In bankrupt Lebanon, locals mine bitcoin and buy groceries with tether, as $1 is now worth 15 cents
Aerial view of the seafront Manara district near downtown Beirut. Bilwander | Getty Images When Georgio Abou Gebrael first heard…
Dow climbs more than 700 points on Friday as Wall Street clinches its best week since June
Stocks climbed on Friday as Wall Street closed a volatile week on a high note despite some disappointing earnings reports.…
Archaeologists at Pompeii Say the iPad Pro—Which Comes With a LiDAR Scanner—Is Changing the Way They Work
For excavations at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city famously frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the…
What Happens If a Scammer Has Your Email Address?
It can be scary finding out that a scammer has stolen your email address, whether it’s your personal or work…
Comic Book Dealers Are Making Six-Figure Sales at New York’s Comic Con, Thanks to the Boom in Film and TV Adaptations
The aisles were packed with costumed fans at the Javits Center for the opening day of New York Comic Con…
The Recently Discovered Wreck of Shackleton’s ‘Endurance’ Faces Annihilation, an Archeologist Warns
Earlier this year, marine archaeologists made the thrilling identification of the remains of Ernest Shackleton’s lost ship the Endurance, which…
Britain’s tax cut pivot might not be enough to quell market mayhem
LONDON — The U.K. government’s reversal on scrapping the top rate of income tax is down to political optics and…
‘The Fed is breaking things’ – Here’s what has Wall Street on edge as risks rise around the world
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a Fed Listens event in Washington, D.C., US, on Friday, Sept.…
Is the UK now a buy? Analysts weigh in after market meltdown and Bank of England intervention
A security guard stands outside the London Stock Exchange building on December 29, 2020. Tolga Akmen | AFP via Getty…
Pound tanking, massive tax cuts and talk of emergency hikes. Here’s what’s going on in the UK
Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss and Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng. Dylan Martinez | Afp | Getty Images…
‘I Had Never Seen Anything Like It Before’: Steve Martin on Becoming One of the Top Collectors of Australian Indigenous Art
Steve Martin has been back in the headlines of late, thanks to his leading role in the hit Hulu comedy…
Viking Women Were Power Knitters Whose Textiles Provided Vital Trade Across Europe, Researchers Say
The Vikings of legend were fearless male warriors who raided coastal towns across Europe. But archaeological research shows that Viking…