Born and raised in Urbana-Champaign, Roger Ebert left his mark everywhere—as a sportswriter for The News-Gazette when he was 15, at Urbana High School as Senior Class President and co-editor of The Echo student newspaper, and, at the time of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, on to the University of Illinois and The…
Aave Labs has proposed that the decentralized autonomous organization behind Arbitrum unfreeze $73.5 million in Ether tied to the Kelp DAO attack and to direct those funds to “DeFi United,” a fund aimed at restoring rsETH and compensating its holders. Last week, the Arbitrum Security Council moved to freeze 30,765 Ether (ETH) held in a…
A man’s refusal of his mother’s homemade pickles abroad taught him a profound lesson: accepting small gestures allows loved ones to feel needed and connected. This aligns with the Ben Franklin effect, where doing a favor increases liking. It highlights how letting people matter in our small moments strengthens bonds more than grand gestures. Love…
Bitcoin’s BTC$76,878.58 recent climb toward $80,000 is showing signs of strain, with low trading volume and muted derivatives activity raising questions about how durable the rally may be. In a weekly report, 10x Research head Markus Thielen pointed to a disconnect between price action and underlying market participation. “Bitcoin rallied 4.7% over the past week,…
Trump-linked World Liberty Financial has lost a key backer after its $75 Million DeFi loan tied up user liquidity, with Justin Sun publicly breaking and criticizing the project’s treatment of investors. “Every action taken by the WLFI team to extract fees from users and to treat the crypto community as a personal ATM is illegitimate,”…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru made an unwanted IPL record on Friday after Gujarat Titans batter Sai Sudharsan scored a century against them at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in IPL 2026 match.With Sudharsan’s hundred, RCB became the team to concede the most individual centuries in IPL history.Most individual centuries conceded by a team in IPL: 15 –…
NEW DELHI: A man described by his family and villagers as “a quiet person with good behaviour” and “good in studies” has been accused of raping and murdering the daughter of an IRS officer in Delhi, and also of sexually assaulting a woman in Rajasthan’s Alwar district within a span of 24 hours earlier this…
In what can be called a major blow to Mark Zuckerberg’s AI ambitions, Chinese regulators have officially blocked Meta Platforms from acquiring AI startup Manus. This comes days after a report claimed that China has ordered its leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies to stop accepting American capital as Beijing aims to prevent sensitive AI breakthroughs…
The wait continues for the Chennai Super Kings fans as MS Dhoni is not yet fit enough to return to action. After he travelled with the team to Hyderabad for the clash against SRH, there were some expectations from the keeper-batter to turn up for the night at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. However, the…
The 10-day lunar flyby mission is expected to end in a splashdown landing in the Pacific Ocean on Friday evening. Users on the prediction markets platform Kalshi are using the platform’s event contracts to bet on the aftermath of the Artemis II mission, NASA’s first manned spacecraft to the Moon in more than 50 years….