The identity of bitcoin’s inventor has been a mystery, but the creator of a new HBO documentary believes he may have uncovered the person’s identity. Cullen Hoback believes he may have uncovered “Satoshi Nakamoto,” the alias that bitcoin’s inventor used online. Bitcoin’s inventor could personally control a cryptocurrency stash worth tens of billions of dollars, … Read more
STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their work with proteins, the building blocks of life. Baker works at the University of Washington in Seattle, while Hassabis and Jumper both work at Google Deepmind in London. Baker designed a new protein in 2003 … Read more
Melinda French Gates will grant $250 million to support women’s health around the world through an open call for nonprofits to apply for funding. The pledge announced Wednesday signals a new chapter in her individual philanthropic giving since departing from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation earlier this year and is part of a two-year, … Read more
The Happiest Place on Earth is getting a little more expensive. Starting Wednesday, Anaheim’s Disneyland Resort is increasing pricing on most of its park tickets for attendees 10 and older. The price of its lowest-tier offering — a one-day, one-park ticket for a less crowded weekday — will remain the same at $104. (Disneyland Resort … Read more
BBC Villagers packed a public meeting to protest EDF’s plans to flood land to compensate for killing fish at Hinkley Point How many fish does a nuclear power station kill? It sounds grisly, but for the engineers on the Somerset coast building Britain’s first nuclear power station in a generation, it’s an urgent question. And … Read more
HONG KONG — Shares in China slumped on Wednesday as details of economic stimulus plans from officials in Beijing failed to live up to investors’ expectations, while other markets in Asia rose. Stocks in Hong Kong fluctuated between gains and losses, with the Hang Seng Index falling by 2.4% to 20,418.61. This decline followed a … Read more
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and several other state attorneys general filed a coordinated blitz of lawsuits Tuesday against TikTok, alleging the popular social media app is exploiting young users, violating state consumer protection laws and misleading the public. A coalition of 14 attorneys general, led by Bonta and New York Atty. Gen. Letitia James, … Read more
WASHINGTON — Thousands of copies of Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bible were printed in a country that the former president has repeatedly accused of stealing American jobs and engaging in unfair trade practices — China. Global trade records reviewed by The Associated Press show a printing company in China’s eastern city of Hangzhou … Read more
Shares in the owner of convenience store giant 7-Eleven have jumped after a report that it has received a new takeover offer from Canadian rival Alimentation Couche-Tard. The new offer values Japan’s Seven & i Holdings at more than $47bn (£36bn), which is around 20% higher than Couche-Tard’s original offer, according to Bloomberg News. In … Read more
California’s labor commissioner on Tuesday slapped the Anaheim Marriott with more than $12 million in fines for failing to try to rehire workers who were laid off during the pandemic. The hotel did not properly offer jobs to 28 former employees, including bell attendants, engineers, landscapers and lead cooks, according to the office of Lilia … Read more