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Airline companies hedge jet fuel, agricultural businesses hedge wheat, energy companies hedge natural gas. The fundamental logic has held true for years: if a commodity is at the core of your operating costs and its price is volatile, you find a way to transfer that price risk to someone willing to bear it in exchange for a return. GPU compute just joined that list. CME Group and Silicon Data have announced a partnership to launch a futures market for computing capacity, with contracts cash-settled to Silicon Data’s daily GPU price indexes for on-demand rental rates. The launch is planned for…

Instagram announced on Wednesday that it’s globally launching “Instants,” a new feature for sharing authentic, disappearing photos after testing it with select users. The feature lets users share disappearing photos with their close friends or mutual followers that can be viewed only once and remain available for 24 hours. The app borrows ideas from social platforms like Snapchat, Locket, and BeReal, as it focuses on authentic and ephemeral content. Unlike Instagram, which is about curated and polished content, Instants is designed for quick, real-life snapshots. With Instants, you capture a photo with Instagram’s in-app camera and aren’t allowed to edit…

Key TakeawaysSchwab Crypto will let selected retail clients trade bitcoin and ethereum through linked accounts.Clients will use separate Schwab Crypto accounts offered by Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB, which will custody digital assets.Future updates may add more cryptocurrencies, deposits, and withdrawals for existing digital assets. Schwab Crypto Begins Retail Rollout Financial giant Charles Schwab announced on May 12 that Schwab Crypto accounts are now being rolled out to retail clients. The first group of clients can trade bitcoin ( BTC) and ethereum ( ETH) at Schwab alongside their other investments, with additional users able to sign up for updates and…

If you travel around Australia, you will find an incredible diversity of lizards. The three-toed snake-tooth skink (Saiphos reticulatus), for example, is a peculiarly long and stumpy-legged reptile that burrows in rainforest and is covered in a brilliant orange and black-banded pattern. Alpine water skinks (Eulamprus kosciuskoi) are incredibly cold-tolerant and mottled with black and greenish yellow, like mossy rocks in mountain streams. Prickly forest skinks (Concinnia queenslandiae) are delightfully chunky-headed, spiky, armored rainforest gems. Source link

X is turning itself into more of a “save-it-for-later” app with the launch of a new History tab that collects your bookmarks, likes, videos, and articles all in one place for easy access. Initially available on iOS, X head of product, Nikita Bier, describes the new resource as a better way to keep track of all your favorite content and return to things you want to finish reading or watching later. Image Credits:X With the update, the Bookmarks button in X’s left-side menu of the mobile app has been renamed History. The new page separates your saved content into four…

Fervo Energy, the geothermal energy startup, saw its market valuation surpass $10 billion in its public market debut, an increase driven by demand for AI data centers — and the energy that can power them. Fervo had raised $1.89 billion in an upsized initial public offering on Wednesday, which initially valued the company at around $7.6 billion. Demand for Fervo stock was so great that the company and its bankers upsized the offering several times, selling an additional 14.6 million shares while lifting the price range twice, ultimately settling on $27 per share. The stock, which trades under FRVO on…

Thursday 14 May 2026 12:01 am  |  Updated:  Wednesday 13 May 2026 4:35 pm Labour is “failing renters,” a Tory shadow minister has said Today’s the day when Brits will finally stop working just to pay their landlords and start earning money for their own pockets, with 14 May the point in the year when the average tenant has brought in enough income to pay for a year’s accommodation. Known as the “cost of rent day”, it now arrives 133 days into the calendar. The measure was devised by the Adam Smith Institute. The think tank divides annual rents by gross annual…

Two women have been taken to hospital after a two-vehicle crash on Craigdhu Road in Milngavie at 4.20pm on May 13. The road remains closed. Source link

There will be four Titanic Fleadh market dates, while the new Writer’s Square market will be from June to OctoberHamilton Dock, Titanic Quarter, Belfast (Google Maps)A Titanic market has been approved for the Belfast Fleadh this summer, as well as a regular Sunday market on Writer’s Square.At a Belfast City Council committee meeting this week, elected representatives gave the thumbs up for an external market at Titanic as part of the 2026 Fleadh, and a series of markets at Writers’ Square in the Cathedral Quarter.Belfast for the first time will host Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, the world’s biggest celebration of…

Sussex Police is continuing to investigate the discovery of the bodies of three women in the sea off Brighton beach this morning (May 13). The beach has now reopened and officers have left the scene, following a major search and rescue operation which began at 5.45am. The Argus understands officers are exploring a number of lines of enquiry, one of which being that the women may have entered the water from the beach near to where they were found and got into difficulty. The force has now issued an update and confirmed that they are still working to identify the…