The voluntary upgrade appears to be becoming widespread for the first time since its implementation in August 2017. As we reported, the SegWit update of Bitcoin was adopted by the world’s two largest exchanges, Coinbase and Bitfinex, at the end of last month. Learn how to buy Bitcoin and Ethereum safely with our simple guide! Now […]

The Belgian Special Tax Inspectorate (STI) is looking for Belgian individuals who have invested in cryptocurrencies in foreign exchanges, local news outlet De Standaard reported Friday, March 2. After receiving information from Finnish authorities that several Belgian taxpayers had been trading on Finnish crypto exchanges, the STI started looking into the cases of three Belgians […]

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe has expanded beyond Russia to the Middle East. Mueller’s investigators have questioned a shadowy businessman about attempts by the United Arab Emirates to funnel money to the Trump campaign to buy political influence, The New York Times reported. George Nader, a Lebanese-American adviser to the U.A.E’s de facto ruler, became […]

No company’s design language has been so lauded, so scrutinized, so institutionalized as Braun’s. Braun’s products have arguably inspired generation after generation of product designers and the 10 Principles of Good Design associated with their products has almost achieved Hippocratic-Oath-status with a large number of product designers. Designer Gao Yang decided to pay homage to […]

Western medicine has some — for lack of a better term — “questionable” traditions that do not necessarily promote health. The intentions are good at the time. But when their own studies call their actions into question, they really need to take heed. Doctors and scientists at my alma mater, the Mayo Clinic, did a […]

Five of the best … films A Fanastic Woman (15) (Sebastián Lelio, 2017, Chi/Ger/Spa/US) 104 mins An empathic study of transphobia and a restrained modern-day melodrama, with a magnificent heroine in the form of Daniela Vega. A Santiago trans woman, her grief following the death of her male partner is compounded by her treatment at […]

Kaileigh Feichtel and G. Grant Geiger first met in March 2010, at Drexel University, which they both attended, in March 2010. They’ve dated ever since—and most notably, their relationship reached a high point in October 2016, when they went on safari at Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa. During a private lunch in a treehouse—from […]

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The Latest on the attack in Burkina Faso’s capital (all times local): 12:05 a.m. The United Nations chief is condemning Friday’s terrorist attacks in the capital of Burkina Faso. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says in a statement that the United Nations will “support Burkina Faso in its efforts to fight violent […]

Air and rail passengers hoping to travel on Saturday are encountering yet another day of cancellations and delays as the nor’ester that snarled travel Friday is being followed by residual problems in transportation hubs all across the Northeast. Airline officials say flight operations are slowly returning to normal as they deal with the backlog of […]

Meghan Markle is set for her biggest royal event yet, the palace announced on Friday. The American royal bride-to-be and her fiancé, Prince Harry, will join Queen Elizabeth and other senior members of the family for a special church service on March 12. Also expected at Westminster Abbey for the celebration of the Commonwealth: Meghan’s future father-in-law Prince Charles, and soon-to-be in-laws, Prince […]