China’s Orbital Chenguang secured major credit lines for space-based data centers as AI demand strains power, land, and cooling capacity. The post China Startup Secures $8.4B in Credit Lines for Orbital Data Center Push appeared first on TechRepublic. Source link
Key Takeaways Bitcoin fell below $77,000 on April 27 as optimism regarding an Iranian peace proposal faded rapidly. Bitstamp data showed $454 million in liquidations as bitcoin decoupled from flat U.S. and European stocks. The Trump administration may be amenable to the Iranian offer because it reopens the Strait of Hormuz and helps avoid a…
In the latest Russia crypto news, the European Union has issued its 20th sanctions package against Russia, and this one hits the crypto sector in ways unlike anything that came before. Rather than blacklisting individual exchanges or wallets, the EU has targeted the entire Russian cryptocurrency industry, including Russia’s own central bank digital currency, the…
SAVE $850: The Eufy E15 robot lawn mower is on sale at Amazon for $949.99, down from the list price of $1,799.99. That’s a 50% discount and the lowest price we’ve seen at Amazon. $949.99 at Amazon $1,799.99 Save $850 You might already have a robot at home. Plenty of us rely on robot…
Circle Ventures snaps up AAVE days after a $293M KelpDAO exploit, shoring up Aave’s bad‑debt shock while Washington weighs a landmark US stablecoin bill. Summary Circle Ventures’ purchase of Aave’s $AAVE token is being framed as “direct support for DeFi infrastructure.” The move lands days after Aave absorbed fallout from a $293M KelpDAO exploit and…
Elon Musk spent his Friday reposting criticism of competitors after the launch of the XChat app, a standalone messaging option for X users. “Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram, and iMessage all have serious security problems,” read a message Musk reposted, in part. “XChat is the only secure, encrypted messaging app.” Encryption experts I spoke with in the…
Key Takeaways: Romania ONJN blocked over 300 illegal gambling sites and revoked 60 licenses in its 2025-2026 mandate year. €5M Conștient și Liber fund marks Romania’s first state funding for gambling addiction treatment Romanian court rejected Polymarket’s suspension request on April 1, keeping ONJN blacklist intact. Romania’s Gambling Regulator Shares Block List The Oficiul Național…
Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid have formed a new political alliance aimed at unseating Netanyahu’s government, with the odds of Netanyahu being out by June 30 at 5.5% YES. The alliance, called “Yajad” (“Together”), is an effort to consolidate Israel’s fragmented opposition. Bennett and Lapid previously partnered to temporarily unseat Netanyahu in 2021. The June…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is far less vocal about his worldviews than Palantir’s Alex Karp. And yet, France is taking steps to reduce its reliance on Windows, while its domestic intelligence agency recently renewed its contract with the increasingly controversial data analytics company. This paradox is representative of Europe’s messy breakup with U.S. tech. After…
Who is Evan Tangeman? The 22-year-old, of Newport Beach, California, was sentenced on April 24, 2026, to 70 months in federal prison for laundering $3.5M on behalf of a cybercriminal syndicate that stole more than $263M in cryptocurrency. He pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy, not a minor bookkeeping charge, but the same statute used to…
