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IRS Begins Crypto Reporting Crackdown Ahead of 2025 Filing Requirements

The IRS is preparing to enforce a new reporting requirement on crypto brokerages beginning Jan. 1, 2025, making this an important moment for investors to get their tax records in…

Meta Seeks Approval to Trade Electricity to Support Data Center Power Needs

Meta is seeking federal approval to trade electricity, a move the company says will help accelerate the development of new power plants needed to supply its data centers. Bloomberg reported…

Daily Mail Publisher Reaches £500 Million Deal to Acquire the Daily Telegraph

The publisher of the Daily Mail has agreed to buy the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph for £500 million, marking the latest development in a long-running ownership battle. Daily Mail…

Pocket Watch Recovered From Titanic Passenger Sells for Record £1.78 Million

A gold pocket watch recovered from the body of Titanic passenger Isidor Straus has sold for £1.78 million, setting what auctioneers described as a record-breaking price. Straus, one of the…

Functional Coffees Gain Ground as Mushroom and Protein Drinks Move Into the Mainstream

Zak Haddad has been starting his mornings with coffee infused with lion’s mane mushroom for three years, saying it gives him a “clear, focused feeling” without the “spike and crash”…

Superman #1 Found in Late Mother’s Attic Sells for Record $9.12 Million

A copy of Superman #1 discovered in a California attic has become the most valuable comic book ever sold, reaching $9.12 million at auction. Three brothers found the issue while…

X Begins Rolling Out Profile Feature Showing Account History and Location Details

X has started rolling out a new profile feature that shows information about an account’s history, including its location, the number of username changes, when those changes occurred, the original…

Poundland Faces Store Closures Despite Rising Demand for Budget Shopping

The closure of Poundland’s Peckham store has raised questions about why a chain built on low prices is struggling during a cost-of-living crisis. The Rye Lane location, which had operated…

Scammers Continue Targeting Companies With Fake TechCrunch Outreach

TechCrunch says an increasing number of scammers are impersonating its reporters and events staff to approach companies, using the publication’s name to extract sensitive information. The outlet said inquiries from…

SpaceX’s Upgraded Starship V3 Booster Explodes During Early Pressure Testing

SpaceX’s first upgraded Starship V3 booster exploded during an early test in South Texas, damaging the lower section of the structure only hours after teams rolled it onto the pad.…

Google Executive Says AI Compute Must Double Every Six Months to Meet Rising Demand

Google’s AI infrastructure chief told employees that the company must double its compute capacity every six months to keep up with rising demand for artificial intelligence services. The internal message…

HP and Dell Disable HEVC Hardware Acceleration on Select Laptop Models

HP and Dell have cut support for hardware-accelerated High-Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) playback on select laptops, a change that has left some users unable to view HEVC content in browsers…

Microsoft Publishes Open Source Code for the Zork Trilogy Under MIT License

Microsoft has released the source code for Zork, Zork II, and Zork III under the MIT License, marking a major preservation step for three influential text games from the early…

Salesforce Investigates Data Access Incident Linked to Gainsight-Connected Applications

Salesforce says hackers accessed some customers’ data through Gainsight-connected applications, prompting an ongoing investigation into how attackers reached systems tied to the customer-success platform. The company said the activity does…

ChatGPT Launches Group Chats Worldwide

ChatGPT is rolling out group chats globally across all Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, OpenAI said Thursday, expanding access just a week after piloting the feature in select regions…

Blue Origin unveils super-heavy New Glenn variant taller than Saturn V

Blue Origin has revealed a super-heavy version of its New Glenn rocket, a significantly upgraded design that stands taller than NASA’s historic Saturn V and matches the scale of SpaceX’s…

Google begins global rollout of Gemini on Android Auto

Google’s Gemini assistant is officially replacing Google Assistant in Android Auto, bringing the company’s newest AI model into millions of vehicles worldwide. The rollout starts Thursday and applies to Android…

Wikipedia’s AI-writing guide offers clearest clues yet for spotting machine-generated prose

Wikipedia editors have published one of the most detailed public guides on how to identify AI-generated writing, offering a clearer framework at a time when readers increasingly suspect that what…

Walmart posts strong quarterly growth as shoppers hunt for holiday deals

Walmart is heading into the holiday season with more confidence than many U.S. retailers, reporting stronger-than-expected quarterly sales and raising its full-year outlook as consumers across income levels seek value…

Wolff sells stake valuing Mercedes F1 at £4.6bn

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has sold a portion of his shareholding to U.S. billionaire George Kurtz, in a deal that values the team at $6bn (£4.6bn) — a…