With the election of Donald Trump, golden crypto times seemed to be dawning. However, since his inauguration, the Bitcoin price has mainly been moving downwards - partly due to the spectacular Bybit hack.
One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Bybit, has fallen victim to a serious hacker attack. The unknown attackers stole digital currencies worth around 1.5 billion US dollars.
In the course of a hacker attack on its communications systems, the US mining company NioCorp fell victim to a Business Email Compromise (BEC).
Microsoft has unveiled a new quantum computer chip. According to the company, the chip, known as Majorana 1, is based on a new type of material called Topoconductor, which uses a previously unknown state of matter - neither solid nor liquid or gaseous, but a topological state.
The tax dispute between the US group and the Italian tax authorities has been going on for years. Now a line is to be drawn.
The Taiwanese computer manufacturer Acer is the first major laptop producer to announce concrete price increases for the US market. The reason for this is the import tariffs imposed by the US government on Chinese goods. In an interview with The Telegraph, CEO Jason Chen announced an across-the-board price increase of 10 percent.
Intel could possibly be split up. As the Wall Street Journal reports, citing insiders, both the Taiwanese contract manufacturer TSMC and the US group Broadcom are showing interest in various business areas of the ailing chip giant.
CyberArk, the provider of identity security solutions, is further expanding its portfolio with the acquisition of identity governance specialist Zilla Security. The deal has a volume of 165 million US dollars in cash, plus a performance-related earn-out payment of 10 million dollars.
According to the well-known Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is working on both humanoid and non-humanoid robot concepts.
The IT management specialist SolarWinds is changing hands: the company is being acquired by the private equity firm Turn/River Capital for around 4.4 billion US dollars. Shareholders will receive 18.50 dollars per share in cash.
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