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Apple is getting into the “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) business with its new Pay Later service built into Apple Pay and Apple Wallet. While Apple bills the service as “designed with …
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After two years of unprecedented growth in social media and streaming, a post-pandemic reality is beginning to set in. Why it matters: Huge revenue gains during COVID inspired media and tech …
Attention economy slowdown Read More
Argentinian musician Frank Tavis had the life he always dreamed of. The 26-year-old was traveling the world and performing on the streets and in bars in more than 20 countries—each …
An NFT Bubble Is Taking Over the Gig Economy Read More
Bosses won’t be able contact employees outside of work hours except in exceptional circumstances, according to a proposed law for civil servants in Belgium. A “Right to Disconnect” will be introduced for …
Belgian Government Workers Can Now Ignore Their Boss After Work Hours Read More
NORTHERN Isles MP Alistair Carmichael is supporting yet another legislative attempt to get more government support to those who live in fuel poverty and who are to be worst hit …
Renewed attempt to curb high levels of fuel poverty in isles Read More
It’s not that professors in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wyoming are involved in money laundering, but they are — sort of. Economists Chian …
UW Economists Question Current Anti-Money Laundering Measures Read More
TAIPEI — Electronic hardware manufacturers are sweating as prices for rare-earth metals surge amid soaring demand and simmering tensions between the U.S. and China, the world’s most important source of …
Tech industry braces for skyrocketing rare earth prices Read More
Open source software boosted the European Union’s GDP by between €65 to €95 bn in 2018, a new report published by the European Commission on Monday (6 September) has shown, …
Open source software boosted the EU economy by ‘between €65 to €95 bn’ – report Read More
Coinbase, the “largest cryptocurrency exchange” in the U.S., revealed on Wednesday that SEC officials are threatening to sue it “over a proposed financial product that would let customers earn interest …
SEC Threatens Action Against Coinbase Read More
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: El Salvador this week officially became the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. Tim Padgett of member station WLRN in Miami …
El Salvador Has Adopted Bitcoin As Legal Tender Read More