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World's Oldest Central Bank Keeps Sounding Alarm On Fragility Of Cashless Economies
11.05.2024, 11:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - World's Oldest Central Bank Keeps Sounding Alarm On Fragility Of Cashless Economies Authored by Nick Corbishley via naked capitalism, At a time when the dominant narrative around cash is that its demise is all but inevitable, as well as broadly desirable, the 2024 payment report by Sweden’s Riksbank may offer a cautionary tale. In October last year...
The TikTok Ban Is The Next Patriot Act
10.05.2024, 05:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The TikTok Ban Is The Next Patriot Act Authored by Aaron Sobczak via The Mises Institute, HR 7521, called the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, is a recent development in American politics. TikTok has been in the news for the past few years, after the public became aware of its connections to China. The popular...
The (Anti) Social Cost Of Carbon
10.05.2024, 01:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The (Anti) Social Cost Of Carbon Authored by Jonathan Lesser via RealClearEnergy, Forty-two was the mystical number that explained “life, the universe, and everything” in Douglas Adams’ comic novel, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Today, another mystical number, the so-called social cost of carbon (SSC), is providing the excuse for the...
These Are The Countries With The Most Students Studying Abroad
08.05.2024, 05:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Are The Countries With The Most Students Studying Abroad The world's two most populous nations, China and India, have the highest numbers of students studying overseas. Statista's Anna Fleck reports that, according to data published by UNESCO, more than one million Chinese students were studying abroad in 2021. India’s total was close to...
Trudeau Government Offers Free Access To National Parks For Migrants Only
08.05.2024, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trudeau Government Offers Free Access To National Parks For Migrants Only Via The Post Millennial, Parks Canada has decided to offer a real break in 2024 for people looking to enjoy some of Canada’s glorious outdoors and backwoods. But only people who are newcomers and new Canadian citizens. In a Parks Canada post, the federal government agency announced...
A Question To Challenge The Deflationary Mindset
03.05.2024, 16:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Question To Challenge The Deflationary Mindset Authored by Louis-Vincent Gave via Gavekal Research blog, The rise in US treasury yields this year initially caused the usual casualties: the yen, won, euro, and British pound. From exchange rates, it seems that the US interest rate wrecking ball is now wreaking destruction among richly-valued technology...
Feds Scrutinizing Block's Square And Cash App, Eyeing If Transactions Funded Terror And Skirted Sanctions
01.05.2024, 17:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Feds Scrutinizing Block's Square And Cash App, Eyeing If Transactions Funded Terror And Skirted Sanctions Federal prosecutors are investigating compliance issues at Block, the fintech firm co-founded by Jack Dorsey, according to a new report from NBC, citing "two people with direct knowledge". Questions about the company started swirling back in March...
Vietnam wird digitale IDs für den Zugang zu Dienstleistungen ausstellen und plant, auch Ausländer einzubeziehen
01.05.2024, 07:32 Uhr. uncut-news.ch - https: - Vietnam will digitale ID-Karten ausgeben, die die Bürgerinnen und Bürger für Interaktionen mit den Behörden nutzen können und die VNeID Mobile App ergänzen. Nach Angaben des Ministeriums für öffentliche Sicherheit wird die digitale ID ab Anfang Juli für Dienstleistungen des öffentlichen Sektors zur Verfügung stehen. Um sie nutzen zu können...
Senator Tells Taxpayers On Gaza Pier: "Cost Has Not Just Risen, It Has Exploded"
30.04.2024, 04:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Senator Tells Taxpayers On Gaza Pier: "Cost Has Not Just Risen, It Has Exploded" An initial US Navy ship has reached Eastern Mediterranean waters off the coast of the Gaza Strip where its crew has begun constructing a floating platform for the ambitious Gaza humanitarian pier project ordered by President Biden, new satellite images published by Planet...
California's New Minimum Wage: A Cure That Exacerbates The Sickness
27.04.2024, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - California's New Minimum Wage: A Cure That Exacerbates The Sickness Via SchiffGold.com, The solution to a problem shouldn’t make the problem worse. But apparently, California’s policy makers missed that memo. On April 1st, the state instituted a $20 minimum wage for fast food workers, the highest in the US. With California’s absurdly high...
