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Kraken Pro adds 24/7 trading for top xStocks
Kraken Pro has enabled around-the-clock trading for 10 of its most popular tokenized equities, expanding xStocks access beyond traditional market hours.
Waze adds SpongeBob navigation experience for drivers
Waze users can now select a SpongeBob-themed navigator, mood and vehicle to mark the upcoming SpongeBob Movie release.
Facebook launches first Marketplace Holiday Shop
Facebook debuts a Marketplace Holiday Shop with creator-curated gift collections for seasonal shopping.
Coinbase details architecture behind 1.5 million reads per second
Coinbase outlines how its Users service scales identity workloads to over 1.5 million reads per second during volatile crypto market peaks.
Amazon launches Alexa+ scene-jump feature on Fire TV
Amazon adds AI-powered scene search on Fire TV, letting Alexa+ jump directly to specific movie moments on Prime Video.
Microsoft adds Mistral Large 3 model to Azure Foundry
Microsoft brings Apache-licensed Mistral Large 3 to Foundry for enterprise AI workloads.
GeForce NOW adds 30 new games, Activision titles via Ubisoft+, and a half-price holiday deal
Nvidia’s GeForce NOW service is adding 30 games, new sign-on features and a holiday discount on premium cloud gaming memberships.
Sony signs on to publish Bad Robot Games’ first in-house title, a co-op shooter for PS5 and PC
Sony Interactive Entertainment will produce and publish Bad Robot Games’ debut internally developed cooperative shooter for PlayStation 5 and PC.
Kraken and Deutsche Börse strike partnership to link traditional finance with digital assets
Kraken and Deutsche Börse Group have agreed a strategic partnership to link traditional financial markets with digital assets for institutional clients in the U.S. and Europe.
Levi Strauss wowed by workflow boosts from Microsoft AI agents
Levi Strauss & Co is deploying Microsoft Copilot-based AI agents across departments to unify data, automate tasks and support its growth ambitions.
OpenAI launches ‘OpenAI for Australia’
OpenAI unveils a country-wide program in Australia covering AI infrastructure, workforce training and startup support.
Netflix to buy Warner Bros for $82.7bn
Netflix agrees cash-and-stock deal for Warner Bros. after Discovery Global spin-off, valuing the business at $82.7 billion including debt.
Apple TV to stream Inter Miami vs Vancouver MLS Cup final for free this Saturday
Inter Miami CF hosts Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the 2025 MLS Cup, streaming free on Apple TV in more than 100 countries.
Prophet Security secures investment from Amex Ventures and Citi Ventures to expand AI-driven security operations plat...
The cybersecurity company says its agentic AI platform is already deployed at Fortune 500 firms across financial services, healthcare and manufacturing
Google launches Gemini 3 Pro vision AI model
Gemini 3 Pro is Google’s latest multimodal model focused on advanced visual and spatial understanding for documents, screens, video and real-world applications.
BHP and Rio Tinto start testing Caterpillar EV mining trucks
BHP and Rio Tinto start Pilbara trials of Cat 793 XE battery-electric haul trucks as part of an industry collaboration with Caterpillar.
Meta expands real-time news content in Meta AI
Meta is adding more real-time news and lifestyle content sources to Meta AI.
Wrapped explained: Spotify reveals data and methods behind its annual recap
Confused about your 'Wrapped' results? ... never fear, Spotify has just explained how it defined, filtered and ranked user data to make '2025 Wrapped'.
Kraken sweepstake gives crypto traders chance to win over 100 'free' bitcoins
Kraken is running a holiday trading sweepstakes offering a 3 BTC grand prize and more than 110 additional bitcoin rewards.
Kraken gives institutional clients trading speed-boost, in new collab with Avelacom
Kraken Institutional has partnered with Avelacom to offer ultra-low-latency connectivity to its matching engine for institutional traders.