The ‘why’ of Bitcoin is back in the news Bitcoin’s history and origination is an important factor for more than just true believers and maximalists. Created...
Perhaps in a moment of incoherence, this three-tweet set was launched. It is just plain goofy (unless he is buttering up “the right” for after mid-terms…?)...
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As desirable vacation destinations go, war-torn Ukraine must surely rate low. But in the first month of Russia’s invasion, Airbnb bookings in Ukraine boomed, as people...
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington The Biden administration on March 31, 2022, said it plans to release an unprecedented 180 million barrels of oil from...
“While Americans struggle with high gas prices, these companies are doing victory laps, showering their already wealthy executives and shareholders with billions in stock buybacks and...
“This money belongs to the people of Afghanistan, not to the United States,” said an Afghan protest organizer in Kabul over the weekend. With the people...
“A large across-the-board increase in interest rates is a cure worse than the disease,” says economist Joseph Stiglitz. “That might dampen inflation if it is taken...
Read enough about Bitcoin, and you’ll inevitably come across people who refer to the cryptocurrency as a religion Bloomberg’s Lorcan Roche Kelly called Bitcoin “the first...
The wealth-hoarding by ultrarich families would be equivalent to over four Build Back Better plans Over the next few decades, the richest American families could avoid paying...
“Wall Street’s toxic fossil fuel investments threaten the future of our planet and the stability of our financial system and put all of us, especially our...
CEO Mark Zuckerberg had repeatedly promised to stop recommending political groups to users to squelch the spread of misinformation Leaked internal Facebook documents show that a...
Facebook insists that mainstream news sites perform the best on its platform. But by other measures, sensationalist, partisan content reigns In early November, Facebook published its...
As a member of Congress, Jared Polis was one of the loudest Democrats demanding President Donald Trump release his tax returns. At a rally in Denver...
Leaked internal documents suggest Facebook – which recently renamed itself Meta – is doing far worse than it claims at minimizing COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on the Facebook social...
“This industry is rotten at its core,” said one critic, “and the clearest proof of that is what it’s doing to our children.” Internal documents dubbed...
“This is a landmark day.” New Zealand officials on Thursday heralded passage of a groundbreaking law requiring financial institutions to disclose climate-related risks. “This is a landmark...
While still CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos testified in Congress by video conference on July 29, 2020. Now, there are at least Five members of a...
Leaked documents reveal the e-commerce company’s private-brands team in India “secretly exploited internal data” to copy products from other sellers and rigged search results. U.S. Sen....
Frances Haugen said the company’s leaders know how to make their platforms safer, “but won’t make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits...
Recent White House Study on Taxes Shows the Wealthy Pay a Lower Rate Than Everybody Else A decade ago, in an essay for The New York...
Bond jump should have been seen coming, yet the reaction is nevertheless a big rush to the exits In what some are calling a Taper Tantrum,...