Crypto

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Hits Daily Volume Record of $10B

Cointelegraph reports that BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) hit an all-time daily trading volume record on Thursday, with $10 billion worth of shares trading hands, Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said on X. Traders were active in IBIT as Bitcoin plummeted, falling 12% in the last 24 hours. Balchunas

Crypto

MicroStrategy Faces Increased Balance-Sheet Strain as Bitcoin Falls to $60,000

Beincrypto reports MicroStrategy is under renewed market pressure after Bitcoin slid to $60,000, pushing the company’s crypto treasury further below its average acquisition cost and reigniting concerns about balance-sheet risk. The firm holds approximately 713,500 Bitcoin acquired at an average cost of about $76,000 per coin,

Culture

Street Style Look of the Week: Vintage Fur Coats

Nytimes reports that Lynsey Walker, 42, was wearing a faux fur coat that had originally belonged to her grandmother. She and her boyfriend, Adam Rowlatt, 62, had just finished lunch at Bone Daddies, a ramen shop in London, when our paths crossed on a Saturday in early January. His coat

Culture

Liberty Prime Alpha Reveal Suggests Fallout Season 3 Could Visit DC or Boston

Reporting by Collider: the Season 2 finale of Fallout ends with Elder Cleric Quintus deciding to become "the Destroyer" and opening blueprints for a giant robot called Liberty Prime Alpha, a machine not previously mentioned in the games. Liberty Prime is one of the Brotherhood of Steel'

Sports

How to watch Tigres vs Santos Laguna — kick-off and viewing options

A report from Goal says Tigres will be targeting a victory to keep up with the early pacesetters as they host struggling Santos Laguna, and Goal lists English-language live streams, kick-off times and team news for the match. Tigres and Santos Laguna will kick off on 7 Feb 2026 at

Business

Uber Is Responsible for Rape by Driver, Jury Finds

Nytimes reports that a federal jury in Phoenix ordered Uber to pay $8.5 million to Jaylynn Dean, a passenger who said one of its drivers raped her. The verdict, the first of thousands of forthcoming sexual assault cases, rejected Uber’s long-standing defense that drivers are independent contractors and

Business

Amazon's blowout $200 billion AI spending plan stuns Wall Street

Businessinsider reported that Amazon said it plans $200 billion in capital expenditures this year, more than $50 billion above Wall Street expectations, and that the announcement sent the company's stock down more than 10% in extended trading. The capex forecast, combined with a profit outlook that missed expectations,

Tech

Crossword editor’s desk: when you can’t just Google it

Theguardian reports that a handy sense-check tool is no longer available. The writer says they were checking a clue (“Leftmost colour on the French flag”) and typed “french flag” into Google, and found the search engine now attempts to synthesise multiple sources rather than pointing to the original Featured Snippet,

Sports

Team USA Speed Skater Jordan Stolz: What to Know and How to Watch

Nbc reports that American speed skater Jordan Stolz, 21, is heading to his second Olympics at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics after four years of setting records and winning golds on the World Cup circuit as he pursues his first Olympic gold. A native of West Bend, Wisconsin, Stolz

Tech

Sonos Arc Ultra $200 off, Zdnet recommends it

A report from Zdnet says the Sonos Arc Ultra is available with a $200 discount and is recommended by the outlet's reviewer. The article notes the Arc Ultra is a soundbar that also functions as a smart speaker for the living room. Zdnet describes features including support for

World

Savannah Guthrie's brother issues plea to mom's kidnapper

Pagesix reports Savannah Guthrie’s brother, Camron, issued a desperate plea to their mom Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapper after the ransom deadline passed Thursday. “This is Camron Guthrie. I’m speaking for the Guthrie family,” he said in an Instagram video, adding, “Whoever is out there holding our mother, we

Culture

Wuthering Heights audiobook review — Aimee Lou Wood

A report from Theguardian says rare is the Wuthering Heights adaptation that fails to ruffle the feathers of the Brontë faithful. The piece favours this 2020 edition narrated by Aimee Lou Wood, of Sex Education and The White Lotus fame. Set in Yorkshire, Emily Brontë’s tempestuous novel opens with

