CryptoNews

Executive Order Opens Crypto for 401(k) Investors

August 13, 2025
On August 7, 2025, the White House issued a long-awaited executive order titled “Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors.” For the first time, U.S. retirement savers will be permitted to allocate a portion of their 401(k) accounts to certain alternative investments—including private equity, real estate, and digital assets such as cryptocurrencies. The following…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Ford's new Universal EV Platform is a game changer that will unlock $30,000 electric cars

August 13, 2025
Ford claims its new midsize EV pickup will have a lower cost of ownership than a Tesla Model Y and more space than a Toyota RAV4. Starting at $30,000, it will also cost about the same as the RAV4. Here’s how the new Ford EV Universal Platform will make it happen. Ford reveals new affordable Universal EV platform Ford’s big bet is about to pay off. The company is preparing to launch a family of…
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NewsPhotography

Did you know you can use Adobe Camera Raw on JPEGs? Here’s how I go about it

August 12, 2025
While Adobe Camera Raw [ACR] was originally intended to be used on RAW files being imported into Adobe Lightroom and, in this tutorial, Adobe Photoshop, it’s so useful that Adobe made it available as a filter that could be used inside the main host application and on files such as JPEGs. So, if you have some old photos that you didn’t shoot in RAW format (naughty!) and want to see what you can…
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DefenseNews

What to know about the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska

August 12, 2025
The U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska is happening at a site where East meets West — quite literally — in a place familiar to both countries as a Cold War front line of missile defense, radar outposts and intelligence gathering. Whether it can lead to a deal to produce peace…
GamingNews

Civilization 7 Player Trends and Performance

August 12, 2025
We’re now half a year since the troubled launch of Civilization 7, which has fewer players on Steam than both Civilization 6 and the 15-year-old Civilization 5. But according to the boss of Take-Two, Civ 7 is projected to meet the company’s initial internal expectations over the course of its lifetime. Civilization 7 has had a rough launch on Steam and has struggled for players on…
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