Prices of digital currency ethereum plunged more than 20 percent Sunday morning, amid concerns about the recent price surge and the future of bitcoin. Ethereum hit a low of $130.26 around 9 a.m., ET, down 22 percent from Saturday night’s prices and the lowest since May 27, according to TradingView charts of Coinbase data. As […]
Read moreLinsey Peterson packed her bags in February— and her work — and moved from Minnesota to Kuala Lumpur. Since then, the 26-year-old web and app designer has called a new country home every month. Peterson is a customer of Remote Year, a program that costs $27,000 a year and helps people satisfy their wanderlust while […]
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President Donald Trump reportedly urged U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May to ensure he gets a warm welcome in Britain for his state visit—warning that he would not visit the country until he had been given guarantees, a British newspaper reported on Sunday. “When I know I’m going to get a better reception, I’ll come and […]
Read moreThe encrypted messaging app Telegram is forming a team of moderators who are familiar with Indonesian culture and language so it can remove “terrorist-related content” faster, its co-founder said Sunday, after Indonesia limited access to the app and threatened a total ban. Pavel Durov, who with his brother Nikolai founded the app in 2013, said […]
Read moreTesla CEO Elon Musk warned a bipartisan gathering of U.S. governors on Saturday that government regulation of artificial intelligence is needed because it’s a “fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization.” But first, he asked for some governors to lift a different kind of regulation: state franchise dealership laws that ban the direct sale […]
Read moreFacebook has a cash cow. It’s called News Feed, and for the past five years, it has been the company’s core money maker and source of revenue growth. But there is a problem looming: Facebook has been saying for the past year that it is running out of places to put ads in News Feed. […]
Read moreUntil this past week, I wasn’t able to get a steady Wi-Fi connection in most rooms of my house. Then I tried a new solution called “mesh networking” and fixed everything in minutes. Here’s some background: If I sat downstairs in my 1920s colonial, I might be lucky enough to get a fast enough connection […]
Read moreYou walk into your kitchen and say, “Alexa, what’s going on today?” The cylindrical Amazon Echo Dot on your counter plays a soundbite from the president’s latest news conference followed by a voice memo from your mom. What was once a voice-controlled personal assistant is becoming a way for family members and friends to stay […]
Read moreThe city of Tracy, California, is flanked by clusters of warehouses on its east and west sides. The names on the buildings are familiar: Amazon, Costco, FedEx, Safeway, Crate and Barrel and others. Located in California’s Central Valley, Tracy’s proximity to the San Francisco Bay Area has turned it into a prime spot for distribution […]
Read moreI have driven at least 50 cars in my life and so far this is the best one I’ve ever had. Period. Let’s chat about why. Modern cars are profoundly annoying. Sure, they’re as safe as a fallout shelters, accelerate like dropped pianos and have enough tech to embarrass the Starship Enterprise. But between the […]
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