Paywalls are becoming more and more common among news websites. Making user pay for online news content isn’t impossible – but remains a challenge. While many news outlets are still hesitant to charge their users, data compiled by the Reuters Institute…
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are possibly the most cryptic crypto trend at the moment. These blockchain assets are based on songs, pictures or videos, which are assigned unique, non-exchangeable or replicable blockchain addresses. These addresses can be …
The United States has declared its support for World Trade Organization proposals to temporarily lift intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines. In a written statement, U.S. trade representative Katherine Tai said that “this is a global h…
Among other things, Bitcoin has been criticized for price volatility, use in illegal transactions and thefts from exchanges. It has also proven highly controversial for the sheer amount of energy it requires. The University of Cambridge maintains an on…
A new Eurobarometer survey shows where Europeans struggled the most with lockdowns. Since the Covid-19 pandemic erupted, authorities across the EU implemented restrictions varying in severity, ranging from national lockdowns to local lockdowns and curf…
The cryptocurrency Ethereum soared this week to a new record value, a touch over $3,500. When looking at the currency’s journey to this price, it is clear that ‘soar’ is the correct verb to describe this rapid rise.As with many cryptocurrencies this ye…
Dogecoin may have been grabbing the headlines over the past few weeks, but it’s not just been an astonishing year of growth for what started out as a meme – 2021 is fast turning into the year of the cryptocurrency.As this infographic shows, when compar…
According to data published by the United Nations Statistics Division, China accounted for 28.7 percent of global manufacturing output in 2019. That puts the country more than 10 percentage points ahead of the United States, which used to have the worl…
Despite 2020 being a sluggish year for the global automobile industry, electric car sales continued to grow. According to the latest edition of the International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook, electric passenger car sales climbed despite the total …
The U.S. GDP grew at an annual rate of 6.4 percent in the first quarter of 2021, according to the advance estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on Thursday. Fueled by several rounds of stimulus checks, personal consumption exp…