bitcoin mining
In 2017, bitcoin burst into the global consciousness when it soared from below $1,000 to nearly $20,000. It then just as quickly dropped out of the limelight as it crashed to below $4,000 and investors...
Facebook Australia
Many Australians who are used to reading the news on their Facebook feed, woke up on Thursday to a news void. They had to go elsewhere to learn that the feud between their government and...
poverty
“When the laws undertake… to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society… have a right to complain of the injustice to their Government,” former U.S. president Andrew Jackson...
Avengers
Marvel’s been at it for over a decade, with 21 movies to boast so far; but its fourth Avengers movie, “Endgame”, broke the mold--for everything from the audience to earnings, raking in a massive $1.2 billion and...
With Whatsapp under criticism for promising to share your data with owner Facebook, presumably more secure messaging apps Signal and Telegram are on fire following the social media shakeup in the wake of the deadly...
Natural Gas
The plummeting natural gas exports from the United States to Mexico amid an Arctic cold spell in the country that has led to a gas demand surge is causing blackouts in northern Mexico, with some...
robinhood-trading
When Robinhood first came out with its free stock-trading app, we didn’t really think it would take too long to put pressure on the market to fight back. After all, this wasn’t just a neat...
sad_man
One of the frequent subjects of debate at those thrilling annual anthropological seminars is the origin of chivalry and gender equality. It is said to typically conclude with a joke about holding doors open for women...
tech-stocks
One heuristic approach when solving complex problems involves working backwards. But what about flipping things completely over? Well, it turns out that a 100-percent contrarian approach to investing in the U.S. stock market is actually...
trade-war
The trade war is officially back on, with the United States and China both refusing to give even an inch, causing investors worldwide to lose big as markets face their worst May in nearly 50...