People walk past an advertisement feature Donald Trump with Bitcoin in Hong Kong. May James | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of KindlyMD skyrocketed 600% Monday after the healthcare company announced a merger with Nakamoto Holdings, a bitcoin investment company founded by David Bailey, a key cryptocurrency advisor to President Donald Trump. The newly formed […]
Sir Elton John (right) performs at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. Kyle Gustafson | For The Washington Post | Getty Images Celebrity musicians from Elton John to Dua Lipa are urging the U.K. government to rethink controversial plans to reform copyright laws that allow artificial intelligence developers access to rights-protected content. An open letter
Max Levchin, co-founder of PayPal and chief executive officer of financial technology company Affirm, arrives at the Sun Valley Resort for the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, in Sun Valley, Idaho. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Affirm shares plunged on Friday after the fintech company issued a weak forecast, and investors questioned CEO
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Liz Reid, vice president, search, Google speaks during an event in New Delhi on December 19, 2022. Sajjad Hussain | AFP | Getty Images Testimony in Google‘s search remedies trial that wrapped hearings Friday shows how the company is calculating possible changes proposed by the Department of Justice. Google head of search Liz Reid testified
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Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Epic Games said on Friday that it had submitted Fortnite to Apple’s App Store, the month after a judge ruled in favor of the game maker in a contempt ruling. Fortnite was booted from iPhones and Apple’s App Store in 2020, after Epic Games updated its software to
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People walk past a neon sign advertising a Bitcoin and Ethereum crypto currency exchange in Warsaw, Poland on 19 May, 2024. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies extended their rally to end the week, with bitcoin holding steady above the $100,000 level while ether rallied to its best week since 2021. The price
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Lyft CEO David Risher poses for a portrait in New York City, U.S., April 16, 2025. Kylie Cooper | Reuters Lyft shares climbed 20% Friday after the ride-sharing company upped its share buyback plan and posted better-than-expected gross bookings. During an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” CEO David Risher said that Lyft isn’t seeing “anything
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Another major player has entered the quantum-computing race: Amazon. The tech giant is the latest to make waves in the field with the February announcement of Ocelot, its own quantum chip. Amazon joins fierce competition from familiar rivals in cloud computing as Google, Microsoft and others race after what they say could be their next
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A logo hangs on the building of the Beijing branch of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) on December 4, 2020 in Beijing, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Shares of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, China’s largest contract chip maker, fell nearly 7% Friday after its first-quarter earnings missed estimates. After trading on
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Lyft signage on a vehicle in New York, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. Shelby Knowles | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lyft shares jumped 7% after the company boosted its share buyback plan to $750 million in its first quarter earnings report. Shares were as high as 10% post-earnings. Here’s how the ridesharing company did:
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