Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka announced on social media that she won't attend any press conference at the French Open because of mental health concerns. Osaka says taking questions from ... ( read original story ...)
Biden settles on ambassador picks for China, India and Japan
Longtime diplomat Nicholas Burns is president's pick for China post while former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is tapped for Japan. ( read original story ...)
Crypto And Blockchain Startups Set Their Sights On The Global Payment Industry
Big banks had better pay attention. Silicon Valley has not only arrived, but it has also brought its friends, the global decentralized digital finance gang. Those friends are dating the new kids on ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto is Key to Ransomware; Biden Says Canada Unfair to U.S. Dairy Farmers
"We can live in a world with cryptocurrency or a world without ransomware, but we can't have both," said Lee Reiners, executive director of the Global Financial Markets Center at Duke University's Law ... ( read original story ...)
A company wants to build a massive solar project in Montana — of course it’s for crypto
A company looking to build a massive solar project in Butte, Montana claims it would provide 300MW of renewable power and cost $250 million, Gizmodo reported. That’s according to Madison River Equity ... ( read original story ...)
This analyst sees Nvidia hitting $800: ‘Crypto is icing on the cake’
CNBC's "TechCheck" team discusses the outlook for Nvidia, including gaming and crypto with Rajvindra Gill of Needham. ( read original story ...)
Crypto: Digital currencies issued by central banks can boost demand, study suggests
Wider use of the digital currencies planned to be introduced by the Central Banks of several countries, including China and the UK, can boost the demand for crypto tokens, suggests a new study by the ... ( read original story ...)
This Solar Crypto Mine Plan Is Stranger Than Fiction
A Montana crypto empire wants to build out one of the nation’s largest solar projects, promising it will power a technological revolution in the state. But some residents are worried about the impact ... ( read original story ...)
SaaS needs to take a page out of the crypto playbook
The idea of directly incentivizing users is a common rallying cry in the crypto community: Imagine an internet free from monopoly tech giants where users control and monetize their own data. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Slide, Gaming Slowdown Wipe Billions Off Tycoon’s Fortune
Kim Jung-ju, the billionaire behind Nexon Co., is having a turbulent month.Shares of the Tokyo-listed gaming company have plunged 21% since it forecast a decline in profit on May 12, suggesting its ... ( read original story ...)
BOJ to consider extending pandemic-relief scheme by 6 months -Nikkei
The Bank of Japan will consider extending a September deadline for its coronavirus pandemic-relief programme by six months, the Nikkei newspaper ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Says She’s OK With Paying a Fine to Skip Press Conferences
Naomi Osaka is skipping out on post-match interviews at this year's French Open, NBC News reports. The superstar, who is currently ranked no. 2 in the world, cited her own mental health for the ... ( read original story ...)
Compellingly creepy collection of retro mailboxes stands in rural Japanese town【Photos】
Saitama Prefecture’s Ogose seems like the quintessential nondescript small town, too rural to be exciting yet also too developed to be ideally bucolic picturesque. But sometimes it’s the most ordinary ... ( read original story ...)
Canada basketball loads camp roster for Tokyo qualifying bid
Virtually all of Canada’s top NBA players, excluding those who are injured, have accepted invitations to attend training camp next month in advance of that country’s last chance to qualify for the ... ( read original story ...)
NBC Announces Mary Carillo, Andrea Joyce, Jimmy Roberts Returning As Commentators For 2021 Tokyo Olympics
Summer Games just weeks away, the NBC Olympics team is full steam ahead. The network announced on Thursday that veteran broadcasters Mary Carillo, Andrea Joyce and Jimmy Roberts will once again serve ... ( read original story ...)
Death of Wishma in a detention cell in Japan is shrouded by mysterious circumstances
The tragic death of a Sri Lankan girl, Wishma Rathnayake in a detention camp in Nagoya, Japan despite her repeated calls for hospitalisation and medication has received publicity in New York Times of ... ( read original story ...)