A news report from the Wall Street Journal suggests that Goldman Sachs may be considering a major shift in its investment options. The big bank is reportedly deciding whether or not to allow its client investors to trade directly in bitcoin. If Goldman does adopt the new mode of trading, it would make the bank the […]
A year ago, Tesla Motors founder and chief executive Elon Musk quipped that lithium was only the “salt on the salad” for the batteries that are vital to the US company’s electric cars. Fast forward 12 months and concern is growing among analysts, and some other carmakers, that the supply of what Mr Musk dismissed […]
Think bitcoin is in bubble territory? You ain’t seen nothing yet, says one cryptocurrency expert, who believes its value needs to surge by about 300 times over the next several years to be considered a legitimate currency or risk retreating into obscurity and obsolescence. Bitcoin, the No. 1 cryptocurrency, has drawn outsize attention over its […]
It’s been just about a year since Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 exploded onto the market with its red-hot features and smoking design. And if it weren’t for the phone’s propensity for blowing up in people’s pockets and while charging on their nightstands, the Note 7 would have been one of the best handsets around. Despite that setback, Samsung is […]
Ten years ago, the world got its hands on the very first iPhone. On Tuesday, we got our hands on the 10th annual upgrade to that historic machine: the hotly awaited, gorgeous, shockingly expensive iPhone X. (You pronounce it “iPhone 10”—that’s a Roman numeral.) The iPhone X is all screen; there’s no more empty slab of black […]
Lowell McAdam, Verizon Communications chairman and CEO, speaks to CNBC’s David Faber about the company’s rollout of 5G network technology.
Western Digital (WDC) shares fell Wednesday following news that Toshiba will sell a prized chip unit to a rival group led by Bain Capital and Korea-based SK Hynix. XAutoplay: On | OffThe deal, announced by Toshiba late Tuesday, is a blow to Western Digital, which spent months negotiating and wrangling with Toshiba to acquire the […]
New privacy regulations put in place by the European Union could benefit internet users in the U.S. (REUTERS/Francois Lenoir) A massive European Union regulation going into effect next May could deliver an unexpected benefit on the other side of the Atlantic: letting you take your data from social networks that today don’t let you download […]
It’s tough out there for a new phone, but if anyone has a chance at releasing one that grabs people’s attention, it’s Andy Rubin. In September 2008, Rubin’s team at Google (GOOG, GOOGL) launched Android, the wildly successful mobile operating system now running on more than 85% of smartphones worldwide. Unlike Apple’s (AAPL) walled-garden approach to its […]
AMD’s stock price is on the rise as reviews of the company’s new Radeon RX Vega 56 and 64 graphics cards are released. Shares are up 4.05% on Monday, the same day the cards were released. The cards are currently sold out on Newegg, and only a few units are still available on Amazon, though they are […]
Google was fined $2.7 billion by the European Commission, but even that can’t hurt the search giant. (image: AFP) More Europe is once again mad at Google, but this time European regulators’ angst comes with a serious price tag: a €2.42 billion, or about $2.73 billion, fine to punish the Alphabet, Inc. (GOOG, GOOGL), subsidiary for pushing its […]
Change is good. It’s, as the cliché goes, the only constant. But change is also hard. And the hardest kind of change, outside of my transformation from obnoxiously dressed teen to a just plain obnoxious man-child, is changing the kind of smartphone you use. I’m not talking about going from an old iPhone to a new iPhone; I’m […]
