A new Kia electric SUV is getting the GT treatment. Images leaking out of China are giving us our first look at the Kia EV5 GT trim. Meet Kia’s new EV5 electric SUV Kia officially unveiled the EV5, its new compact electric SUV, at the Chengdu Motor Show in August. Branded as a family-friendly SUV,
Bitcoin’s rare halving event has taken place, according to crypto analysis firm CoinGecko. It slashes the number of new Bitcoin entering the market by cutting the rewards earned by Bitcoin miners by 50%. Taking place roughly every four years, it’s designed to cap supply at 21 million by 2140. It means just 450 Bitcoin will
The Bitcoin network on Friday evening completed its fourth “halving,” reducing the rewards earned by miners to 3.125 bitcoins from 6.25. The price of bitcoin fell about 4% this week to about $64,100, according to Coin Metrics. Mechanically, the halving itself shouldn’t affect the price of bitcoin in the short term, but many investors are
Dado Ruvic | Reuters The Bitcoin network on Friday night slashed the incentives rewarded to miners in half for the fourth time in its history. The celebrated event, which takes place about once every four years as mandated in the Bitcoin code, is designed to slow the issuance of bitcoins, thereby creating a scarcity effect
Former Premier League footballer Joey Barton has hit out at “an attempt to intimidate” him and his family after officers contacted him about comments he posted on social media. Cheshire Constabulary have said they made “multiple attempts” to arrange a voluntary interview with a 41-year-old man from Liverpool. The force added they had tried to
A drone operator loads a Walmart package into Zipline’s P1 fixed-wing drone for delivery to a customer home in Pea Ridge, Arkansas, on March 30, 2023. Bunee Tomlinson Autonomous delivery drone startup Zipline said Friday that it hit its 1 millionth delivery to customers and that it’s eyeing restaurant partnerships in its next phase of
The final day of jury selection for Donald Trump’s hush money trial has served as a reminder of how tricky and unpredictable the process can be. This week, lawyers at Manhattan Criminal Court have been questioning potential jurors to find the 12 people, and six alternates, who will be tasked with deciding if Trump covered
Police say they are reviewing “information” about Conservative MP Mark Menzies after Labour asked for an investigation into claims he misused party funds. Labour Party chair Anneliese Dodds wrote to Lancashire Police asking for an inquiry after The Times reported he had made a late-night phone call to an aide asking for funds to pay
Planet Fitness — which faced backlash for allowing a trans man to shave in the women’s locker room — hired a new boss who had required employees to undergo “unconscious bias training” and supported “hiring through a DEI lens” at her previous company. Colleen Keating, who served as chief executive at rental service FirstKey Homes
Sony Group and Apollo Global Management are in talks to team up on a bid for Paramount Global, sources told The Post on Thursday. Paramount, controlled by media heiress Shari Redstone, has been conducting exclusive talks with Skydance on a potential deal — which has drawn backlash from investors who fear their shares in the
Netflixblew past Wall Street expectations on new customers for the second straight quarter on Thursday but signaled the positive surprises could be over, forecasting revenue growth slightly below analyst targets. Shares of the streaming video pioneer were down 4.2% at $585.41 in after-hours trading. The company said its ad-supported streaming plans helped bring in 9.3
In more protest news, 29 authors and translators have withdrawn from consideration for PEN America’s prestigious literary prizes to protest the organization’s leadership and silencing of Palestinian voices. In a letter, some of the authors wrote, “We refuse to be honored by an organization that acts as a cultural front for American exceptionalism. We refuse
On Capitol Hill, activists disrupted Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as he spoke at a House Armed Services Committee meeting Wednesday. Among the protesters was Naseebah Hajjaj, a Palestinian American woman who has lost some 20 relatives in Gaza since October 7. She held up her 16-month-old son Hamza during the hearing.
The very top of the 1% are waiting until after the presidential election to buy big ticket items like jets in the hopes that Donald Trump’s election could save them millions on taxes, The Post has learned. Im waiting until after November, one bi-coastal source who is looking to buy both a jet and a
In this article AAPL META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook looks on following a conversation on mental health, during a spousal program on the last day of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week at Apple Park in San Francisco, California, on November 17, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP |
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An Israeli missile has struck Iran, in response to the unprecedented missile and drone attack on Israel over the weekend by the Iranians. It seems an airfield outside of the city of Isfahan was targeted, but Tehran has played down the incident and has indicated it has no plans to retaliate. On the Sky News
Planet Fitness — which faced backlash for allowing a trans man to shave in the women’s locker room — hired a new boss who had required employees to undergo “unconscious bias training” and supported “hiring through a DEI lens” at her previous company. Colleen Keating, who served as chief executive at rental service FirstKey Homes
Sony Group and Apollo Global Management are in talks to team up on a bid for Paramount Global, sources told The Post on Thursday. Paramount, controlled by media heiress Shari Redstone, has been conducting exclusive talks with Skydance on a potential deal — which has drawn backlash from investors who fear their shares in the
Netflixblew past Wall Street expectations on new customers for the second straight quarter on Thursday but signaled the positive surprises could be over, forecasting revenue growth slightly below analyst targets. Shares of the streaming video pioneer were down 4.2% at $585.41 in after-hours trading. The company said its ad-supported streaming plans helped bring in 9.3