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Apple poaches Google AI staff, creates ‘secretive’ laboratory: Report
30.4.2024
Apple has reportedly been luring experts from Google in its efforts to catch up with Big Tech companies in the race to develop and deploy high-level AI models
UK regulator scrutinizes Big Tech's role in AI industry
24.4.2024
Regulatory scrutiny is intensifying in the U.K. as Big Tech’s deepening involvement in the AI sector raises concerns over competition and market dominance
UK Competition and Markets Authority Raises Alarms Over Big Tech’s AI Dominance
12.4.2024
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) of the United Kingdom, under the direction of Sarah Cardell, has voiced its dissatisfaction with AI Foundation Models (FMs) that are owned by a small number of tech companies.
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Bitcoin's 14% Weekly Gain Signals 'End of an Era' as Big Tech Dumps, Analyst Says
27.10.2023
Bitcoin's advance this week coupled with gains across all digital asset sectors, highlighting the breadth of the crypto rally
'Long Big Tech' Remains the Most Crowded Trade, BofA Fund Manager Survey Shows
20.10.2023
This has repercussions for the crypto market, not necessarily good ones, one observer said
How to become a ‘Blockchain Radical,’ according to podcaster Joshua Dávila
9.8.2023
Despite its libertarian reputation, author and podcaster Joshua Dávila, aka The Blockchain Socialist, believes crypto is for everyone — including the Left
'Keep Australia safe': Dystopian draft bill against 'misinformation' unveiled
26.6.2023
The proposed legislation could have serious implications for free speech in Australia says Shadow Communications Minister David Coleman
EU sets up research hub to analyze Big Tech's AI algorithms
19.4.2023
The research unit will be tasked with auditing the AI-backed algorithms used by large technology firms such as Google and Meta
A Technologist’s Approach to Explaining What Crypto Fixes
18.4.2023
Web2’s Lesson for AI: Decentralize to Protect Humanity
14.4.2023
In order to prevent the potentially destructive impact of AI on humanity, we need open-source innovation and collective governance that is possible through blockchain protocols and Web3, rather than the monopoly defaulting structure of Web2, according to Michael Casey, CoinDesk's chief content...
Meta pulling the plug on NFTs across Instagram and Facebook
13.3.2023
The short-lived NFT features were first launched in May 2022, but Meta's financial technology lead said it's "winding down" the tools to focus elsewhere
Bankman-Fried’s Stanford-Connected Backers and the Decline of Tech Prestige
16.2.2023
Metaverse losses top $3.6B for Meta with spending set to increase
27.10.2022
The tech giant is just over $500 million away from topping its more than $10 billion Metaverse department losses in 2021, but it said its spending will only grow next year
Microstrategy Outperforms Every Asset Class and Big Tech Stock Since Adopting Bitcoin Strategy, Says CEO
4.8.2022
Microstrategy (MSTR) has “outperformed every asset class and big tech stock” since the company adopted a bitcoin strategy and started accumulating the cryptocurrency in its corporate treasury, says CEO Michael Saylor. The pro-bitcoin executive will be stepping down as the CEO...
Study: US Financial Advisors Expect Proportion of Crypto Holding Clients to Increase by 60%
31.1.2022
According to the findings of a new survey, the number of financial advisors currently counseling crypto holding clients is expected to double from the current two out of ten or 20% to 44% by the end of 2022. Only Four Percent Expect the Number of Crypto Holding Clients to Decrease The number...
Twitter Permanently Suspends Splinterlands Account for Unspecified Violations
5.7.2021
After tweeting through its account since 2018, Splinterlands, a blockchain-based NFT trading card game, has been banned from the service permanently as social media giant Twitter refuses to respond to appeals. Suspension Coincides With Twitter Unveiling its Own NFTs While non-fungible token (NFT)...
White House Tech Advisor Tim Wu Keeps at Least $1 Million in Bitcoin
8.6.2021
Tim Wu, top advisor to the Biden administration on technology and competition policy, holds more than $1 million in cryptocurrency, shows a recently filed financial disclosure. The antitrust expert, who is known as a prominent big tech critic, has in the past questioned the value of bitcoin....
Danish Central Banker Tempted to Ignore Cryptocurrency — Sees Real Threat in ‘Big Tech Invading Currency Area’
28.5.2021
Denmark’s central bank governor Lars Rohde says that he can be tempted to ignore cryptocurrency, stating that it is not a threat to the central bank at present. However, he pointed out that the real threat could come from big technology companies “invading the currency area or...
Bitcoiners back social platform to escape shadowbans and demonetization
22.4.2021
Anthony Pompliano and others have backed an alternative content platform that aims to give creators more revenue and freedom from shadowbans and demonetization
JPMorgan Boss Says ‘Emerging Issues’ Like Cryptocurrencies ‘Need to Be Dealt With Quickly’
8.4.2021
JPMorgan’s boss Jamie Dimon has a bone to pick with cryptocurrencies, shadow banking, and the financial technology (fintech) economy. In a letter to JPMorgan shareholders, Dimon explained that banks are “playing an increasingly smaller role in the financial system”...