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SoftBank CEO to announce $100b investment in US during visit to Trump
SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son will announce a $100 billion investment in the United States over the next four years during a Monday visit to US President-elect Donald Trump's residence, Mar-a-Lago, CNBC reported. Son will also promise in a joint announcement with Trump to create 100,000 jobs focused on artificial intelligence and related infrastructure, with the money to be deployed before the end of Trump's term, CNBC said, citing sources. The funding could come from various source
Dec. 16, 2024 -
Bitcoin surges to new record as Trump's election turbocharges cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin soared to a record high above $82,000 on Monday on expectations that cryptocurrencies will boom in a favorable regulatory environment following the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president and of pro-crypto candidates to Congress. The world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency , has now more than doubled from the year's low of $38,505 and was last at $81,991, having earlier touched a record high of $82,413. Trump embraced digital assets during his campaign, promising to
Nov. 11, 2024 -
Bitcoin hits $80,000 for the first time
Bitcoin soared to a new record high on Sunday, as the cryptocurrency continues to rise following Donald Trump's presidential election win. The digital currency passed $80,000 for the first time shortly after 12:00 pm (1200 GMT). It reached $75,000 on Wednesday, topping its previous all-time peak of $73,797.98 achieved in March. (AFP)
Nov. 10, 2024 -
OpenAI's ChatGPT faces massive outage with thousands of users impacted
Microsoft-backed OpenAI said on Friday night it is facing an issue that has resulted in its popular chatbot ChatGPT being unavailable. The company said in a statement on its website that it was investigating the issue and working to restore functionality as soon as possible. Over 19,403 users had been impacted by the outage as of 7:13 p.m. ET, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Reuters)
Nov. 9, 2024