Friday, 16 October 2026

eToro

eToro Group Ltd. is an Israeli multinational company that operates an electronic trading platform and social tradingnsystem. The company is organised in the British Virgin Islands and headquartered in Bnei Brak, Israel.

eToro was founded in 2007 in Tel Aviv by Yoni Assia, Ronen Assia, and David Ring.

As of 31 December 2025, eToro had approximately 3.81 million funded accounts in 75 countries and $18.5 billion in customer assets under administration.
eToro earns money from trading and investing activity on its platform, including stocks, cryptoassets, commodities, currencies and other assets, and its results are affected by retail investor activity, market volatility and the mix of assets traded by users. In 2024, the company benefited from higher retail trading volumes as equity markets reached record highs and investor interest in stocks and cryptocurrencies increased. Total commission rose 46% to $931 million, compared with $639 million in 2023, while net income increased to $192.4 million from $15.3 million. Cryptoasset trading accounted for 38% of eToro's commissions in 2024, more than double its share in 2023.
Alex Fox

Friday, 9 October 2026

Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric pianos, synthesizers, and electric rhythm guitars.
Discotheques as a venue were mostly a French invention, imported to the United States with the opening of Le Club, a members-only restaurant and nightclub located at 416 East 55th Street in Manhattan, by French expatriate Olivier Coquelin, on New Year's Eve 1960.
Alex Fox

Friday, 2 October 2026

Whipsnade Zoo

Whipsnade Zoo, formerly known as Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, is a zoo located in Whipsnade, near Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. It is one of two zoos (the other being London Zoo in Regent's Park, London) that is looked-after by the Zoological Society of London, a charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats.

The park covers 600 acres (240 hectares), and can even be located from the air because of the Whipsnade White Lion, a large lion-shaped hill figure carved into the side of the Dunstable Downs (part of the Chiltern Hills.)

Due to its size, visitors may walk or drive their cars between the various animal enclosures. Cars are able to access a drive-through area where animals are able to roam free around the cars. There is also a train service named Great Whipsnade Railway it is a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge railway.

Whipsnade Zoo is the UK's largest zoo and one of Europe's largest wildlife conservation parks. It is home to 10,364 animals, many of which are endangered in the wild. The majority of the animals are kept within sizeable enclosures; others, such as Patagonian maras, and red-necked wallabies, roam freely around the park.
Alex Fox