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Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, has surged past the $50,000 mark for the first time in over two years. This notable milestone comes as optimism grows around potential interest rate cuts later in the year and following regulatory approval for US exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking Bitcoin’s price. The cryptocurrency market has witnessed a 16.3 per cent increase in Bitcoin’s value since the beginning of the year. On Monday, Bitcoin reached its peak value since December 27, 2021, hitting…

In a decision that feels like a gigantic surprise, Moana 2 has shifted into a theatrical release. What was once destined to be a Disney+ series is now going to be a big ticket cinematic event following yesterday’s surprise announcement by CEO Bob Iger. If that wasn’t enough of a spike to the tropical punch, Moana 2 is actually set to be released on the 2024 movie schedule! While I’m excited to see a sequel to one of my favorite modern Disney flicks on the tracks, I’m actually quite worried about this change of venue, and…

Jacob Elordi, who has been striking the attention of the audience with his performance in “Saltburn”, is currently making headlines due to his involvement in an altercation with a local Radio producer. And thus he is facing continuous police investigation. According to Variety, police are still looking into the matter and their statement says, “Police were told about 3:30 p.m. on Saturday 3 February 2024, a 32-year-old man was allegedly assaulted by a 26-year-old man. The man did not sustain any injuries. Inquiries…

For disappearing into work? Jason Hiner/ZDNETI hadn't been to an Apple store for the longest time.Nothing's gone wrong with my Apple devices over the last couple of years, and it's not as if Apple has released products that especially give me a thrill.But now Apple was promising at least a thrill and a half with the launch of the Vision Pro headsetA trained charm offensiveBut before I could bathe in that oddness, a charming saleswoman wandered over and asked if she could help.I leaped straight in. "Do you have any of…

Image Source : GOOGLE BLOG Gemini Google is reportedly planning to bring some big changes to its artificial intelligence (AI) models, including the changing of the name of Bard to Gemini. As per the report of another Android app developer named Dylan Roussel who leaked a company change log that says “Bard is now Gemini” which is the new model to compete with OpenAI’s…

Andy Boxall / Digital Trends A series of events and a carefree financial decision have led me to fall in love with a gadget I haven’t used for several years — and it all started the day Apple decided to leave the old Lightning connection behind and use USB-C on the iPhone 15 series instead. But to tell the story, I will have to go back even further in time first. Let me explain. A gadget I loved but had forgotten about Andy Boxall / Digital Trends That story begins not with the iPhone but with a digital-to-analog…

iPad sales have dropped significantly year over year, but things are expected to change for the better very soon with the potential launch of the next iPad. In Apple’s earnings call Thursday, an almost hour-long presentation going over sales figures and the expected results of the next year, Tim Cook revealed the sales of the iPad. In this, he talked about its unique strengths and accounted for why it has underperformed.In the call, he said: “Revenue for the December quarter was 7 billion dollars, down 25 percent year…

As one of the best action movies to have ever graced the big screen, Kurt Russell and John Carpenter’s Escape from New York remains an all-time classic. As a major influence on Hideo Kojima’s equally iconic PlayStation game Metal Gear Solid, the resemblance between that pixelated protagonist and his flesh and blood namesake has always been so uncanny. So much so that it’s been rumored Russell was offered the role of Solid Snake back in the day. Whether or not that’s totally true, the legendary actor’s reason for turning…

This column is the second installment in a series on parenting children in the final years of high school, “Emptying the Nest.” Read the first installment, about the trials of junior year, here.A while back, I sat in the aggressive discomfort of the bleachers at my youngest daughter’s high school basketball game and vibrated with rage. After nearly 20 years of watching my children play youth sports, I thought I had tamed the “What game are you looking at, ref?” beast that lurks within us all, but no. There it was,…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeStar Wars actor Daisy Ridley has opened up about the “divisive” response to The Rise of Skywalker, explaining why she found it so “upsetting”.Ridley, who will soon return to the sci-fi franchise, played Rey in three films, starting with JJ Abrams’s The Force Awakens in 2015, and concluding with The Rise of Skywalker in 2019.While The Force Awakens received praise from audiences, 2017…