Reserve v Wall Street: FIGHT.
Published on 01/24/2023Nearly a year into the Fed’s drive to quash inflation by hiking interest rates at a blistering pace, investors still don’t seem to fully believe what the Fed warns is coming next: Higher rates through the end of the year, which could sharply raise unemployment and slow growth.
Building A Better Liar: AI
Published on 01/24/2023Artificial intelligence is writing fiction, making images inspired by Van Gogh and fighting wildfires. Now it’s competing in another endeavor once limited to humans - creating propaganda and disinformation.
Crypto Bank Failures: What's Next?
Published on 01/24/2023Over the past few years, a number of companies have attempted to act as the cryptocurrency equivalent of a bank, promising lucrative returns to customers who deposited their bitcoin or other digital assets.
Arbitrage Sunday: Yes Virginia There Might Be Santa DNA
Published on 01/24/2023The Rhode Island Department of Health says it was not able “to definitively confirm or refute the presence of Santa” in a young girl’s home after she requested to have a partially eaten cookie and a couple of gnawed-on carrot sticks tested for DNA to see if Santa Claus is real.
Veggies are VERY Good For You
Published on 01/23/2023Mom always said “Eat your vegetables” but maybe we should be using them to help with the water filtration process.
Arbitrage Sunday: The Sky is Falling... Well Kinda
Published on 01/22/2023A 2.7-ton defunct satellite came down over the Bering Sea on January 8 near the Aleutian Islands, and while most of it burned up in the atmosphere, NASA says it’s likely that some pieces reached the surface.
Blood Falls
Published on 01/20/2023You’ve heard of bleeding hearts, but are you familiar with bleeding glaciers? If not, this is the informative blog post for you!
ICYMI: Mammoth Bones, Maybe...
Published on 01/20/2023Several groups of treasure hunters have taken to New York City's East River in recent weeks after hearing a guest on comedian Joe Rogan’s podcast claim a boxcar’s worth of potentially valuable prehistoric mammoth bones was dumped in the river in the 1940s.
Arbitrage Saturday: Leopard Loose in Dallas
Published on 01/20/2023Dallas Zoo officials said Friday that a missing clouded leopard was found after a daylong search.
Hey Russia: Can We Have Our Satellites Back Please?
Published on 01/19/2023The Russian space agency may be willing to return 36 satellites it’s been keeping hostage in Kazakhstan in exchange for parts of its Soyuz rockets that are being held in French Guiana.
Vroom: New Corvette is FAST... and a Hybrid!
Published on 01/19/2023The fastest Corvette ever made comes out later this year, and it’s not powered solely by a howling V8.
No More Exports!
Published on 01/18/2023Zimbabwe has decided enough is enough and is banning the export of raw lithium. This may not be concerning news if Zimbabwe weren't the sixth largest producer of raw lithium and did not contain the largest lithium deposits in Africa.