Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? A ruling from Britain’s high court Thursday has at least narrowed down who Satoshi is not. For eight years, Australian computer scientist Craig Wright has claimed that he was the man behind “Satoshi Nakamoto,” the pseudonym that masked the identity of the creator of bitcoin. His claim was vehemently rejected by the Crypto Open Patent Alliance, …
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TikTok ban would hit many users where it hurts — their pocketbook
Delyanne Barros has a lot riding on whether TikTok survives in the U.S. The 41-year-old personal finance and money coach, who built a financial consulting company from the ground up, said a ban of the popular social media appcould wipe out as much as 30% of her business overnight. Barros, who goes by @delyannethemoneycoach on TikTok, isn’t sure if she’d …
Read More »Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire merges original cast and new talent 40 years after the movie premiered
Returning to the supernatural streets of New York in “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” the original “Ghostbusters” cast — actors Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts — bravely confronted not just a new ghostly threat, but their old nemesis: Those massive proton packs. “Wearing the damn packs, they are really heavy,” said Murray. “Wearing the pack a long time …
Read More »Alec Baldwin asks judge to dismiss involuntary manslaughter charge in Rust shooting
Defense attorneys for actor Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Thursday to dismiss a grand jury indictment against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” The indictment in January charged Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Oct. 21, 2021, at a movie …
Read More »UnitedHealth cyberattack "one of the most stressful things weve gone through," doctor says
Exton, Pennsylvania— The ransomware attack last month on Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, has turned into a national crisis. For doctors like Christine Meyer of Exton, Pennsylvania, it has become a personal nightmare. “It’s been one of the most stressful things we’ve gone through as a practice, and that’s saying something given that we survived COVID,” Meyer told …
Read More »First male top-tier professional soccer player to come out as gay proposes to partner on home pitch
Australian soccer player Josh Cavallo — the first top-tier male professional player in the sport to come out as gay — proposed to his partner on the field at his team’s home stadium. Cavallo, a midfielder for Adelaide United, announced Wednesday on social media that he was engaged to his fiancé, Leighton Morrell, and thanked his A-League club for its …
Read More »TikTok could draw a range of bidders, but deal would face major hurdles
If TikTok winds up on the auction block — and that’s a big if — former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is interested. Mnuchin, who served under former President Donald Trump, told CNBC’sSquawk Box on Thursday that he plans to put assemble an investment group to buy TikTok. “This should be owned by U.S. businesses. There’s no way that the Chinese …
Read More »Opening a gold IRA? Avoid these 5 costly mistakes
Gold investing has significantly increased in popularity in recent years — and for good reason. Not only does gold allow you to diversify your investment portfolio with a safer investment asset, but it offers a lot of other unique benefits to investors, too. And, when it comes to gold investing, you have lots of options to choose from. For example, …
Read More »When would a TikTok ban go into effect?
Washington — Americans could lose access to TikTok within six months if a bill that seeks to force its Beijing-based parent company ByteDance to sell its stake is signed into law. But the popular video-sharing app’s potential demise in the U.S. depends on whether the legislation can overcome a number of hurdles in Congress and survive legal scrutiny. Lawmakers have …
Read More »Olivia Munn says a breast cancer risk assessment tool helped lead to her diagnosis. Experts explain what to know.
Actor Olivia Munn revealed Wednesday she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, and she credited a risk assessment score that many women may not know about for helping to catch it. Munn, 43, said she’d had both a normal mammogram and a negative test for cancer genes she took in February 2023. Then her doctor calculated her breast cancer …
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