The departing CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam is sounding the alarm on the lack of comprehensive regulation of cryptocurrencies in the U.S.
Regulatory Gap
The outgoing chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Rostin Behnam, has lamented what he termed the insufficient regulation of cryptocurrencies in the United States. Behnam argued that the U.S. needs “comprehensive, strong…
Microstrategy’s bold bitcoin strategy added $14 billion in shareholder value in 2024, with BTC holdings soaring to 447,470 as corporate adoption accelerates.
Microstrategy’s Bitcoin Empire Surges – $22B in BTC for 2024
Michael Saylor, executive chairman of software…
Ripple’s Survey Signals Massive Blockchain Payment Adoption Across Middle East and Africa
January 8, 2025
Crypto is transforming finance across the Middle East and Africa, with payments, digital assets, and cross-border transactions leading the charge, Ripple’s survey reveals.
Ripple Reveals How Blockchain Will Dominate Finance Across the Middle East and Africa
Ripple’s…
Onscreen has been providing caregivers and seniors with an AI-based companion called Joy to help family members take care of older adults. Now it’s bringing its Joy AI companion app to Android tablets and iPads.
The company knows caregivers are outnumbered by those who need care in this country. I felt the reality of that as I and a team of caregivers took care of my mother before she died from…
Lenovo unveiled its lineup of AI-powered business, consumer and gaming PCs at CES 2025 with a focus on smart AI for all. Lenovo said it is delivering smarter technology and the power of AI to deliver personalized, productive, and protected solutions.
At the heart of…
How Meta’s latest research proves you can use generative AI to understand user intent
January 8, 2025
Meta — parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads and more — runs one of the biggest recommendation systems in the world. In two recently released papers, its researchers have revealed how generative models can be used to better understand and respond to…
Halliday unveils AI smart glasses with lens-free AR viewing
January 6, 2025
Halliday has come up with eyewear we didn’t know we needed: smart glasses that project images directly onto your eye. Unveiled at CES 2025‘s CES Unveiled event, Halliday showed its AI smart glasses that beams images directly to your field of vision — beaming them to your eye instead of a lens — without needing a lens to do that.
Blending fashion with functionality, it is the first AI…
Samsung spreads Vision AI across its 2025 TV portfolio
January 6, 2025
For this year’s lineup, Samsung said that AI will come to life in more ways than just great picture quality. The company is introducing AI-backed experiences to make your day simpler, more dynamic, and just plain better. Announced at CES 2025, these experiences will help…
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, known for challenging leading AI vendors with its innovative open-source technologies, today released a new ultra-large model: DeepSeek-V3.
Available via Hugging Face under the company’s license agreement, the new model comes with 671B…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A U.S. Navy warship will make a port call next week in Cambodia, China’s close ally in Southeast Asia, the first such visit in eight years, according to a Cambodian statement Friday.
Cambodia’s Ministry of National Defense said the littoral combat ship Savannah will dock at the port of Sihanoukville on the Gulf of Thailand on Dec. 16-20. Savannah carries a crew of 103…
