Tech
Bitcoin rises above $106,000 amid hopes of a strategic reserve
Bitcoin jumped to a record high above $106,000 on Monday after President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to create a strategic bitcoin reserve in the U.S.
China’s Instagram-like Xiaohongshu is gaining momentum in the e-commerce space
Since Tera Feng began documenting her enviable Shanghai lifestyle, including visits to art galleries and fashion events, on Chinese social media eight years ago, her
UK sets out first codes of conduct for tech companies in online security regime
The UK’s online safety regime came into force on Monday, requiring social media platforms such as Meta’s Facebook and ByteDance’s TikTok to take measures to
Rhode Island suffers data breach as hackers demand ransom
Hundreds of thousands of Rhode Island residents’ personal and banking data have likely been hacked by an international cybercriminal group demanding a ransom. In what
Reasoning AI will be less predictable, says Ilya Sutskever
Former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, one of the biggest names in artificial intelligence, made a prediction: reasoning capabilities will make the technology much less
Musk’s xAI offers free access to artificial intelligence chatbot Grok-2
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI said its new version of the Grok-2 chatbot will be available for free to all users of the social
Australia has issued a $5.1 million fine to the operator of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken
Australia’s corporate regulator said on Thursday that the country’s federal court ordered local cryptocurrency exchange operator Kraken to pay an A$8 million ($5.1 million) fine
US Supreme Court rejects Nvidia’s attempt to avoid a securities fraud lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by artificial intelligence chip maker Nvidia seeking to avoid a securities fraud lawsuit by shareholders who
A stunning rise in big tech stocks lifted the Nasdaq to 20,000 points
The Nasdaq Composite index hit the 20,000 mark for the first time Wednesday, putting an exclamation point on a year in which excitement around artificial
Bain Capital raises offer for Fuji Soft, outbidding KKR by 1.6 per cent
US private equity firm Bain Capital will raise its offer price for Japan’s Fuji Soft by about 1.6 per cent, it said on Wednesday, beating