Searching deep: The quest for Bitcoin scalability through layer two protocols
The quest for a workable Bitcoin scalability solution is still ongoing with developmental efforts in protocols like the Lightning Network and Statechains....
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, British-Iranian charity worker jailed in Tehran, has her ankle monitor removed, British MP says
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian charity worker who has been jailed in Iran for almost five years, has had her ankle monitor removed, according to a...
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe released but faces new court date
The British-Iranian was jailed in Iran on a five-year sentence on spying charges, which she has always denied....
Record spring temperatures build this week
It is feeling more like mid-May than mid-March across the Midwest as record warmth builds. Meteorologist Allison Chinchar explains how high the mercury will rise....
Top Biden advisers tell staff there’s ‘no room for complacency’ as Covid relief bill nears completion
The message to White House senior staff as President Joe Biden’s cornerstone legislative proposal nears completion is simple, if blunt: there is “absolutely no room...
Why the New York mayoral race is unprecedented in modern times
New York City’s mayoral elections are usually big spectacles. They come during the most boring time in electoral politics, the year after the presidential election....
Bitcoin price hits $51K as U.S. Senate passes $1.9 trillion stimulus
Bitcoin reaches $51,000 as the U.S. Senate greenlights $1,400 “stimmy” checks for Americans....
Harry, Meghan and the power of their story
Family dynamics and palace intrigue are drawing intense attention to Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, while the Covid-19 pandemic...
It’s time to cancel this talk of ‘cancel culture’
Cancel culture, as it’s understood today, isn’t real. Not only do people and things allegedly “canceled” by this imaginary movement often prevail in the end,...