Former U.S. President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 19, 2020. Kevin Dietsch | Bloomberg | Getty Images Donald Trump's new crypto project is off to a rough start. World Liberty Financial, which aspires to be a sort of crypto bank, launched its token sale on

A worker produces chips at a semiconductor manufacturing enterprise in Binzhou, China, on June 4, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Global chip stocks fell on Wednesday, after Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML posted disappointing sales forecasts, driving down global stocks in the sector. Shares of ASML extended losses into the second day at

An icon of ASML is displayed on a smartphone, with an ASML chip visible in the background. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares in semiconductor equipment maker ASML fell 16% on Tuesday, after the Dutch company published financial results a day early, issuing disappointing sales forecasts. ASML's share plunge led the critical semiconductor firm to

Archaeologists have discovered a secret tomb at the Treasury monument in Petra, Jordan - one of the Seven Wonders of the World. A long-buried tomb containing the remains of 12 ancient skeletons and grave offerings were found beneath the monument after research teams used remote sensing technology. The discovery comes more than two decades after

Customers shop for produce at a Whole Foods Market 365 location in Santa Monica, California. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images As Amazon looks to add more automation into its supermarkets, the retailing giant is partnering with a Khosla Ventures-backed startup that just came out of stealth last year, CNBC has learned. Last

Apple iPad Mini 2024 Apple Apple announced a new iPad mini on Tuesday, offering the first update to its smallest tablet since 2021. The new iPad mini comes with a faster A17 Pro processor, the same chip that was in last year's iPhone 15 Pro. That means it supports Apple Intelligence, the company's new suite

Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to support a new law to ban smartphones in schools to stop children "doom-scrolling" - after Number 10 refused to back the plan. New Labour MP Josh MacAlister is calling for the government to make legal changes to make social media and smartphones less addictive for children and to

The new COVID variant XEC has been found by UK health experts as they prepare for winter, when cases tend to increase. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has highlighted a slight increase in hospitalisations amid COVID patients recently, with the admission rate at 4.5 per 100,000 people in the week to 6 October, up

Microsoft users face more than 600 million cyber attacks every day, partly fuelled by a growing trend of cyber crime gangs working with nation states, according to a new report by the company. In this year's Digital Defence report, Microsoft said countries like Russia, Iran and North Korea have changed how they worked in the

UK considering EU-style common charging cable Getty Images The UK government is considering whether to require all new electronic devices to use the same type of charging cable. A call for evidence launched in October is asking for views on the benefits of using a particular charging cable - such as USB-C, which is used