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A smartphone and a screen show the website OpenSea, where digital artworks are sold using NFT. NFTs, non-fungible tokens, are unique cryptographic credentials that are written to the blockchain attached to a file (image, music, video). picture alliance | picture alliance | Getty Images NFT marketplace OpenSea is investigating a “phishing attack” that no longer
In this article T AndreyPopov | iStock | Getty Images As many Americans begin to adopt newer and faster 5G wireless service, an earlier-generation wireless network is winding down next week. The shutdown presents enormous consequences for certain products that still use the older 3G networks, such as alarm systems and personal emergency response systems
Bobby Kotick, chief executive officer of Activision Blizzard, attends the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 10, 2019, in Sun Valley, Idaho. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Microsoft first reached out to game publisher Activision Blizzard about a possible tie-up the same week a media report landed asserting that Activision CEO Bobby Kotick
In this article GOOGL British artificial intelligence scientist and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis. OLI SCARFF | AFP | Getty Images Scientists at DeepMind have found another real-world application for their artificial intelligence software. The London-based AI lab, which is owned by Alphabet, announced Wednesday that it has trained an AI system to control and sculpt
Nike is teaming up with roblox to launch a virtual world called Niketown. Source: Nike Gaming company Roblox shares fell more than 11% in after-hours trading Tuesday after missing fourth-quarter expectations on both the top and bottom lines. Here’s how the company did versus expectations: Revenue (bookings): $770 million vs. $772 million expected, per Refinitiv
Server chip Yitian 710, developed by Alibaba’s in-house semiconductor unit T-Head, on display during the Apsara Conference 2021 on Oct. 19, 2021 in Hangzhou, China. Xu Kangping | Visual China Group | Getty Images Global semiconductor sales topped half a trillion dollars for the first time, as companies ramped up production to meet demand amid
Warren Buffett Gerald Miller | CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway purchased about $1 billion worth of shares in Activision Blizzard in the fourth quarter, according to a regulatory filing, jumping in before Microsoft agreed to buy the video-game publisher for $68.7 billion. Berkshire owns 14.66 million shares valued at $975 million as of the end
A chip made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company TSMC Semiconductor stocks got whacked on Friday as investors digested hotter-than-expected inflation and increased tensions between Ukraine and Russia. Chipmakers had been boosted by increased demand during the pandemic and have generally reported strong earnings and outlooks in the past month. But investors are looking for less-risky
In this article AMZN Photographer: Thorsten Wagner/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A former Amazon employee was sentenced Friday to federal prison for his involvement in an international bribery scheme. Rohit Kadimisetty, who worked as a seller support employee out of Amazon’s Hyderabad, India, office until 2015, was ordered to spend
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports | Reuters The National Football League lobbied the Securities and Exchange Commission on “issues related to blockchain technology” from July through December last year, according to disclosure reports. Records indicate that the lobbying campaign represents the first time the NFL has attempted to influence the government agency