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Billionaire Ripple founder has given more than $11.8 million to Harris campaign
Chris Larsen, the co-founder and chairman of Ripple, contributed nearly $9.9 million to Future Forward in September, in addition to more than $800,000 to the Harris Victory Fund, according to FEC data compiled by Breadcrumbs crypto market and blockchain analyst James Delmore and independently verified by CNBC. Including Larsen’s August contribution of $1 million worth of […]
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Microsoft to roll out new autonomous AI agents next month, fending off challenge from Salesforce
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at a company event on artificial intelligence technologies in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Dimas Ardian | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Microsoft will allow businesses to start making their own autonomous artificial intelligence agents starting next month, taking the fight back to Salesforce, which introduced its own configurable […]
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Three in four Europeans support the use of AI by police and military, study says
Peter Cade | Stone | Getty Images The vast majority of Europeans support the use of artificial intelligence for police and military operations, according to a new report by Madrid’s IE University shared with CNBC. “European Tech Insights,” which measured the attitudes of over 3,000 people in Europe, found that 75% support the use of […]
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Top crypto PAC targets close House races as 2024 election hits final stages
“Make Bitcoin Great Again” hats displayed for sale at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee, US, on Saturday, July 27, 2024. Former US President Trump used to be a crypto critic but in recent weeks adopted a much friendlier stance alongside the sector’s emergence as an influential player in the 2024 presidential election through […]
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Elon Musk offers $1 million a day to entice swing state voters to sign petition
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk, who supports Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump, gestures as he speaks about voting during an America PAC Town Hall in Folsom, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 17, 2024. Rachel Wisniewski | Reuters Elon Musk said Saturday that he would randomly award $1 million a day to registered […]
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Crypto’s $130 million congressional election binge has candidates like Utah’s John Curtis poised for big wins
U.S. Rep. John Curtis speaks during the Utah Senate primary debate for Republican contenders battling to win the seat of retiring U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney, June 10, 2024, in Salt Lake City. Rick Bowmer | AP SALT LAKE CITY — John Curtis, a Republican congressman from Utah, has become a favorite of the crypto industry […]
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BlackRock’s ETF chief says 75% of its bitcoin buyers are crypto fans new to Wall Street
Marquee at the main entrance to BlackRock headquarters building in Manhattan. Erik Mcgregor | Lightrocket | Getty Images SALT LAKE CITY — A year ago, Samara Cohen believed there was so much pent-up demand for bitcoin that she and her team at BlackRock launched one of the first-ever spot bitcoin exchange-traded products in the U.S. […]
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The government is getting fed up with ransomware payments fueling endless cycle of cyberattacks
Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, May 10, 2021 amid the Colonial fuel pipeline ransomware attack. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images With ransomware attacks surging and […]
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Amazon cloud boss says employees unhappy with 5-day office mandate can leave
Amazon Web Services CEO, Matt Garman speaks during CNBC Power Lunch on July 1, 2024. CNBC Amazon‘s cloud boss on Thursday gave employees a frank message about the company’s recently announced five-day in-office mandate. Staffers who don’t agree with Amazon’s new policy can leave, Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman said during an all-hands meeting […]
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Trump family gets 75% of crypto coin revenue, has no liability, new document reveals
Donald Trump’s crypto project, World Liberty Financial, published a 13-page document on Thursday, describing its mission, how tokens can be allocated, and indicating that the Republican presidential nominee and his family could take home 75% of net revenue. In what it calls the “World Liberty Gold Paper,” WLF said the Trump family will receive 22.5 […]
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