Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin auctions off seat on first human spaceflight for $28M
Blue Origin has its winning bidder for its first ever human spaceflight, and the winner will pay $28 million for the privilege of flying aboard the company’s debut private astronaut mission. The winning bid came in during a live auction, which saw 7,600 registered bidders, from 159 countries compete for the spot.
Prime Day is June 21, but today you can save on Beats, Bose, Sony, AirPods Pro and more
Amazon Prime Day 2021 begins on June 21, and Walmart's "Deals for Days" sale starts one day earlier, but the anticipation for a good Prime Day deal is already high. We're monitoring the best deals available now and keeping an eye on price cuts we think might return for Prime Day.
Apple’s iPadOS 15 breaks the app barrier
The iPad software at this year’s WWDC conference had an abnormally large expectation hung on it. The iPad lineup has kept up an impressively frantic pace of hardware innovation over the past few years, but the software of the iPad has come under scrutiny for an apparently slower pace.
For Latin American politicians, Bitcoin is a PR goldmine
The Salvadoran president announced that Bitcoin would become legal tender in his country, four days later, becoming law and approved by El Salvador’s congress. The announcement was a clear diversion from the country's problems with the International Monetary Fund and strained relations with the U.S.