Bitcoin Currency
BTC had very humble beginnings when it was launched in January 2009. Fifteen years later, the world’s first cryptocurrency has completely shifted global financial markets and amassed a global market capitalization of $1.21 trillion. The crypto is also becoming a popular alternative to government-backed fiat currencies, such as the U.S. dollar, which tend to lose
TapSwap Populurity
TapSwap is a tap-to-earn game, a genre of games with simple mechanics in which players tap on a screen to earn rewards. This category was popularized by Notcoin, which previously conducted the largest gaming airdrop in history. Despite its relatively recent entry into the market, TapSwap’s Telegram channel has quickly become the second-largest, only behind
Growing AI Tech companies
Nvidia, maker of accelerator chips that are at the core of generative artificial intelligence (AI), is now duelling with Microsoft, a tech giant of longer standing, to be the world’s most valuable company. Like Microsoft, it is investing in a diverse ecosystem of startups that it hopes will strengthen its lead. When ChatGPT took everyone
Taking Silicon Valley’s efficiency mantra even further.
Bosses in China are upping the pressure on workers after the country’s top five tech companies lost around $1.3 trillion in market value since 2021. Chinese tech workers have been no strangers to aggressive work policies over the years. During their growth in the 2010s, several tech companies in China adopted a so-called “996” working
Delivering aid to Palestinians via US-built pier
Israel’s war against Hamas, now in its ninth month, continues to face growing international criticism over widespread destruction in Gaza and a huge toll in civilian lives. Aid groups have regularly criticized the plan to deliver aid to Gaza by sea as ineffective and a distraction that has taken pressure pressure off Israel to open
Kaspersky banned in America
Kaspersky is getting banned in the U.S. after the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) conducted a review of the company’s cybersecurity and anti-virus transactions. The Kaspersky ban essentially means you will not be able to purchase its software products, and if you already have one, it will stop working soon. Existing Kaspersky customers have
Apple and Meta AI partnership
The iPhone maker is also expected to discuss partnerships with other AI companies in different regions like China, where Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O), opens new tab OpenAI chatbot ChatGPT is banned. Facebook parent Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab has discussed integrating its generative AI model into Apple’s (AAPL.O), opens new tab recently announced AI system for
Nvidia Expansion
Nvidia signed a deal with Qatari telecommunications provider Ooredoo Group that brings its artificial intelligence technology to data centers in five Middle Eastern countries. The agreement is Nvidia’s (NVDA) first large-scale deal in region where the United States has imposed export restrictions to prevent Chinese companies from acquiring advanced semiconductors through Middle Eastern countries. Is
American Express buys Tock
AmEx began making acquisitions in the dining and event space with its purchase of Resy five years ago, giving cardmembers access to hard-to-get restaurants and locations. Other credit card issues have done the same.AmEx’s purchase of Resy five years ago raised a lot of eyebrows in both the credit card and dining industries, but it’s
Deadly attack on Crimea
The United States began supplying Ukraine with longer range ATACMS missiles, which have a 300-km range, earlier this year. Russia said on Sunday that the United States was responsible for a Ukrainian attack on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula with five U.S.-supplied missiles that killed at least five people including three children and injured 124 more.