The 10-year Treasury yield, a benchmark used to price everything from mortgages to federal student loans, rose to 3% for the first time in four years on Tuesday in part due to fears of rising inflation and expectations of more Fed interest rate hikes this year. It may be just a number—but it’s a number…

Defeat for smaller inventors who say process has undermined value of their work

We’re still wondering what happened to Wolfgang on head-scratcher sci-fi series Sense8, and it sounds like our answers might arrive sooner than expected. Netflix today announced that the wrap-up movie for the Wachowskis-created show will premiere on June 8th. If you’ll remember, the series was unceremoniously cancelled last June.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill on April 11. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Analysts want to know whether the Cambridge Analytica scandal has affected user engagement on Facebook. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said the #DeleteFacebook campaign hasn’t had much impact, but it’s less clear whether users are…

Leeds owner Andrea Radrizzani has business interests in sports media firms operating in eastern Asian countriesLeeds United would be « morally corrupt » if they go ahead with a planned post-season tour of Myanmar, says shadow sports minister Dr Rosena Allin-Khan. The Championship side are scheduled to play fixtures on 9 and 11 May in the country,…

Bitcoin rose to its highest level in more than a month as the broader U.S. financial markets sold off Tuesday. The digital currency was trading near $9,436 as of 4:21 p.m. ET, and has jumped nearly 20 percent in the past week, according to data from Coindesk. Bitcoin is coming off of its worst quarter…

Mohamed Salah does it again, but the question that will linger after how this game finished is whether Roma can do it again. That natural concern of an Italian comeback that comes from their quarter-final against Barcelona will colour what was otherwise another very special night at Anfield, and ensure this bombastic 5-2 win isn’t…

Enlarge / You can’t tell from this photo, but the One X is incredibly dense. Microsoft has announced that the Xbox One will get 120Hz-display refresh-rate support in a software update for the consoles. Support for higher refresh rates opens the door for smoother gameplay, both in terms of performance and input responsiveness. In a…