Tesla’s Optimus faces humanoid competition at Beijing robot conference

Tesla displays Optimus next to two of its vehicles at the World Robot Conference in Beijing on Aug. 22, 2024. CNBC | Evelyn BEIJING — While Chinese companies last week showed off humanlike robots playing the zither or grabbing sodas, Tesla displayed its Optimus humanoid inside a clear box, motionless next to its cars. Elon … Read more

Vitalik Buterin hails Ethereum for this big upgrade, details here

Vitalik Buterin has praised Ethereum for hitting key milestone in the execution layer client diversity.  Ethereum plans to have multiple execution clients to work in parallel while verifying blocks.  Ethereum [ETH] has achieved a key milestone by limiting top execution clients run by validators from having a supermajority market share. Reacting to the update, Ethereum … Read more

Stock futures are little changed after Fed signals rate cuts are imminent

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 29th, 2024. NYSE Stock futures were little changed on Sunday as investors look to push equities back to record-high levels now that the Federal Reserve indicated that rate cuts are forthcoming. Futures tied to the S&P 500 slipped 0.1%, while Nasdaq 100 … Read more

Fed’s actions carried more weight than words in taming inflation: researchers

FOX Business’ Edward Lawrence shares highlights from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. The credibility of the Federal Reserve helped financial markets in the central bank’s multiyear battle against inflation, but it had to back up its verbal promises to restore price stability with rate cuts, according to new … Read more

Walmart recalls apple juice sold in 25 states due to elevated arsenic levels

WASHINGTON (AP) — Walmart has recalled nearly 10,000 cases of apple juice sold in stores across the U.S. that were found to contain potentially harmful levels of inorganic arsenic. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the recall a more urgent classification Friday after making its original announcement Aug. 15. The new classification said the … Read more

Shiba Inu to hit March highs? New pattern suggests possible gains

SHIB’s price surged in double digits last week. However, a few indicators turned bearish on the memecoin.  The crypto market remained bullish last week, allowing several cryptos, including Shiba Inu [SHIB], to register massive gains. Thanks to that, the world’s second-largest memecoin managed to break above a bullish pattern, suggesting a further price hike in … Read more

Does This Hack Really Get Rid of Your Tupperware Stains?

Put any tomato-based sauce inside a clear plastic Tupperware just one time. Soon, you’ll have yourself a forever-red-stained container. It doesn’t seem to matter how many times you wash it. Nor will switching up soaps or cleaning techniques do the trick, either. However this TikToker, Pressie (@shpresseyyy), claims to have cracked the code. In a … Read more

Why Viking Therapeutics could be ‘onto something pretty amazing’

Eli Lilly (LLY) and Novo Nordisk (NVO) have become hot stocks over the past year thanks to their blockbuster GLP-1 drugs to treat obesity. Over the last year, Lilly and Novo shares are up 72% and 44%, respectively. By market cap, Novo is the largest company in Europe while Lilly ranks eighth among US companies … Read more

San Francisco officials weigh in on departure of Musk’s X: ‘Good riddance’

Fox News contributor Charles Hurt on why Democrats love debt and the interesting Musk-Trump interview on X. X owner Elon Musk’s plan to move the social media platform’s headquarters out of San Francisco has some city officials eager to bid farewell to the billionaire’s business. “I share the perspective that most San Franciscans have, which … Read more

Potential cyberattack outage continues at Port of Seattle, causing chaos at SeaTac Airport – KIRO 7 News Seattle

The Port of Seattle is still working to resolve a possible cyberattack that began Saturday morning, with many travelers facing either missed flights or major delays. KIRO 7 went to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Saturday night, speaking with international travelers dealing with significant delays due to the web and online systems outage. Travelers Maria Camilon … Read more