The cryptocurrency market was valued at more than $1 trillion during 2022. NurPhoto The US Securities and Exchange Commission charged 11 people for operating a crypto Ponzi scheme Forsage.io defrauded retail investors out of $300 million, the SEC said. The scheme’s largest promotional group ran in the US from at least five different states. The…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
In this chaotic summer travel season, you’re entitled to a payout if you’re involuntarily booted from an overbooked flight. Robert Alexander/Getty Images Air travel is especially chaotic this summer. If you’re involuntarily bumped from a flight, US regulations say you’re entitled to compensation. The dollar amount depends on the length of your delay and the…
Democratic senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin talk in a Senate elevator. Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Sen. Joe Manchin is defending his new proposed spending package and how it’s paid for. The deal would raise taxes on corporations and close loopholes for wealthy investors. GOPers say that amounts to a…
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Current mortgage rates Historic 15-year mortgage rates over the last decade Here are the lowest 15-year fixed mortgage rates each year, from 2011 to 2020: Current 15-year rates are now higher than they have been in recent years and may continue increasing. If your finances are in a good place, you could still lock in…
A federal judge refused to remove Visa from a lawsuit that alleges it aided MindGeek — the parent company of Pornhub — in monetizing child porn. In a decision issued on July 29th, U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney accuses the payment processor of refusing to cut business ties with MindGeek, despite being aware that Pornhub…
Nothing’s first phone was quite a while coming, with endless drips of information about it hitting headlines before it was eventually released earlier this year. Nothing phone (1) review: Much ado about Nothing The most unique thing about the phone is its so-called Glyph system, an arrangement of LEDs on its rear that lets you…
Netflix is readying for the September arrival of its animated Cyberpunk 2077 series, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, with the release of its first full trailer, introducing some of the story’s key players. Edgerunners, which was announced back in June 2020, is a 10-episode collaboration between Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt and Japanese animation studio Trigger, which has…
Image credit: OnePlus OnePlus is drip feeding more information about the forthcoming OnePlus 10T, including the ability to completely recharge the phone in under 20 minutes. The OnePlus 10T, which launches later this week at an August 3 event, will benefit from 150W wired charging. The company calls it 150W SUPERVOOC Endurance Edition and it’s…
Image: Riot Games Riot Games’ upcoming League of Legends-themed 2D fighting game will be free to play and will include the League champion Illaoi as one of its playable fighters, the studio announced in an update on Monday. The game was announced in 2019 under the codename “Project L,” and details are still relatively light…