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Changpeng Zhao, billionaire and chief executive officer of Binance Holdings Ltd., speaks during a session at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Zed Jameson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Crypto exchange Binance is laying off employees in response to an ongoing Justice Department probe that is likely to end with

In this article XRP.CM= BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A photo illustration of the digital Cryptocurrency, Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Ripple (XRP) are seen on September 13 2018 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Yu Chun Christopher Wong | S3studio | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies headed for a winning week after a

Africa’s video game market has been doing well. In 2022, games sold in the region generated $862.8 million in revenue, up 8.7% year over year, according to Newzoo’s data. Rodger Bosch | Afp | Getty Images Africa’s video game market is having a moment. Sub-Saharan Africa’s gaming industry is expected to generate over $1 billion

Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, Elon Musk attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre on June 16, 2023 in Paris, France.  Chesnot | Getty Images Elon Musk’s X Corp., the parent company of Twitter, filed a lawsuit against four

SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as he speaks during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on June 16, 2023. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images) Alain Jocard |

Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, Elon Musk attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre on June 16, 2023 in Paris, France.  Chesnot | Getty Images In an hour-long discussion on Twitter Spaces on Wednesday night, Twitter owner and Tesla

China artificial intelligence Ying Tang | Nurphoto | Getty Images Chinese regulators on Thursday finalized first-of-its-kind rules governing generative artificial intelligence as the country looks to ramp up oversight of the rapidly-growing technology. The powerful Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said it worked with several other regulators to come up with the new regulation that

A hand holding a smartphone with the Google Bard logo is seen, in front of a computer screen showing Google’s logo.  Nikos Pekiaridis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Google is adding new features to its chatbot Bard as it tries to stay ahead of rapidly improving competition from Microsoft-backed OpenAI, Anthropic, and others in the

Luisa Moreno, President of mining company Defense Metals Corp, expects China to further restrict metal exports which could include rare earths. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s metal export curbs on gallium and germanium could spur some countries to diversify their supply chains away from China. “This could be a wake-up call for

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Broadband Event at the White House in Washington, D.C., June 26, 2023. Mostafa Bassim | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The U.S. doesn’t need to make a “false choice” between artificial intelligence innovation and safety, Vice President Kamala Harris said ahead of a meeting Wednesday at the

In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook takes a photo in a viewing area for new products during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, June 5, 2023. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images In June, Apple announced iOS 17, the latest

In this article GOOGL TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, June 16, 2023. Chesnot | Getty Images Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and owner of

Thilina Kaluthotage | Nurphoto | Getty Images Advertisers are eagerly watching how Meta’s new Threads messaging app develops over the next few months as they look for a new social channel to reach consumers while Twitter continues to struggle. Instagram Threads debuted last week and has amassed over 100 million sign-ups, which has caught the

US National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing in the James S Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 5, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Over two dozen government agencies in Western Europe and the United States were hacked

In this article HRB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. The committee held the hearing to review “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report to Congress.”  Michael A. Mccoy | Getty Images A group

In this article GOOGL GOOG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Daniel de la Hoz Google was working on an AI-powered mobile chatbot app for Gen Z users that features interactive digital characters, CNBC has learned. However, the company recently “deprioritized” those efforts amid an internal reorganization, according to materials seen by CNBC. Typically, when

Tesla vehicles parked outside a home with a Tesla Solar Roof on Weems Street in Boca Chica Village, Texas, June 21, 2021. Veronica G. Cardenas | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla agreed to pay just over $6 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by customers who faced sudden Solar Roof price hikes in

In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook holds the new 15-inch MacBook Air during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California, June 5, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple saw a sharp uptick in global PC market share for the second quarter of 2023, recovering from

In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple launched an official WeChat Mini Program in China to sell its products. WeChat is China’s biggest messaging app and is operated by Tencent. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Apple on Tuesday launched an online store on Tencent’s WeChat messaging app in

In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella arrives at court in San Francisco on June 28, 2023. Philip Pacheco | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft confirmed on Monday that it’s eliminating additional jobs, a week after the start of its 2024 fiscal year. The cuts are in addition