‘Severance’ pay: Why Apple TV+ is worth losing $1 billion a year
There’s more to life than money, and heaven knows Apple isn’t short of a dollar or two. So when I hear that the company’s TV+ streaming service is losing $1 billion a year, my first…
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FBI says North Korea ‘responsible’ for $1.4 billion Bybit heist
The FBI said the North Korean government is “responsible” for the hack at crypto exchange Bybit, which resulted in the theft of more than $1.4 billion in Ethereum cryptocurrency. On Wednesday, the bureau released a…
How North Korea pulled off a $1.5 billion crypto heist—the biggest in history
The cryptocurrency industry and those responsible for securing it are still in shock following Friday’s heist, likely by North Korea, that drained $1.5 billion from Dubai-based exchange Bybit, making the theft by far the biggest…
Researchers accuse North Korea of $1.4 billion Bybit crypto heist
On Friday, hackers stole around $1.4 billion in Ethereum cryptocurrency from crypto exchange Bybit, in what is the largest crypto heist of all time. After the hack, several blockchain monitoring firms, as well as the…
Crypto exchange Bybit says it was hacked and lost around $1.4 billion
Crypto exchange Bybit announced on Friday that “a sophisticated attack” led to the theft of ethereum (ETH) from one of the company’s offline wallets. Bybit’s chief executive and co-founder Ben Zhou said in a livestream…
VLC celebrates 6 billion downloads with new AI subtitles feature
At CES 2025, non-profit organization VideoLAN announced that their open-source media player app VLC Media Player crossed an incredible milestone: over 6 billion downloads, TechCrunch reports. According to a LinkedIn post written by VideoLAN’s president…
Cue the confetti: Apple has 20 billion reasons to celebrate Google
You’ve gotta love these court cases against major tech companies if only for the discovery and testimony that come out because of them. Turns out Eddy Cue still works at Apple. A few years of…
Believe it or not, ChatGPT gets over 1 billion messages every single day
There has been a lot of talk about AI chatbots over the past few years, but how much are they actually used? OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman shared in a tweet (spotted by MSPoweruser) some figures…
Apple faces £3 billion legal claim over alleged competition law breaches
Around 40 million Apple customers in the U.K. could be entitled to an average payout of £70 if a major new legal challenge is successful. The consumer publication Which? has announced what it describes as…
GPU sales to hit $100 billion in 2024
It’s raining money, at least if you’re selling graphics cards. According to recent industry research, the market for graphics processing units is set to hit about $100 billion in 2024. It’s a massive shift in…