Cormac McCarthy

How the Crypto Exchange Bybit Lost $1.5 Billion to North Korean Hackers

On the night of Feb. 21, Ben Zhou, the chief executive of the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, logged on to his computer to approve...

Federal Grant Program Opens Door to Elon Musk’s Starlink

The Trump administration said on Wednesday that it would overhaul a $42 billion federal grant program aimed at expanding high-speed internet to the...

Discord in Early Talks With Bankers for Potential I.P.O.

Discord, the social chat app popular with the video game community, has met with investment bankers in recent weeks to discuss preparations for...

A Country’s ‘Radical Approach’ to Chip Production Includes New $250M Deal

With an eye toward boosting Malaysia beyond chip assembly and into more lucrative semiconductor production, Arm Holdings Plc will provide the Southeast Asian...

The Return of Digg, a Star of Web 2.0

In the summer of 2005, Alexis Ohanian, a tech entrepreneur, sent an email to his colleague Steve Huffman with an ominous subject line:...

Turing Award Goes to A.I. Pioneers Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton

In 1977, Andrew Barto, as a researcher at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, began exploring a new theory that neurons behaved like hedonists....

Judge Denies Musk’s Request to Block OpenAI’s For-Profit Plan

In November, Elon Musk asked a federal court to block OpenAI’s plan to transform itself from a nonprofit into a purely for-profit company.On...

Judge Denies Musk’s Request to Block OpenAI’s For-Profit Plan

In November, Elon Musk asked a federal court to block OpenAI’s plan to transform itself from a nonprofit into a purely for-profit company.On...

TSMC’s $100B Investment in US Data Centers Sets Foreign Investment Record

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has pledged to spend an additional $100 billion building data centres in the U.S., bringing total spend up to...

7 Tesla Charging Stations Torched Near Boston

Seven Tesla charging stations were intentionally set on fire on Monday at a shopping center outside Boston, the police said, the latest in...

What is Trump’s Crypto Reserve Plan?

The crypto market gives and takes: After President Trump’s plan for a national crypto reserve drew backlash from both Republicans and investors, the...

TSMC, the Chip Giant, Is to Spend $100 Billion in U.S. Over the Next 4 Years

President Trump on Monday said Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world’s largest chip manufacturer, will spend $100 billion in the United States over...

A.I. Start-Up Anthropic Closes Deal That Values It at $61.5 Billion

The artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic said on Monday that it had completed a new fund-raising deal that valued the company at $61.5 billion,...

Trump Vows to Make America the ‘Crypto Capital of the World’ With US Crypto Reserve

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on March 2 the first five cryptocurrencies that will form a U.S. strategic crypto reserve: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple,...

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