Brad Garlinghouse, chief executive officer of Ripple, speaks during the CoinDesk 2022 Consensus Festival in Austin, Texas, US, on Saturday, June 11, 2022.Jordan Vonderhaar | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCryptocurrency company Ripple announced on Friday it will acquire Fortress Trust, a startup specializing in crypto infrastructure, giving it a license in Nevada and allowing it to expand beyond its core bread and butter of blockchain-enabled payments.Ripple did not disclose the terms of the deal. Founded in 2021 by Scott Purcell, an entrepreneur with a background in equity and debt crowdfunding, Fortress Trust aims to help large enterprises interact with digital currencies.…
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Elaborate structure: this pitcher plant grows at the Oxford Botanic Garden (Courtesy: Chris Thorogood) Carnivorous pitcher plants consist of hollow, cup-like structures that capture and then digest unsuspecting prey. Found mostly in the tropics, especially south-east Asia, pitcher plants have a slippery rim at the top, called a peristome that is covered in small ridges that collect water. This liquid film then causes the prey to skid, like an aquaplaning car, and fall into a pleasant pool of digestive juices at the bottom of the pitcher. One mystery about these plants, however, is why they come in such a range…
Born and raised in Khammam, a small town in the state of Telangana, India, Nishanth Injam published The Best Possible Experience, his debut short-story collection, in July 2023. He immigrated to the United States in 2011 as a graduate student in computer science at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. With his MS in hand, he moved to the Midwest in 2011 to work at the Chicago Tribune as a software engineer. In 2014, restless and discontent in the tech industry, he enrolled in an online Stanford University continuing-studies course in creative writing, where the encouragement of his instructor, Suzanne…
Shah Rukh Khan has outdone himself. After a record-breaking run with Pathaan in January, the Indian superstar has hit new milestones with his latest, Jawan, which scored the biggest ever opening day worldwide for a Hindi film on Thursday at 129.6 crore ($15.5M). The Thursday debut was also the best ever in India for a Bollywood title at 90 crore ($10.9M) throughout the country, per Pink Villa which tracks numbers across the complicated reporting market. In Australia, the film was No. 1 on Thursday. We understand that IMAX, which is also running the move in the U.S., UK and Middle…
by Trevor Kimball, September 7, 2023(Photo: Roadshow Rough Diamond) Viewers of The CW won’t get to keep watching the Hernandez and Chalmers families work things out. Bump has been dropped by the American network midway through its second season. An Australian comedy-drama series, the Bump TV show stars Claudia Karvan, Nathalie Morris, Carlos Sanson Jr., Angus Sampson, Ricardo Scheihing-Vasquez, Peter Thurnwald, Safia Arain, and Paula Garcia. The story revolves around Olympia “Oly” Chalmers-Davis (Morris), an overachieving 17-year-old student with great plans for the future. At school one day, Oly collapses in agony, is rushed to the hospital, and ends up…
WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has completed the mishap investigation in SpaceX’s first integrated Starship launch in April but is not ready yet to approve a second launch of the vehicle. In a Sept. 8 statement, the FAA said it completed the investigation into the April 20 launch of the Starship vehicle and its Super Heavy booster from the company’s Starbase test site in Boca Chica, Texas. The vehicle suffered several failures of Raptor engines in the booster during its ascent, later tumbling before being destroyed by a flight termination system four minutes after liftoff. The FAA said the…
A new series of smartphones launched by China’s Huawei Technologies has drawn global attention for containing technology that indicates the company has managed to overcome US sanctions and could come back as a rival to Apple.In late August, the company unveiled the Mate 60 and Mate 60 Pro, and on Friday launched two more smartphones, the Mate X5 which is a new version of its foldable phones, and the Mate 60 Pro+. The Mate 60 is priced from CYN 5,999 (nearly Rs. 67,800), the same as Apple’s iPhone 14 in China.Here are some key things to know about Huawei’s new…
US President Joe Biden tours the Mack Trucks Lehigh Valley Operations Manufacturing Facility alongside Martin Weissburg (R), President of Mack Trucks and Kevin Fronheiser (L), Shop Chairman of UAW Local 677, in Macungie, Pennsylvania, July 28, 2021.Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden finds himself in a tough spot between his “Union Joe” persona and his aggressive climate goals as the United Auto Workers prepare to strike.The UAW, which represents 146,000 workers at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis NV’s North America branch, is ready to strike if their demands are not met by the time their contract…
Apartment rents have been cooling off sharply for several months, and they look like they’re about to go negative compared with a year ago.Rents in August were just 0.28% higher than August 2022, according to real estate tech platform RealPage. Compare that to a year ago, when rents were posting 11% annual growth. With the exception of a very brief drop during the Covid lockdowns, rents have not shown negative annual growth in well over a decade. When they did, it was due to a recession hitting demand.That is not the case now. Apartment occupancies nationally are at a pretty…
