Thieves stole over 100,000 eggs worth $40,000 from a grocery store in Pennsylvania. The heist occurred on February 1 at Pete & Gerry’s Organics, targeting the back of a lorry. This comes as the price of eggs has surged due to a bird flu epidemic. The US government data shows that egg prices have increased … Read more
MicroStrategy Inc., a publicly traded business intelligence company, has announced a brand simplification and renamed its company to “Strategy.” The new name reflects the company’s focus on its role as the world’s first and largest Bitcoin Treasury Company. Strategy will retain its position as a Nasdaq 100 stock and continue to offer industry-leading AI-powered business … Read more
Alexa Bliss is set to join WWE SmackDown following her shocking return at the Women’s Royal Rumble over the weekend. According to PWInsider Elite, Bliss will be a part of SmackDown on Fridays, after creative pitches for the star were reportedly explored on both Raw and SmackDown. Bliss’ surprise appearance in the Rumble was made … Read more
Kamaru Usman has advised Israel Adesanya to take a similar approach to the end of his UFC career, drawing inspiration from Anderson Silva. The UFC welterweight champion expressed his support for Adesanya on his “Pound 4 Pound” podcast with Henry Cejudo, suggesting that he should focus on entertaining matchups after defending his title five times. … Read more
The NBA trade deadline is fast approaching, and teams are making last-minute moves to shake up their rosters. One notable deal sees the Milwaukee Bucks send 33-year-old forward Khris Middleton to the Washington Wizards in exchange for forward Kyle Kuzma. Middleton has played only 23 games for the Bucks this season, starting 7. The move … Read more
Alphabet Inc.’s Google has ended its formal efforts to improve workforce diversity, following the trend of Silicon Valley companies reevaluating initiatives that fell out of favor during Donald Trump’s presidency. The tech giant announced it will review its programs and stop having “aspirational goals” tied to representation. Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-05/google-ends-diversity-goals-for-its-workforce-in-trump-era
Cloudflare, a popular content delivery network (CDN), has blocked requests from a number of websites due to excessive traffic. The company’s systems detected an unusual surge in traffic, triggering its rate limiting mechanism and blocking access for users who exceeded the allowed limit. This issue affects various online platforms, including social media sites, news outlets, … Read more
US President Donald Trump is preparing to take on the country’s trade deficit, which has widened to nearly $1.2 trillion in 2024 – a record high. The trade deficit, totaling the value of imported goods minus exports, reflects America’s appetite for foreign goods now surpassing U.S. factories and farms’ exports abroad. Trump views this deficit … Read more
A new animation released by the Asteroid Terrestrial Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) shows a 130- to 300-foot-wide asteroid, named 2024 YR4, having a significant chance of impacting Earth in seven years. The asteroid has a more than 1% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032. While the chances of impact are still … Read more
AMD has released patches for a critical microcode vulnerability affecting Zen 1 to Zen 4 EPYC CPUs, which could allow malicious actors to load custom code onto vulnerable systems. The vulnerability, CVE-2024-56161, was disclosed by Google and AMD yesterday, February 3. The issue, which was reported on September 25, 2024, allows attackers to exploit a … Read more