Technology
Energy production vs. climate protection: Americans are split along party lines
A driver holds a fuel nozzle at a gas station in Sacramento, California, U.S., on Thursday, March 24, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Russia’s assault on Ukraine has lifted gas prices near record levels, reflecting Western sanctions on the world’s third-largest oil producer. Meanwhile, an ice shelf just disintegrated in Antarctica, and the […]
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Alibaba leads $60 million funding into augmented reality glasses maker Nreal in metaverse play
An attendee tries a pair of Nreal mixed-reality glasses at the MWC Shanghai exhibition in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alibaba led a $60 million investment round into augmented reality glasses maker Nreal, the start-up said on Wednesday, as Chinese technology giants look for ways to […]
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Crypto hackers steal over $615 million from network that runs popular game Axie Infinity
Eugene (L) and Ginger Arboleda giving a demonstration on how to play Axie Infinity, an NFT game where players earn tokens that can be exchanged for cryptocurrency or cash, Manilla, December 10, 2021. Jam Sta Rosa | AFP | Getty Images The popular blockchain game Axie Infinity, which lets users earn money as they play, […]
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Apple shares on pace for best daily winning streak since 2003
CEO of Apple Tim Cook attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 94th Oscars at the The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California on March 27, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Apple shares rose on Tuesday, putting them on track to close higher for […]
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Sony launches new PlayStation gaming subscription service to take on Microsoft
In this photo illustration a PlayStation 5 logo seen displayed on a smartphone. Mateusz Slodkowski | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Sony is set to launch a new video game subscription service this summer, seeking to drive sales of its PlayStation consoles and compete with a similar offering from Microsoft. The company said […]
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Reid Hoffman’s new start-up poaches first staff from Google and Meta
Reid Hoffman, founder and Chairman, Linkedin, at 2015 WEF in Davos, Switzerland. David A. Grogan | CNBC Inflection AI, the start-up launched earlier this month by LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman and DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, has poached artificial intelligence gurus from Google and Meta, according to CNBC analysis. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Inflection’s aim is […]
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SEC charges Twilio engineers with insider trading during early days of pandemic
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday charged three software engineers at cloud software vendor Twilio and several of their friends and family members with involvement in an insider trading scheme. Between March and May 2020, as cloud tools were gaining use due to the surge in remote work, Twilio engineers Lokesh Lagudu, Chotu Pulagam […]
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Bitcoin surges above $48,000, turns positive for 2022
The price of bitcoin jumped Monday following a slew of bullish developments for the cryptocurrency, even as investors continue to monitor developments in the war in Ukraine and moves by the Federal Reserve. Bitcoin extended gains from a late Sunday rally, when the cryptocurrency broke past the key level of $45,000 and erased its losses […]
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Spotify rolls out Covid disclosures two months after Joe Rogan boycott
The Spotify logo on a smartphone arranged in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Spotify is rolling out a Covid content advisory tab on podcasts and other content that mentions the coronavirus. Spotify promised the feature, a small blue tab that directs to its […]
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Apple reportedly cuts production of its new iPhone SE by 20%
Tim Cook at the Apple launch event, March 8, 2022 Apple Apple is scaling back production of its new budget iPhone SE due to weaker-than-expected demand, Nikkei Asia reported Monday. The company has reportedly asked suppliers to cut production of the iPhone SE, its new $429 budget 5G phone, by about 2 million units to […]
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