So happy to see WordPress.com offering a pricing tier aimed at students that gives them free hosting for a year: WordPress.com offers the Student plan free, so cost is never a barrier to learning web skills. The goal is for students of any subject to create and share their thoughts and work online, and to own their online presence from the…
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. I logged onto Slack this morning to find an incredible and indecipherable message from one of my coworkers. I briefly thought he was having a fever dream or I had forgotten…
The Gulf war is bringing Syria back onto the MENA business map. Syria’s coast is gaining new strategic importance as investors look to build trade routes linking Gulf countries and Iraq to North Africa and the rest of the Mediterranean, and to avoid the Strait of Hormuz. Traffic at Syrian ports has increased at least 25%…
Jun Zhang, Chief Technology Officer of the South China Morning Post, recently described his views on the industry’s three most urgent technological challenges, and what news publishers should consider in addressing them. “As a tech guy, I think there are three metrics that are especially alarming,” Zhang told participants at WAN-IFRA’s AI Forum in Kuala…
Bitrue has launched an 8th anniversary trading event with up to 88,888 USDT in competition prizes, daily distributions of 3,888 USDT and a luxury cruise draw. The campaign which goes by the theme “8 Years of Trust. Built for What’s Next,” is the biggest anniversary held by the crypto exchange to date. Daily USDT Pool,…
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump’s campaign to take over Greenland has reached a peaceful end — for now. What happened? Trump signed a new security…
The U.S. regulator floats expanded investor access and simplified financial disclosures. This article appears in the October issue of Global Finance Magazine. The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering a new route for raising capital that does not involve issuing equity or debt, but instead uses crypto assets. In August, the regulator released the aptly…
About the publisher: Founded in 2020, 24.hu is one of Hungary’s most-read news sites. An online-only newspaper with a newsroom of about 70, its coverage focuses heavily on politics while also looking at culture, sports, technology and other areas. 24.hu first launched as an ad-supported news portal, but in 2024 it switched to a freemium…
A software engineer employed by a New York company spends the year working from an apartment in Denver, visits the office for six days in March, and finishes December owing returns to two states that disagree about which of them has the claim. Nothing about that situation is unusual, and none of it is resolved…
The transition to a low-carbon economy relies on more than policy commitment. It requires finance that can move at scale, support new technologies and fund projects whose environmental benefits may take years to emerge. BOC is playing an increasingly significant role in this process, leveraging its leadership in green finance. To meet the needs of…