CryptoPunks — one of the most popular non-fungible tokens — displayed in Times Square on May 12, 2021. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images Has the NFT bubble already burst? Non-fungible tokens took the art world by storm earlier this year. NFTs are a type of digital asset designed to show someone has ownership of a
In this article GOOGL AAPL Maurice Levy, chair of French multinational advertising and public relations company Publicis Groupe Dominique Charriau | Getty Images Digital privacy moves from Apple and Google are forcing the advertising industry to reconsider the way it works, Publicis Groupe’s Maurice Levy told CNBC. The chairman of the world’s third-biggest advertising company
Sir Tim Berners-Lee gives a speech at the Campus Party Italia 2019 on July 25, 2019 in Milan, Italy. Rosdiana Ciaravolo | Getty Images LONDON — British computer scientist and inventor Tim Berners-Lee is auctioning the original code for the world wide web as a non-fungible token. NFTs are a type of digital asset designed
In this article DKNG Shares of sports-betting firm DraftKings fell Tuesday after Hindenburg Research announced it had taken a short position against the stock. The stock, which has been one of the best performers on Wall Street since going public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company last year, was down more than
Alibaba founder Jack Ma is still lying low, focusing his efforts on hobbies and philanthropy, according to a company executive. “He’s lying low right now, I talk to him every day,” Joe Tsai, Alibaba’s executive vice chairman said in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “He’s actually doing very, very well. He’s taken up painting
President Vladimir Putin dismissed accusations that Russia was behind cyberattacks against the United States as “farcical” in an interview with NBC broadcast on Monday ahead of his summit with President Joe Biden. The Russian leader also said he was open to a prison swap with the United States – the fate of prisoners is set
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s tweet on June 13, where he wrote that the electric carmaker “will resume allowing Bitcoin transactions” if there’s “confirmation of reasonable (~50 per cent) clean energy usage by miners” did send the cryptocurrency price rising again. A day after the tweet, the value of Bitcoin rose more than 10 per cent.
Christie’s is to auction artwork by 18-year-old trans artist FEWOCiOUS in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) it said on Monday, as the world’s major auction houses ramp up their sales of NFTs. An NFT is a form of crypto asset, which records ownership of a digital object such as an image, video or text.
India’s antitrust watchdog plans to expedite a restarted probe into allegations of anti-competitive behaviour at Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart, as it intensifies scrutiny of big-tech firms, two people close to the matter said. The comments come as major US technology firms including Twitter and Facebook are at loggerheads with the government over issues such as data privacy bills
Small transfers of Bitcoin to El Salvador jumped over four-fold in May from a year ago but still represent a small amount when compared to remittances sent in dollars, data shared with Reuters showed. The Central American country last week became the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, with President Nayib Bukele touting
Facebook and other Silicon Valley giants could face more scrutiny and sanctions in the European Union after the bloc’s top court backed national privacy watchdogs to pursue them, even when they are not their lead regulators. Consumer lobbying group BEUC welcomed Tuesday’s ruling by the EU Court of Justice (CJEU), which backed the right of
OnePlus TV U1S series launched in India on June 10 and the company if offering a choice of either the OnePlus Band or OnePlus Buds Z for free to those who purchase the TV models. The offer is valid only on purchase from the OnePlus India store or the OnePlus Store app. Additionally, Amazon is
Xiaomi has teased the launch of a new Mi TV model with an OLED display. The company has started teasing its Mi TV launch on Weibo. It has not provided any concrete details about the new model, but a tipster suggested that it could be the company’s next-generation OLED TV. Xiaomi introduced its Mi TV
Samsung is India’s No. 1 TV brand, thanks to a wide range of innovative TVs in the market. The company surprised everyone with its stylish The Frame TV last year, and in 2021 it’s taking things to a whole new level. The Frame TV 2021 is here, and it’ll blow your mind when you find
OnePlus has announced the rollout of an update for the OnePlus TV Y series. The changelog confirms that the new update will offer support for the Watch Connect app bringing better interaction between the TV and OnePlus Watch. This update is rolling out for models in the OnePlus TV Y series, including the 32-inch model,
PUBG: New State closed alpha has reportedly gone live in certain regions, though just for the weekend. The game, developed by Krafton, was announced earlier this year in February and went up for pre-registration on Google Play and App Store back then. Later it was announced that the game is not available in India as
Apple is working on introducing a virtual game controller UI for iOS 15, iPadOS 15, macOS, and tvOS. Apple is also extending support for the physical gaming controllers from the likes of major gaming developers. The controller will make it easier to capture images and videos from iOS devices while gaming. This announcement was made
Razer Blade 14 gaming laptop, Razer Raptor 27 (2021), and Razer USB-C 130W GaN Charger were announced at E3 2021 during the company’s keynote. The Razer Blade 14 is a slim gaming laptop that uses AMD’s latest Ryzen 5000 series CPU and Nvidia’s latest GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs. The Razer Raptor 27 (2021) gets
Niantic and Hasbro have partnered to announce a new game called Transformers: Heavy Metal. This real-world mobile AR game looks to satiate all Transformers fans, letting them team up with the likes of Bumblebee and the Autobots to save the world from Decepticons. The Transformers franchise was a big deal in the mid-80s and the
Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops Cold War are all set to get Season 4 update on June 17. Activision has shared what players have to look forward to in the new season including four multiplayer maps, five new weapons, a new quest in Outbreak, new Points of Interests (PoI) in Verdansk, and more.