Business

• Bitcoin tops $118,000 for the first time, and keeps on going
• A week after layoffs linked to AI cost, Microsoft pledges $4B to AI education
• AI device startup that sued OpenAI and Jony Ive is now suing its own ex-employee over trade secrets
• EU unveils AI code of practice to help businesses comply with bloc's rules
• TikTok faces fresh European privacy investigation over China data transfers
• Ghost factories are a warning sign for green manufacturing's future
• 'Stuck in limbo': Over 90% of X's Community Notes unpublished, study says
• TSMC's half-year revenue surges 40 percent
• Video game performers approve contract to officially end nearly yearlong strike
• Banking on AI while committed to net zero is 'magical thinking', claims report on energy costs of big tech
• Ad blockers may be showing users more problematic ads, study finds
• Genius Act: This new US cryptocurrency law could pave the way for the next global financial crisis
• AI kingpin Nvidia crowned as first public company with a $4 trillion valuation
• X chief Yaccarino steps down after two years
• Entrepreneur spots deepfakes for celebrities: Can he help average Joes too?