News Tesla Starts Selling Model S Plaid, Its Fastest and Most Expensive Electric Car Macro Strategist: James Sterling The flagship sedan Model S Plaid has changed a generation for the first time since 2012. The first 25 cars were handed over to customers, and journalists and guests conducted the first test drives.
News "Doge" Meme Sold for $4 Million as an NFT Token Macro Strategist: James Sterling The "Doge" meme of a Shiba Inu dog was sold as a non-fungible token at the Zora online auction for $4 million. Thus, the image that spawned the Dogecoin cryptocurrency became the most expensive NFT meme of all time.
News Coinbase Brings Cryptocurrency Payments to Apple Pay and Google Pay Macro Strategist: James Sterling At the same time, Coinbase customers will be able to get cashback when paying via Google Pay or Apple Pay – 1% in Bitcoin or 4% in Stellar Lumens. The Coinbase Card can be used only in the United States, except for Hawaii.
BigTech Apple Is Looking for a Manager With Experience in Working With Cryptocurrencies Macro Strategist: James Sterling The applicant must have over 10 years of professional experience and over 5 years of experience with alternative payment providers such as digital wallets, BNPL, Fast Payments, cryptocurrencies, etc.
News Xiaomi Introduced HyperCharge Technology to Charge Smartphones in 8 Minutes Macro Strategist: James Sterling The developer posted a video describing how HyperCharge works on the Mi 11 Pro. The smartphone receives 50% of the energy required to fully charge in just three minutes, and it can be charged up to 100% in almost 8 minutes.
News Twitter to Launch a Paid Subscription Called Super Follows Macro Strategist: James Sterling According to app researchers, Super Follows will allow Twitter users with at least 10,000 followers and 25 tweets in the last 30 days to charge money for their content. Super Follows authors must be 18 years of age or older.
BigTech Apple Reportedly Tried to Buy the Verzuz Rap Battle Show Macro Strategist: James Sterling During the March bidding, Verzuz was acquired by the Triller video network at a price higher than that offered by Apple, while the deal's value was not disclosed. This agreement ended the tech giant's partnership with the show's owners.
BigTech Apple and Samsung Launched LG Smartphone Trade-in Program in South Korea Macro Strategist: James Sterling Samsung and Apple have launched a program to exchange old LG smartphones for new mobile phones in South Korea. To do this, they offer to pay the market value of old phones and give another $135 as a gift.
BigTech The Judge to Issue a Verdict in the Epic vs. Apple Trial by Mid-August Macro Strategist: James Sterling Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers joked that she would try to issue a verdict by August 13. On this day last year, Epic Games launched a campaign to challenge the size of the commission on the App Store.
News Iran Banned Bitcoin Mining Due to Electricity Problems Macro Strategist: James Sterling According to analyst company Elliptic, Iran accounts for 4.5% of the world's mining volume, which could provide the country with a total of about $1 billion a year, allowing it to bypass international sanctions.
BigTech Google Unveils Project Starline, the "Holographic" Video Chat of the Future Macro Strategist: James Sterling It is currently unknown how long it will take for Project Starline to become available to the general public. Google says it is planning trial deployments with the company’s enterprise partners later this year.
News Microsoft to Stop Supporting Internet Explorer on Windows 10 in 2022 Macro Strategist: James Sterling The development of new versions of the browser stopped in 2015. Microsoft Edge has become the main browser for new editions of Windows, but support for Internet Explorer is still ongoing.
