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It was only last August that Sony raised PS5 console prices in the US, blaming a “challenging economic environment” at the time. Today it has slightly tweaked the phrasing to “continued pressures in the global economic landscape,” but the outcome is the same: price rises across the board, this time even affecting the PS Portal handheld.Starting April 2, the price of the standard PS5 (that’s the one with the disc drive) is going up to $650. That’s a whopping $100 hike, or $150 if you go back to before the August price increases. The Digital Edition is getting the same…
XRP holders have spent years waiting for the kind of breakout that turns patience into confidence. But a recent message from XRP analyst Bird cuts through the usual price talk with a more uncomfortable point: tokens do not go on a price rally by themselves. Holders who do not understand this may be waiting for a rally driver that they themselves are failing to build. The Lesson Every XRP Holder Must Understand Blockchain history does not leave much room for debate on the point of price appreciation. The chains that generated the most price appreciation in the past few years,…
NASA entered final preparations Friday for the launch Artemis II, its first astronaut mission to the moon since 1972. Liftoff is set for no earlier than April 1. NBC News reports the half-century journey to this point, where four astronauts set out on a 10-day voyage around the moon, has been long, winding and bumpy, not to mention inordinately expensive. “This rocket was originally supposed to launch in 2016 and cost $5 billion,” said Casey Dreier, chief of space policy for The Planetary Society, a nonprofit organization that conducts research and advocacy to promote space exploration. “It costs something like…
It turns out people don’t actually love having Copilot shoved into their faces. This week, Devindra and PCWorld Senior Editor Mark Hachman discuss Microsoft’s surprising plan to “fix” Windows 11 by refocusing on customization and core features, instead of bringing Copilot AI into tons of apps. Is there any enthusiasm left for Windows? Or will most people be better off considering macOS or Linux?Subscribe!TopicMicrosoft hits the reset button on Windows 11, de-emphasizing Copilot AI – 1:03OpenAI pulls the plug on its Sora video generation app after just 5 months – 25:23Meta’s terrible week in court, part 1: $375 million ruling…
JPMorgan says the Iran war has produced an unusual market split: bitcoin is showing signs of safe-haven demand while gold and silver, the traditional geopolitical hedges, have weakened under the pressure of outflows, profit-taking and deteriorating liquidity. In a report dated March 26, Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou and his team said bitcoin has held up better than precious metals since the conflict escalated. Gold is down about 15% this month, according to the bank, while gold ETFs recorded nearly $11 billion in outflows in the first three weeks of March. Silver has also come under pressure, with JPMorgan saying ETF inflows built…
JPMorgan says the Iran war has produced an unusual market split: bitcoin is showing signs of safe-haven demand while gold and silver, the traditional geopolitical hedges, have weakened under the pressure of outflows, profit-taking and deteriorating liquidity. In a report dated March 26, Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou and his team said bitcoin has held up better than precious metals since the conflict escalated. Gold is down about 15% this month, according to the bank, while gold ETFs recorded nearly $11 billion in outflows in the first three weeks of March. Silver has also come under pressure, with JPMorgan saying ETF inflows built…
Honda and Sony announced that they are discontinuing both the Afeela 1 and 2, their electric cars. The company is reviewing its “business direction,” but it’s hard to expect much from a car company that’s cancelled all of its cars.The Afeela 1, casually called the PlayStation Car, was meant to be a fusion of a modern EV and your own digital media bubble. (You could have a God of War-themed dash — if you wanted that.)EngadgetThere’s a wider pressure on Honda, beyond this risky collaboration with Sony. It expects to take a $15.7 billion loss after writing off a large…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thea Price anticipated changes under the second Trump administration, but she never expected her life to be thrown into such disarray.Along with the 300 other employees of the United States Institute of Peace, Price was fired, rehired and then fired again as part of President Donald Trump’s crusade to shrink the federal government, a chaotic effort that cut tens of thousands of jobs and shrank or dismantled entire agencies. One year later, many of those impacted are left wondering whether their pain was worth it.“Nobody was prepared for the complete destruction,” said Price, a former program operations…
On‑chain trackers showed GameStop’s $324 million worth of bitcoin leaving its wallets for Coinbase. Many assumed a full‑blown dump, but SEC filings show the company still has exposure to Bitcoin, just not in the way most traders think. Related Reading A Bitcoin “Covered-Call” Deal On paper, GameStop now only owns 1 BTC. The gaming company’s latest 10-K reveal that instead of offloading the 4,710 BTC it bought January last year, the video game retailer has pledged 4,709 of 4,710 BTC to Coinbase for a covered call strategy, receiving about $368 million in cash while capping upside above roughly $105,000–$110,000 per…
Over the years, there have been various predictions that have put the Dogecoin price as high as $10. Mostly, the last bull cycle was expected to propel the meme coin through this target. However, Dogecoin was unable to clear its previous $0.74 all-time high, and thus, the $1 level remains elusive. While this is going on, a market analyst has shared multiple reasons that will actually cause the meme coin’s price to reach the coveted $10 level. The Factors That Will Determine The Surge In an X post, crypto market analyst, Namtoshi, pointed out four major developments that will need…