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Credit: Shutterstock. Credit: Shutterstock, miss.cabul Donald Trump, the U.S. president, announced that he would be creating a “strategic cryptocurrency reserve” which will include five major digital currencies. Crypto markets surged after the announcement made on Truth Social. The post said: “A U.S. Crypto Reserve would elevate this vital industry after years of corruption attacks by the Biden Administration. This is …

Charlie Mullins is the self-made millionaire who owns Pimlico plumbers. He has now left the UK to live a luxurious lifestyle in Spain. His reason for leaving was his frustration over the Labour Party’s tax policies. Mullins, who built his business from scratch, now resides in a £2 million villa in Marbella with his new girlfriend. The entrepreneur criticized the …

Microsoft Teams will replace Skype. Photo credit Shutterstock Yalcin sonat The app that’s kept you in touch with family and friends since over 20 years is going away. Microsoft announced that Skype would be discontinued on May 5, 2025, 22 years after it was first launched. Niklas Zennström from Sweden and Janus Friis from Denmark released the communication app back …

Costa Tropical has been the focus of a global collaboration that aims to create nature-based solutions for interior design and architecture. Researchers at the University of East London and the Bagaceira Project in Barcelona, founded by Julia Steketee are working together to develop sustainable building materials using sugarcane. Alan Chandler, Armor Gutierrez, and their students began exploring the possibilities of …

WhatsApp and Messenger are two of Meta’s most popular platforms. A global outage has prevented users from sending or receiving messages. Credit : Shutterstock & Tada Images This Friday, millions of users were unable to send and receive messages via WhatsApp and Messenger. Many also struggled to make voice or video calls. According to posts made on X (formerly Twitter), …

A desperate grandfather has appealed for help five years after British squatters occupied his Costa del Sol house.  Birmingham native Kenneth Jobe (pictured above), 84, told the Olive Press he ‘hasn’t got much time left’ and is ‘exhausted’ after going back and forth with the courts in a bid to remove the English couple. K.B, an expat of 33 years, …

Last year, the cost of buying property in the Balearic Islands grew by 15.2% – the largest increase in Spain. Figures from the College of Notaries means that the average price of a flat stood at €3,435 per m2 as of December 2024. Widening out the calculation means that an average-sized flat of 101 m2 would cost €346,935- up by …

Editor’s Digest: Unlock it for Free In this weekly newsletter, Roula Khalaf, Editor of FT, chooses her favorite stories. The new chair of Telefónica has vowed to pursue deals across Europe with the aim of making the Spanish telecoms group a counterweight to US dominance of the tech industry. Marc Murtra said that, after being parachuted into a struggling company …

Bitcoin’s value is falling again. Credit: Shutterstock, leksiv Bitcoin has tumbled below $90,000 (around €85k), marking its lowest point since November 2024, according to numerous reports, including The Standard You can also find out more about the following: Reuters. The largest cryptocurrency in the world saw a steep drop of up to 7.5% on February 25, before stabilising around $89,314. …

A screenshot of Google’s homepage—symbolic of the company’s dominant position now under scrutiny following the EU court’s ruling on Android Auto Credit : Shutterstock, Galeh Nur Wihantara The Court of Justice of the European Union took a position against Google’s decision that JuicePass, an Enel app, could not be run on Android Auto. Back in 2021, Italy’s antitrust authority fined …