Monthly Archives: January 2024

Worldcoin to launch new Orb to make its eyeball scanning device look “more friendly”

It’s been a little over 180 days since Worldcoin publicly launched – and its futuristic looking Orb device is getting an upgrade, Alex Blania, CEO and co-founder of Tools for Humanity, shared exclusively with TechCrunch. “The new orb is coming” … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Worldcoin to launch new Orb to make its eyeball scanning device look “more friendly”

Pokemon Company says it intends to investigate Palworld

The Pokemon Company said Thursday it has not granted any permission to “another company,” referring to Palworld-developer Pocketpair, to use Pokemon intellectual property or assets and “intends to investigate and take appropriate measures” against the fast-growing survival game operator. The … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Pokemon Company says it intends to investigate Palworld

A $58M round for this European Mycelium startup shows the tech is on the cusp of big things

Infinite Roots (IR), formerly Mushlabs, is a German biotech company which has been plying the furrow of Mycelium, the material coming from fungi which has been hailed as something of an answer to everything from food to building materials. In … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on A $58M round for this European Mycelium startup shows the tech is on the cusp of big things

Elon Musk Says a Cheaper Tesla Model Is Coming in 2025 as Chinese Competition Intensifies

A low-cost model of Tesla will launch in 2024, CEO Elon Musk told investors. It could help the EV maker compete with BYD and other surging Chinese automakers.

Posted in Business | Tagged | Comments Off on Elon Musk Says a Cheaper Tesla Model Is Coming in 2025 as Chinese Competition Intensifies

Palworld becomes only second Steam game to reach 2m concurrent players

Pocket Pair’s new action-adventure survival game, Palworld, has surpassed two million concurrent Steam players, achieving the second-highest peak in the platform’s history. It has been five days since its release, and the game has already sold over seven million copies. … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Palworld becomes only second Steam game to reach 2m concurrent players

Generative AI set to disrupt majority of jobs in next decade, study reveals

New research suggests that most jobs could be disrupted in some way by generative AI in the next ten years. The study published on January 10th by tech consulting firm Cognizant, in collaboration with Oxford Economics, found that around 9% … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Generative AI set to disrupt majority of jobs in next decade, study reveals

Microsoft surpasses $3 trillion market cap as it advances in AI

Microsoft’s market cap briefly exceeded $3 trillion for the first time in its history on Wednesday, positioning it as the world’s second-largest company in terms of market value, following Apple Inc. Since the beginning of the year, the tech giants … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Microsoft surpasses $3 trillion market cap as it advances in AI

One of world’s largest water utility company hit by ransomware attack

Water giant Veolia North America has confirmed it was hit by a ransomware attack, resulting in the loss of some personal data and the need to take part of its infrastructure system offline. Worldwide, the Veolia group has almost 213,000 … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on One of world’s largest water utility company hit by ransomware attack

GTA 6: ‘Florida Joker’ threatens Rockstar with lawsuit

A man named ‘Florida Joker’ is threatening to sue Rockstar Games over the likeliness between himself and one of the characters in the hugely anticipated GTA 6. In a series of videos posted online since the beginning of December, the … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on GTA 6: ‘Florida Joker’ threatens Rockstar with lawsuit

Judge refused to let Binance founder Zhao travel to UAE despite his offer to use equity as security

Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao wanted to travel to his home in the United Arab Emirates for the “hospitalization and surgery” of a person in his life.

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Judge refused to let Binance founder Zhao travel to UAE despite his offer to use equity as security