The crypto market is experiencing a historic comeback, driven by unprecedented political shifts and bold new ambitions from tech world leaders. President-elect Donald Trump’s pro-crypto stance and Elon Musk’s vision for X as a crypto-powered payment network are sparking a surge in interest in cryptocurrencies, particularly meme coins like Dogecoin and Shiba Inu. This shift…
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A computer game, Operation al-Aqsa Flood, that allowed users to recreate aspects of Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel has been removed from the popular gaming platform Steam in the UK at the request of counterterrorism police. The game’s distributor cited compliance with UK authorities’ requests as the reason for the removal. The game’s creator,…
The Canadian Competition Bureau has filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging anti-competitive conduct in online advertising. The watchdog is seeking an order that requires Google to sell two of its advertisement tech tools and a penalty to promote compliance with Canada’s competition laws. This move follows a similar investigation in the United States, where the…
The chair of Australia’s national broadcaster, Kim Williams, has accused popular podcaster Joe Rogan of preying on people’s vulnerabilities and treating the public as “plunder.” Williams’ comments sparked a heated debate, with Rogan responding with a dismissive tweet and conservative voices defending the podcaster. The controversy highlights the growing influence of social media and podcasting…
Alibaba’s Qwen team has released a new reasoning AI model, QwQ-32B-Preview, which has 32.5 billion parameters and can consider prompts up to 32,000 words in length. The model performs better on certain benchmarks than OpenAI’s o1-preview and o1-mini models and is available for download under a permissive license. QwQ-32B-Preview has shown promising results in solving…
Walt Disney has agreed to pay $43.3 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its female employees in California earned $150 million less than their male counterparts over an eight-year period. The settlement requires Disney to retain a labor economist for three years to analyze pay equity among full-time, non-union California employees. The lawsuit was…
Major technology companies, including Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, are investing in next-generation geothermal energy, a low-carbon source that could complement solar and wind power. Start-ups like Fervo Energy and Sage Geosystems are racing to tap into the Earth’s heat, using enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) that create their own reservoirs of heated water. While costs are…
United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler will step down on January 20, marking the end of his ambitious tenure that saw him clash with Wall Street and the crypto industry. Gensler’s departure comes as the agency faces intense pushback from Wall Street and congressional Republicans over his sweeping agenda to boost transparency,…
Solana and Shiba Inu have been experiencing massive gains, but savvy investors are turning their attention to undervalued cryptocurrencies like Lunex Network. The native utility token, $LNEX, is making waves with its viral presale, and experts predict it could outperform both Solana and Shiba Inu in 2025. Lunex Network’s innovative decentralized exchange and rev-share model…
Former billionaire investor Sung Kook “Bill” Hwang has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in the collapse of Archegos Capital Management, which led to losses of over $10 billion for Wall Street banks. Hwang was convicted of 10 criminal charges, including wire and securities fraud, and market manipulation. The collapse of…