Elon Musk weighs in on Epic Games v. Apple suit

Elon Musk has some thoughts to share onEpic’s legal spat with Apple. Fortnite maker Epic Games sued Apple after the game wasremoved from the iOS App Storein August. Epic accused the iPhone maker of anticompetitive practice, and argues the App Store is monopolistic. Musk has his own thoughts. Epic is right." Apple app store fees are a de facto global tax on the Internet. When interface familiarity is taken into account, it’s basically a monopoly....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 105 words · Jeremy Goodman

Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey talk future of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency

Of course, Musk also talked about his particular affinity forDogecoin. Dorsey’s payments company, Square, has been his way of entering thecryptocurrencyspace. He said his first interaction withBitcoincame in 2008 although he heard about it years before. Square recently began work on ahardware dgital walletto make Bitcoin more mainstream. “I might pump but I don’t dump,” Musk said. Musk also said his other company, SpaceX, owned Bitcoin. Earlier in the year,Tesla invested in Bitcoin before the company began accepting the cryptocurrency as payment....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Brandi Scott

Elon Musk: Starlink Satellite Broadband Now Active on All Continents

On Sunday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musktweetedthat the high-speed internet service routed through low-Earth orbit is truly available globally. NSF-supported USAP scientists in#Antarcticaare over the moon! Thousands of Starlink receivers have also been sent to Ukraine to keep war-torn regions connected. Musk has also reported that Starlink has managed to resist Russian attempts to jam it. The company has expressed a desire to grow the mega-constellation to as many as 50,000 flying routers....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 96 words · Paul Grant

Emoji of red flags are all over Twitter. Here's why

If you’ve noticed images of red flags filling up your Twitter feed, you’re not alone. The platform is bursting with warnings about anything you’re able to think of. Not a baseball fan? Promise you’ll pay someone back later? Top your pizza with pineapple? Tuesday saw 1.5 million red-flag-emoji tweets globally. What do all the red flags mean? The dictionary pinpoints the first usage of red flag as a noun dating back to 1748....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Jamie Beasley

Employers Can Now Offer a 401(k) Match on Student Loan Payments

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April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 81 words · Kimberly Walsh

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April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 132 words · Laura Rodriguez

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April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Jamie Phillips

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April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Amy Graham

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April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · Rachel Carpenter

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April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · Mrs. Amanda Sanchez

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April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Kimberly Thomas

Enjoy Super Bowl 2025 With These Tasty Grubhub Deals From Pizza Hut, Popeyes, 7-Eleven and Amazon

Is there anything better than game day? Maybe a slice of pizza or a side order of chicken wings to go with it. More of a chicken person? Popeyes is giving away six wings with any orders over $15. All of these deals are available now through Sunday, Feb. 9. To obtain this discount, use promo codeGET10at the checkout. One note worth mentioning is that these deals are available at participating locations only....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 108 words · Andrew Wheeler

Ethereum cryptocurrency hits $4,400, an all-time high

But though Bitcoin, the original crypto, gets the spotlight,Ether is actually the most used coin. It reached an all-time high on Thursday night,touching $4,400 for the first time. The cryptocurrency’s previous all-time high was $4,379, which it reached in May. Like Bitcoin, Ether had seen its price rise sharply since late 2020, entering 2021 at $383. Also like Bitcoin, its price crashed in May afterChinese authorities cracked down on cryptocurrency services, including mining....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Jack Ramos