Bean Used In Instant Coffee Soars The Most Since 2011
Bean Used In Instant Coffee Soars The Most Since 2011 Futures for robusta, the cheaper coffee bean grown at lower altitudes and requiring less care than more expensive arabica, jumped the most in London on Tuesday since 2011 as concerns increased over shrinking supplies from top grower Vietnam. Robusta bean prices in London closed up 6.72% on […]
2024 & The Inevitable Rise Of Biometrics
2024 & The Inevitable Rise Of Biometrics Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, Have you noticed a lot of two-factor authentication prompts lately? Are you getting emailed verification codes that take forever to arrive, so you have to request another? Perhaps you are asked to do captchas to “prove you’re human” and they seem to […]
From COVID To Campus Protests: How The Police-State Muzzles Free-Speech
From COVID To Campus Protests: How The Police-State Muzzles Free-Speech Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “Politicians of both parties want to use the power of government to silence their foes. Some in the university community seek to drive it from their campuses. And an entire generation of Americans is being […]
This Is What Hedge And Mutual Funds Did In Q1: Goldman’s HF and MF Monitors
This Is What Hedge And Mutual Funds Did In Q1: Goldman’s HF and MF Monitors Today Goldman published two of the bank’s most widely read periodic reports: the Hedge Fund Trend Monitor (available to pro subs here) and Mutual Fundamentals (also available here), which summarize the quarterly activity and flows of hedge and mutual funds, […]
Long-Wear, Noise-Canceling, And Wireless: How Earphones Damage Our Hearing
Long-Wear, Noise-Canceling, And Wireless: How Earphones Damage Our Hearing Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), On Nov. 24, 2019, a new thread titled “AirPods causing tinnitus?” appeared on the Apple community forum page. The Apple user said that after using AirPods for a while, he noticed a high-pitched ringing in his […]
Is This A Joke? Baltimore City Declares Toxic Inner Harbor “Swimmable”
Is This A Joke? Baltimore City Declares Toxic Inner Harbor “Swimmable” No, this is not a joke. The Waterfront Partnership, led by Laurie Schwartz for nearly two decades, and Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott have announced that the water in the Inner Harbor—a long-standing industrial port city on the East Coast known for its history of industry, […]
Netanyahu Issues Warning To US Leaders Over ICC Arrest Warrants: ‘You’re Next’
Netanyahu Issues Warning To US Leaders Over ICC Arrest Warrants: ‘You’re Next’ Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he disagrees with arrest warrants sought against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC), suggesting that U.S. leaders could be next. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
Trump In The Bronx: Thousands Expected To Show Up For Massive Rally Tomorrow
Trump In The Bronx: Thousands Expected To Show Up For Massive Rally Tomorrow With Donald Trump stuck in New York for his ‘hush money’ trial, which now rests in the hands of the jury (while having imploded in the court of public opinion), the former president is holding what’s expected to be a massive rally […]
US House Passes FIT21 Crypto Bill With Bipartisan Support, Biden Does Not Threaten Veto
US House Passes FIT21 Crypto Bill With Bipartisan Support, Biden Does Not Threaten Veto A majority of US House of Representatives members voted in favor of legislation to establish regulatory clarity over digital assets, CoinTelegraph reports. In a 279 to 136 vote on May 22, House lawmakers approved H.R.4763, or the Financial Innovation and Technology […]
China Initiates Large Drills ‘Surrounding’ Taiwan As Warning To New President Lai
China Initiates Large Drills ‘Surrounding’ Taiwan As Warning To New President Lai A mere few days after Taiwan’s new president, Lai Ching-te, was sworn into office at the start of the week, China’s military on Thursday morning (local time) initiated two days of large-scale military drills. PLA navy ships and aircraft are now reportedly “surrounding the island […]