U.S. markets slid sharply on Monday as President Donald Trump’s new 15% global tariff and intensifying artificial intelligence (AI) disruption fears rattled investors, dragging down stocks and crypto while gold and silver climbed on safe-haven demand.
AI Disruption and Trade Tensions Roil Markets
Wall Street opened the week in retreat. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell , or roughly 735…
Solana Company Maps Out ‘Pacific Backbone’ Roadmap to Boost Asia-Pacific Infrastructure
February 24, 2026
Solana Company unveiled plans for the “Pacific Backbone,” a high-speed infrastructure expansion across Asia-Pacific aimed at strengthening staking, validation, and institutional access within the Solana ecosystem.
Solana Company Bets on Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong…
Strategy founder Michael Saylor says bitcoin’s recent drawdown reflects the normal growing pains of transformative technology, not a broken thesis, and he has the corporate war stories to prove it.
Saylor: Bitcoin Volatility Is a Feature, Not a Flaw
In a wide-ranging with…
Madhav Sheth, the founder of Ai+, has confirmed that the brand’s first flip-style foldable smartphone is officially scheduled for a March launch in India. Speaking in an interview with The Mobile Indian, Sheth shared the timeline for the Ai+ NovaFlip foldable phone, which will serve as the flagship entry for the brand’s 2026 lineup. This announcement marks a significant step for the…
Particle’s AI news app listens to podcasts for interesting clips so you you don’t have to
February 24, 2026
An AI news app called Particle, from former Twitter engineers, can now keep up with news breaking on podcasts as well as news published on the web.
Just ahead of its recent Android release, Particle has introduced a feature called Podcast Clips, which finds the most…
After initially testing its AI-powered “Prompted Playlist” feature in New Zealand and recently launching in the U.S. and Canada, Spotify announced on Monday that it’s rolling out the tool to Premium subscribers in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and…
All the important news from the ongoing India AI Impact Summit
February 24, 2026
With an eye toward luring more AI investment to the country, India is hosting a four-day AI Impact Summit this week that will be attended by executives from major AI labs and Big Tech, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, and Cloudflare, as well as heads of state.
The event, which expects 250,000 visitors, will see Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO…
No, a moped doesn't always have pedals – and other inconvenient truths you may hate
February 24, 2026
There’s a surprisingly strong debate long-swirling around the term “moped.” For a word that started as a simple mashup of “motor” and “pedal,” moped has caused an outsized amount of contention. Now, with the prevalence of a new age of light electric…
Are you wondering how much it would cost to charge up your EV if you added a home solar system to your roof? One EV owner did just that. After 14,000 miles of driving, he’s sharing his results online — and the real-world data might surprise you!
Last week, PeakD user…
McMurtry Automotive has confirmed that production of its insane, record-setting, upside-down driving all-electric Spéirling PURE fan hypercar is underway — but if you’re worried about pulling up next to yourself at a stoplight, don’t be: this one’s a limited edition.
The impossibly fast McMurtry Spéirling PURE electric fan car that first wowed crowds at the Goodwood Festival of Speed…
