GuidesSuper Mario Bros. Wonder is right around the corner, and players can begin pre-loading it very soon.Pre-loading a game ensures that it is ready the second it launches. So, if fans of the upcoming Super Mario Bros. Wonder want to play it as soon as possible, they’ll need to pre-load it early. Fortunately, the pre-load period begins soon, and below we’ve explained exactly when it’s happening and how to pre-load the game.Super Mario Bros. Wonder will be available to pre-load from Friday, 13 October 2023 at midnight local time. You can only pre-load the game if you have pre-ordered it...…GuidesSuper Mario Bros. Wonder is right around the corner, and players can begin pre-loading it very soon.Pre-loading a game ensures that it is ready the second it launches. So, if fans of the upcoming Super Mario Bros. Wonder want to play it as soon as possible, they’ll need to pre-load it early. Fortunately, the pre-load period begins soon, and below we’ve explained exactly when it’s happening and how to pre-load the game.Super Mario Bros. Wonder will be available to pre-load from Friday, 13 October 2023 at midnight local time. You can only pre-load the game if you have pre-ordered it...WW…

GuidesSuper Mario Bros. Wonder’s file size has finally been revealed, and fans will be pleased to learn it’s not very big.The latest title in the iconic Mario series is right around the corner, and it promises players a wonderful world filled with all new abilities. Fortunately, your dreams of turning into an elephant won’t be too taxing on your Switch’s storage, as the game’s file size is relatively small. Below, we explain exactly how big Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s file size is.Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s file size is 4.5GB on the Nintendo Switch. This was confirmed via the game’s official...…GuidesSuper Mario Bros. Wonder’s file size has finally been revealed, and fans will be pleased to learn it’s not very big.The latest title in the iconic Mario series is right around the corner, and it promises players a wonderful world filled with all new abilities. Fortunately, your dreams of turning into an elephant won’t be too taxing on your Switch’s storage, as the game’s file size is relatively small. Below, we explain exactly how big Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s file size is.Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s file size is 4.5GB on the Nintendo Switch. This was confirmed via the game’s official...WW…

Subscribe now London/Singapore — Stocks fell on Wednesday as an ongoing rout in global bond markets saw US bond yields reach 16-year highs, challenging equity valuations and souring appetite for risk assets as investors bet interest rates will remain persistently high.European stocks tumbled as much as 0.6% before clawing back some ground, with indices in France and Germany both posting losses. The moves came after Asian shares sank to 11-month lows.The pain was set to spread to Wall Street, where S&P 500 futures traded down 0.5%.The spike in treasury yields lifted the dollar to new...…Subscribe now London/Singapore — Stocks fell on Wednesday as an ongoing rout in global bond markets saw US bond yields reach 16-year highs, challenging equity valuations and souring appetite for risk assets as investors bet interest rates will remain persistently high.European stocks tumbled as much as 0.6% before clawing back some ground, with indices in France and Germany both posting losses. The moves came after Asian shares sank to 11-month lows.The pain was set to spread to Wall Street, where S&P 500 futures traded down 0.5%.The spike in treasury yields lifted the dollar to new...WW…

A man rides a bicycle past a screen displaying Nikkei share average and stock indexes outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comLONDON, April 13 (Reuters) - A gauge of global equity markets rose to record highs on Tuesday, led by surging technology-related stocks, as Treasury bond yields eased after U.S. consumer price data for March showed the pace of inflation was not rising wildly.The consumer price index rose 0.6%, the biggest increase since...…A man rides a bicycle past a screen displaying Nikkei share average and stock indexes outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comLONDON, April 13 (Reuters) - A gauge of global equity markets rose to record highs on Tuesday, led by surging technology-related stocks, as Treasury bond yields eased after U.S. consumer price data for March showed the pace of inflation was not rising wildly.The consumer price index rose 0.6%, the biggest increase since...WW…

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comLONDON, April 12 (Reuters) - HSBC has banned customers of its online share-trading platform from buying or moving into their accounts MicroStrategy Inc stock, a message seen by Reuters showed, calling it a "virtual currency product".The bank will not facilitate the buying or exchange of products related to or referencing the performance of virtual currencies, the message to an HSBC InvestDirect client said. Bitcoin is the largest and best-known virtual currency.MicroStrategy declined to comment. The U.S. business software firm is led by...…Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comLONDON, April 12 (Reuters) - HSBC has banned customers of its online share-trading platform from buying or moving into their accounts MicroStrategy Inc stock, a message seen by Reuters showed, calling it a "virtual currency product".The bank will not facilitate the buying or exchange of products related to or referencing the performance of virtual currencies, the message to an HSBC InvestDirect client said. Bitcoin is the largest and best-known virtual currency.MicroStrategy declined to comment. The U.S. business software firm is led by...WW…

