Robinhood explains building an Ethereum layer-2: ‘We wanted the security from Ethereum’

Robinhood’s crypto arm deepened its bet on blockchain infrastructure this past year as it expanded its products into tokenized stocks, staking products and a forthcoming layer-2 network built on Arbitrum. The retail brokerage stunned parts of the crypto industry last year when it revealed it was building its own blockchain infrastructure atop Ethereum’s scaling ecosystem, […]

Nvidia takes on Tesla with what Jensen Huang calls the ‘ChatGPT moment’ for self-driving

“The ChatGPT moment for physical AI is here — when machines begin to understand, reason, and act in the real world.” So said Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang at CES in Las Vegas, throwing down the the robotic gauntlet in a statement about the GPU maker’s latest autonomous driving move. Nvidia’s Alpamayo is a chain-of-thought, reasoning-based […]

Alphabet overtakes Apple as world’s second-most-valuable company behind Nvidia

Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) has officially overtaken Apple (AAPL) as the second-most-valuable company in the world. The company closed Wednesday’s trading session with a market capitalization of $3.89 trillion, topping Apple’s $3.85 trillion. It marked the first time the Google parent company has surpassed the iPhone maker in value since 2019. Alphabet widened its lead Thursday, […]

Musk’s xAI quarterly net loss widens to $1.46 billion, Bloomberg News reports

Jan 8 (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI reported a net ​loss of $1.46 billion for the ‌September quarter, compared with a loss of $1 billion in ‌the previous three months, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing internal documents. Revenue nearly doubled sequentially to $107 million in the ⁠period ended September ‌30, 2025, […]

China Warns Solar Firms on Monopoly Risks Amid Consolidation Bid

(Bloomberg) — China’s market regulator has warned several producers of polysilicon, a key material in solar panels, about monopoly risks stemming from their consolidation efforts in the oversupplied sector. Six companies including Tongwei Co. and GCL Technology Holdings, along with the industry association, were summoned by the State Administration for Market Regulation, local media outlet […]