Chipotle Tells Workers To "Preserve" Chicken Supply As Demand Soars
26.04.2024, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Chipotle Tells Workers To "Preserve" Chicken Supply As Demand Soars A surge in restaurant traffic boosted Chipotle Mexican Grill's first-quarter earnings and revenue, topping the average estimate of Wall Street analysts tracked by Bloomberg on Wednesday. Shares are higher by more than 5% in the cash session on Thursday. However, this note will not expand...
Lawmaker Suggests Iran Is Ready For Nuclear Weapon Testing
25.04.2024, 20:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Lawmaker Suggests Iran Is Ready For Nuclear Weapon Testing Via Middle East Eye Iranian military commanders and high-ranking officials have warned they could change their approach in developing the country’s nuclear program after increasing tensions with Israel, implicitly announcing their readiness to take it into a military phase. Before the recent...
US To Convert Pacific Oil Rigs Into Military Bases
25.04.2024, 02:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US To Convert Pacific Oil Rigs Into Military Bases Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US Navy will convert surplus oil rigs in the western Pacific into mobile military bases as part of the US military buildup aimed at China, The Defense Post reported on Tuesday. The naval engineering firm Gibbs & Cox developed the concept, known as the Mobile...
Futures Rise For Third Day As Tesla, Texas Instruments Surge Boosts Tech Stocks
24.04.2024, 14:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise For Third Day As Tesla, Texas Instruments Surge Boosts Tech Stocks Equity futures rose for the third day in a row - last week's brutal drubbing a distant memory - with tech outperforming as Tesla soars premarket after Elon Musk vowed to launch less-expensive vehicles as soon as late this year while Texas Instruments jumped 7% after...
Futures Rebound As Geopolitical Fears Fade, Fed Enters Blackout Period
22.04.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound As Geopolitical Fears Fade, Fed Enters Blackout Period US equity futures rose, putting the S&P on pace for its first gain after 6 straight days of losses, as focus shifted from Middle East tensions to a raft of company earnings this week, including four of the Mag7 tech megacaps which got hammered last week. At 7:40am, S&P emini futures...
Northern California City Relaxes Homeless Rules Amid Federal Lawsuit
22.04.2024, 03:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Northern California City Relaxes Homeless Rules Amid Federal Lawsuit Authored by Brian Back via The Epoch Times, The city council of San Rafael in Marin County, California, voted unanimously in a public hearing last week, to approve a more relaxed version of its ordinance dealing with homeless camps and where they are allowed. The ordinance was originally...
The Great Firewall: China Orders Apple To Remove WhatsApp, Threads From App Store
19.04.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Great Firewall: China Orders Apple To Remove WhatsApp, Threads From App Store The Cyberspace Administration of China asked Apple on Friday to remove Meta Platforms' WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China due to national security concerns. Signal and Telegram—two foreign messaging apps—were also removed from the Chinese App Store...
Apple's Dominance On Watch: Huawei Unveils New Smartphone Lineup With Advanced Chip
18.04.2024, 15:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Apple's Dominance On Watch: Huawei Unveils New Smartphone Lineup With Advanced Chip China's smartphone market has stumbled into a downturn as economic woes turn consumers cautious. At the same time, consumers are ditching Apple's new iPhone 15 and have embraced domestic brands. Huawei Technologies Co. is one of those domestic brands that gained popularity...
Are Smartphones Really Making Kids Dumb?
20.12.2023, 03:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Are Smartphones Really Making Kids Dumb? Authored by Ross Muscato via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), After decades in the classroom, award-winning teacher Steve Gardiner, of Billings, Montana, became acutely aware of a new problem making it difficult for his high-school students to learn. (Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock) Ironically...
Futures Rise After 7 Weeks Of Gains, Oil Jumps As Shippers Halt Red Sea Crossings
18.12.2023, 14:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise After 7 Weeks Of Gains, Oil Jumps As Shippers Halt Red Sea Crossings After 7 consecutive weeks of gains, US equity futures edged higher, and traded near session highs even as European bourses were red across the board, as central bankers sought to sow doubts that aggressive interest-rate cuts will materialize early next year. As of 8:00amm...
