A court in Montenegro has allowed the release on bail of Do Kwon, a fugitive cryptocurrency entrepreneur. Kwon, who founded Terraform, has been held in custody since March after being arrested at an airport in the country’s capital, Podgorica, with what are alleged to be fake travel documents. Extradition Sought by Seoul and Washington Kwon
Twitter owner Elon Musk announced on Twitter that Linda Yaccarino would be the social media platform’s new CEO. Yaccarino, who was the global advertising chief at NBCUniversal, will focus on business operations while Musk will focus on product design and new technology. Musk expressed his excitement for Yaccarino’s hire and said that he was looking
India is aiming to increase its private space companies’ share of the global launch market by five times within the next decade. This ambition is encouraged by high-profile successes seen elsewhere, such as those of SpaceX. India’s private launch market has increased significantly since the country opened the way for private launches in 2020, with
Minecraft Legends is the latest addition to the Minecraft universe, offering players a chance to revisit the charming blocky world of Minecraft. The original Minecraft game was released in 2011 and became one of the most successful computer games of all time, with Microsoft acquiring it for US$2.5 billion (A$3.7 billion) in 2014. Minecraft Legends
Neuralink, the brain-chip startup founded by Elon Musk, is facing scrutiny from US lawmakers over the make-up of its panel overseeing animal testing. Representatives Earl Francis Blumenauer and Adam Schiff have drafted a letter to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) requesting an investigation into the company’s oversight of experiments which resulted in the unnecessary
PlayStation Plus subscribers will be thrilled to know that new titles are coming to the Extra and Deluxe/Premium catalogue in May. Insomniac’s Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is the standout game of the month. It’s an inter-dimensional platformer that lets you travel through portals to different planets and fight off alien pirates in a quest
Since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, AI has become a topic of great interest to businesses around the world. Investors are focusing on startups and businesses already using AI in their products and services. They are also considering the consequences and disruptions across industries and updating their approaches to avoid hazards and seize
Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Pure Flix, a faith-based content streaming service, is merging with Great American Media, a new cable rival to the Hallmark Channel. This merger will give Pure Flix a place in front of traditional TV viewers and also bolster the content for Great American’s TV networks, Great American Family and Great American Living.
India’s Competition Commission (CCI) has initiated an inquiry into Google after multiple companies have claimed that the service fee charged by the US firm for in-app payments violates an earlier antitrust directive. The CCI had imposed a fine of $113 million on Google in October, stating that it must allow the use of third-party billing
Twitter has rolled out its new encrypted direct messages (DMs) feature aimed at securing messages on the platform. This is Twitter’s first move towards supporting end-to-end encrypted messages on the service. However, the company has warned that the current implementation has several limitations. The new encryption feature for DMs is supported on the latest versions