The former Amazon CEO will make an 11-minute excursion to the edge of Earth on board Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft. Bezos founded Blue Origin in 2000 with the aim of using some of his vast fortune to develop rocket technology for commercial purposes. It won’t be a solo trip, …
Read More »British billionaire Branson set to become first ‘space tourist’ to fly his own craft on Sunday, upstaging rival spacefarer Bezos
Branson has turned the test flight of the VSS Unity into a big publicity event, with comedian Stephen Colbert and singer Khalid hosting the livestreamed endeavor. The plane is to be lifted by its carrier, the twin-fuselage VMS Eve, to an altitude of about 50,000 feet (or 15 km) after …
Read More »Our unequal world does not need a billionaire space race. I’d send Bezos & Branson on a one-way ticket to the Moon
It’s shocking to me that I even have to point this out. But when the world has been decimated by Covid, countless billions of people are living in poverty in both rich countries and poor countries, and when most of the world’s population has no access to good, safe and …
Read More »Sudden death of bitcoin billionaire leaves behind controversial crypto legacy
The billionaire drowned at Playa Hermosa de Garabito, Puntarenas, in Costa Rica, according to a Spanish-language publication, Teletica.com, which described the deceased as a “41-year-old foreigner.” Popescu, a Romanian entrepreneur and blogger, launched bitcoin securities exchange MPEx in 2012, and was something of an evangelist for cryptocurrency. His fortune would have …
Read More »‘Anonymous’ turns its ire to Elon Musk for bitcoin ‘trolling’, ominously warns the billionaire to ‘EXPECT US’
“You may think you are the smartest person in the room, but now you have met your match,” the group said in a video message posted Saturday on a verified ‘Anonymous’ YouTube channel with some 145,000 subscribers as well on its Twitter with over 5.8 million followers. “We are …
Read More »I lived on the tropical island where a British billionaire’s daughter-in-law allegedly killed a cop. Trust me, it’s no paradise
The strange circumstances surrounding the fatal late-night shooting of a police superintendent, allegedly by the daughter-in-law of a UK billionaire with whom he was ‘watching the moon’, have caught the imagination of people across the world, but on this beautiful tropical island, the bizarre and the brutal are never too …
Read More »‘They said they don’t need the money’: Billionaire Spotify CEO Ek claims Arsenal rejected $2.5BN bid, says he’s ready to try again
The co-founder of the music platform has been backed by club legends Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp in his purported bid, which emerged in the wake of fans criticizing Kroenke and his father, Stan, who own Arsenal through their Kroenke Sports Enterprises company. Tantalizingly for supporters who have protested against the pair since Arsenal’s involvement …
Read More »To the Moon: Musk’s favorite crypto dogecoin sets new record ahead of billionaire’s SNL appearance
The Shiba Inu-themed token surged to $0.74 on Saturday before losing some of its gains. As of 7am GMT it was still up around 15% to trade at around $0.70. Investors have been piling into dogecoin every time Elon Musk mentions the cryptocurrency – from calling it “the people’s crypto” …
Read More »As Bill and Melinda Gates split up, it’s time to divorce the Microsoft billionaire from calling the Covid shots for us
Gates and his wife of 27 years, Melinda, announced on Monday that they are divorcing. They will continue to run the foundation that bears both of their names, “but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in the next phase of our lives.” It happens. There …
Read More »Bitcoin is a ‘Chinese financial weapon’ that threatens the US dollar – billionaire Peter Thiel
He added that Beijing has tried to use the euro in the same way. Speaking at a virtual event hosted by the Richard Nixon Foundation, Thiel, who is a major investor in virtual currency ventures as well as in cryptocurrencies themselves, said that the US should consider tighter regulations on cryptos. While commenting on …
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