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MicroStrategy rides ‘red sweep’ to 477% gain in 2024, topping almost all U.S. stocks

Of the 439,000 bitcoin that MicroStrategy owns, more than one-third have been purchased since Trump’s election victory last month.

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Pavel Durov says Telegram is now profitable

Telegram founder Pavel Durov said Monday that the company is now profitable. Durov said the chat app’s total revenue surpassed $1 billion in 2024. The company, which launched its premium subscription service in 2022, now has 12 million paid users. … Continue reading

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WhatsApp scores historic victory against NSO Group in long-running spyware hacking case

A US judge ruled that the Israeli spyware maker breached hacking laws by using WhatsApp to infect devices with Pegasus © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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US launches new probe into legacy Chinese chips as tech pressure on Beijing escalates

The Biden administration launched a new probe into legacy Chinese semiconductors that may go into everything from cars to household goods and defense systems.

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Morrisons customers complain loyalty card discounts not working

The supermarket has been advertising cheap deals, including 10p vegetables, ahead of Christmas.

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xAI is testing a standalone iOS app for its Grok chatbot

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, is testing out a standalone iOS app for its chatbot, Grok, which was available only to X users until now. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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X jacks up Premium+ prices 37.5%, hits some markets harder

X is raising prices for its top-tier subscription service by 37.5%, marking the largest price increase since the platform’s acquisition by Elon Musk in 2022. The Premium+ service will cost $22 monthly in the U.S., up from $16, effective December … Continue reading

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Sriram Krishnan named Trump’s senior policy advisor for AI

Incoming president Donald Trump has confirmed reports that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Trump said in … Continue reading

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Palantir and Anduril reportedly building a tech consortium to bid on defense contracts

Two big defense tech players, Palantir and Anduril, are talking to tech companies including SpaceX, OpenAI, Saronic, and Scale AI about forming a consortium to bid on Pentagon contracts, according to a report in the Financial Times. The goal, the … Continue reading

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Trump says he wants to keep TikTok around ‘for a little while’

With a US TikTok ban scheduled to take effect in less than a month, President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday that he’d like to keep the app around, according to Reuters. “We’re going to have to start thinking because, you know, … Continue reading

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