Culture

How to change appearance in Nioh 3

Pcgamer writes that to change your appearance in Nioh 3 you must first defeat the Jakotsu-baba boss in the Hamamatsu Castle Crucible to unlock the Eternal Rift hub area. Once unlocked, fast travel to the Eternal Rift, head upstairs in the building on your left, continue into the room past

Tech

Carla Grune - NASA

Nasa describes Carla Grune as a database programmer who develops and maintains the CERES Production Request Database, PRDB, and the CERES Production Monitoring Database, PMDB. The CERES PRDB (PostgreSQL, Phinx) contributes to the CERES PR-Tool web application, which supplies data to and processes data from CATALYST. The CERES PMDB (MySQL)

Culture

Fallout Season 2 Review: Give Us More Episodes Or Stop Adding Subplots

Coverage from Kotaku says Fallout’s second season on Amazon was bigger, but not clearly better: the show piled on many plotlines and felt more complicated and less satisfying than the first season. Kotaku argues the season is overstuffed with subplots that often don’t pay off, from throwaway elements

Crypto

Bitcoin slips below $64K as selling intensifies

A report from Cointelegraph says Bitcoin has fallen 13% over four days, sliding to $63,844 from $79,300 and trading below the 2021 cycle high near $69,000. Futures open interest matched the sell-off, falling by more than $10 billion over the past seven days. Analysts highlight a key

Culture

Art Gallery Shows to See in February

Nytimes reports that Andrew Russeth, in This week in Newly Reviewed, covers Keith Haring’s murals, John Duff’s sculptures and a group show focused on the human body. At Martos Gallery, 14 panels from Haring’s 1984 FDR Drive mural are installed; the original work was sprayed on 30

Crypto

XRP Treasury Firm Evernorth Sits on $380 Million Loss as Price Struggles

Beincrypto writes Evernorth Holdings, one of the world’s largest XRP holders, currently holds 473,276,430 XRP (about 0.473% of circulating supply), with that position valued at roughly $684.7 million and unrealized losses now exceeding $380 million as XRP trades below $1.50. The company made two

Culture

Craig Mazin to Adapt Baldur's Gate at HBO

Collider reported that Craig Mazin is developing a Baldur's Gate series at HBO and is attached to create, write, executive produce and showrun the project. Baldur's Gate 3 has been a pop culture juggernaut since launching in 2023, pulling in more than 15 million players and

Culture

Andrea Bocelli on Being Blind Since Childhood

Nbc writes that Andrea Bocelli will headline the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, singing at San Siro Stadium on Friday, February 6. Known and renowned the world over for his soaring vocal ability, the Italian tenor performs with his eyes closed, sometimes wears sunglasses, and does not

Culture

What makes Finland the happiest place on Earth?

A report from Theguardian says the writer has visited Finland every year since she was a baby and notes that Finns have topped the World Happiness Report for the last eight years. Visit Finland used the ranking in a “Masterclass of Happiness” campaign and Lonely Planet named Finland in its

Culture

Thief in Nick Fouquet hat heist in Aspen comes forward

Pagesix reports the perpetrator of a daytime break-in at the St. Regis hotel in Aspen has come forward after two Nick Fouquet hats, each worth about $2,000, were stolen from a display case. The hats had been part of a limited-edition Snow Lodge collaboration with Caviar Kaspia. After his

Tech

LG G5 vs LG G4: ZDNET testing favors the G4

Zdnet got hands-on with LG's G5 and G4 OLED TVs to compare their features, performance and real-world practicality. The review says the G4 stands out for color accuracy and overall picture quality, with support for Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos and dedicated picture modes including Filmmaker Mode. It

Culture

HBO developing Baldur's Gate series to continue Baldur's Gate 3

A report from Pcgamer says Deadline reports that HBO is working on a Baldur's Gate TV show that will continue the story of Baldur's Gate 3, picking up where the acclaimed Larian RPG ends. In charge of the show is Craig Mazin, co-creator of HBO'

Culture

Nina Persson on The Cardigans, their Black Sabbath cover and Mark Linkous

A report from Theguardian features Nina Persson reflecting on the Cardigans’ origins, saying the band’s name was suggested by their former songwriter and guitarist and grew from a strong anglophile interest in British culture and music. Persson explained the band chose to cover Black Sabbath because, despite their heaviness,