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Crypto mining and trading is now legal in Turkmenistan after a new law signed by President Serdar Berdimuhamedow in late November took effect on Thursday. Implementation of the new laws could see the Central Asian country’s economy expand beyond its heavy reliance on natural gas exports by tapping surplus energy for crypto mining, following the lead of neighboring country Kazakhstan.Turkmenistan is considered to be one of the more closed-off countries in the world, but has taken several steps to open up its economy in recent years, including to the tourism and energy sectors.That now extends to the entire crypto industry, with…
People celebrate the New Year at the Bank of China building in Central in Hong Kong, China, January 1, 2026. Lam Yik | ReutersSouth Korea’s Kospi hit a new record Friday as Asia-Pacific markets kicked off the new year trading mixed.The Kospi was up 0.21%, after hitting a record high of 4,239.88. The small-cap Kosdaq was 1.32% higher.Some Asian markets were still closed for the holidays, including Japan and mainland China. South Korea’s markets will open an hour later, at 10 a.m. local time. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was marginally down.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index futures were at 25,648, marginally higher than…
Europe’s banking sector is about to get a tough lesson about efficiency. According to a new Morgan Stanley analysis reported by the Financial Times, more than 200,000 European banking jobs could vanish by 2030 as lenders lean into AI and shutter physical branches. That’s roughly 10% of the workforce at 35 major banks. The bloodletting will hit hardest in back-office operations, risk management, and compliance, the unglamorous guts of banking where algorithms are believed capable of tearing through spreadsheets faster and more effectively than humans. Banks are salivating over projected efficiency gains of 30%, according to the Morgan Stanley report.…
A former New Jersey youth football coach was found dead Wednesday after disappearing on Christmas night, police said. Stephen Iannotti, a 72-year-old Logan Township man, was found dead after authorities located his vehicle in South Jersey, the Gloucester County emergency management department said in a Facebook post. His cause of death was not revealed. “It is with a heavy heart that we must advise that Mr. Iannotti has been located, and tragically, he is deceased,” the department wrote. “Out of respect for Coach I’s privacy and the privacy of his family, this will be the only update on this unfortunate…
The following contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and various Final Fantasy games. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been relentlessly compared to Final Fantasy, and justifiably so. Not only was it designed to resemble the tone and worldbuilding of classic JRPGs, it deliberately channels the spirit of those games in both its turn-based combat and character-driven storytelling. Final Fantasy 10, in particular, has often been cited as the closest cousin of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for its ensemble cast, emotional storytelling, PS2-era JRPG feel, and even its mini-games. However, despite unashamedly digging its roots into Final Fantasy, Clair…
Andy Cohen didn’t mince words about outgoing New York City Mayor Eric Adams on New Year’s Eve as he pounded down shots with co-host Anderson Cooper to ring in 2026 on CNN’s live broadcast. No sooner had the ball dropped in Times Square, and even as Zohran Mamdani was being sworn into office by Attorney General Letitia James in an abandoned subway station underneath City Hall, Cohen said the quiet part out loud. Very, very loud. “I gotta say, watching the final moments of Mayor Adams’ chaotic — ” a grinning Cohen’s rant began as Cooper, apparently knowing what was…
OpenAI is betting big on audio AI, and it’s not just about making ChatGPT sound better. According to new reporting from The Information, the company has unified several engineering, product, and research teams over the past two months to overhaul its audio models, all in preparation for an audio-first personal device expected to launch in about a year. The move reflects where the entire tech industry is headed — toward a future where screens become background noise and audio takes center stage. Smart speakers have already made voice assistants a fixture in more than a third of U.S. homes. Meta…
Bitcoin (BTC) opened 2026 at $87,500 as markets geared up for the year’s first Wall Street trading session.Key points:Bitcoin lies in wait at $87,500 for the start of TradFi trading on global markets.RSI and Bollinger Band signals imply major BTC price volatility is due.Market participants say goodbye to the four-year price cycle theory.Traders brace for 2023-style BTC price volatilityData from TradingView tracked a calm start to the new yearly candle for Bitcoin, capping a grim Q4 for bulls. BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewAhead of TradFi markets returning, traders were split between trepidation and hope for a broader crypto market rebound.“New…
An Uber driver was found dead in his crashed SUV in the Bronx Thursday morning after being shot in the head, possibly during a road rage incident, in the first city homicide of the new year, officials said. FDNY firefighters responding to an unrelated car blaze in the area found a blue Toyota RAV4 with Taxi & Limousine Commission plates crashed into a parked white sedan on Morris Ave. near the Cross Bronx Expressway service road just before 7 a.m. The FDNY alerted cops, who determined 55-year-old Issa Mbolo Isac had been shot at least twice in the head. Theodore…
ARC Raiders has closed out 2025 with another victory over Battlefield 6, as Embark’s extraction shooter has managed to maintain 91% of its playerbase on Steam since launch, while EA’s newest entry in the Battlefield series has lost 85% of users on the platform. Although ARC Raiders and Battlefield 6 are two different types of shooters, many believed the former was doomed to fail by launching between Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Battlefield 6. But with the year now over, it’s clear that the underdog has come out on top. After the disastrous launch of Battlefield 2042 in…