Author: MNK News
The Assembly unites C-suite execs, founders and other innovators across fitness, wellness and health for four days in Southern California A different kind of health and wellness conference is soon to make its debut in Southern California, known as The Assembly. Founded by entrepreneur Jon Ward, the event is poised to bring together the top minds and practitioners across health and wellness disciplines in a space built around collaboration and innovation. “The Assembly grew out of a lot of conversations with colleagues in health and wellness,” Ward told Athletech News. “We all recognized similar things: getting people healthy is incredible,…
In the UK’s largest ever police operation targeting phone thefts, 18 suspects have been arrested and over 2,000 stolen mobile devices recovered, with police believing the gang could be responsible for exporting up to half of all phones stolen in London. The massive bust was made possible by one iPhone owner stubbornly tracking their device with the “Find My iPhone” app. BBC News reports that the London Metropolitan Police has announced the successful dismantling of an international criminal gang suspected of smuggling up to 40,000 stolen mobile phones from the UK to China in the past year. The operation, believed…
Bitcoin has shown renewed strength on the weekly timeframe by resuming a steady uptrend that began earlier in the year. After several weeks of ranging between $110,000 and $120,000, Bitcoin is now on intense momentum supported by institutional demand, which has led to a new all-time high in the past 24 hours. Interestingly, technical analysis of Bitcoin’s weekly price chart shows the cryptocurrency is gearing up for an explosion to $200,000. This projection is based on Bitcoin’s ongoing price behavior being an exact replica of Gold’s rally during the 1970s. Bitcoin Aligning With the 1970s Gold Rally An interesting technical…
The traditional Amazon Prime Day Audible sale has returned for October Prime Day. Audiobook fans can get three months of Audible for just $3, or $1 per month for the first three months. Once the three-month initial period is over, though, the subscription will auto-renew at $14.95 per month.Audible features thousands of titles in its catalog, including podcasts and Audible Originals. Subscribers will also get to choose one audiobook each month to keep in their collection for free, including best-sellers or new releases. Amazon Prime members will receive two credits the first month of their trial.Amazon has been bringing Prime…
Analysts have discovered Maya Preferred, which many consider a game-changer by UK Financial Ltd. for savvy investors. This article is a brief analysis of the project’s ecosystem and answers why it could be considered a safe bet for your portfolio. Why is Maya Preferred considered Revolutionary in the Crypto Space? Maya Preferred feels different because it tackles crypto’s biggest problem, which is the lack of real backing. Since most assets focus too much on speculation and less on utility, the market is volatile, and it scares away serious investors. Maya Preferred takes a different approach by backing every token with…
The Trump administration wants to bolster America’s GPS security to prevent foreign actors from threatening our national infrastructure. It should be no surprise that these moves have drawn the ire of China, and its interests are trying to subvert the administration’s efforts. In May, Breitbart reported on how Chinese-connected companies and trade associations have been seeking to undermine the Trump administration’s goals on GPS resilience. A new report by the Bull Moose Project, “Securing America’s Future With A 5G-Based Backup To GPS,” shows this was just the tip of the iceberg, with sanctioned Chinese entities such as ZTE working with American companies to prevent…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce as part of the ongoing government shutdown, according to the an updated contingency plan posted Wednesday to the agency website. Most IRS operations are closed, the agency said in a separate letter to IRS workers.The news comes after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to fund federal operations and the government shutdown has entered its second week, with no discernible endgame in sight.The agency’s initial Lapse in Appropriations Contingency Plan provided for the first five business days of operations, when states that the department…
Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first footballer to reach billionaire status, according to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which has valued the Portugal great’s net worth at an estimated $1.4 billion. The 40-year-old striker’s financial ascent comes after he signed a new contract with Saudi side Al-Nassr in June reportedly worth more than $400 million. Bloomberg said that Ronaldo earned more than $550m in salary between 2002 and 2023, supplemented by a decade-long Nike deal worth nearly $18m annually, and lucrative endorsements with Armani, Castrol and others that added more than $175m to his fortune. Ronaldo’s move to Al-Nassr from…
Amazon devices are, as usual, on sale for fall Prime Day. Case in point: the second-gen Kindle Scribe. The E Ink tablet with 16GB of storage is $100 off, down from $400 to $300, which is a record-low price. If you want more storage, the 32GB and 64GB versions are also 25 and 24 percent off, respectively.The Kindle Scribe is our pick for best e-reader E Ink tablet. It scored an 86 in our review, thanks to the smooth reading and writing experience it provides. We were also fans of its sleek and slender design. It has a 10.2-inch screen…
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger early last week published his “nine theses” to fix the online encyclopedia on his blog and Wikipedia itself. His collection of essays on Wikipedia criticizing the site was subsequently subjected to multiple deletion attempts with editors censoring content over criticism of specific editors. Some editors appreciated Sanger’s criticism, but many viciously attacked him, accusing him of fascism, and suggesting he could be banned from the site. The “nine theses” were introduced by Sanger during an interview on Tucker Carlson’s podcast where he criticized the site he co-founded as a “mixture of oligarchy and anarchy” and noted…