Consumers could be using a new digital pound as an alternative to cash by the end of the decade under plans being drawn up by the Bank of England and the Treasury. The government is speeding up its response to the rise of privately issued cryptocurrencies and stable coins with Read more…
Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook, speaking on an earnings call that was mostly focused on holiday results, made an off-the-cuff remark that could be quite telling about the company’s future. Cook was fielding a question about whether the iPhone’s rising average sales price was sustainable. After all, a top-of-the-line Read more…
A year ago, crypto successfully scraped and scrapped to get a foot in the door in Washington. But in the wake of crypto’s winter, and FTX’s spectacular collapse, that door has now slammed shut. Gaining legitimacy in Washington has been an essential part of the industry’s push into the mainstream. Read more…
“Nothing, Forever,” the infinitely-generating AI version of Seinfeld that tens of thousands of people were watching has been banned for 14 days from Twitch after Larry Feinberg — a clone of Jerry Seinfeld — made transphobic statements during a standup bit late Sunday night. From a report: “Hey everybody. Here’s Read more…
Google is working on a ChatGPT competitor named Bard. Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, announced the project in a blog post today, describing the tool as an “experimental conversational AI service” that will answer users’ queries and take part in conversations. The software will be available to a group of “trusted Read more…
Pakistan has unblocked Wikipedia in the South Asian market, three days after the online encyclopedia was censored in the nation over noncompliance with removing what the local regulator deemed as “sacrilegious” content. Shehbaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, directed the unblocking order, calling the censorship on Wikipedia “not a Read more…
Thousands of minks and foxes live a short life of horror and are killed in a cruel manner in Quebec for their fur. source