In this articleGMFSTLAM-ITFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTDemonstrators during a United Auto Workers (UAW) practice picket outside the Stellantis Mack Assembly Plant in Detroit, Michigan, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.Jeff Kowalsky | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesStellantis on Friday offered significant four-year wage increases to its hourly workers represented by the United Auto Workers, as it scrambles to avoid a costly strike.The automaker’s offer would provide a 14.5% wage increase over the four-year term of the proposed deal for most of Stellantis’s roughly 43,000 UAW-represented hourly workers. Newer, or in-progression, employees would get a 27% boost to their starting wages…
The elusive name of Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s baby boy is a mystery no more … we’ve finally learned what the kiddo’s called. According to the birth certificate, obtained by TMZ, the couple’s new bundle of joy is named Riot Rose Mayers. The name follows the tradition of “R” names in the family … remember, they named their first son RZA. Sources first told us Riot Rose arrived August 3, but that was off, the actual date of birth was August 1. Play video content AUGUST 2023 BACKGRID You’ll recall, A$AP teased the name a bit at the end of…
In this articleRBLXFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTDavid Baszucki, founder and CEO of Roblox, presents at the Roblox Developer Conference on August 10, 2019 in Burlingame, California.Ian Tuttle | Getty ImagesRoblox, the popular kids gaming platform, is looking to bolster revenue by giving a wider swath of users the ability to create and sell more types of digital goods.The company said on Friday that subscribers to the Roblox app’s upper-tier premium plans, which give users a monthly allowance of the Robux digital currency, will be able to hawk their 3D goods to other users. Previously, Roblox gamers could only create…
Steven Meisel is an enigma to many. First and foremost, he’s a fashion god, as one of the premier photographers in the industry with a career spanning over 30 years. Considering he’s worked with virtually every publication, designer, and brand you could possibly imagine, you’ve likely seen his work, even if you don’t know it. He’s responsible for ushering in a new era of fashion imagery, one that is, yes, practically flawless and alluring, but also bracingly nostalgic and intimate. Meisel loves the ’60s—particularly Swinging Sixties London—and music. However, if you don’t know what he looks like, you’d be forgiven.Steven…
Yes, the aftermath of Jack and Mel recovering from their loss is heartbreaking. And there is so much space for that during Virgin River Season 5 Episode 7, as the two exercise how much they’ve grown as individuals and as a couple while they openly communicate their needs and lean on those around them. But dammit, the Brady and Brie development is a different kind of gut punch! It’s difficult to see how much Brady is working to improve himself, all because of how much he loves Brie, and it can feel like it’s all for naught at every conceivable…
Fact: You’re not spending all that time in the gym just to hide your hard-earned gains under a baggy shirt.Opinion: What follows are the six best shirts for muscular men. Also, rye chips are the best parts of Gardetto’s snack mix. Polarizing topics, all. But today, we’re going to focus on the part about shirts. If you’ve got a muscular build, certain aspects of a garment’s construction are going to help you highlight your attributes. The sleeves will typically fall just above your horseshoe-shaped triceps, for instance. The fit should be tailored but never too tight. And don’t forget those…
Sally Wen Mao has built a powerfully intricate world in her third poetry collection, The Kingdom of Surfaces. An incisive examination into the Western gaze that others and exploits so much of Chinese culture, Mao’s poems invite the reader to enter into a lush garden of art, pop culture, fashion, and China’s artisanal crafts, to fall into the mirror and wake in a dream and nightmare. It is a truly brilliant collection which takes us on a deep, fantastic journey and awakens a profound yearning to not only learn more about the ancient crafts she interweaves throughout, but to question…
In this articlePLRHDOCUSMARGWREFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTThe Docusign Inc. application for download in the Apple App Store on a smartphone arranged in Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 1, 2021.Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines in extended trading.Guidewire Software — Shares slipped 2% in extended trading after the insurance software company reported that revenue for the fiscal first quarter would miss analysts’ estimates. Guidewire is calling for revenue of $197 million to $202 million, while analysts polled by FactSet anticipated $212.5 million. Smartsheet — Smartsheet’s stock popped 6% after the work…
Last year, Baz Lurhmann’s Elvis biopic was everywhere from the Met Gala to awards season. This year, it’s Priscilla Presley’s time to shine.Sofia Coppola is writing, directing, and producing the film Priscilla, adapted from Priscilla Beaulieu Presley’s 1985 memoir, Elvis and Me. Cailee Spaeny, best known for roles in Mare of Easttown, Bad Times at El Royale, and On the Basis of Sex, will star in the titular role. Meanwhile Euphoria’s Jacob Elordi will star opposite her as the King of Rock n Roll.Here’s what else we know so far. Berkley Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love…