read more…