BERLIN, Jan 10 – Germany’s IT and telecommunication (ITC) sector is expected to speed up its growth this year and clearly outperform Germany’s ailing economy, a study by German digital group Bitkom showed on Wednesday. According to the study, the sector’s revenues are projected to rise by 4.4% to 224.3 billion euros ($245.09 billion), compared … Read more
SEOUL, Jan 10 (Reuters) – The mother and two sisters of Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) Chairman Jay Y. Lee plan to sell shares in the tech giant in a block deal seen worth about 2.19 trillion won ($1.66 billion), South Korean newspapers reported on Wednesday. The sale of about 29.8 million shares in the deal will … Read more
Microsoft is having a second Xbox Developer_Direct event on January 18th. Much like last year’s initial event, Microsoft will explain some of its plans for Xbox this year and provide updates on games that are planned for release. The developers of the Indiana Jones game, MachinesGames, are going to reveal how the title is moving … Read more
Under new rules, developers will have to reveal their use of the technology. Valve says the change means it should be able to release ”the vast majority” of games that use AI. Valve has issued new rules about how game developers can launch games that use AI technology on Steam. Writing in a blog post, … Read more
People love to play their music while driving, but unless you’re some sort of wizard with power over time and space, rarely does the beat actually match up with the rhythm of acceleration and steering. Mercedes-AMG aims to change that with a new “interactive musical experience” that it’s built along with musician and entrepreneur Will.i.am. … Read more
Happy new year and welcome back! I’m working hard to get ready for the Hot Pod Summit, and I can’t wait to show you our group next week. There is still time to enter the draw, so please let us know if you want to go. Today is finally the day that YouTube adds RSS … Read more
:BlackRock and Ark Investments said on Wednesday they were lowering the fees on their planned spot bitcoin exchange traded funds. BlackRock would charge 0.25 per cent, compared with the 0.30 per cent fee set earlier. Ark Investments and 21Shares dropped their fee to 0.21 per cent from 0.25 per cent earlier. The aspiring ETF managers … Read more
An updated version of Tesla’s Model 3 car that was released in markets across Europe, the Middle East, and China last fall is now available in North America. Reportedly codenamed “Highland” while it was in development, it brings several noticeable tweaks to Tesla’s mainstream electric sedan. From the outside, the front end’s signature bump has … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON, Jan 9 – The hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s official account on X on Tuesday renewed worries about the social media platform’s security since its takeover by billionaire Elon Musk in 2022. The hackers posted false news about a highly anticipated announcement the SEC was expected to make about bitcoin, … Read more
Amazon, one of the founders of Matter, is the first to add support for Matter casting, a feature of the Matter smart home standard that allows you to control TVs and streaming devices strait from a connected app. At CES this week, Amazon revealed that Matter casting support is coming to its Prime Video app … Read more
