For bitcoin investors, these are the times that try one’s soul. After surging to almost US$20 000 in December following the introduction of regulated futures contracts in the US, the world’s largest cryptocurrency
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A comprehensive study of exposure to the radiation emitted by mobile phones found an increased risk of a rare tumour in some rodents, although the scientist in charge cautioned against drawing conclusions
Bitcoin fell below $8 000 for the first time since November as a miserable 2018 continued for cryptocurrencies, with investors confronting a mounting list of concerns about the future of the industry. Since reaching a record high
The deepening selloff in cryptocurrencies has just claimed another victim: bitcoin’s “kimchi” premium. Prices for the cryptocurrency in South Korea have tumbled back in line with those on overseas exchanges for the first time in
GoPro has reported disappointing sales in the fourth quarter, battered by a dismal holiday season and potentially hastening the likelihood of a sale. The results for the once high-flying action-camera maker add to months of
I have some bad news, and some probably-not-terrible news about Apple. The bad news was Apple didn’t have a terrific holiday season for its most important product. Apple said on Thursday that it sold 1.2% fewer iPhones in the
Apple forecast lower-than-expected revenue for the current quarter and reported iPhone sales from the crucial holiday period that missed analysts’ forecasts, suggesting waning demand for its most important product. The
Microsoft has topped analysts’ estimates for second quarter revenue, helped by brisk quarterly growth in its cloud and corporate-software businesses, while a tax charge caused the company to report a net loss. The software maker
Bitcoin is proving that cryptocurrencies can erase wealth as fast as they create it. Its January slide knocked $44.2bn off the $200bn in market value generated in all of last year, the biggest one-month loss in dollar
Soon after it began in 2011, South Africa’s renewable power programme became the world’s fastest-growing. Almost US$15bn poured into clean energy in seven years, financing everything from wind farms to solar towers. New