By , (Reuters) - Tesla Inc customers can now buy its electric vehicles with bitcoin, its boss, Elon Musk, said on Wednesday, marking a significant step forward for the cryptocurrency’s use in commerce.“You can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin,” Musk said on Twitter, adding that the option would be available outside the United States later this year.The electric-car maker said last month it bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin and would soon accept it as a form of payment for cars, in a large stride toward mainstream acceptance that sent bitcoin soaring to a record high of nearly...…By , (Reuters) - Tesla Inc customers can now buy its electric vehicles with bitcoin, its boss, Elon Musk, said on Wednesday, marking a significant step forward for the cryptocurrency’s use in commerce.“You can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin,” Musk said on Twitter, adding that the option would be available outside the United States later this year.The electric-car maker said last month it bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin and would soon accept it as a form of payment for cars, in a large stride toward mainstream acceptance that sent bitcoin soaring to a record high of nearly...WW…

By , NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin hit a market capitalization of $1 trillion as it rose to yet another record high on Friday, countering analyst warnings that it is an “economic side show” and a poor hedge against a fall in stock prices.The world’s most popular cryptocurrency jumped to an all-time high of $56,399.99, posting a weekly gain of 14%. It has surged nearly 70% so far this month and was last up 8% at $55,664.Bitcoin’s gains have been fueled by signs it is gaining acceptance among mainstream investors and companies, from Tesla Inc and Mastercard Inc to BNY Mellon.All digital...…By , NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin hit a market capitalization of $1 trillion as it rose to yet another record high on Friday, countering analyst warnings that it is an “economic side show” and a poor hedge against a fall in stock prices.The world’s most popular cryptocurrency jumped to an all-time high of $56,399.99, posting a weekly gain of 14%. It has surged nearly 70% so far this month and was last up 8% at $55,664.Bitcoin’s gains have been fueled by signs it is gaining acceptance among mainstream investors and companies, from Tesla Inc and Mastercard Inc to BNY Mellon.All digital...WW…

By , LONDON (Reuters) - Tesla boss Elon Musk is a poster child of low-carbon technology. Yet the electric carmaker’s backing of bitcoin this week could turbo-charge global use of a currency that’s estimated to cause more pollution than a small country every year.Tesla Inc revealed on Monday it had bought $1.5 billion of bitcoin and would soon accept it as payment for cars, sending the price of the cryptocurrency though the roof.So what’s the problem, you may ask? Bitcoin’s virtual, so it’s not like it’s made from paper or plastic, or even metal.The digital currency is created when...…By , LONDON (Reuters) - Tesla boss Elon Musk is a poster child of low-carbon technology. Yet the electric carmaker’s backing of bitcoin this week could turbo-charge global use of a currency that’s estimated to cause more pollution than a small country every year.Tesla Inc revealed on Monday it had bought $1.5 billion of bitcoin and would soon accept it as payment for cars, sending the price of the cryptocurrency though the roof.So what’s the problem, you may ask? Bitcoin’s virtual, so it’s not like it’s made from paper or plastic, or even metal.The digital currency is created when...WW…

By LONDON (Reuters) - Two British hospitals are using blockchain technology to keep tabs on the storage and supply of temperature-sensitive COVID-19 vaccines, the companies behind the initiative said on Tuesday, in one of the first such initiatives in the world.Two hospitals, in central England’s Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick, are expanding their use of a distributed ledger, an offshoot of blockchain, from tracking vaccines and chemotherapy drugs to monitoring fridges storing COVID-19 vaccines.The tech will bolster record-keeping and data-sharing across supply chains, said Everyware,...…By LONDON (Reuters) - Two British hospitals are using blockchain technology to keep tabs on the storage and supply of temperature-sensitive COVID-19 vaccines, the companies behind the initiative said on Tuesday, in one of the first such initiatives in the world.Two hospitals, in central England’s Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick, are expanding their use of a distributed ledger, an offshoot of blockchain, from tracking vaccines and chemotherapy drugs to monitoring fridges storing COVID-19 vaccines.The tech will bolster record-keeping and data-sharing across supply chains, said Everyware,...WW…

By , LONDON (Reuters) - With bitcoin surging to the cusp of its 2017 all-time high, backers are hoping fewer frenzied retail investors means less chance of a crash this time around.But with little mainstream usage as a form of payment and global uncertainty clouding financial markets, bitcoin is still far from a safe bet, analysts said.“There are a lot of differences to what was happening before,” said Larry Cermak, director of research at cryptocurrency media firm The Block.“The price has steadily increased, we are seeing very little retail participation and markets are much more liquid...…By , LONDON (Reuters) - With bitcoin surging to the cusp of its 2017 all-time high, backers are hoping fewer frenzied retail investors means less chance of a crash this time around.But with little mainstream usage as a form of payment and global uncertainty clouding financial markets, bitcoin is still far from a safe bet, analysts said.“There are a lot of differences to what was happening before,” said Larry Cermak, director of research at cryptocurrency media firm The Block.“The price has steadily increased, we are seeing very little retail participation and markets are much more liquid...WW…