Bitcoin extended its decline on Friday at a pace that has alarmed financial markets, briefly falling toward 82,000 dollars (around 71,200 euros) in the morning. Although the cryptocurrency later recovered slightly to 83,800 dollars on the Bitstamp platform, the price remains roughly 4,000 dollars below the
Read more: Strong Bitcoin decline follows labor data unsettling nervous investors
A recent study revealed how difficult it has become to distinguish between music created by artificial intelligence and music produced by humans. In a test conducted with 9,000 participants, each person listened to three different songs: two generated by AI and one composed by humans. Their task was
Read more: Study Shows Most People Cannot Identify AI-Generated Music From Human Creations
The European Union has once again turned its attention to Google, suspecting that the American tech giant may be illegally harming news outlets and publishers in its search results. The European Commission has opened a formal procedure to investigate whether one of Google’s policies —
The meteoric rise of DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence platform that has rapidly entered the global market, has triggered alarm across the United States and beyond. While it promotes itself as an advanced and efficient language model, its success rests on a practice that experts
Read more: The Rise of DeepSeek: The Chinese AI Built Entirely on Stolen Data
In the first half of 2025, China completely met the growth in its electricity demand through renewable energy generation, thereby reducing coal power generation and emissions. According to a report, the People’s Republic accounted for 55 percent of the global increase in solar power and
Read more: China Leads Global Green Transition With Record Renewable Energy Growth in 2025
A strong sales launch for the new iPhone 17 has powered Apple to record revenue, giving the company renewed momentum and allowing CEO Tim Cook to deliver an unexpectedly optimistic outlook for the current quarter. Demand has exceeded internal forecasts, and Apple expects double-
Read more: Strong iPhone 17 launch drives record performance and upbeat Apple outlook
Microsoft has signed a strategic five-year agreement worth 9.7 billion dollars with digital infrastructure provider IREN to secure additional computing capacity dedicated to artificial intelligence. The contract includes a 20% upfront payment and will allow the company to access servers equipped with advanced
Read more: Microsoft secures massive AI computing capacity in landmark multi-billion agreement
Universal Music Group has taken a major step toward defining the future of the music industry by reaching an agreement with AI music platform Udio, allowing it to train its models using licensed works from UMG’s catalog. The deal resolves a lawsuit in which Universal accused Udio of using
Read more: Universal Music will allow licensed AI training through landmark Udio agreement
Qualcomm is fast-tracking its mobile roadmap with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, a flagship chipset aimed squarely at on-device AI workloads. Early indications suggest a platform leap that pairs LPDDR6 memory with UFS 5.0 storage to unlock higher bandwidth and sustained
Read more: Qualcomm unveils new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 with advanced intelligence
