By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -The yen slid against the dollar on Thursday, reversing direction after a sudden surge overnight that traders and analysts were quick to attribute to intervention by Japanese authorities. The yen was 0.93% lower at 156.025 per dollar as of 0235 GMT, retracing about half of its late Wednesday surge from …
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By Sameer Manekar and Lewis Jackson (Reuters) -National Australia Bank posted a double-digit drop in first-half earnings on Thursday but talked up the strength of the economy and said a margin-crunching struggle for the vital home loan market showed signs of easing. The first of Australia’s big four banks to front up to investors this …
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By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Many Bank of Japan board members agreed the country’s long-term interest rates should be set by markets, with some saying the central bank should at some point slow the pace of bond buying, minutes of their March policy meeting showed on Thursday. At the March meeting, the BOJ ended eight …
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Backed Finance AG, a prominent issuer of tokenized real-world assets, has completed a $9.5 million Series A funding round. The company plans to use the funds to enhance its private tokenization services, aiming to onboard asset managers to blockchain solutions. The round was led by Gnosis, with the participation of new and existing investors, including …
WHEN JOE THOMAS retired from the NFL in 2018, his wife Annie made it clear where she expected him to dedicate his attention going forward. “It’s family time,” he recalls her saying. “You don’t have an excuse to go to work every day, 50 hours a week or more.” The former Cleveland Browns star had …
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GRANT GUSTIN MAY have played a superhero on TV for more than 180 episodes, but he didn’t always feel like one. Known for his role as Barry Allen—the born name of The Flash, DC’s scarlet speedster who’s been jetting through comic book pages since 1940—Gustin would seem to be the perfect fit to be featured …
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Virtual private networks, or VPNs, are one of the most effective ways to stay safe online. Not only do they allow you to stay anonymous, but they can help you get past region blocks on streaming services such as Netflix. However, you usually have to pay for a VPN subscription and adding an extra monthly …
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Image: Sam Singleton Microsoft said this week that the most recent Windows security update for Windows 10 and Windows 11 may break VPN connections. According to Microsoft (via Bleeping Computer), “Windows devices might face VPN connection failures after installing the April 2024 security update, or KB5036893.” Microsoft has no fix at the current time, the …
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Image: Adam Patrick Murray / IDG “AI PCs” are all the rage in the computer industry right now, at least if you listen to anyone trying to get you to buy a new laptop. Neural processing units or NPUs are the new hotness, powering local AI capabilities…though whether that’s actually worth anything is still in …
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Image: Ninja If you’ve never used an air fryer, you’re truly missing out. It’s a magical cooking machine that can do almost anything at record speeds — and the results are delicious. Good news! Right now, you can get the Ninja Air Fryer Pro (XL) for $119.99 at Amazon. That’s 29 percent off of the …
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