Imposter scams topped FTC fraud reports for the fifth year running in 2025, with roughly 1 million reports filed and $3.5 billion in losses — part of a record $15.9 billion in total fraud reported to the agency.
Binance has pulled its application for EU-wide crypto licensing through Greece, warning customers in several European countries of potential service disruptions ahead of a July 1 MiCA compliance deadline.
ON Semiconductor has agreed to acquire Synaptics in an all-stock deal valued at nearly $7 billion, the company's largest acquisition ever, as it seeks to expand its physical AI and connected computing portfolio.
Polish authorities, with FBI and HSI support, arrested four members of a cybercrime ring accused of SIM-swapping attacks that hijacked cryptocurrency exchange accounts and laundered an estimated $5 million or more through accounts across multiple countries.
Notion is shutting down Notion Mail on September 22, saying more than half of its users already manage email through AI agents without opening the inbox — a move that also closes the chapter on the Skiff email infrastructure Notion acquired in 2024.
Microsoft will raise Xbox Series S and Series X console prices by $100 to $150 starting August 1, blaming memory and storage costs that have more than doubled as AI chipmakers compete for limited supply.
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that federal pesticide law preempts state failure-to-warn claims against Bayer's Monsanto over Roundup's glyphosate, effectively limiting a wave of cancer-related lawsuits and sending Bayer shares up 15.75%.
Binance has pulled its application for EU-wide crypto licensing through Greece, warning customers in several European countries of potential service disruptions ahead of a July 1 MiCA compliance deadline.
ON Semiconductor has agreed to acquire Synaptics in an all-stock deal valued at nearly $7 billion, the company's largest acquisition ever, as it seeks to expand its physical AI and connected computing portfolio.
Microsoft will raise Xbox Series S and Series X console prices by $100 to $150 starting August 1, blaming memory and storage costs that have more than doubled as AI chipmakers compete for limited supply.
Notion is shutting down Notion Mail on September 22, saying more than half of its users already manage email through AI agents without opening the inbox — a move that also closes the chapter on the Skiff email infrastructure Notion acquired in 2024.
Qualcomm unveiled its Dragonfly C1000 data center CPU with Meta as a launch customer, acquired AI software startup Modular for a reported ~$3.92 billion, and nearly doubled its 2029 non-handset revenue forecast to $40 billion, sending shares up 15%.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said at the company's annual stockholder meeting that smuggled-chip AI data centers are a "dead end," while reaffirming that national security takes precedence over commercial opportunity in restricted markets like China.
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