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Are You the One? 10 Crucial Questions

June 13, 2025

The quest for true love is often disappointing and disillusioning. In the five decades that I have been working with people who are searching for their one and only, I have heard many tales of hopeless searching. It is not that people don’t try their best. They read books. They listen to the media. They […]

5 insights that put market volatility in perspective

June 13, 2025

You wouldn’t be human if you didn’t fear loss. Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman demonstrated this with his loss-aversion theory, showing that people feel the pain of losing money more than they enjoy gains. As such, investors’ natural instinct is to flee the market when it starts to plummet, just as greed prompts us to […]

Was Jill Biden’s ‘abusive’ aide a Shadow President? White House insiders say Anthony Bernal was more powerful than anyone knew

June 13, 2025

Late in the evening on June 27, 2024, an enfeebled Joe Biden shuffled through a crowded Atlanta Waffle House, wide-eyed and slack-jawed, shaking the hands of well-wishers who watched him debate Donald Trump. Biden's disastrous performance would lead to the abrupt end of his re-election campaign and start a cascade of recriminations that would call […]

Chainlink, JPMorgan, Ondo Finance complete crosschain treasury settlement

June 13, 2025

Chainlink, JPMorgan’s Kinexys and Ondo Finance completed a “first-of-its-kind” crosschain delivery versus payment (DvP) settlement between a permissioned payment network and a public testnet. The test involved Kinexys Digital Payments, a permissioned network operated by JPMorgan and Ondo Chain’s testnet, which is focused on real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, Chainlink said in a Thursday announcement. The […]

SEC Considers Regulatory Exemptions For DeFi Platforms: A Bold Leap Forward Or A Risky Gamble?

June 12, 2025

Decentralized Finance, or DeFi, has stormed onto the financial stage like a disruptive underdog, promising to upend the traditional banking system with its blockchain-based, intermediary-free approach to money management. By enabling peer-to-peer transactions through smart contracts on public decentralized networks, DeFi offers a tantalizing vision of financial empowerment—higher returns, lower fees, and access for all. […]

Regents delay final vote on proposed DEI, CRT policy

June 12, 2025

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — Following campus outcry and accusations it’s violating state code, the Iowa Board of Regents has delayed until next month its final vote on a new policy to bar “diversity, equity, and inclusion” and “critical race theory” requirements for […]

Elon Musk vs. Donald Trump: On MAGA Twitter, there was a clear winner.

June 12, 2025

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Thursday’s fight between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump escalated faster than almost anyone on the right was prepared for. In the immediate aftermath of Musk’s highly inflammatory post, most right-wing pundits on social […]

XRPTurbo Set to Launch First AI Agent Launchpad on XRP Ledger Mainnet in Late Q2 2025

June 11, 2025

Trailblazing platform combines AI and DeFi to bring intelligent automation to XRPL TALLINN, Estonia, June 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As XRP regains momentum and investor attention intensifies across the XRP Ledger ecosystem, XRPTurbo is preparing for its most significant milestone yet: the launch of the AI Agent Launchpad on the XRPL mainnet, expected by […]

Charli XCX marks first anniversary of ‘Brat’ with hedonistic revelry at We Love Green

June 11, 2025

The British singer Charli XCX made a surprise appearance during Air's concert at the We Love Green festival in Paris, on June 7, 2025. SÉBASTIEN NAGY The We Love Green festival could almost have been renamed We Love Lime Green. The crowd filling the wooded setting of the Bois de Vincennes in Paris, on Saturday, […]

Resident Evil Requiem: 9th installment announced at Summer Game Fest

June 11, 2025

What a pleasant surprise! At Summer Game Fest, Capcom unveiled a trailer and release date for Resident Evil 9: Requiem, scheduled for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series. Return to Raccoon City for a blood-curdling episode on February 27, 2026. Now that's an announcement! Capcom created quite an event at the close of Summer Game Fest […]