Presicce, Italy’s government is calling on new buyers to buy and build up its abandoned homes. Miti74/Shutterstock Presicce, Italy is providing roughly $30,000 to people who move to the historic town. Anyone who buys a property built before 1991 and commits to restoring it is eligible for the money. Other villages across Italy have launched…
People hold white sheets of paper in protest of COVID-19 restrictions in Beijing, China, on November 27, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter Mass protests kicked off in China over its strict COVID-19 policy after 10 people died in a fire. China’s government has not acknowledged the protests, even as other governments have. But there has been a…
Donald Trump was banned from Twitter two days after the January 6 Capitol riot. Alex Brandon/AP Donald Trump will continue his legal fight against Twitter despite his ban being lifted by Elon Musk. Trump’s attorney, John Coale, said that the former US president has no plans to withdraw his appeal. Trump was banned from Twitter…
A trader at the CME. Scott Olson/Getty Images Fed officials said the inflation fight isn’t over and they don’t expect to cut interest rates soon. Their words were a “reality check” and “bucket of cold water” for investors, Christopher Smart said. The top strategist expects weak growth, stubborn inflation, and rates to peak around 5%…
Hello there, tech fans. Writing to you from New York, I’m Jordan Parker Erb. We’ve officially entered the purgatory between Thanksgiving and the rest of the holiday season, where it can feel like no real work gets done. Some studies have shown that productivity slumps in the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, so if you’re…
Russian President Vladimir Putin in his office in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on December 15, 2018. Aleksey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images Russia and the US set up a “deconfliction” hotline shortly after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine began. But the hotline has only been used once since then, a US official told Reuters. The call was made…
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BlockFi is a victim of the FTX fallout. Chukrut Budrul/ SOPA Images/ LightRocket/ Getty Images BlockFi has sued Emergent Fidelity Technologies to recover stock pledged as collateral for a loan. The crypto lender says it wants Sam Bankman-Fried’s holding company to hand over the shares. The collateral is Robinhood stock and the borrower was Alameda…
It’s now over 50 years since the human race went to the moon with the first moon landing by Apollo 11 happening on 20 July 1969. And with NASA’s ongoing plans to land on the moon again by 2025, we thought what better way to celebrate than with a collection of some of the best…
Sony has revealed a set of six motion-tracking gadgets that will allow a user’s body to mimic an avatar’s moves. Known as Mocopi, this set will enable mobile motion capture, thanks to sensors worn around a user’s head, waist, wrists and ankles. When paired with the compatible smartphone app, these trackers can then be used…