The NCAA wants the CFTC to tighten rules on college sport prediction markets, including age and advertising restrictions and anti-harassment measures....
Bitcoin is trading near $97,000 for the first time since November, with broader crypto market gains punishing bears over the last day....
A Chinese phone application called “dead or alive” that helps users check in daily has become a top-ranked app, reflecting the trend of solo living among the country’s young people. The Sileme app, or...
Vitalik Buterin wants improved private payments, easier running of full nodes, decentralized apps that don’t rely on centralized services, and more on-chain privacy....
Anthropic's Claude Cowork AI tool, which has launched as a research preview this week. Anthropic Anthropic employees used Claude to build Cowork, its new agentic tool launched this week. The AI startu...
Musk argues the companies benefited from "wrongful gains" that he is owed. Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 but says the company now mainly serves Microsoft's interests....
The U.S. seized another tanker in the Caribbean Thursday morning....
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Google VP of global ads, Dan Taylor, said the company is focused on bringing ads to AI Overviews and AI Mode. Google Ads aren't coming to the Gemini AI app anytime soon, according to Google's VP of gl...
Thailand’s election season has triggered a dizzying array of cash giveaway offers from parties vying for votes, from a US$2,000 payment for newborns to debt write-offs and US$100 monthly top-ups for t...
One of the smallest members of the EU now holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU. The Cypriot government wants to promote European autonomy over the next six months....
According to Customs data, the surplus was boosted by trade gains in December, with exports climbing 6.6% from the year before, better than economists’ estimates and higher than November’s 5.9% year-o...
Milrem Robotics is among the companies making its weapons so they can be upgraded as easily as possible. Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images The battlefield in Ukraine is changing constantly, and weapon...
Germany's GDP grew 0.2% in 2025, ending a run of two consecutive years of recession, new figures show. The justice minister wants to combat the misuse of AI to create sexualized images. DW has more...
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ABC News' Danny New looks back at the U.S. presidents who've taken to the canvas as painters....
A high-stakes meeting happened Wednesday at the White House between top U.S. and Danish officials about Greenland's fate....
Bitwise launched its Chainlink ETF Wednesday, becoming the second spot LINK fund in the U.S. following Grayscale's December debut....
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Two solo Bitcoin miners struck rare wins this week, each earning nearly $300,000 as U.S. mining dominance continues to slip....