Bitcoin Hits New Record High of More Than 106000

Spiking ‘VIX’ can signal it’s time to buy stocks

When the “fear gauge” is more than one standard deviation above average, traders may be too anxious.

MarketWatch - 2d

Nationwide customers to get £50 each after Virgin deal

More than 12 million members will receive the money directly into their accounts by the end of April.

BBC News - 2d

Solar Energy, Criticized by Trump, Claims Big U.S. Gain in 2024

The added capacity for the year was the most from any single source in more than two decades.

The New York Times - 2d

White House: Stock market plunge is not as 'meaningful' as business activity

The Trump administration contends that investments and growth from top businesses means more for the economy than the recent stock market rout.

CNBC - 2d

Reddit rallies after three-day slump as analyst calls sell-off 'excessive'

Reddit shares rose more than 10% following an analyst note on Tuesday that said the company's shares remain "extremely attractive."

CNBC - 2d

Southwest Airlines will charge to check bags for the first time, launch basic economy tickets

Southwest is getting rid of its policy for free checked bags, ending a more than 50-year perk.

CNBC - 2d

'Worrying' number of teens lose disability benefits

More than 124,000 young people have had claims for adult disability benefits refused, the BBC finds.

BBC News - 1d

Junior Bridgeman, NBA player-turned-billionaire businessman and Bucks minority owner, dies at 71

Bridgeman played more than a decade in the NBA before amassing a reported $1.4 billion in wealth

CBS Sports - 1d

How this Scottish actor inspired Homer Simpson’s ‘D’oh!’

Finlayson performed in more than 100 films but was best known for being the "third man" to Laurel and Hardy.

BBC News - 1d

Archaeologists Unearth Oldest Jewish Ritual Bath Found in Europe

Discovered outside Rome, the bath, which is thought to be a mikvah, could be more than 1,600 years old.

The New York Times - 1d

Passengers describe 'doomsday scenes' on Pakistan hijacked train

More than 400 passengers were on board a train in south-west Pakistan when armed militants attacked.

BBC News - 1d

Women will get most of the $124 trillion 'great wealth transfer.' Here's why.

As part of the ‘great wealth transfer,’ more than $100 trillion is projected to change hands in the coming decades.

NBC News - 1d

Why an M.L.B. Star Probably Can’t Afford His Own Baseball Card

The Paul Skenes M.L.B. debut patch card will likely sell for more money than the pitcher will earn in 2025 with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The New York Times - 1d

Tiny Love Stories: ‘My First Post-Divorce Girlfriend’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.

The New York Times - 1d

Tesla bounces for second day after steepest drop since 2020

The electric vehicle company has shed more than 40% in market value since President Donald Trump took office.

CNBC - 1d

Fed Governor Michelle Bowman Is Trump’s Pick for Wall Street’s Top Cop

If confirmed, she is likely to usher in a more hands-off approach to financial regulation than her predecessor’s.

The New York Times - 1d

Afghans who helped the U.S. military blocked from reaching American soil

More than 40,000 Afghans approved for travel after helping the U.S. are stuck in limbo.

CBS News - 22h

Germany’s stagnant economy dents investment in consumer start-ups

Funding increased to €7bn last year but it is a far cry from the 2021 peak of more than €17bn

Financial Times - 17h

Inside the Pakistan Train Hijacking Standoff

Pakistani security forces declared an end to ethnic separatists’ seizure of a train carrying more than 400 people.

The New York Times - 13h

GDC 2025 preview — with 700 sessions and perhaps 30,000 attendees

GDC 2025 could drawn 30,000 people to attend more than 700 sessions at the big event in San Francisco.

VentureBeat - 8h

Measles highest in 25 years in Europe, WHO says

Children under five constituted more than 40% of the cases reported in Europe and Central Asia last year.

BBC News - 7h

Microsoft has been the worst Big Tech stock lately. Here’s why it may become the best.

Microsoft is getting more disciplined on AI spending and is better positioned than rivals for a consumer-spending slowdown, according to one analyst.

