The largest single taxpayer in the Catskills is New York City. To protect its drinking water — 90 percent of which comes from Catskills watersheds — the city spent nearly three decades accumulating 156,350 acres of forest and fields. It’s an area larger than all the land in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Manhattan combined….
A major Chinese darknet marketplace suspected of facilitating crypto scams and cybercrime has been shut down by the Telegram messaging service, upon which it operated. The internet’s largest illicit marketplace, Haowang Guarantee, formerly Huione Guarantee, said it will shut down following Telegram’s ban of thousands of associated accounts on May 13. “Since all our NFTs,…
Cathie Wood, founder of the Ark Invest investment firm, will give the inaugural lecture for El Salvador’s new Urban Centers for Welfare and Opportunities (CUBO) AI program, a public education initiative spearheaded by the government of El Salvador. According to El Salvador’s Bitcoin Office, the program will bring university-level AI courses to students and professionals…
Apr 8, 2025; Denver, Colorado, USA; Milwaukee Brewers designated hitter Christian Yelich (22) hits a solo home run in the seventh inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images The Colorado Rockies have started players making their major league debuts in back-to-back games. It happened Sunday with right-hander Chase…
Translated by Nicola Mira Published May 29, 2025 The jury’s 33 members have chosen the finalists of the 2025 Andam Fashion Awards. Eleven entrants have been shortlisted for the final round of the emerging designer competition’s 36th edition. The winners in the awards’ five categories will each receive a Swarovski trophy designed by Alexandre Mattiussi,…
Telegram, a messaging platform, raised $1.7 billion from investors in a recent bond offering featuring a 9% coupon that closed on May 28. According to Bloomberg, the company will use a portion of the proceeds to pay $955 million in debt from a previous bond issue set to mature in 2026. The remaining $745 million…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published May 29, 2025 Spanish sneaker brand Hoff has closed its latest fiscal year with record revenue. The label, founded in Elche (Alicante), experienced 21% growth in the fiscal year 2024/2025 compared to the previous period, reaching €66 million in sales. The increase was primarily driven by its sustained growth…
News broke on May 15 that Coinbase was the target of a $20 million extortion attempt after cybercriminals recruited overseas support agents to leak user data for social engineering scams. While less than 1% of Coinbase’s active monthly users were reportedly affected, the expected remediation and reimbursement expenses range from $180 million to $400 million,…
In 2012, when Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg cut a $1 billion check to buy the photo-sharing app Instagram, most people thought he had lost his marbles. “A billion dollars of money?” joked Jon Stewart, then the host of The Daily Show. “For a thing that kind of ruins your pictures?” Mr. Stewart called the…
May 20, 2025; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (99) celebrates his two run home run against the Texas Rangers with teammates in the dugout during the eighth inning at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images Coors Field has not been a safe haven for the Colorado Rockies, and…