US Military Faces 'Mutiny' Of Enlisted Gen-Zers As TikTok Virus Spreads
18.12.2023, 05:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Military Faces 'Mutiny' Of Enlisted Gen-Zers As TikTok Virus Spreads Gen-Zers in the civilian world have already taken to the Chinese social media platform 'TikTok' to blast Washington and the military-industrial complex that they will not fight America's endless wars. Even enlisted Gen-Zers are bashing the military amid a worsening recruitment...
Who Can Afford Kids These Days?
18.12.2023, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Who Can Afford Kids These Days? Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The large data sets on the cost of living and the cost of children are instructive. But nothing compares with the anecdotes you hear from people who once thought they were prosperous but now wonder if they can really get by while completely ruling out...
"A No Brainer": Musk's Starlink Breaks Through Bureaucracy And Corruption In Africa
17.12.2023, 14:13 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "A No Brainer": Musk's Starlink Breaks Through Bureaucracy And Corruption In Africa Authored by Darren Taylor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Elon Musk’s revolutionary satellite internet service, Starlink, is spreading across Africa, flying in the face of repressive and corrupt regimes that are trying to block it. Elon Musk’s cheaper, faster...
"We're Just Uber Drivers", Border Patrol Agent Says America Is Being Destroyed
16.12.2023, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "We're Just Uber Drivers", Border Patrol Agent Says America Is Being Destroyed Authored by Brad Jones, John Fredricks via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Two older SUVs appear to come out of nowhere, slowly at first, then kicking up clouds of dust as they pick up speed along the southern side of the U.S.–Mexico border. Two white vans tail them to...
At Grocery Stores, Customer Marketing Data Is Becoming The Product
13.12.2023, 03:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - At Grocery Stores, Customer Marketing Data Is Becoming The Product For years we have been writing about how hedge funds have been buying any type of data they can get their hands on to try and anticipate moves in the American consumer and, by proxy, the market. And now the latest spot they could be buying their data from could wind up being your grocery...
Ukraine's Largest Mobile Network Hit By Major Cyberattack Blamed On Russia
12.12.2023, 17:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ukraine's Largest Mobile Network Hit By Major Cyberattack Blamed On Russia Ukraine has accused Russia of being behind a major cyberattack against the country's main mobile network Kyivstar, which has left masses of customers without phone or internet access. The outage has reportedly even left one city, Sumy, without its mobile air raid sirens, crucial...
Futures Rise Ahead Of Last Inflation Report Of 2023
12.12.2023, 14:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise Ahead Of Last Inflation Report Of 2023 S&P 500 futures were little changed as markets enter the first of the two last big days of 2023, with CPI on deck today and the FOMC decision due tomorrow. As of 7:55am ET, S&P futures were up 0.1% to 4,683, trading in a very tight range overnight as equity traders were reluctant to make big bets ahead...
Google Loses On Every Count In Play Store Antitrust Case With Epic Games
12.12.2023, 14:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Google Loses On Every Count In Play Store Antitrust Case With Epic Games Authored by Matt Stoller via The BigNewsletter.com, Google just lost its first antitrust trial, as a San Francisco jury returned a decision that Google harmed rival Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite, in the $48 billion dollar app store Android market. Google...
New Huawei Phone Shows China Continues Bypassing Biden's Chip Embargoes
11.12.2023, 14:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - New Huawei Phone Shows China Continues Bypassing Biden's Chip Embargoes Research firm TechInsights reports Huawei Technologies Co.'s Mate 60 Pro smartphone continues to "bypass technological embargos" by Washington. Further examination of the smartphone has shown considerable progress in Chinese design and engineering of radio-frequency chips. The...
Futures Rise As Europe Hits 4 Month High
06.12.2023, 14:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise As Europe Hits 4 Month High US equities were set for modest gains on Wednesday even as they drifted lower from session highs, as a weakening labor market boosted bets that the Federal Reserve is done with interest-rate hikes and could pivot to monetary easing sooner, even as we are approach levels of priced-in rate cuts which some say guarantee...
