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Trump’s crypto-frenzied inauguration weekend makes first family billions of dollars richer
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Trump’s crypto-frenzied inauguration weekend makes first family billions of dollars richer

Snoop Dogg was the lead act at the first-ever Crypto Inaugural Ball held in Washington on Friday evening MacKenzie Sigalos As the crypto industry celebrates the arrival of a new administration in Washington, D.C., nobody is taking quicker advantage of the coming changes than the person leading the charge: President Donald J. Trump. On Friday […]

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Bitcoin jumps to new record above 9,000 as traders cheer Trump inauguration, meme coins
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Bitcoin jumps to new record above $109,000 as traders cheer Trump inauguration, meme coins

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Bitcoin hit a new all-time high overnight after the incoming first couple launched a pair of meme coins and as traders await the inauguration of incoming President Donald Trump. On Monday the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by nearly 1% at $106,622.54, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it […]

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TSMC is confident its CHIPS Act funding will continue under Trump, says CFO Wendell Huang
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TSMC is confident its CHIPS Act funding will continue under Trump, says CFO Wendell Huang

TSMC Arizona’s first chip fab on November 7, 2024 Katie Tarasov U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has accused Taiwan of “stealing” his country’s chip industry. But Taiwan’s biggest chip company is confident the Trump administration will continue funding its projects in the U.S. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co has been promised $6.6 billion under the Joe Biden […]

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TikTok restoring U.S. service after Trump provided ‘assurance’
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TikTok restoring U.S. service after Trump provided ‘assurance’

TikTok was available to some U.S. users on Sunday after President-elect Donald Trump said that he would sign an executive order on Monday to delay a federal ban of the app. In a statement on X, the company wrote that it would bring back access to its American users. “In agreement with our service providers, […]

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LA wildfires thrust insurance startup into spotlight as property owners scramble for protection
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LA wildfires thrust insurance startup into spotlight as property owners scramble for protection

An aerial view of repair vehicles at sunset passing near beachfront homes that burned in the Palisades Fire as wildfires cause damage and loss through the LA region on January 15, 2025 in Malibu, California.  Mario Tama | Getty Images Midway through December, tech entrepreneur Dan Preston debuted insurance startup Stand’s first product focused on […]

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Perplexity AI makes a bid to merge with TikTok U.S.
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Perplexity AI makes a bid to merge with TikTok U.S.

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Perplexity AI officially made a play for TikTok on Saturday, submitting a bid to its parent company, ByteDance, to create a new merged entity combining Perplexity, TikTok U.S. and new capital partners, CNBC has learned. The new structure would allow for most of ByteDance’s existing investors to retain […]

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Solana surges 12% on launch of Trump-themed memecoin, ether falls
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Solana surges 12% on launch of Trump-themed memecoin, ether falls

The Solana logo on a phone screen and representation of cryptocurrencies are seen in this photo taken in Krakow, Poland, Aug. 21, 2021. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Solana’s SOL token rocketed after a memecoin linked to President-elect Donald Trump launched on the popular blockchain network. The price of SOL was up by […]

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Google Maps is turning 20 — it’s mapping three more countries and adding AI capabilities
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Google Maps is turning 20 — it’s mapping three more countries and adding AI capabilities

Two decades ago, Google co-founder Larry Page had an idea that would forever change the way we navigate the world. “Larry drove down some of these streets with a video camera and handed it to someone and said, ‘Hey, what can you do with this?’” said Maria Biggs, technical program manager at Google Street View, […]

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GLP-1s and Brian Thompson’s killing loom large at top health-care conference
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GLP-1s and Brian Thompson’s killing loom large at top health-care conference

Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., at the Institute of International Finance (IIF) during the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024.  Kent Nishimura | Bloomberg | Getty Images San Francisco, famed for its abundance of hoodie-clad tech workers, was overrun […]

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TikTok restoring U.S. service after Trump provided ‘assurance’
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TikTok creators post farewell videos to their fans ahead of expected U.S. ban

With the prospect of TikTok disappearing in the U.S., creators on the app spent the week posting heartfelt goodbyes to their fans. “I never even in a million years ever thought that anybody would ever just care about what I say,” Kimberly Rhoades, a creator of humorous videos, told her 3 million followers on Thursday. […]

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