MarketWatch - 6h

Don't click on road toll texts. FBI issues fresh warning about the smishing scam

The FBI is warning Americans not to respond to scam road toll collection texts after receiving more than 2,000 complaints this month

ABC News - 7h

Federal Grant Program Opens Door to Elon Musk’s Starlink

Under new rules from President Trump’s Commerce Department, a $42 billion high-speed internet effort will no longer favor fiber-optic cable.

The New York Times - Mar. 6

Amazon GameLift Streams lets game devs deliver high-fidelity, low-latency games to players

AWS announced Amazon GameLift Streams, which enables developers to deliver high-fidelity, low-latency game experiences to players.

VentureBeat - Mar. 6

Mar 10: CBS News 24/7, 1pm ET

President Trump hints at more tariffs ahead as concerns grow over possible recession; U.S. tanker collides with a cargo ship off of U.K. coast.

CBS News - 3d

Anthropic’s stealth enterprise coup: How Claude 3.7 is becoming the coding agent of choice

Anthropic is positioning Claude as the LLM that matters most for enterprise companies. Claude 3.7 Sonnet, released just two weeks ago, set new benchmark records for coding performance.

VentureBeat - 2d

Mikaela Shiffrin sets World Cup podiums record, taking 3rd place in slalom race

Mikaela Shiffrin set an all-time World Cup record Sunday with her 156th podium finish though she let victory slip away in a slalom.

NBC News - 4d

Canada’s Liberal Party elects Mark Carney to replace Justin Trudeau

Canada’s Liberal Party on Sunday elected Mark Carney as the party’s new leader after a high-stakes race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. NBC News’ Molly Hunter has the latest.

NBC News - 3d

Winthrop vs. High Point prediction, odds: 2025 Big South Tournament Championship model picks, best bets

SportsLine's model simulated Winthrop vs. High Point in the 2025 Big South Conference Tournament championship game on Sunday 10,000 times

CBS Sports - 4d

Public, private, and political: Valentino turns a staged restroom into high fashion’s boldest stage

Valentino paraded high fashion inside a public toilets setting in one of the most unexpected backdrops of the season, especially for a house as classical as Valentino

ABC News - 3d

X sees major outages as Musk claims 'massive cyberattack' hit platform

Three separate outages appeared to hit Elon Musk's X social media site Monday, as the tech titan claimed it was suffering a "massive cyberattack."

NBC News - 3d

Counter-counter-tariffs? Trump threatens to hit back against EU's retaliation

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to hit back against Europe's own retaliatory move against the U.S.' 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

CNBC - 10h

Trump wants to go after criminal networks. A new approach to sanctions is needed.

President Trump has designated international drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, and a National Security Presidential Memorandum has been issued to intensify sanctions against Iran, ...

The Hill - 3d

Everything New In Fields Of Mistria's Second Major Update - March 2025

Fields of Mistria 's second major update is here, and "major" is definitely the operative word. NPC Studio added more ways to play, places to explore, gifts to give, and ways to decorate your ...

GameSpot - 3d

Americans are spending more and more time at home

COVID-19 spurred more Americans to stay home. But this trend didn't start or end with the pandemic, research shows.

CBS News - 3d

Mistral releases new optical character recognition (OCR) API claiming top performance globally

Mistral AI enables businesses to extract, analyze and interact with their documents in more intelligent ways.

VentureBeat - Mar. 6

Google Says Its New AI Mode Will Help You Find Better, Deeper Information

The move to make search more efficient with generative AI is a clear shot at OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Perplexity, an AI-powered search engine.

Inc. - 3d

Melody Beattie, Author of a Self-Help Best Seller, Dies at 76

Her “Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself,” a guide to shedding toxic relationships, has sold more than seven million copies.

The New York Times - 5d

Around the world in 60 hours: Nigerian aims to set travel record with ‘low-mobility’ passport

Alma Asinobi wants to break Guinness world record for shortest time to visit seven continents. In 2019, Alma Asinobi, a Nigerian postgraduate architecture student, gave herself an ambitious goal ...

The Guardian - 5d

Bitcoin Hits New Record High of More Than 106000

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