Blain: Gold, Always Believe In Gold!
04.12.2023, 14:38 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Blain: Gold, Always Believe In Gold! Authored by Bill Blain via MorningPorridge.com, ‘In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.’ Gold has hit new record dollar levels – reflecting not just current uncertainty, but also the de-dollarisation narrative...
Boeing Drops Out Of USAF's 'Doomsday' Replacement Plane Competition
02.12.2023, 20:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Boeing Drops Out Of USAF's 'Doomsday' Replacement Plane Competition The US Air Force (USAF) eliminated Boeing Co. from the replacement competition of a half-century-old "Doomsday" plane that can survive a nuclear war. This leaves Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) as the sole remaining known competitor. Sources told Reuters that Boeing - the incumbent...
Why Are Searches For 'Trailer Park Near Me' Erupting?
02.12.2023, 01:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why Are Searches For 'Trailer Park Near Me' Erupting? The eruption in Google searches for "RV lot near me" has hit a five-year high. The reason for the surge remains unclear but could be attributed to the worsening housing affordability crisis ushered in by the failure of 'Bidenomics.' Earlier this year, we noticed in several RV Industry Association's...
64 US Bank Branches File To Shut Down In A Single Week; Are You Affected?
27.11.2023, 12:56 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 64 US Bank Branches File To Shut Down In A Single Week; Are You Affected? Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Big banks such as PNC Bank and JPMorgan Chase have filed to close several branch offices in multiple states amid a troubling pattern of rising branch shutdowns in recent years. Between Nov. 12 and 18, several banks filed to close...
Thank You For Your Service!
27.11.2023, 01:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Thank You For Your Service! Authored by John Maxwell Hamilton via RealClear Wire, Has it dawned on you that you work for everyone who is supposed to work for you? Have you noticed it is a lonely job? You work for your bank, which pushes you to spend a long time navigating its automated telephone system after the announcement, “We have installed new...
Russia Launches Single Largest Drone Attack Of Ukraine War Saturday
25.11.2023, 20:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Launches Single Largest Drone Attack Of Ukraine War Saturday While much of the globe's attention remains fixated on Gaza, and the uneasy truce and hostage deal now unfolding, Ukraine on Saturday said that Russia launched its largest drone attack on the country since the war's start. "A total of nearly 75 Shahed drones were launched from two...
Dear Santa, Can I Pay Later This Year?
25.11.2023, 02:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Dear Santa, Can I Pay Later This Year? With credit card debt at record highs and more and more (young) consumers falling behind on their credit card payments, Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services are expected to see record spending levels this holiday season. Statista's Felix Richter reports that according to Adobe Analytics, BNPL spending could climb...
After Failing 6 Audits, Pentagon Wants $114 Million For Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
23.11.2023, 20:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - After Failing 6 Audits, Pentagon Wants $114 Million For Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Authored by Stephen Kruiser via PJMedia.com, Here on the right side of the American political spectrum, we're used to railing against "the government." I've done plenty of it in speeches and in writing over the years. Most of the time, I will refer to "the bureaucracy"...
Best Buy Issues Warning Ahead of Black Friday: 'Consumer Demand Unpredictable and Inconsistent'
21.11.2023, 16:57 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Best Buy Issues Warning Ahead of Black Friday: 'Consumer Demand Unpredictable and Inconsistent' Days before Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year in the US, electronics retailer Best Buy posted weaker-than-expected third-quarter revenue and lowered guidance, warning about a deteriorating macro environment as "consumer demand has...
"New Years' Nightmare": IRS Targets Gig Workers, Sends 30 Million New Tax Forms
21.11.2023, 01:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "New Years' Nightmare": IRS Targets Gig Workers, Sends 30 Million New Tax Forms Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A new IRS tax on gig workers would result in additional documentation that will create confusion among individual taxpayers as the agency does not have “centralized leadership” to deal with the expansion...
