As Inflation Roars Back to the Highest Levels in 40 Years, Red Rock Capital’s Commodities Program Finishes +40.54% During 2021

As Inflation Roars Back to the Highest Levels in 40 Years, Red Rock Capital’s Commodities Program Finishes +40.54% During 2021

Post Views: 220 During a year when investors faced the highest inflation readings in 40 years, Red Rock Capital’s Commodity Long-Short investment program proved its value by producing over 40% net returns for the year for its investors. Since its inception in September 2013, the diversified commodity program has delivered 10.51% annualized to its investors,…

4V Live Announces Debut Schedule for a New VTuber Class ‘4Vnus’

4V Live Announces Debut Schedule for a New VTuber Class ‘4Vnus’

Post Views: 228 4V Inc. announced its second English-speaking Virsona™ class, 4Vnus, to join its collective of 4V Live talents. The official debut live streams will be held on their respective Twitch channels from Jan. 28-29, starting at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) / 5 p.m. PST each day. The talents set to debut…

An undersea cable could bring speedy internet to Antarctica

An undersea cable could bring speedy internet to Antarctica

Post Views: 244 It seems like Antarctica’s McMurdo Station could be getting high-speed internet—a modern day luxury feature that could connect its remote laboratories (and seasonal tourist hub) to the rest of the world. The station is located on an island just off the northwestern part of the continent and is the largest US research…

What makes one pair of headphones better than another?

What makes one pair of headphones better than another?

Post Views: 306 I am a professional musician and a professor of music technology who studies acoustics. My work investigates the intersection between the scientific, artistic and subjective human elements of sound. Choosing the right headphones involves considering all three of those aspects, so what makes for a truly good pair? In physics, sound is…

How to create your own new tab extensions for Google Chrome

How to create your own new tab extensions for Google Chrome

Post Views: 226 Creating Chrome extensions usually requires some programming ability, but Google has launched a tool that gives anyone this power, no coding required. It’s called Tab Maker, and it focuses on the New Tab page in Chrome: the screen that loads up when you open a new tab. By default, that page shows…

There’s only one space treaty in the world, and it’s woefully out of date

There’s only one space treaty in the world, and it’s woefully out of date

Post Views: 254 The U.N. First Committee deals with disarmament, global challenges and threats to peace that affect the international community. On November 1, it approved a resolution that creates an open-ended working group. The goals of the group are to assess current and future threats to space operations, determine when behavior may be considered…

These young cities are solving age-old problems

These young cities are solving age-old problems

Post Views: 256 From Rome’s vast Trajan’s Forum to Angkor Wat’s stone temples, cities have been magnets for trade, art, and culture since ancient times. Urban living as we know it first emerged around 3500 B.C.E. along the Nile Valley and Sumerian coast. Unlike the semipermanent villages that came before them, these social and political…

The 6 terms you need to know to understand self-driving cars

The 6 terms you need to know to understand self-driving cars

Post Views: 291 Understanding these different levels is clouded by driver expectations of this scale, and drivers might wonder if there are increments along the way. After all, some carmakers describe Level x.5 or Level x-plus functions—but the SAE J3016 specifications do not provide for these incremental increases. A vehicle’s ADAS system provides a defined…