Author: John Whitney

KIA’s New EV Is Faster Than a Corvette
19. 8. 2022 No Responses

KIA’s New EV Is Faster Than a Corvette

KIA unveiled the muscular version of its already fairly powerful EV6 electric car on Friday during Monterey Car Week, the largest auto show in the US The EV6 was already available with 320 horsepower in the GT-Line AWD, but the...
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Three Arrows Founders Bought $50 Million Superyacht Called “Much Wow” Prior To Firm’s Collapse
16. 8. 2022 No Responses

Three Arrows Founders Bought $50 Million Superyacht Called “Much Wow” Prior To Firm’s Collapse

The Crypto Geniuses Who Vaporized a Trillion Dollars The boat was a beauty of a thing: some 500 tons across 171 feet of glass and steel as white as Santorini. All rounded edges, the five decks — one with a glass-bottom...
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto firms had deep ties to bankrupt Voyager Digital
10. 8. 2022 No Responses

Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto firms had deep ties to bankrupt Voyager Digital

Sam Bankman-Fried became a crypto billionaire and one of the most famous players in the industry by building cryptocurrency exchange FTX. His company was pseudo-valued at $32 billion in January and currently has more than a million users. Voyager is a...
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Miners Discover Largest Pink Diamond In 300 Years
31. 7. 2022 No Responses

Miners Discover Largest Pink Diamond In 300 Years

Australian miner Lucapa Diamond Co. announced it had unearthed a 170-carat pink diamond, believed to be the largest recovered in centuries. Called the “Lulo Rose,” the 170-carat pink Type IIa diamond was discovered at the Lulo mine in Angola’...
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Thailand Blockchain Week 2019 – The emergence of new ideas
4. 12. 2019 No Responses

Thailand Blockchain Week 2019 – The emergence of new ideas

Early this December was another exciting time in blockchain and FinTech sector. Bangkok packed with blockchain experts from Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, and China. This was a special moment for Thailand and whole Asia. The main topics were:...
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China probe lands on dark side of the Moon
3. 1. 2019 No Responses

China probe lands on dark side of the Moon

The Chinese robotic probe Chang’e 4 has landed on the dark side of the moon, becoming the first manmade craft to alight on the unexplored surface, according to reports from Chinese state media. The probe reportedly landed in the South...
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Yoga Retreats In Sri Lanka
2. 1. 2019 No Responses

Yoga Retreats In Sri Lanka

3 Days City Escape Yoga Weekend Lagoon View, Koggala, Sri Lanka ($190) Sri Lanka Yoga Weekend It’s so nice to escape from city life to the jungles and allow yourself to relax, reconnect with nature, and yourself. Come and enjoy...
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NASA published the first photo of Ultima Thule on edge of our solar system
2. 1. 2019 No Responses

NASA published the first photo of Ultima Thule on edge of our solar system

In an incredible world-first, NASA has released an image from a historic flyby of Ultima Thule, a bowling pin-shaped celestial object at the edge of our solar system some 6 billion kilometers (4 billion miles) away. The New Horizons spacecraft...
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Lifestyle – Remote Workers Enjoy Sri Lanka
2. 1. 2019 No Responses

Lifestyle – Remote Workers Enjoy Sri Lanka

As beach life is not reserved for billionaires only, european and american remote workers enjoy the hospitality of Sri Lanka. One notebook and a villa for $250 a month – that’s all they need. Sri Lanka has hundreds villas for...
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Congo cuts internet for second day to avert ‘chaos’ before poll results
2. 1. 2019 No Responses

Congo cuts internet for second day to avert ‘chaos’ before poll results

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday began counting ballots from a presidential election marked by delays and fears of violence and vote-rigging, straining hopes for its first-ever peaceful transfer of power. After a relatively bloodless vote, elec...
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Turkey Tops China As World’s Top Jailer Of Journalists
2. 1. 2019 No Responses

Turkey Tops China As World’s Top Jailer Of Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists, an advocacy group, has released its annual census showing the number of journalists imprisoned across the world. More than 250 journalists are behind bars for the third consecutive year and the CPJ said that an authorita...
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Holiday Villas for Rent – Sri Lanka
2. 1. 2019 No Responses

Holiday Villas for Rent – Sri Lanka

Birdsong Residence, Kandy, Sri Lanka (price category 1,800 USD per month)       More info   Yuli Nandas – Makola (price category 280 USD per month)         More info        
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Resorts in Sri Lanka
2. 1. 2019 No Responses

Resorts in Sri Lanka

Anantara Peace Haven Tangalle Resort  (800 USD per night category)         Excellent reviews, High-End category More info   Cinnamon Bey Beruwala (100 USD per night category)       Thousands reviews, best of the mid-cl...
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Google wins lawsuit, can continue to use facial recognition tech on users without consent
2. 1. 2019 No Responses

Google wins lawsuit, can continue to use facial recognition tech on users without consent

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that alleged Google’s nonconsensual use of facial recognition technology violated users’ privacy rights, allowing the tech giant to continue to scan and store their biometric data. The lawsuit, filed in 2016, alleg...
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Facebook least trusted big tech company, finds survey
2. 1. 2019 No Responses

Facebook least trusted big tech company, finds survey

In a reflection of what a series of data leaks and scandals has done to damage the reputation of Facebook, a new survey has found that the world’s largest social network leads the list of companies that people trust the...
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