December 2025 – Page 14 – Stay Updated Finance News

How Stablecoins Can Help Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions December 7, 2025
Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed into pools of other funds in ways that are difficult to trace, experts say.
I Let Reddit Choose My Wedding Dress — and They Got It Right December 7, 2025
Sometimes it’s easier to talk to strangers, which might explain why the platform has become an increasingly popular resource for wedding planning.
It’s Not Just You. Users Struggle With the Instagram Repost Button. December 7, 2025
The new repost option, sandwiched between comment and share, has led to consternation and accidental reposts by some users.
Rebecca Heineman, Transgender Video Game Pioneer, Dies at 62 December 6, 2025
Fleeing an abusive home life, she went on to win a national Space Invaders tournament, taught herself to program and left a trail of popular games in her wake.
Netflix to Buy Warner Bros in $83 Billion Deal December 5, 2025
The deal to acquire the Hollywood behemoth’s television and film studios as well as HBO Max will bulk up the world’s biggest paid streaming service.
EU Hits Elon Musk’s X With $140 Million Fine December 5, 2025
The case over online transparency has become a point of contention between the European Union and the Trump administration.
New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work December 5, 2025
Filed in federal court on Friday, the suit joins more than 40 other court disputes between copyright holders and A.I. companies.
How Batteries Got Cheaper and Made the Electric Grid More Reliable December 5, 2025
An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world.
OpenAI Calls a ‘Code Red’ + Which Model Should I Use? + The Hard Fork Review of Slop December 5, 2025
“For OpenAI to realize its ambitions, it is not going to be enough for them to make a model that is as good as Gemini 3. They need to be able to leapfrog it again.”
Meta Weighs Cuts to Its Metaverse Unit December 4, 2025
Meta plans to direct its investments to focus on wearables like its augmented reality glasses but does not plan to abandon building the metaverse.
A.I. Deal Making Is Getting Faster December 4, 2025
Investors are deciding within 15 minutes whether to shovel millions into A.I. start-ups and taking entrepreneurs weight lifting and rock climbing to get deals done.
His Group Made World-Class Measurements of Atomic Elements December 4, 2025
Yuri Ralchenko led one of the oldest teams at the National Institute for Standards and Technology. The fate of some experiments hangs in the air.
Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Garage Door Openers December 4, 2025
If companies can modify internet-connected products and charge subscriptions after people have already purchased them, what does it mean to own anything anymore?
Bitcoin’s Predicted Sky-High Prices Have Not Panned Out December 3, 2025
Bitcoin has plunged more than 30 percent and Ether is down around 40 percent in recent months, as gains from President Trump’s pro-crypto policies evaporated.
Beta Will Sell Motors to Another Electric Aircraft Company December 2, 2025
The deal with a company owned by Embraer gives Beta Technologies an additional source of revenue as it develops its own electric aircraft.
Silicon Valley Builds Amazon and Gmail Copycats to Train A.I. Agents December 2, 2025
Several new start-ups are building replicas of sites so A.I. can learn to use the internet and maybe replace white-collar workers.
College Students Choosing A.I. Majors Over Computer Science December 1, 2025
At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major.
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends December 1, 2025
David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments.
Hard Fork’s 50 Most Iconic Technologies of 2025 November 28, 2025
“You can’t tell the story of 2025 without these icons.”
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley November 27, 2025
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.

Month: December 2025

Trump-Backed American Bitcoin Plunges 40% on Heavy Volume, Dragging Hut 8 Lower by 12%

Bitcoin Volatility Breaks Out Vs VIX, Setting Up Possible Pair Trade Opportunity

Sam Altman issues ‘code red’ at OpenAI as ChatGPT contends with rivals

Polkadot Surges 13% After Breaking Above Key Resistance

Iren Plans to Sell Up to $2.3 Billion of Convertible Notes, Shares Drop

SOL Bulls Take a Breather After Pumping Millions Into ETFs

BNP Paribas Joins EU Bank Stablecoin Venture Helmed by Ex-Coinbase Germany Exec

UK ministers pressing ahead with ban on cryptocurrency political donations

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: NEAR Protocol (NEAR) Gains 8.2% as Index Rises

Bank of America Greenlights Wealth Advisers to Recommend Up to 4% Bitcoin Allocation

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