Dubai Insurance offers a crypto wallet so you can pay premiums and collect claims in bitcoin
In partnership with Standard Chartered’s Zodia Custody, Dubai Insurance is the first insurer globally to issue a crypto wallet for its policy holders to transact with digital assets. What to know: Dubai Insurance became the first in its sector on a global scale to roll out a cryptocurrency wallet for […]
Economy
Amazon to Lay Off Another 16,000 Workers, Pinterest 700 Workers
In AI-related moves, companies are stepping up job cuts. Amazon Message to Employees This morning, Amazon gave an Update On Our Organization on its corporate blog. I want to let you know that we’re making additional organizational changes across Amazon that will impact some of our teammates. I recognize this is difficult […]
Empire
‘She’s Lying’: Journalist Exposes Secret Watch Lists That Trump Official Says Don’t Exist
“If we don’t explore more why all of these secret lists exist,” one US intelligence officer said, there could be “even more of an environment of paranoia on the ground and more tragic killings.” Despite denials from a senior Trump administration official, secret watchlists of Americans are being used by federal agencies […]
Activism
Slouching Towards Fort Sumter?
Minnesota’s defiance of federal immigration law echoes pre–Fort Sumter nullification, forcing Trump to choose between enforcement and letting blue states slide toward open rebellion. In the months before the April 12, 1861, firing on Fort Sumter, there were lots of sharp divisions in the North about the proper reaction to […]
Health
Help Make “The Rash” by Walter Kirn
There are two possible ways history will treat the Covid era. The establishment preference is for a story of a killer pathogen that leapt from the animal kingdom into humans to create a deadly pandemic that was fixed by an innovative vaccine. This is the preferred line in shrunken form, […]
Tech
Microsoft Provided the FBI with Encryption Keys
Microsoft provided the FBI with Bitlocker encryption keys. It should come as no surprise that a US-based cloud storage service provided US intelligence with backdoor access. Encryption is only as strong as the one who controls the key to lock it. Microsoft, the world’s dominant provider of desktop and enterprise systems, complied […]
Crypto
Dubai Insurance offers a crypto wallet so you can pay premiums and collect claims in bitcoin
In partnership with Standard Chartered’s Zodia Custody, Dubai Insurance is the first insurer globally to issue a crypto wallet for its policy holders to transact with digital assets. What to know: Dubai Insurance became the first in its sector on a global scale to roll out a cryptocurrency wallet for […]
Podcasts
What The Hell Is Happening?
Joining me today is Charlie Robinson, here once again to discuss the madness that is partisan politics, and the chaotic nature of the world today. Charlie will be periodically joining Ryan to discuss current events, political machinations, foreign policy blunders, and just good old fashioned two-party illusion naivety. Our conversations […]
Solutions
The Most Socialist System in America Is the One Feeding Us—and It’s Failing
America loves to debate socialism. We argue about universal healthcare, guaranteed income, student loan forgiveness, and government dependency. We pride ourselves on our rugged independence and belief in free markets. We warn that socialism destroys innovation, freedom, and personal responsibility. But here’s the uncomfortable truth most Americans never stop to […]