Biden blocks Chinese-backed crypto mining firm from land ownership near Wyoming missile base

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday issued an order blocking a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near a Wyoming nuclear missile base, calling its proximity to the base a “national security risk.” The order forces the divestment of property operated as a crypto mining facility near the Francis E. Warren Air Force … Read more

Sony names new PlayStation leaders following Jim Ryan’s retirement

Sony is appointing co-CEOs Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino to lead its PlayStation business from June 1st. Hermen Hulst, who currently serves as PlayStation studios chief, will be appointed as CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment’s (SIE) studio business group. Hideaki Nishino will be appointed CEO of SIE’s platform business group, and both will report up … Read more

OpenAI GPT-4o With Real-Time Responses and Video Interaction Announced, GPT-4 Features Now Available for Free

OpenAI held its much-anticipated Spring Update event on Monday where it announced a new desktop app for ChatGPT, minor user interface changes to ChatGPT’s web client, and a new flagship-level artificial intelligence (AI) model dubbed GPT-4o. The event was streamed online on YouTube and was held in front of a small live audience. During the … Read more

DYDX CEO Antonio Juliano Steps Down 

Share Tweet Share Share Email DYDX CEO Antonio Juliano has stepped down. Takeaway Points DYDX CEO Antonio MJuliano has stepped down. He is going to be the president and chairman of DXDY. Ivo Crnkovic-Rubsamen, who was formerly the Chief Strategy Officer at dYdX Trading Inc., will be taking … Read more

Amazon to invest $1.3 bln in France, create 3,000 jobs

Amazon said on Monday it would invest more than 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in its French operations. | Photo Credit: AP Amazon said on Monday it would invest more than 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in its French operations and create more than 3,000 permanent jobs in the country. The French presidency had said … Read more

America’s Worst Time Zone

I get meeting times wrong all the time. I mean to schedule an hour earlier or an hour later, but then I get mixed up. The problem is, I always have to compensate for where I am, which is in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Greetings from the lonely, dismal heart of central standard: … Read more