US Govt Could Be World’s Largest BTC Reserve Owing to Seizures from Silk Road, Bitfinex Hack

US Govt Could Be World’s Largest BTC Reserve Owing to Seizures from Silk Road, Bitfinex Hack

Bitcoin holdings in the US Treasury has risen exponentially in recent years, making the US government reportedly the largest BTC reserves in the world. Owing to three big seizures from criminal cases, the US Treasury is estimated to be in possession of at least 194,188 BTC tokens. Presently, with Bitcoin…

Baidu, ByteDance, Other Chinese Firms Launch ChatGPT-Like Chatbots to Public

Baidu, ByteDance, Other Chinese Firms Launch ChatGPT-Like Chatbots to Public

Five Chinese tech firms, including Baidu and SenseTime Group, on Thursday launched their artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to the public after receiving government approval, as China’s government pushes to widen the use of such products amid competition with the United States. Baidu, China’s leading online search provider, said in a statement…

OpenAI Introduces ChatGPT Version for Large Business With More Security

OpenAI Introduces ChatGPT Version for Large Business With More Security

Artificial intelligence leader OpenAI said on Monday it is releasing a version of ChatGPT targeted to large businesses, increasing the overlap in what OpenAI and its financial backer Microsoft offer to customers. ChatGPT Enterprise offers more security, privacy and higher-speed access to OpenAI’s technology, the company said. Early customers include…

US FTC to Probe Qualcomm’s Israeli Chipmaker Autotalks Aquisition Deal: Report

US FTC to Probe Qualcomm’s Israeli Chipmaker Autotalks Aquisition Deal: Report

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is expected to open an in-depth probe on Wednesday of Qualcomm’s purchase of Israeli auto-chip maker Autotalks, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. In May, Qualcomm had said it would acquire Israel’s Autotalks, a maker of chips used in crash-prevention…

Binance Reportedly Saw Monthly Illegal Crypto Transactions Worth  Billion in Banned China Market

Binance Reportedly Saw Monthly Illegal Crypto Transactions Worth $90 Billion in Banned China Market

Binance users traded $90 billion (roughly Rs. 7,42,800 crore) of cryptocurrency-related assets in a single month in China, where cryptocurrency trading has been illegal since 2021, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday citing internal figures and current and former employees of the exchange. The transactions made China Binance’s biggest…

US President Said to to Sign New Order to Limit US Tech Investments in China by Mid-August

US President Said to to Sign New Order to Limit US Tech Investments in China by Mid-August

US President Joe Biden is planning to sign an executive order to limit critical US technology investments in China by mid-August, according to people familiar with the internal deliberations. The order focuses on semiconductors, artificial intelligence and quantum computing. It won’t affect any existing investments and will only prohibit certain…

US Lawmakers Consider Changes to Bill That Could Give Government New Powers to Ban TikTok

US Lawmakers Consider Changes to Bill That Could Give Government New Powers to Ban TikTok

U.S. lawmakers are considering changes to address concerns about a bill that would give the Biden administration new powers to ban Chinese-owned TikTok, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee who has cosponsored the legislation said on Monday. Democratic Senator Mark Warner told Reuters that aggressive lobbying by the ByteDance-owned…

EU Announces New Data Transfer Pact With US, Faces Fresh Challenges

EU Announces New Data Transfer Pact With US, Faces Fresh Challenges

The European Commission announced a new data transfer pact with the United States on Monday, seeking to end the legal uncertainty plaguing thousands of companies which transfer personal data across the Atlantic. However, the move was immediately criticised by non-profit group noyb, led by privacy activist Max Schrems, which said…

US Newspaper Chain Gannett Sues Google, Says Tech Giant Holds Monopoly on Online Ads

US Newspaper Chain Gannett Sues Google, Says Tech Giant Holds Monopoly on Online Ads

Gannett, the largest US newspaper chain, on Tuesday sued Google, accusing the social media company of violating federal antitrust law by trying to monopolize the market for online advertising. The publisher of USA Today and more than 200 daily newspapers in a complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan said…

US Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Protect TikTok Users’ Data From Being Misused

US Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Protect TikTok Users’ Data From Being Misused

A bipartisan group of six senators and two members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday introduced legislation to protect Americans’ data from being used by US adversaries. The bill is the latest in a series of proposals aimed at addressing concerns about the data of Americans using foreign-owned social…