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Bitcoin is this close to $50,000, continuing a stunning rise that has sent it soaring nearly $20,000 this year. The digital currency hit a record $49,714.66 Sunday before pulling back somewhat. Bitcoin is still up about 4% over the past Read more
Volkswagen’s CEO Herbert Diess isn’t intimidated by Apple, even though the tech company potentially has an electric car on the way. “The car industry is not a typical tech sector that you could take over at a single stroke,” Diess Read more
For such a secretive company, Apple’s car efforts have been in plain sight for years. The headlines have been steady: prominent auto industry poaches, one approved car patent after another, sightings of mysterious self-driving cars around its Cupertino, California, headquarters, Read more
China banned BBC World News is from airing in the country, according to a statement China’s National Radio and Television Administration released last week. The BBC says China is doing a disservice to its citizens. “China is taking its place Read more
Whitney Wolfe Herd, the 31-year-old founder and CEO of the online-dating app Bumble, took her company public on Thursday. Shares of the dating app soared 67% in its trading debut to USD 72, valuing Herd’s stake at USD 1.5 billion, Read more
Bitcoin’s big week got bigger with an announcement from rapper Jay Z and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey that the pair are establishing a bitcoin development fund. Dorsey tweeted the news Friday, writing that they are taking applications for a “blind Read more
After years of skepticism, bitcoin is finally gaining mainstream credibility. This week alone, Tesla (TSLA) said it will soon accept bitcoin as payment for its vehicles, and disclosed it had purchased $1.5 billion in the cryptocurrency as part of its Read more