Craig Wright, a computer scientist who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, prevailed in a civil trial verdict Monday against the family of a deceased business partner that claimed it was owed half of a cryptocurrency fortune worth tens of billions. A Florida jury found that Wright did not owe half of 1.1 million […]
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The Pentagon intends to work better with private industry to develop high-tech systems and to strengthen relations with allies in the Indo-Pacific region in order to maintain a competitive edge over China, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday. Speaking at the Reagan National Defense Forum in California, Austin said recent military activity and aggressive moves […]
Donald Trump’s new social media company and its special purpose acquisition company partner say the partner has agreements for $1 billion in capital from institutional investors. The former president launched his new company, Trump Media & Technology Group, in October. He unveiled plans for a new messaging app called “Truth Social” to rival Twitter and […]
The fueled tension between Washington and Beijing marched into new territory as the U.S. expressed plans on Thursday to take measures to curb exports of surveillance tech and a diversified list of innovations, used by governmental authorities to suppress human rights. The Biden Administration’s soon to be occasioned initiative will be initiated with U.S. allied […]
Citing an improved supply of automotive computer chips, General Motors raised its financial guidance on Wednesday and said it expects to return to a normal production rate by the end of next year. Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson told investors on a virtual chat with Credit Suisse that the company has seen improvement in the […]
There’s a new Silicon Valley corporate name change on the block. A month after Facebook renamed itself Meta, Square Inc., the payments company headed by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, is changing its name to Block Inc. The San Francisco-based company said Wednesday it’s making the change because the Square name has become synonymous with […]
Consulting firm, Deloitte, released on Wednesday its latest report addressing the ongoing global semiconductor crisis, with predictions of the crunch to last till early 2023. Deloitte’s research stated that even though the chip shortage crisis’ intensity will be far less severe than it is now, chances are customers will wait around 10 to 20 weeks for a […]
Money20/20 today reports that more than 8,000 attendees, from over 2,500 companies participated at Money20/20 USA at The Venetian Resort, Las Vegas in late October. The event was a showcase for the fastest growing and most innovative fintech companies. This follows the hugely successful Money 20/20 Europe, held in Amsterdam in September, which hosted more […]
2020 asked a lot from us. We faced new challenges and reckoned with old ones, and often the world’s problems collided with our own individual needs. Help — whether in donations or even just attention — might’ve been hard to give when you required some yourself. If your finances are in better shape this giving […]
It was every sports bettor’s dream: Being able to bet on a game after it had already ended. But the 86 New Jersey gamblers who thought they were beating the system had their bets on a British soccer game voided, and the two betting companies involved got fined. The mishap was revealed in documents made […]