Google slaps Chinese developers with lawsuit in New York for conducting ‘pig-butchering’ scams via its Play Store

The fraudulent apps ran by the two Chinese developers “affected consumers across the globe” and resulted in “substantial financial losses” to Google users, the US tech giant said in its lawsuit. 06:18 ‘It’s scary’: Asian cryptocurrency scams bilk tens of thousands of ‘brainwashed’ victims ‘It’s scary’: Asian cryptocurrency scams bilk tens of thousands of ‘brainwashed’ … Read more

Block (SQ) earnings Q4 2023

Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter Inc. and Square Inc., listens during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, on Friday, June 4, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Block stock rose 19% Friday, a day after the payments company reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat analyst estimates on gross … Read more

Bitcoin (BTC) price predicitions for 2024

Filip Radwanski | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Bitcoin had a huge rally in 2023, with the digital currency up some 152% for the year. And a number of commentators CNBC spoke to — both inside and outside of the cryptocurrency industry — expect the rise to continue. After hitting a record high … Read more