The recent conflict involving Iran shook Wall Street, but it did not cause a collapse. Instead, it highlighted the weaknesses of investment strategies that rely on spreading risk to protect against market turbulence. During the week, shares and government bonds fell together. Oil prices climbed sha
Kalshi and Polymarket are two big names in online betting on future events. Their leaders, Tarek Mansour and Shayne Coplan, are not just competitors; they seem to hate each other. Mansour often talks about Polymarket without naming him, calling the platform “unregulated and foreign. ” He ev
The United States has recently intensified its military campaign against Iran, a move that has had mixed results for Russia. On one hand, higher prices for oil and gas have helped Moscow’s economy, while the country also promotes itself as a reliable source of energy for other nations. Additionally,
Micron has seen its shares jump more than a third in the past year, riding the wave of growing AI and data‑center demand. The company’s core memory chips—DRAM for speed and NAND for storage—are now key in everything from self‑driving cars to military drones, widening the market far beyond traditiona
The spring market, usually the busiest time for houses, has taken a quiet turn. Yet sellers are showing renewed confidence. In January alone, almost 45 000 homes that had been taken off the market last year were put back up for sale. This is the biggest January figure Redfin has recorded in its ten‑
Artificial intelligence can now sift through millions of molecules in a few days, spotting potential new antibiotics that would have taken years to find. It can even spot clues in ancient DNA or design fresh compounds from scratch, giving scientists new tools to battle drug‑resistant bacteria. Bu
Semtech Corp. announced that its LoRa radio modulation will keep Amazon’s Sidewalk network running worldwide by 2026. The move follows the company’s decision to use LoRa for its long‑range, low‑power connectivity. Sidewalk is a free service that lets devices stay connected beyond normal Wi‑Fi border
Scientists studied how a common steroid, prednisolone, affects bone health in young rats. They looked at three blood markers that show how fast bones build and break down: a protein from new bone, another marker of bone strength, and one that signals bone loss. The team also checked the bones with d
A new conflict that started three days ago has already pushed up oil and gas prices in the United States and around the world. The fighting began with attacks on Iranian targets, including its leader, and Iran has struck a range of sites in neighboring countries such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Tho
New York subway cars once carried posters for a dating app called Bidsy that promised to turn romance into an auction. The ads claimed it would let users “discover your true dating market value” by bidding on potential partners. Some commuters felt uneasy, saying the idea reduced people to a price t
