A timelapse look at the changing Aral Sea, Kazakhstan. The lake was once the world’s fourth largest … [+] body of inland water, but has been shrinking since the 1960s after the rivers that fed it were diverted by irrigation projects. Google Earth Google Earth newest Timelapse feature lets users look back from the current day all the way to 1984 and see how both human activity as natural forces have changed the face of Earth over the last 40 years, writes Rebecca Moore,… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin slumps 14% as pullback from record gathers pace
(Reuters) -Bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, fell as much as 14% to $51,541 on Sunday, reversing most of the big gains it made over the past week. Bitcoin was last trading down 10% at $53,991 as of 1320 GMT, a whopping $12,000 below record highs set on Wednesday. Smaller rival Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain network, dropped 10% to $2,101. Data website CoinMarketCap cited… Source link
Read More »GOP memo on Big Tech shows lawmakers ready to ‘burn down the internet,’ legal expert warns
A new proposal by Republican lawmakers to overhaul a critical law that protects online platforms already looks dead in the water, according to one legal expert, though another prominent legal scholar believes it could fuel bipartisan reform for tech regulation. The proposal, laid out by Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday, is meant to serve as a foundation to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a law that provides liability protection… Source link
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Bloomberg Gas Is the New Coal With Risk of $100 Billion in Stranded Assets (Bloomberg) — Natural gas is falling out of favor with emissions-wary investors and utilities at a quicker pace than coal did, catching some power generators unaware and potentially leaving them stuck with billions of dollars of assets they can’t sell.Citigroup Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are among the banks that strengthened their financing restrictions on thermal coal under pressure from shareholders wanting to… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin and crypto markets crash on US crackdown reports
On Sunday, bitcoin shed nearly $8,000 and is currently trading at $55,042 down from a day high of $62,000. Photo: Getty Bitcoin (BTC-USD) is experiencing a massive sell-off, shedding as much as 15% in the last 24 hours — the biggest intraday drop since February — days after hitting record highs. In late February, bitcoin saw a retreat to as low as $43,000 amid uncertainty in the traditional markets over stimulus expectations and their positive effects on US bond yields. The drop appears… Source link
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Bloomberg U.S. Drops Switzerland, Vietnam Currency-Manipulator Labels (Bloomberg) — The U.S. refrained from designating any trading partner as a currency manipulator in the Biden administration’s first foreign-exchange policy report, even as Switzerland, Taiwan and Vietnam met thresholds for the label.The Treasury Department said Friday that those three economies met criteria for the manipulator label, including a large trade surplus with the U.S. But it said there was “insufficient… Source link
Read More »‘I let the world down’ with TKO loss to Jake Paul
MMA Weekly UFC Vegas 24 results: Robert Whittaker outclasses Kelvin Gastelum in main event It was a rough road, but the UFC Vegas 24 results came in on Saturday night having dropped two bouts in the final 48 hours leading up to the event. The night’s main event between former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker and perennial top ten contender Kelvin Gastelum took place, but two supporting bouts were scratched. The UFC Vegas 24 co-main event between Jeremy Stephens and Drakkar Klose was… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin Plunges in Biggest Intraday Drop Since February
(Bloomberg) — Bitcoin plunged the most in more than seven weeks, just days after reaching a record. The biggest crypto coin fell 8.5% to $55,810.32 as of 2:52 p.m. in Singapore on Sunday, after declining as much as 15.1% to $51,707.51. Ether, the second-largest token, dropped almost 18% before paring losses. Several online reports attributed the plunge to speculation the U.S. Treasury may crack down on money laundering that’s carried out through digital assets. Bitcoin hit a record high of… Source link
Read More »Why Adesanya-Whittaker 2 is the fight to make
LAS VEGAS — After Marvin Vettori took apart Kevin Holland on April 10, there was a lot of speculation that the Italian deserved the next crack at the UFC’s middleweight title. But a week later in the same cage, Robert Whittaker seemed to, at least for the moment, end Vettori’s dreams. Whittaker outclassed Kelvin Gastelum and scored a unanimous decision, winning by a count of 50-45 on all three cards Saturday at Apex. UFC president Dana White, who did not attend Saturday’s show, told… Source link
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MMA Weekly Bellator 257 results: Vadim Nemkov retains light heavyweight title with win over Phil Davis Bellator light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov picked up a victory in the light heavyweight grand prix quarterfinals and successfully defended his title by defeating no. 3 ranked Phil Davis. The vast majority of the fight was a stand-up battle where Nemkov decisively outstruck his opponent 145-63, whom Nemkov defeated in their first fight in 2018 by split decision in Tel Aviv, Israel. Not… Source link
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