UN & Bill Gates Launch "50in5" Global Digital Infrastructure Plans
18.11.2023, 16:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UN & Bill Gates Launch "50in5" Global Digital Infrastructure Plans Authored by Kit Knightly via off-guardian.org, Last week the United Nations Development Program officially launched their new initiative promoting “Digital Public Infrastructure” (DPI) around the world. The “50in5” program – so-called because it aims to introduce DPI in fifty...
Walmart And Costco Considering Ditching Self-Checkout Lines Amidst "Backlash"
16.11.2023, 20:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Walmart And Costco Considering Ditching Self-Checkout Lines Amidst "Backlash" Companies like Walmart and Costco are finally starting to rethink the idea of self-checkout lines, as "backlash" against it has grown, according to a new Yahoo Finance report. British supermarket chain Booth's is leading the way, removing them in all 28 of its stores. Managing...
Zum in (an) die Luft gehen. Wie Kitas und Schulen zwecks Corona-Schutz verschandelt werden.
10.11.2023, 09:00 Uhr. NachDenkSeiten – Die kritische Website - https: - Die Kita Mobile in Kaiserslautern erhält eine Belüftungsanlage, die keiner will und keiner braucht. Die Monsterapparatur nimmt massig Platz weg, raubt Tageslicht und Fenster für die Frischluftzufuhr. Womöglich müssen für die sinnfreie Maßnahme sogar fünf Betreuungsplätze weichen. Die Stadtverwaltung zieht...
Possible Cyberattack? Massive Telecommunication Outage Leaves Millions In Australia Without Cellular Service
08.11.2023, 03:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Possible Cyberattack? Massive Telecommunication Outage Leaves Millions In Australia Without Cellular Service Global internet monitor NetBlocks has reported in a post on social media X platform that millions of Optus customers cannot make calls or use the internet due to a major nationwide outage. "Metrics show Optus mobile services are down across...
Ein genauerer Blick auf das komplett verzichtende Google Mobile Operating System mit Fokus auf Datenschutz
07.11.2023, 16:00 Uhr. uncut-news.ch - https: - Eine wichtige Alternative. In einer Zeit, in der Daten als das neue Gold gepriesen werden, ist es nicht verwunderlich, dass unsere Smartphones – die persönlichen Geräte, die uns im Alltag begleiten – zum Epizentrum der Datenerfassung geworden sind. Von personalisierter Werbung bis hin zu maßgeschneiderten Inhalten – die heutigen...
The Dutch Are The Most Likely To 'Borrow' Their Neighbor's WiFi
05.11.2023, 13:38 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Dutch Are The Most Likely To 'Borrow' Their Neighbor's WiFi According to data collected by Statista’s Global Consumer Survey, 18 percent of Dutch online respondents said that they mainly access their internet at home via their neighbor or landlord’s wireless connection. As Statista's Anna Fleck notes, this is more than double the rate of...
The World's Largest Biometric Digital ID System, India's Aadhaar, Just Suffered Its Biggest Ever Data Breach
05.11.2023, 03:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The World's Largest Biometric Digital ID System, India's Aadhaar, Just Suffered Its Biggest Ever Data Breach Authored by Nick Corbishley via NakedCapitalism.com, In one fell swoop, roughly 10% of the global population appears to have had some of their most valuable personal identifiable information (PII) compromised. Yet Aadhaar continues to receive...
Russia Unleashed Biggest Drone Attack On Ukraine In Weeks Friday
04.11.2023, 13:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Unleashed Biggest Drone Attack On Ukraine In Weeks Friday Ukrainian officials on Friday said Russian forces launched their biggest drone attack on Ukraine in weeks, which is being seen as preparation for more fighting to come this winter. Russia sent some 40 kamikaze drones and a cruise missile, with the Ukrainian military saying it shot down...
US Futures, Global Markets Jump After Dovish Powell Hints Rate Hikes Ending
02.11.2023, 13:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Futures, Global Markets Jump After Dovish Powell Hints Rate Hikes Ending US equity futures, and global stocks and bonds extended gains Thursday as traders bet the Federal Reserve is ending its historic tightening campaign, and that easing may not be too far behind. As of 8:00am, S&P 500 futures rose 0.5%, while Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.7%....