New Year Honours 2024: Tracking tech pioneer is appointed OBE

The US securities regulator on Wednesday approved the first US-listed exchange traded funds to track bitcoin, its Chair Gary Gensler said, in a watershed for the world’s largest cryptocurrency and the broader crypto industry. The agency approved applications, including from BlackRock, Ark Investments, 21Shares, Fidelity, Invesco, and VanEck, among others, according to a notice on its…

The app was a surprising success upon its 2014 release, but the star has announced its time is up.

Updated Jan. 3, 2024 1:42 pm ET Xerox Holdings said it would reduce its workforce by 15% and shake up its leadership team as it reorganizes its operating model. The printer maker said Wednesday that it had formed a global business-services unit as it aims to stabilize its core print business. Xerox also plans to…

Technology 12 December 2023, 5:21 am 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Apple (AAPL.O) has offered to let rivals access its tap-and-go mobile payments systems used for mobile wallets, three people familiar with the matter said, a move that could settle EU antitrust charges and stave off a possible hefty fine. The EU competition enforcer…

But it has been met with consternation from the performers themselves, with World of Warcraft voice actor Andrew Russell calling it “garbage”, while Shelby Young, who will provide the voice of Yuko in the upcoming Persona 3: Reload, said she was “really disappointed” in the union.

Thanks to powerful new generative artificial intelligence tools, it’s getting difficult to tell if your favorite artist is actually singing — or in a great many cases, rapping — on tracks floating around YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. In February, superstar DJ David Guetta posted a video clip of himself live in concert, playing a song…