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Robinhood Ventures Into Crypto With Bitstamp Purchase

Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Robinhood Markets, Inc., an American company that offers financial services, has made a deal to buy Bitstamp, a global cryptocurrency exchange. Robinhood is buying the global exchange for $200 million to strengthen its […]

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Explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ‘last ship’ Quest discovered

17 hours ago By Jonathan Amos, @BBCAmos, Science correspondent RCGS A sonar image of the sunken vessel. It went down on 5 May 1962 Wreck hunters have found the ship on which the famous polar explorer Ernest Shackleton made his final voyage. The vessel, called “Quest”, has been located on the seafloor off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. […]

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The ACLU is suing over Biden’s new executive actions on the border : NPR

President Biden delivers remarks on June 4 on executive actions to limit asylum. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/Getty Images North America The ACLU filed a lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday challenging the Biden administration’s new executive actions that block migrants from seeking asylum at the southern […]

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£8m Longitude prize won for tackling superbug rise

3 hours ago By James Gallagher, @JamesTGallagher, Health and science correspondent, BBC News Getty The £8m Longitude Prize has been won after a decade-long competition to find new tools to tackle the scourge of superbugs. It has been awarded for a test that rapidly detects whether an infection is caused by bacteria and identifies the right antibiotics to […]

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Elon Musk’s future at Tesla hangs on shareholder’s pay package vote

SAN FRANCISCO — For weeks, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has waged a campaign to persuade Tesla shareholders to restore his nearly $50 billion pay package, the largest “ever observed in public markets,” according to the Delaware judge who voided it. The company released a video instructing shareholders how to cast ballots featuring Optimus, Musk’s humanoid […]

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Statins pioneer Akira Endo dies aged 90

6 hours ago By Michelle Roberts, Digital health editor AFP The Japanese scientist whose pioneering work led to the creation of statins, the life-saving drugs used by millions, has died at the age of 90. Akira Endo’s pivotal work has been likened to the discovery of penicillin. The biochemist is said to have been inspired by Alexander […]

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Four US college instructors stabbed in public park in China

Police in China have arrested a 55-year-old man after four US university tutors were stabbed at a public park. The Iowa Cornell College instructors were taken to hospital after a “serious incident” during the daytime attack in the northern province of Jilin, a college statement said. Iowa Representative Adam Zabner said his brother, David, was […]

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Hunter Biden found guilty on all counts : NPR

Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son, departs from the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on Monday in Wilmington, Del., after jurors began deliberations in his trial on felony gun charges. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images A federal jury in Delaware has convicted President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, on felony gun charges […]

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