Author: Vidya Saras

United States President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that most Americans will receive a $2,000 “dividend” from the tariff revenue and criticized the opposition to his sweeping tariff policies.“A dividend of at least $2000 a person, not including high-income people, will be paid to everyone,” Trump said on Truth Social.The US Supreme Court is currently hearing arguments about the legality of the tariffs, with the overwhelming majority of prediction market traders betting against a court approval.Source: Donald TrumpKalshi traders place the odds of the Supreme Court approving the policy at just 23%, while Polymarket traders have the odds at 21%.…

PHILIPPINE shares are expected to move sideways this week as investors digest the slower-than-expected third-quarter economic growth and await the release of foreign direct investment (FDI) data. On Friday, the benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) declined by 1.31% or 76.22 points to close at 5,759.37, while the broader All Shares index slipped by 0.81% or 28.86 points to 3,514.57. This marked the PSEi’s lowest finish in more than three years, or since it closed at 5,783.15 on Oct. 3, 2022. “The Philippine market ended lower as selling pressure persisted following the release of GDP (gross domestic product) data, which…

As a type A personality, I love planning ahead. I create checklists for holiday planning and I usually try to buy gifts early. This gives me something nice to look forward to, and on a practical level ensures everything gets here on time! Many companies offer holiday deals earlier than ever to allow for extended shipping times, so I wanted to take advantage of these as well. Even if you’re a last minute gift giver, there’s sure to be something on this guide for everyone on your list.  While our family tries to stick to experiences instead of stuff as…

In this tutorial, you’ll build three scroll-driven text effects using only CSS, JavaScript, and GSAP. Instead of relying on a 3D library, you’ll combine CSS transforms with GSAP’s ScrollTrigger plugin to link motion directly to scroll position, creating smooth, high-performance 3D animations. Learn modern web animation using GSAP 3 with 34 hands-on video lessons and practical projects — perfect for all skill levels. Check it out Initial Setup The first step is to initialize the project and set up its structure. Nothing fancy—just a simple, organized setup to keep things clean and easy to follow. We’ll…

Prepare for a remarkable journey into magnificent magnification with “Nanocosmos: Journeys in Electron Space” (Abrams Books, 2025), a mesmerizing new science coffee table book from author, artist, documentarian and visual effects filmmaker Michael Benson. Here, size truly matters!Inside this hypnotic 320-page hardcover, Benson takes readers into a strange miniaturized world exposed by the technological magic of scanning electron microscopes (SEM).And here we have a pair of exclusive lunar impact glass images to share with you, taken from moon samples returned by the astronauts of NASA’s Apollo 16 mission. Marvel at these diminutive gems brought home from outer space and wrap…

Lyn Parry, 74, has achieved a remarkable golfing feat, enjoying no fewer than THREE holes-in-one in a month – at the estimated odds of 1.95 trillion to one! Lyn, who began golfing at the age of 58, made her first hole-in-one approximately 10 years ago, and had another just a few years later, both at her home club Downes Crediton – on the 13th and summer 11th holes. But 2025 has proved her most memorable golfing year to date, after an astonishing 31 days in Devon. She explained: “The first one (pic below) was on the day of our club…

Kathryn Armstrong, André Rhoden-Paul and Lulu Luo,Aurora, Philippines The BBC’s Jonathan Head says the Philippines is braced for an “absolutely massive storm”Typhoon Fung-wong has made landfall in the Philippines, where more than 900,000 people have been evacuated and two people have died.The storm was upgraded to a super typhoon before landfall, with sustained winds of around 185 km/h (115mph) and gusts of 230km/h (143mph). The eye of the storm hit Aurora province in Luzon – the Philippines’s most populous island – at 21:10 local time (13:10 GMT). The country’s meteorological service warned of destructive winds and “high-risk of life-threatening and…

Investors watching US economic signs as market pulls back, tech teeters

I feel no compunction telling you the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Elite gaming headset wasn’t made for most of the people reading this review. How premium is it? It costs $600. It comes with a special GameHub that will hook up to three consoles or PCs at once to let you seamlessly swap between all your devices. It also costs $600. It has some of the best premium audio I’ve heard from a gaming headset all year. It will ask you to fork over $600 for the privilege. The Arctis Nova Elite chock-full of small amenities, which combines with all the…

While many are still focused on how high the bitcoin price could go during this current bull market (although given current price action, maybe not!), it’s equally important to prepare for what comes next. Here we’ll look at the data and mathematics that can help us estimate where Bitcoin’s next bear market low could occur — not as a prediction, but as a framework based on prior cycles, on-chain valuation metrics, and even the fundamental valuations of BTC. Cycle Master: Modeling Historical Bitcoin Price Bottoms One of the most consistently accurate models for identifying Bitcoin’s cyclical bottoms is what we…