(Reuters) — Bitcoin hit a two-year high on Tuesday, on track for its biggest two-day rally this year, on signs large players were buying the cryptocurrency, while smaller rival ether topped $3,200 for the first time since 2022. Bitcoin has rallied more than 10% in two sessions, helped by Monday’s disclosure from crypto investor and software firm MicroStrategy that it had recently purchased about 3,000 bitcoins for an outlay of $155 million. The original and largest cryptocurrency by market… Source link
Read More »bne IntelliNews – Yandex N.V. to reinvent itself after leaving Russia
In early February, Yandex NV (YNV) – the Dutch parent company of Russia’s online giant Yandex, often referred to as the “Russian Google”- announced its long expected exit from Russia. YNV is selling its Russian assets to a consortium of investors led by the Russian management team for RUB475bn ($5.2bn) in the largest corporate exit from Russia since the country’s invasion… Source link
Read More »Should You Buy SoundHound AI Stock Before Thursday’s Big Announcement? Nvidia Has.
What’s the hottest artificial intelligence (AI) stock on the market right now? You might think it’s Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). After all, the giant chipmaker recently reported blowout fourth-quarter results and predicted the strong growth will continue. But there’s at least one other AI stock that is outperforming Nvidia so far in 2024: SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN). Shares of the conversational AI leader are up more than 80% so far this year. The company is scheduled to report its Q4 results… Source link
Read More »An ex-KGB agent says every American that Putin can imprison is ‘an asset that you can trade’ as Moscow detains a US ballerina
Russia’s imprisoning of US citizens as bargaining chips is “nothing new,” an ex-KGB agent said. Jack Barsky told Fox that this gives Moscow an “asset that you can trade.” Ksenia Karelina, a US-Russian ballerina, is the latest American citizen to be detained by Russia. Every US citizen detained by Russia gives the Kremlin an “asset that you can trade,” ex-KGB agent Jack Barsky said. Barsky, a former sleeper agent for Soviet intelligence in the 1970s and 1980s, told Fox News’ Martha MacCallum on… Source link
Read More »Russian Antimonopoly Service reveals violations of Yandex.Taxi related with overrated prices
Russian Antimonopoly Service reveals violations of Yandex.Taxi related with overrated prices AKIPRESS.COM – The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has revealed violations by Yandex.Taxi, which are associated with overrated prices for trips, as well as blocking of drivers and passengers. In 2023, the company received more than 300 complaints from passengers and drivers, Federal Antimonopoly Service Deputy Chairman Pyotr Ivanov said in an interview with… Source link
Read More »Report: Former Raiders CB Damon Arnette arrested on meth, firearm charges
Damon Arnette has now been arrested several times since the Raiders selected him in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Former Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Damon Arnette was arrested in Texas last month and charged with possession of meth and the unlawful carrying of a firearm, according to the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Arnette was arrested in the Dallas area on Jan. 6 at 3:30 a.m., per the report. It’s not clear specifically what led to the arrest. While… Source link
Read More »Google Play Judge Calls $700 Million Settlement Bad for Customers
(Bloomberg) — A federal judge appeared skeptical of Alphabet Inc.’s $700 million proposed settlement with states and consumers to resolve claims that the Google Play app store abuses its market power. Most Read from Bloomberg At a hearing Monday, US District Judge James Donato said the accord seems to give short-shrift to consumers both in the overall compensation it provides and the broad release it gives the company from future lawsuits. “Right now I’m not saying it’s a bag of… Source link
Read More »Google’s Gemini Headaches Spur $90 Billion Selloff
Updated Feb 26, 2024, 04:14pm EST Topline Google parent Alphabet lost some $90 billion in market value Monday as controversy over the Silicon Valley giant’s generative artificial intelligence product made its way to Wall Street. significant headaches from his company’s generative AI chatbot. AFP via Getty Images Key Facts Shares of Alphabet fell 4.5% to $138.75 Monday, closing at its lowest price since Jan. 5 and registering its second-steepest daily loss of the last year. … Source link
Read More »Purdue star, player of the year favorite Zach Edey to declare for NBA Draft after the season
Zach Edey can become the first person to win back-to-back national player of the year awards since Ralph Sampson did so in 1982. (AP/Michael Conroy) Zach Edey won’t be returning to Purdue next season after all. The reigning national player of the year will declare for the NBA Draft after the Boilermakers’ season ends later this spring, head coach Matt Painter told CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein on Monday. Edey had one final season available to him at Purdue if he wanted it due to the COVID-19… Source link
Read More »Don Henley tells court he never gave away drafts of ‘Hotel California’ lyrics
NEW YORK (AP) — Don Henley said Monday that he never gave away handwritten pages of draft lyrics to “Hotel California” and other Eagles hits, calling them “very personal” in testimony that also delved into an ugly but unrelated episode: his 1980 arrest. Henley, the Grammy-winning co-founder of one of the most successful bands in rock history, is prosecutors’ star witness in an unusual criminal trial surrounding the lyrics sheets. Henley says they were stolen decades ago from his barn… Source link
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