Benchmarking AMD's Unreleased Ryzen 5 3400G on the Computex Show Floor
We found AMD’s unreleased Ryzen 5 2400G on the Computex show floor.
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Month: May 2019
Craig Wright Says Bitcoin Is Going to Zero, Vows to Find Fake Satoshis
By CCN: Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright, the self-proclaimed inventor of bitcoin, has anointed himself the new sheriff of Crypto Town. And his first task is to hunt down “fake” Satoshis to prove once and for all that he’s the rea…
Stock Market Reels as Trump Doubles Down on Mexico Threats
By CCN: The stock market is continuing to plunge. That’s because of the U.S.’ whipsaw approach to trade negotiations. Just yesterday, Vice President Pence visited Canada to promote the new USMCA trade deal which is set to replace NAFTA. He …
Vanguard’s $1.3 Trillion Blockchain Makes Bundesbank Look Foolish
By CCN: Vanguard, the world’s largest provider of mutual funds, is using blockchain to power their enterprise. The investing giant, which popularized mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for the common investor, has been using distributed ledg…
Computex 2019 Day 5 Wrap-Up: Heading Home
Our time at Computex 2019 has come to an end.
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Little-Known Cryptocurrency Surges 80% While Bitcoin Flounders
By CCN: Monacoin bills itself as Japan’s first cryptocurrency, and it’s gained significantly during the recent bull market activity. The cat meme cryptocurrency surged more than 80% in just 24 hours, leaving it with a per-token value of more than $2. P…
Coinbase Loses Another C-Suite Exec amid Mass Exodus at the Exchange
By CCN: The hits just keep on coming for popular U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. Asiff Hirji took to Twitter to reveal that after less than two years as the Coinbase president and chief operating officer in San Francisco, he was calling it…
$8 Million: ‘Crypto Genius’ Reveals His Craziest Bitcoin Prediction Yet
By CCN: A quick way to crypto fame is to use whatever influence you have and make an insane call about the future Bitcoin price. You don’t have to be right. You can be consistently wrong. But if you’re bullish and the market starts to move, people will…
DeepMind AI Learns to Play Quake III
DeepMind revealed that its artificial intelligence agents could beat human players in Quake III’s Cap…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX, With a $33.3B Valuation, Is About to Eclipse Tesla
By CCN: As markets close Friday, Elon Musk’s aerospace venture SpaceX is poised to eclipse his car company Tesla in market value for the first time. Tesla’s stock is trading down 1.5% at press time with a $33.01 billion market cap attached….
Dow’s Punishing Six-Week Skid Erases an Alarming 1,600 Points
By CCN: The Dow and broader U.S. stock market booked heavy losses on Friday after the Trump administration took its tariff war south of the border to Mexico, amplifying concerns about a synchronized slowdown in global economic growth. Dow Implodes; S&#…
Rival Bitcoin Copyright Claim Muddles Craig Wright’s Satoshi Gambit
By CCN: It seems Craig Wright has launched a trend of people laying claim to the copyrights on the Bitcoin whitepaper and early code. While anyone can do it, the works belong to Satoshi Nakamoto – whoever he, she, or they may be. Other than poten…
Tim Draper Says Ethereum’s Issuance Rate of 2%-4% ETH Worries Him
By CCN: Billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper is one of the biggest advocates of the cryptocurrency space. He is famous for his bullish $250,000 bitcoin price prediction, which would reflect a 5% market share around the world in the coming years. D…
Resilient Dow Jones Won’t Suffer Vicious Collapse: Morgan Stanley CEO
By CCN: Since Friday’s opening bell, the Dow Jones has dropped by more than one percent from 25,046 points to 24,885 points as U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to impose tariffs on Mexican goods. Still, according to Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorm…
Report: Global NAND Flash Revenues See Sharp Decline
Global NAND flash revenues have dropped by 20-25% across the industry, as the average sales price of …
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US Tariffs Drive Some of MSI's Production to Taiwan
MSI shifted production of some motherboards and laptops, as well as all of its U.S.-bound graphics ca…
Made in Taiwan, Powered by NVIDIA: TAIWANIA 2 Supercomputer Comes Online
TAIWANIA 2 – the fastest supercomputer in Taiwan and 20th fastest in the world – is now open for business. The first “made in Taiwan” AI supercomputer, TAIWANIA 2 is a milestone in Taiwan’s promotion of AI as a core tenant of its future development and…
Insane 550% Gains Makes Binance Coin (BNB) 2019’s Most-Profitable Cryptocurrency
By CCN: Binance is one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges and also the scene of a $40 million bitcoin theft. But that has not deterred the firm’s native token, Binance Coin (BNB), from becoming the 2019’s best performing …
Bitcoin Analyst Bets $250,000 BTC Plunges 75%: Here’s Why He’ll Lose
By CCN: Several months ago, Tone Vays, a polarizing figure in the crypto community, laid down the gauntlet on Twitter. Doubling down on his gloomy short-term bitcoin price forecast, Vays challenged his critics to take on a bet that’s worth $250,000. An…