Bitcoin has landed on Wall Street with a bang. Futures on the world’s most popular cryptocurrency surged as much as 25% during their debut session on Cboe Global Markets’ exchange, triggering two temporary trading halts
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Apple is close to acquiring Shazam Entertainment, the start-up whose music recognition app is already built into Apple’s Siri virtual assistant, according to a person familiar with the discussions. A deal for the London-based app maker could be
Apple’s Jony Ive, a key executive credited with the look of many of the company’s most popular products, has re-taken direct management of product design teams. Ive, 50, was named Apple’s chief design officer in 2015 and subsequently
YouTube plans to introduce a paid music service in March, according to people familiar with the matter, a third attempt by Google to catch up with rivals Spotify and Apple. The new service could help appease record industry executives
NiceHash, the marketplace for cloud-based mining of cryptocurrencies, said hackers breached its systems and stole an unknown amount of bitcoin from its virtual wallet. “We are working to verify the precise number of BTC taken
Qualcomm is taking another stab at breaking into the market for PC with a range of new devices it says will stay connected and run all day on one battery charge. The world’s largest mobile-phone chip maker showed off laptops from Asustek
China’s Tencent, in which South Africa’s Naspers has a 33.2% stake, may be selling off, but analysts are the most bullish on record. The tech giant fell for the fourth time in five sessions on Tuesday as angst over US technology
BMW is targeting another ambitious hike in plug-in hybrid and battery car sales next year to defend its position in the electric-car shift as competitors like Volkswagen ready their own battery line-ups. The planned increase to about
Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone maker that was once the most valuable start-up in the world, is in talks with investment banks about a possible initial public offering and seeking a valuation of at least $50bn, according
Bitcoin’s extraordinary price surge means its market capitalisation now exceeds the annual output of whole economies, and the estimated worth of some of the world’s top billionaires. With the debate over its bubble status