The Web Summit has shelved plans for its Japanese event as it now sets its sights on Brazil. The tech conference business this week announced its first event under the Web Summit banner outside Europe ... ( read original story ...)
US Chipmaker Nvidia Fined $5.5 Million Over Crypto Mining, Bitcoin Rises
US-based chipmaker Nvidia will reportedly pay $5.5 million to settle charges that it unlawfully obscured details of how many of its graphics cards were sold to cryptocurrency miners. The US Securities ... ( read original story ...)
Ill health plaguing children, grandchildren of 1968 oil poisoning victims in Japan: survey
A massive food poisoning incident caused by tainted rice bran oil more than half a century ago in Japan may still be affecting the health o ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Hour: Road Trip on Yamagata Tetsudo Flower-Nagai Line – Part 1
Fukui's biggest temple, a park that is illuminated in winter, a centre where visitors can experience zero gravity and space travel, and a footbath with colour-changing stones are featured this week. ( read original story ...)
N.Korea fires likely submarine-launched ballistic missile, S.Korea, Japan say
North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Saturday, South Korea and Japan said, three days before the inauguration of South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, who has vowed to take a hard line ... ( read original story ...)
Lori Dengler | Seismographs aren’t the only instruments to measure earthquakes
The most exciting application of GNSS is in estimating the size of earthquakes as the ground is still rupturing,” Lori Dengler writes in this week’s Not My Fault columbn. ( read original story ...)
Caesars spinoff VICI closes on big Vegas Strip property deal
Still, it easily ranks among the largest real estate sales the Strip has ever seen and significantly expands VICI’s holdings in the famed casino corridor, making the New York company one of the ... ( read original story ...)
Should You Put Your Tax Refund Into Crypto?
Some Americans will receive over $3,000 in tax refunds this year. Find out if it's a good idea to put that money into crypto or whether there might be other ways to spend it. ( read original story ...)
North Korea fires likely submarine-launched ballistic missile, South Korea, Japan say
SEOUL/TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) - North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Saturday, South Korea and Japan said, three days before the inauguration of South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, who has ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto investor and founder Jill Gunter on the increasingly heated competition between blockchains — and what it’ll take to win
Jill Gunter is no stranger to crypto — she’s seen the market through its ups and downs, conducting research on blockchain protocols, working at multiple crypto startups and co-founding her own, and ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Investors Hit By Pitch
Despite the weak price action, however, crypto volatility actually declined in April with Bitcoin and Ethereum 30-day volatility reaching 1-year lows of 35% and 48%, respectively. Notably ... ( read original story ...)
Insider-Trading Scourge Wooed to Be Crypto Ally in U.S. Senate
Facing a crackdown from regulators in Washington, the crypto industry is turning to New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for help. Most Read from BloombergElon Musk’s Fixer Is Quietly Tending the World ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Bridge Heists Swiping $1 Billion Spur Race for Options
High-profile hacks on crypto “bridges” -- which let users swap digital tokens across blockchains -- are creating opportunities for exchanges and other businesses to offer more secure alternatives. ( read original story ...)
Expert Predictions: Can Crypto Crash Further?
Bitcoin is down over 40% from its all-time high, but some analysts think it could drop more. Find out what experts predict will happen next. ( read original story ...)
This Crypto Will Be the Solana of 2022
Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) was one of the hottest cryptocurrencies of 2021, emerging from relative obscurity and evolving into a crypto that Bank of America called "the Visa of the digital asset ecosystem" ... ( read original story ...)
Emma Raducanu vs Naomi Osaka: Stars could meet in Italian Open second-round
Raducanu has never faced Osaka before and will need to come through a tough test against Bianca Andreescu in round one ... ( read original story ...)