Kazi Awal/Insider Jocelyn Cheng, the CEO of Luno Expeditions. Luno Many of the most practical uses for crypto are in emerging markets, according to Jocelyn Cheng. Cheng says crypto can reduce the costs of remittances and open up access to loans in those markets. This article is part of “Master Your Crypto,” a series from…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
skynesher/Getty Images Job-changers enjoyed much stronger pay gains than their peers over the past year, ADP said. Quitters’ wages rose 16.1% in the year through August, outpacing job-keepers’ 7.6% gain. The discrepancy underscores the historic gap between available workers and labor demand. The labor market’s quitters are the ones winning the most. Americans who’ve changed…
Getty Images Russia’s Gazprom more than doubled net profit in the first half of 2022, the company said Tuesday. Gazprom reported $41.75 billion, or 2.5 trillion rubles, in profits, up from about 968 billion rubles in the first half of 2021. Dutch TTF, the natural gas benchmark in Europe, is up more than 1,000% compared…
When Samsung unveiled the Odyssey Arc gaming monitor it looked a little bit like the endpoint of curved monitors – a screen so huge that it would basically become your entire field of view if seated at a desk. Upcoming PC games: The best new games to look forward to It’s maximalist in its ethos…
Konami has released its lineup for Tokyo Game Show 2022, including a new unannounced game. The presentation for this game will last 45 minutes and will feature voice actor Yuki Kaji “as a guest to represent fans of a world-loved series title”, reports Gematsu. It’s unclear beyond this description what the game could be. Read…
Apple is indeed working on satellite connectivity for the iPhone 14 and completed hardware tests for the feature ahead of mass production, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo says that Apple has the hardware support for satellite connectivity, but whether the iPhone 14 will support satellite communications depends on “whether Apple and operators can…
Apple today released an updated version of Boot Camp, the software that allows the Windows operating system to be run on Intel-based Macs. Boot Camp 6.1.19 includes updates to the Precision Touchpad driver, according to Apple’s release notes, along with other bug fixes. This is the second Boot Camp update that Apple has pushed out…
Apple today seeded the eighth beta of an upcoming iOS 16 update to developers for testing purposes, with the update coming a week after Apple released the seventh developer beta. Registered developers can download the iOS 16 profile from the Apple Developer Center, and once installed, the beta will be available over the air. There…
Holiday travel is just around the corner, and for many people, affordability is top of mind. From April to August this year, searches for “cheapest airline tickets” surged more than 240% in the U.S. During this same period, the top-searched questions related to air travel included “when is the best time to book a flight?”…
The democratic process is one of the foundations of our society, and people around the world turn to Google to ask important questions about election candidates and their positions on various topics. We’ve built products and programs to help journalists and voters engage with democratic processes in several elections, including the U.S., Germany, U.K., and…