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Bitcoin was down early Wednesday morning, while other cryptocurrencies were mixed. The largest cryptocurrency fell 3% in the past 24 hours to $60,920. Bitcoin hit an all-time high of nearly $74,000 in mid-March on the back of growing interest from new spot exchange-traded funds, but prices have since fallen. “…” Bitcoin was down early Wednesday morning, while other cryptocurrencies were mixed. The largest cryptocurrency fell 3% in the past 24 hours to $60,920. Bitcoin hit an all-time high of nearly $74,000 in mid-March on the back of growing interest from new spot exchange-traded funds, but prices have since fallen. “The…
The S&P 500 closed above another threshold.Thousands of Americans have lost access to their bank accounts.Skydance and National Amusements are nearing a merger deal for Paramount.Here are five important things investors should know before starting the trading day.The records for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite seem destined to be broken. During Tuesday’s trading session, the market index rose 0.62% to close at 5,509.01. This is the first time that the S&P 500 Index has closed above 5,500. The S&P’s performance was bolstered by a 10% surge in Tesla shares following better-than-expected deliveries in the second quarter. Like the S&P,…
The Treasury Department is moving to fill gaps in U.S. investment in China’s high-tech sector that haven’t been addressed by previous actions by Congress or the Biden administration. The proposal, unveiled late last month, would impose a blanket ban on U.S. citizens and residents from investing in certain technologies in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and semiconductor manufacturing, which officials say they need to address. The ban would include spending on design automation software and the production of certain high-performance semiconductors. The proposal would prohibit investments in the development and production of quantum computers and their critical components, quantum sensing, and…
Company logoMobile Substation MarketMobile Substation MarketDublin, July 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Mobile Substation Market – Forecast to 2029” report has been added. ResearchAndMarkets.com Recruitment.The mobile substation market is estimated to reach USD 1,067,404,000 in 2022 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.83% to reach a market size of USD 1,809,544,000 by 2029.Mobile substations are autonomous systems that can respond to a variety of contingencies that utilities may face. They ensure temporary power supply during maintenance or renovation of the main substation. Similarly, they provide temporary power solutions to areas affected by natural disasters and natural…
Vere Computing CEO says reversible computing is inevitable Reversible computing chip generates virtually no heat Of course, chips that don’t generate heat would deal a blow to the liquid cooling industry’s growth plans. Longtime industry veterans know that critics have been warning for years that chipmakers would hit the limits of Moore’s Law, but while there’s no clear consensus on when that will happen, that day is approaching — and one startup, Vaire Computing, has its reversible computing technology ready and waiting. In fact, the CEO of Vaire Computing is so convinced that reversible computing will be the driving force…
Image source, Getty ImagesArticle informationauthor, Michael Racerole, BBC News Business Reporter3 July 2024 11:36 BSTUpdated 7 minutes agoGreece has introduced a six-day work week in certain industries to boost economic growth.A new law that came into effect at the beginning of July allows employees to work up to 48 hours a week instead of 40. It only applies to businesses that operate 24 hours a day, is voluntary for workers, and employees who work overtime are paid an extra 40 percent. But the Greek government’s move is at odds with workplace culture in other parts of Europe and the United…
London – British voters head to the polls on Thursday to cast their ballot in the first general election since 2019. Here’s what you need to know. Who will be running in the UK?British voters will not directly choose a new leader on Thursday. In Britain’s parliamentary system, voters elect their local representatives to the House of Commons, the lower house of parliament. On Thursday, 650 seats are up for grabs in the lower house, where one MP is sworn in. To have an outright majority in the lower house, a party needs to win at least 326 seats, or…
Rio Tinto will design, engineer and construct a 10-pot demonstration plant operating at 100 kiloamperes (kA) adjacent to its existing Alvida smelter, which will allow it to utilise Alvida’s current alumina supply and casting facilities. The new plant will be owned by a joint venture between Rio Tinto and the Quebec government through SAIC, which has backed Elysis alongside tech giant Apple. ELYSIS is a joint venture between Alcoa and Rio Tinto that has developed technology to replace carbon anodes in the aluminium smelting process. Alumina smelting using carbon anodes converts alumina (aluminum oxide) into aluminium, producing carbon dioxide as…
As many make a last-minute effort to reach their summer weight-loss goals, one nutritionist is speaking out against a burgeoning trend in the wellness sector, warning that popular diets tend to “demonize” many food groups. A new survey by Proteinworks finds that millennials are still stuck with the restrictive dieting practices made famous by strict diet culture in the 1990s but have since been disproven.This includes trends like intermittent fasting and low-carb diets, but this era also often held unrealistic body expectations, and the flaunting of eating disorders in all kinds of popular media likely influences today’s adults to still…
NVIDIA (NVDA 4.57%) The “it” stock of the year, that’s an understatement: It’s risen 150% this year, crushing the entire market and catapulting it to the top spot as the largest public company by market cap, before dropping to third place behind the leader. Microsoft and appleand the top position is likely to continue to change in the future. What does this mean for investors? A stock’s market capitalization is the value of its shares as a whole. It’s calculated by multiplying the stock price by the number of shares outstanding. At the time of writing, Nvidia’s stock is trading…