Bitcoin surged over 9.2% to an all-time high of over $74,200 on Tuesday evening as early results showed favorable outcome for Republican candidate Donald Trump, who has promised crypto-friendly policies if he wins.
India’s government challenged Wikipedia’s legal immunity as a tech platform on Tuesday, issuing a notice questioning whether the online encyclopedia should be reclassified as a publisher. The move follows Delhi High Court warnings to suspend Wikipedia’s India operations over a defamation case filed by Asian News International. The news agency Read more…
Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole in the early Universe devouring matter at over 40 times the Eddington limit. Led by astronomer Hyewon Suh of Gemini Observatory and NSF’s NOIRLab, a team of researchers used JWST to take follow-up observations of a smattering of galaxies identified by the Chandra Read more…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Friday, Perplexity launched an election information hub that relies on data from The Associated Press and Democracy Works to provide live updates and information about the 2024 US general election, which takes place on Tuesday, November 5. “Starting Tuesday, we’ll Read more…
The CEO of AI search company Perplexity, Aravind Srinivas, has offered to cross picket lines and provide services to mitigate the effect of a strike by New York Times tech workers. The NYT Tech Guild announced its strike Monday, after setting November 4 as its deadline months earlier. The workers Read more…