Breaking News, Business, Financial and Economic News, World News from EconoTimes

Become a contributor

Bookmark Econotimes

Technology

Fri, May 03, 2024 07:02 PM All times are UTC

Follow Series

©Econometrics LLC . All Rights Reserved.

'Kingdom Hearts 3' Release Date, Features: 2019 Installment Will Bring Back the Familiar Gameplay of the Franchise But Nothing Totally New

Sep 04, 2018 07:36 am UTC| Technology

Fans of the much-awaited sequel to the PlayStation 2s Disney-Square Enix mashup will be glad to know that Sora, Goofy, and Donald Duck are returning to consoles to continue their adventures in Kingdom Hearts 3. The action...

‘GTA 6’ Release Date, Rumors, Areas: Is the Upcoming Installment Currently in Development?

Sep 04, 2018 05:55 am UTC| Technology

News regarding GTA 6 is so dry at the moment and fans are left wondering whether or not Rockstar is still interested in releasing a new installment for the open-world action franchise. The game studio has a penchant for...

OnePlus 6T Release Date, Rumors, Specs: Is the Variant Going to Be Similar to the Oppo R17?

Sep 04, 2018 04:47 am UTC| Technology

Following the success of the OnePlus 6 and how it managed to go toe-to-toe with its pricier competitors, fans of the smartphone series are now waiting for the OnePlus 6T variant. The Shenzhen-based smartphone manufacturer...

What is a mobile network, anyway? This is 5G, boiled down

Sep 02, 2018 22:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Who will build Australias 5G mobile phone network? Not Chinese telecommunications infrastructure company Huawei, which was recently excluded from involvement via a statement from then acting Home Affairs Minister Scott...

‘Fortnite’ Season 5 Latest Update: How to Efficiently Finish All 7 Challenges

Aug 31, 2018 05:13 am UTC| Technology

As Fortnite Season 5 is coming to a close, Epic Games is rolling out the last legs of challenges for its player base before the next update arrives. Fortunately, the developers provided a pretty straightforward quest line...

‘Jane the Virgin’ Season 5 Update: Star’s ‘Charmed’ Directorial Stint, Cast Shares Behind-the-Scenes Social Media Posts

Aug 31, 2018 03:16 am UTC| Technology Entertainment

Jane the Virgin Season 5 will not be premiering until 2019, which has fans of the critically acclaimed comedy program feeling restless and in need of a fix. This is why news involving the stars and cast members of the...

‘Battlefield 5’ Release Date & News: Title Delayed by a Month, Likely to Increase Chances of Good Sales

Aug 31, 2018 03:11 am UTC| Technology

EAs Battlefield 5 is in an interesting place right now, with the game expected to be a major disappointment already even though it hasnt even been released yet. This is why the recent announcement that the titles release...

1271 1272 1273 1274 1275 1276 1277 1278 1279 1280

Economy

The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system

Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the U.S. isnt very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at trade as a percentage of gross domestic product a metric...

Beyond the spin, beyond the handouts, here’s how to get a handle on what’s really happening on budget night

Three weeks from now, some of us will be presented with a mountain of budget papers, and just about all of us will get to hear about them on radio, TV or news websites on budget night. The quickest way to find out what...

Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility

Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburgs literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers...

Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget

With Jim Chalmerss third budget on May 14, Australians will be looking for some more cost-of-living relief beyond the tax cuts although they have been warned extra measures will be modest. As this weeks consumer price...

Inflation is slowly falling, while student debt is climbing: 6 graphs that explain today’s CPI

Australias inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and its now less than half of what it was back in late 2022. The annual rate peaked at 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022 and is now just 3.6%, in...

Politics

US Urges China, Russia to Reject AI Control in Nuclear Arms, Align with Global Norms

Paul Dean, a senior U.S. arms control official, emphasized the critical need for China and Russia to join the U.S. in declaring that humans will always decide on the deployment of nuclear weapons, not artificial...

South Africa’s youth are a generation lost under democracy – study

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently painted a rosy picture in which the countrys youth democracys children had enormous opportunities for advancement, all thanks to successive post-apartheid governments led...

Sadiq Khan on track for third term as London mayor – but nearly half of Londoners dissatisfied with performance

Polls have consistently shown that the incumbent mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, appears to be on track to win a third term in office at the upcoming mayoral elections on May 2. One poll we commissioned as part of our...

Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’

Most American workers are hired at will: Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship except earned wages, and employees are at liberty to quit at their option. As the rule is generally stated, either party...

Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board

To say that the Labour party is flying high in the polls is something of an understatement. But despite its consistent lead against the Tories, the opposition finds itself in a rather odd position: on the cusp of power but...

Science

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...

Peter Higgs was one of the greats of particle physics. He transformed what we know about the building blocks of the universe

Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, has died aged 94. He was always a modest man, especially when considering that he was one of the greats of particle physics the area of...

Technology

Bitcoin Thrives: Whales Accumulate Over 47K BTC Amidst Price Rally

Bitcoin experiences a transformative moment as large-scale investors, known as whales, acquire over 47,000 BTC, valued at $2.9 billion, amidst a price retreat. This strategic move marks a pivotal shift in sentiment,...

Kraken Pro Boosts Shiba Inu with New Margin Trading Option

Kraken Pros announcement of Shiba Inus (SHIB) inclusion in its margin trading pairs signifies a significant milestone for the meme-inspired cryptocurrency. This move underscores SHIBs growing prominence within the crypto...

Hong Kong Firm Dominates BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF, Surges to Top Holder

In a significant development for the cryptocurrency market, Hong Kong-based Yong Rong HK Asset Management Ltd has secured its position as the largest holder in the BlackRock iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT), according to recent...

Nintendo's Next-Gen: Switch 2 Could Hit 240FPS, Leaks Suggest

Leaked by data miner OatmealDome, Nintendos updated NintendoWare Bezel Engine reportedly supports frame rates potentially as high as 240FPS, a massive leap from the current 60FPS limit on the Nintendo Switch. The...

Shiba Inu Dead Cat Bounce: Price Rebound or Bearish Omen?

Investors in the cryptocurrency world are eyeing Shiba Inu (SHIB) with cautious optimism as the meme coin shows signs of a potential dead cat bounce, a dubious reversal often seen in volatile markets. With SHIB struggling...