Wall Street launches new ways to bet on bitcoin
For years, bitcoin won by being boring. Investors weren’t able to do all that much with it beside buy and hold it. But that was precisely why the world’s largest…
Intel and Commerce Department close to finalizing roughly $8 billion CHIPS Act grant, source says
Chipmaker Intel and the CHIPS Act Office are close to finalizing a deal which would award the company a roughly $8 billion grant, according to a person familiar with the…
How tech bros bought ‘America’s most pro-crypto Congress ever’
Prior to announcing his Senate candidacy in April 2023, Bernie Moreno was a political no name. A former car salesman in the Cleveland area, his only prior experience in politics…
Microsoft is finally testing its Recall photographic memory search feature. It’s not perfect
Microsoft on Friday started letting people test Recall, its so-called photographic memory search feature for the latest Copilot+ PCs. It doesn’t work perfectly, based on an initial evaluation. It’s also…
Why X’s new terms of service are driving some users to leave Elon Musk’s platform
X’s new terms of service, which took effect Nov. 15, are driving some users off Elon Musk’s microblogging platform. The new terms include expansive permissions requiring users to allow the…
How Elon Musk’s plan to slash government agencies and regulation may benefit his empire
Elon Musk’s business empire is sprawling. It includes electric vehicle maker Tesla, social media company X, artificial intelligence startup xAI, computer interface company Neuralink, tunneling venture Boring Company and aerospace…
Amazon to invest another $4 billion in Anthropic, OpenAI’s biggest rival
Amazon on Friday announced it would invest an additional $4 billion in Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup founded by ex-OpenAI research executives. The new funding brings the tech giant’s total…
The Pentagon’s battle inside the U.S. for control of a new Cyber Force
A recent Chinese cyber-espionage attack inside the nation’s major telecom networks that may have reached as high as the communications of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance was…
Apple and Google could face a competition probe over their huge mobile ecosystems in the UK
LONDON — Apple and Google could face a competition investigation into their dominance of mobile web browsers and apps in the U.K. The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority issued a…
Indonesia wants Apple to sweeten its $100 million proposal as tech giant lobbies for iPhone 16 sales
The Indonesian government expects Apple to increase its proposed $100 million investment into the country, according to state media, as the iPhone maker seeks clearance from Jakarta to sell its…