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LIFESTYLE
NYC Braces for Blizzard Conditions This Weekend
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with the latest developments on the incoming snowstorm. What a difference a day can make. When we initially reported this story, the weather was promising a fairly palatable nothing to as much as a foot of snow this weekend. Now, a blizzard warning has been issued for much of the East Coast, as…
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REAL ESTATE
Hochul nixes robotaxis outside NYC
Waymo in 2021. Photo courtesy of Waymo. After backing legislation that would allow self-driving vehicles to be tested outside city limits, Gov. Kathy Hochul has reversed her stance, saying this week that companies like Waymo won’t be allowed to test the cars in smaller towns outside of New York City, as Gothamist reported. The latest development does not affect the…
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CRYPTO
Bitcoin May Rebound to $85K as CME ‘Smart Money’ Slashes Short Bets
Bitcoin (BTC) bottomed after CME futures speculators turned net bullish in April 2025. A similar positioning shift is resurfacing in 2026, raising the odds of a BTC price recovery in the coming weeks. Key takeaways: BTC futures, technicals hint at $85,000 price target Non-commercial Bitcoin futures traders cut their net position to about -1,600 contracts from roughly +1,000 a month…
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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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