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FINANCE
Could Buying XRP Today Set You Up for Life?
The formerly high-flying cryptocurrency XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is down a head-spinning 60% over the past six months. That might not sound like the type of investment that could set you up for life. However, there are plenty of catalysts that could send XRP higher over the next few years. So is now the time to take a contrarian view of…
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ECONOMY
Seeing Through the Shutdown’s Missing Inflation Data
Martin Almuzara and Geert Mesters Data releases for inflation have been scarce over the past four months due to the government shutdown. As a result, until January 22 no personal consumer expenditures (PCE) data were available beyond September and the consumer price index (CPI) had many missing entries for the one-month changes for October and November. In this post, we…
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MARKET
Gold sheds its safe-haven status. Is it just another momentum play now?
Gold has been on a spectacular, record-breaking bull run for much of the past three years — but some of the shine may be coming off the yellow metal, judging by its moves over the past week. Source link
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SOCIAL MEDIA
Snapchat CEO Criticizes Australia’s Teen Social Media Ban
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel does not agree with Australia’s new social media age restrictions, and he’s shared his opinion on what he sees as a flawed approach in a new opinion piece. Spiegel’s comments, published in The Financial Times, come as more…
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GADGET
Apple’s first event of the year will reportedly bring at least five products over a ‘three-day blitz’
Ready your wallets if you’ve been thinking about upgrading your Apple products. According to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, Apple will announce “at least five products,” starting on Monday, March 2, and extending to its scheduled “experience” on Wednesday, March 4. There’s a long list of potential options that Apple could announce next month, but Gurman is confident in a few. According…
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MOBILE
Pixel 10a is here, Galaxy S26 is coming, Week 8 in review
Let’s recap week number 8 of 2026. It was heavily influenced by Galaxy S26-related stories, but Google did unveil its ungroundbreaking Pixel 10a, and Xiaomi’s 17 series is closing in on a global release. We saw a few S26 chip stories. It seems that the Exynos 2600, which will power some of the S26 units in some markets, has stronger…
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SCIENCE
Science journalism on the ropes worldwide as U.S. aid cuts bite
In June 2025, a year-long investigation exposed an illegal trade smuggling timber from protected areas in the Congolese rainforest into neighbouring Burundi. Award-winning Burundian journalist Arthur Bizimana and his collaborator Martin Leku, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, risked their safety by travelling deep into the rainforest — the world’s second-largest — to gather material for their exclusive story…
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CELEBRITY
BAFTAs 2026 Red Carpet Fashion: See Every Celebrity Look
Michael B. Jordan, Timothée Chalamet and More Score 2026 BAFTA Nominations The BAFTAs 2026 cameras are officially rolling. Indeed, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards red carpet—which kicked off at Southbank Centre in London, England Feb. 22—has officially commenced. And as usual, Hollywood’s biggest stars made their way across the pond to show off their best fashion…
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GAMING
Backrooms Level X – A Liminal Horror Descent into the Infinite Void
Summary Out now for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One. Inside the creative process behind Firenut’s handcrafted liminal horrors. Expanded dual levels boost replayability through art and code mastery. No-clip into the abyss. Backrooms Level X, Firenut Games’ chilling take on liminal horror, arrives on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One on February 19, 2026. At the heart of this…
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CULTURE
Noah’s Woods — Jewish Renaissance
This thread of natural destruction is interwoven with the devastation and trauma of 7 October, offering a further, metaphorical, layering. The Falcon…, for example, aims to convey a sense of doom and the artist’s feelings about the war in the Middle East. The series was named from an excerpt of the poem The Second Coming by WB Yeats, which he…
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