The US is pouring money into fossil fuel power generation at a pace not seen in a generation. The International Energy Agency projects that American spending on coal and gas power plants will reach $50 billion this year, a figure that reflects the country's scramble to keep the lights on as electri…
Australians can now use their Bitcoin to buy a house. Not by selling it, mind you, but by pledging it as collateral while keeping exposure to the asset's upside.Block Earner, an Australian fintech founded in 2021, has rolled out what it calls the country's first Bitcoin-backed home loan. The produc…
A recent tweet claimed that the Netherlands, featuring star player Frenkie De Jong, has been eliminated from the 2026 World Cup. However, this information is inaccurate as the Netherlands actually topped Group F and advanced to the knockout stage. Under coach Ronald Koeman, the team performed stron…
Basil Al Askari, CEO of Abu Dhabi-based MidChains, is making the case that Bitcoin's current pricing represents a strategic entry point for sovereign wealth funds, and that their participation could trigger a domino effect across the institutional landscape.It sends "a very clear signal" to other i…
Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority has hit a round number that matters. VARA has now issued its 50th license to a virtual asset service provider, a milestone that would have seemed wildly ambitious when the regulator was established just four years ago.But here's the thing. Licensing and a…
TSMC and Winbond are collaborating on a localized DRAM supply chain using 3D wafer-on-wafer (WoW) stacking technology, a move designed to keep critical memory production close to home while feeding the demand of AI hardware.Winbond supplies specialized DRAM wafers designed for next-generation WoW s…
Cristiano Ronaldo is 41 years old. He has played every single minute of Portugal's 2026 World Cup group stage. That's 270 minutes of competitive football in the sweltering heat of Houston and Miami, spread across just ten days, for a player who was born when Bill Clinton was in his first term.Portu…
Argentina recorded its 50th victory in FIFA World Cup history on June 27, 2026, beating Jordan in a group-stage match during the ongoing tournament. Only two other national teams, Brazil and Germany, have ever hit that number.For a squad entering the 2026 tournament as defending champions after lif…
Israel's ongoing military actions in Gaza, resulting in over a thousand Palestinian deaths, continue despite a ceasefire agreement that took effect in October 2025. Meanwhile, a newly signed framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon aimed at establishing peace faces significant challenges. Not…
Belgium's World Cup campaign was circling the drain. Four consecutive matches without a goal across two World Cups will do that. Then Leandro Trossard decided he'd seen enough, putting two past New Zealand to drag his country back from the edge of elimination in Group G.The Arsenal forward's brace…