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Black Friday might be over but Cyber Monday is here to ensure you get any last-minute deals. There are some great subscription-based discounts running on everything from streaming services to budgeting apps. One of the best options on our radar is for Audible. Right now, you can buy three months of Audible for just $3 — and you’ll get another $20 in Audible credit alongside it.That’s $1 per month for your first three months of audiobooks. Just make sure you cancel before the 90 days are up, otherwise the subscription will auto-renew for its normal $15 per month price. That’s…
What to Know: Bitcoin’s base layer still struggles with slow transactions, high fees, and limited programmability, creating a gap between its narrative and everyday usability. As demand for high-throughput DeFi and dApps grows, users increasingly expect instant confirmations and low fees, even when interacting with Bitcoin-linked assets. Bitcoin Hyper plans to introduce a Bitcoin Layer-2 with SVM integration, aiming to deliver faster-than-Solana performance while preserving Bitcoin’s settlement security. By combining low-latency execution, SVM-based smart contracts, and Rust tooling, Bitcoin Hyper targets wrapped $BTC payments, DeFi, NFTs, and gaming on a Bitcoin-secured backbone. Bitcoin’s narrative is shifting again. After a decade…
Virat Kohli dispelled any doubts about his enduring quality with the 50-over World Cup on the horizon after a match-winning century for India against South Africa. The 37-year-old struck 135 off 120 balls — his 52nd one-day international hundred — to guide the hosts to a 17-run win in the opening match of the three-game series in Ranchi on Sunday. Kohli, who now plays only the 50-over format after retiring from Tests and T20s, starred alongside fellow veteran Rohit Sharma, 38. Their futures have been widely debated, with chief selector Ajit Agarkar recently noting that it was rare for players…
XRP’s derivatives market has undergone a marked regime shift, with leverage collapsing and funding normalising in a way that signals a clear retreat from aggressive speculative positioning. The strongest evidence comes from Glassnode’s latest post on November 30, which frames the current phase as a structural, not merely tactical, pause in XRP leverage. XRP Derivatives Unwind Accelerates “XRP’s futures OI has fallen from 1.7B XRP in early October to 0.7B XRP (~59% flush-out). Paired with the funding rate dropping from ~0.01% to 0.001% (7D-SMA), 10/10 marked a structural pause in XRP speculators’ appetite to bet aggressively on upside,” Glassnode’s CryptoVizArt…
Clean up literally and figuratively this Cyber Monday with discounts on vacuums from Dyson. One of our top picks for a robot vacuum is the Dyson 360 Vis Nav robot vacuum, which is on sale right now for a record low price of $400. That’s a $600 savings on this simple and effective cleaning tool.In our testing, the Dyson 360 Vis Nav robot vac was one of the most powerful models for suction, making it a good option for households with pets, and it also impressed for its obstacle avoidance. It has Wi-Fi connectivity and an easy-to-use mobile app from…
Holiday shopping can be tough because you may only have so much money to spend on gifts and things for yourself. Sticking to your budget might be more important to you this year than ever, and you’re looking for deals that can help you do that. Engadget can help with that, at least in the electronics department. Yes, there are plenty of great deals on big-ticket items this year like game consoles and robot vacuums, but it would be a mistake to think you can snag an excellent gadget for $100 or less. If that sounds like just what you’re…
The three-way F1 title fight will go down to the last race of the season after Max Verstappen took full advantage of a McLaren blunder to win the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday. The Red Bull driver made an immediate pit stop during an early safety car intervention, when McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris stayed out, and he capitalised by driving with cool precision to triumph in convincing style. His win lifted him into second place in the title race with 396 points, 12 behind championship leader Norris, who finished fourth. View this post on Instagram Pole-sitter Piastri…
Despite the bearish trend that has dominated the crypto market, the meme coin PIPPIN has stood out, flying green while others stalled. Over the weekend, the meme coin emerged as one of the top gainers, rising by more than 50% and doubling its value in only a few days. Interestingly, one crypto analyst had previously called out the PIPPIN rally, predicting that the price would rise. But even with the major rally so far, the analyst’s total prediction is yet to play out completely. The Breakout That Started It All In the analysis, Edoardo Telve points to the first breakout that…
Stan Choe | Associated PressNew York – U.S. stocks are giving back some of last week’s rally on Monday, as bitcoin, Nvidia and other former stars of Wall Street fall again.The S&P 500 slipped 0.6% and was on track to break a five-day winning streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 267 points, or 0.6%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.8% lower.Last week’s rally was largely due to strengthening hopes that the Federal Reserve will cut its main interest rate at its meeting next week to help shore up the slowing job market.…
Cyber Monday is a fitting time to snag great deals on cybersecurity products, such as a subscription to a VPN. Ongoing access to a VPN keeps your online activity private, which is particularly useful during the holiday season, whether you’re doing lots of online shopping, making travel plans or simply accessing the seasonal rom-coms from a streaming service’s other markets. In honor of Cyber Monday, Proton VPN is offering a discount of 75 percent off two years of access to its VPN Plus tier. You can currently purchase a subscription for $59.76, which works out to $2.49 per month. That…