Jeff Bezos, owner of Blue Origin, introduces a new lunar landing module called Blue Moon during an event at the Washington Convention Center, May 9, 2019 in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson | Getty Images Jeff Bezos flew to space late last month, but his company has lost top talent since the billionaire space founder came
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David Lidstone, an off-the-grid New Hampshire hermit known to locals as “River Dave,” doffs his hat after speaking to media outside Merrimack County Superior Court after a status conference hearing, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, in Concord, N.H. Elise Amendola | AP Palantir CEO Alexander Karp has donated $180,000 to a New Hampshire hermit who has
The OnlyFans logo displayed on a laptop. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images OnlyFans is banning the one thing most users go to its site for: pornography. The U.K.-based content subscription service said Thursday it would no longer allow “sexually explicit” content, starting from Oct. 1. OnlyFans said the decision was taken to comply
In this article TSLA Elon Musk Tesla Bot Tesla will build a humanoid robot called Tesla Bot, CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday. “We’re also good at sensors and batteries and we’ll probably have a prototype next year that looks like this,” Musk said, shortly after an actor in a body suit designed to look
In this article UWMC Tony Andrews | Twenty20 Starting later this year, U.S. homebuyers will have the option to pay for their mortgage in bitcoin. United Wholesale Mortgage, which made its public debut in January via a special purpose acquisition (SPAC) merger, announced plans this week to accept cryptocurrency for home loans, in what is
In this article TSLA A Tesla Model S car is displayed at a Tesla showroom on November 5, 2013 in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Some Tesla customers in Florida and California have experienced delivery delays of weeks or months, forcing them to rely on borrowed cars,
Global adoption of cryptocurrency has taken off in the last year, up 881%, with Vietnam, India and Pakistan firmly in the lead, according to new data from Chainalysis. It is the second year the blockchain data firm has released its Global Crypto Adoption Index, which ranks 154 countries according to metrics such as peer-to-peer exchange
In this article PLTR Alexander Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies Inc. Getty Images While some companies such as Tesla are diversifying into bitcoin, data analytics software company Palantir is betting on gold. Palantir bought $50 million in gold bars in August, the company disclosed in its latest earnings statement. The move reflects a growing company
In this article GOOGL Google Pixel 5a Google Google on Tuesday announced the Pixel 5a, a new budget Pixel phone that shows the company is continuing to dedicate resources to building fresh hardware across a range of prices. The Pixel 5a costs $449 and will launch on Aug. 26. Google is slowly ramping up its
In this article FB Taliban fighters with a vehicle on a highway in Afghanistan. Saibal Das | The India Today Group | Getty Images Facebook has banned the Taliban and any content that promotes it from the main Facebook platform, Instagram and WhatsApp. The social media giant told CNBC Tuesday that it considers the Afghan
In this article TSLA Federal vehicle safety regulators launched a formal investigation into Tesla‘s Autopilot system following a series of crashes that have left at least 17 people injured and 1 dead, according to documents posted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Monday. Autopilot is Tesla’s limited self-driving feature that still requires a
In this article 9999-HK 700-HK 7974.T-JP MSFT 6758.T-JP Gamers visit Sony’s PlayStation booth at the annual China Joy gaming conference in Shanghai on July 30, 2021. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC GUANGZHOU, China — For 14 years, gaming consoles from the likes of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo were banned in China. The ban was finally lifted
Kevin Paffrath, Kevin Paffrath smiles for a selfie in front of the California State Capitol in Sacramento on Friday, July 16, 2021. Kevin Paffrath via AP Last year at this time, Kevin Paffrath was focused on his YouTube channel, where his half-million-plus followers could tune in for daily commentary on housing, stocks and stimulus checks.
Cynthia DiBartolo, CEO, Tigress Financial Partners, at the New York Stock Exchange. Source: NYSE Robinhood’s highly anticipated IPO last month was led by Wall Street heavy hitters Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase. But the extensive list of underwriters also included boutique minority-owned firms Ramirez & Co. and Siebert Williams Shank. Of the 17 firms that
Dan Elitzer and Jeremy Rubin rolled out the “MIT Bitcoin Project” in 2014. Christopher A. Maynor Jeremy Rubin was a sophomore studying computer science and electrical engineering when he decided that he wanted to give every undergraduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology $100 worth of bitcoin. Seven months later – armed with half
In this article NFLX DIS Cars drive past a sign featuring Mickey Mouse at the entrance to Walt Disney World on the day that portions of the theme park, including the Magic Kingdom, reopened to guests after being closed since mid-March due the coronavirus pandemic. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | Getty Images This round,
The Poly Network logo displayed on a phone screen with a physical representation of some cryptocurrencies. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images Nearly all of the $600 million stolen in one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists ever has now been returned by hackers. Poly Network, the crypto platform targeted in the attack, said Thursday
In this article ABNB Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky attends the Cannes Lions on June 20, 2016, in Cannes, France. Richard Bord | Getty Images Airbnb’s stock on Thursday fell more than 4% after the company reported its second-quarter earnings. The company beat Wall Street’s expectations for revenue and bookings but warned about expected volatility from
Digital cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethernum, Dash, Monero and Litecoin. Chesnot | Getty Images A person claiming to be the hacker behind one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists of all time says they stole the funds “for fun.” More than $600 million worth of crypto was stolen in the cyberattack, which targeted a decentralized finance platform
In this article GOOGL FB SNAP Joseph Melles is a content creator who has made thousands from Snap’s Spotlight feature, but he is now planning to post his content elsewhere after payments from the company have started to dry up. Courtesy of Joseph Melles Joseph Melles had been working at Wendy’s for a few months