Author: Anthony M. Orbison

By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – An independent body, supported by Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:)’ Oversight Board, has a certification from the media regulator in Ireland to resolve appeals against policy violation decisions of social media companies in the European Union. Formed as a certified out-of-court dispute settlement body under the EU Digital Services Act (DSA), Appeals Centre Europe will initially decide cases relating to Facebook, ByteDance’s TikTok and Alphabet (NASDAQ:)’s YouTube, and will include more social media platforms over time. With a team of experts, the body will apply human review to every case within 90 days, and decide whether…

Data shows that the Bitcoin trader sentiment is currently neutral, a sign that investors are indecisive about the direction of the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index Is Right In The Balance Right Now The “Fear & Greed Index” is an indicator created by Alternative that tells us about the average sentiment among the traders in the Bitcoin and wider cryptocurrency markets. This index determines the sentiment by accounting for the data of the following five factors: trading volume, volatility, market cap dominance, social media sentiment, and Google Trends. To represent the calculated sentiment, the indicator uses a scale that…

The annual office Christmas party is normally a time of decadence, where colleagues get better acquainted with one another with the help of music, food, and, crucially, a lot of alcohol. This year’s office Christmas parties, however, are set to do away with the booze and instead become afloat with mocktails and artisanal sodas, as bosses react to their Gen Z staffers’ new urge for temperance.  Research from events management company Togather suggests more than a fifth of the Christmas events they will be running this year are likely to be alcohol-free. The 21% of parties set to go booze-free…

Ikea, Shein, Zara, and H&M are global retail brands that have been criticized for years because of their focus on inexpensive, trendy goods, often made from unsustainable materials.Fast fashion, especially, has been linked to climate change, labor abuses, and economic instability, which may be why these brands appear to be taking a second look at their “disposable” goods. In fact, these brands are all encouraging their customers to participate in the secondhand economy and making it easier for them to do so by setting up their own peer-to-peer marketplaces similar to Meta Platform’s  (META)  Facebook Marketplace, eBay  (EBAY) , and Craigslist. Don’t miss…

RENDER price fell sharply on Monday to an intraday low near $5.30. The RSI reading on the daily timeframe has ranged above 41 since 21st August. Bitcoin [BTC] traded slightly higher on Monday, 8th October, climbing to a 24-hour high of $63,957, according to CoinMarketCap data, before reversing course. The flagship cryptocurrency pulled several altcoins alongside it, including Bittensor [TAO] and Sui [SUI], which had racked up double-digit gains at the time of writing. Memecoins also broadly traded in the green, thriving on a trending, albeit far-fetched, narrative that the memecoin niche will fuel the next crypto market bull cycle.…

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae WeeInvestors hoping for a roaring restart to China’s stock rally, after the mainland’s week-long holiday, were disappointed on Tuesday when Beijing policymakers offered only broad brush strokes about stimulus plans at a high-profile press conference.The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said it was “fully confident” of meeting its targets but offered none of the details that investors are craving on China’s aggressive stimulus measures.Although the key mainland stock indexes did surge 10% to multi-year highs shortly after the open, those gains were quickly pared back.In stark…

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Foxconn is building the world’s largest manufacturing facility making the Nvidia GB200 chip to help meet “awfully huge” demand for the AI darling’s Blackwell platform, a senior executive at the Taiwanese company said on Tuesday. Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer and known as Apple (NASDAQ:)’s biggest iPhone assembler, has been benefiting from the artificial intelligence boom given it also makes servers. Benjamin Ting, Foxconn senior vice president for the cloud enterprise solutions business group, said the partnership between his company and Nvidia (NASDAQ:) was very important. “We’re building the largest GB200 production facility on the planet -…

With October upon us, traders have showcased high hopes for the crypto market. Although it has yet to truly live up to those, there is no denying the present potential. That could be echoed in regard to the leading meme coin. Indeed, Dogecoin is currently facing a new trend that could have DOGE surging a remarkable 200%.The crypto has failed to make any major moves in recent months. That lack of activity has the market anxiously awaiting when the tide could shift for the asset. Now, one prominent cryptocurrency analyst is expecting that patience to pay off soon. Moreover, he…

Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for freeThe stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White HouseKamala Harris has ruled out meeting one-on-one with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine unless leaders from Kyiv are involved.In some of her most detailed comments to date about how she would try to end Russia’s war in Ukraine if elected US president, Harris said she would not meet “bilaterally” with Putin “without Ukraine”.“Ukraine must have a say in the future of Ukraine,” Harris added, in a televised interview with CBS News’s…

A couple who suffered severe injuries after being involved in a accident during an Uber  (UBER)  ride are being denied the right to sue the company for an unexpected reason: their daughter’s pizza order.While John McGinty and Georgia McGinty were rear seat passengers in an Uber they took in 2022, their Uber driver chose to run a red light and the Uber car was T-boned by another car. Don’t miss the move: Subscribe to TheStreet’s free daily newsletterGeorgia McGinty suffered multiple physical injuries such as rib and spinal fractures, with some requiring surgery, as a result of the accident, according to…