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New rules requiring search engines like Google to verify the age of logged-in users — and filter the content for everyone else — went live in Australia this week.The Australian eSafety Commissioner’s new rules came into force on Dec. 27, with a six-month timeframe for full implementation. They require search engines to verify users’ ages using methods including photo ID, face scanning, credit cards, digital ID, parental consent, AI, or third-party verification. According to regulatory guidance, the highest-level safety filters must be applied by default to accounts suspected of being operated by someone under 18; companies must create a reporting mechanism…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer recommended investors buy companies that can put up strong revenue and earnings regardless of the economic backdrop, explaining the key qualities of a secular growth stock.”You want great secular growth stories that can handle high interest rates or a weak economy, and have the ability to scale, meaning you can see how they might eventually grow into something enormous,” Cramer said. “Those are the kinds of stocks you can own for years, or even decades, racking up tremendous gains, as long as you regularly do the homework so that you can bail if something ever goes really…

Few video game protagonists have stood the test of time to last as long as the likes of Mario or Sonic the Hedgehog. One of these characters would be Lara Croft. When Tomb Raider burst onto the scene in 1996, it was very rare for a female protagonist to be the leading playable character in a video game, with the only noteworthy exception being Samus from the Metroid series. Related 55 Upcoming Games With Strong Female Protagonists These upcoming video games hold a lot of promise when it comes to strong, independent female protagonists. Tomb Raider exploded into a mega-franchise…

Crypto derivatives activity picked up sharply in 2025 as traders increasingly turned to onchain perpetual futures, according to Coinbase researcher David Duong. By late in the year, decentralized exchanges were processing more than $1 trillion in monthly perpetual futures volume, underscoring the growing role of onchain derivatives markets.In a post published Monday on X, Duong said the trend was driven in part by the absence of a traditional altcoin season, which led traders to seek higher returns through leverage rather than spot markets. He added that the “unprecedented degree of leverage” available in perpetual futures allowed traders to amplify exposure…

Money was no object for the AI industry in early 2025. A vibe check crept in the second half of the year.  OpenAI raised $40 billion at a $300 billion valuation. Safe Superintelligence and Thinking Machine Labs raised individual $2 billion seed rounds before shipping a single product. Even first-time founders were raising at a scale that once belonged only to Big Tech.  Such astronomical investments were followed by equally incredible spends. Meta shelled out nearly $15 billion to lock up Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang and spent countless more millions to poach talent from other AI labs. Meanwhile, AI’s…

Check out some of the stocks making the biggest moves in midday trading. Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical – Shares cratered more than 40% after Ultragenyx announced that its bone disease drug setrusumab fell short of expectations in two trials. “Neither study achieved its primary endpoint of reduction in annualized clinical fracture rate compared to placebo or bisphosphonates,” the company said in a statement. Newmont , Freeport-McMoRan – Shares of miners fell alongside the prices of gold and silver in midday trading Monday. Newmont dropped more than 5%, while Freeport-McMoran slid 2%. The Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL) shed more than 4%.…

There has been a flurry of AI voice recording gadgets like Omi, Bee, and Friend that want to capture your voice and let you converse with an AI chatbot. While Bee was acquired by Amazon, and devices like the Stream ring by Sandbar and a new AI ring from former Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky are set to enter the market next year, the jury is still out on the success of wearable AI devices. Amid all this, Plaud is thriving by targeting professional users with a different approach: a credit card-sized recording device that slips into your wallet. The company…

This article contains spoilers from Boruto: Two Blue Vortex. Character deaths aren’t new to Boruto: Two Blue Vortex, as readers have seen quite a few individuals pass away in recent chapters. In the presence of strong villains such as Jura and the God Trees and powerful ninjas such as Boruto and Kawaki, character deaths are inevitable regardless of whether they are minor or major. Recently, Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Chapter 29 foreshadowed a major character death, which Boruto Uzumaki won’t be able to stop in the future. It’s not because Boruto would be powerless, but because he would be incapacitated.…

Incoming liquidity from the US Fed and bullish technical breakouts are aligning to support a $1,000 price outlook for Zcash.Zcash’s (ZEC) price could be gearing up for a push toward its “first stop” target of $1,000, according to Arthur Hayes, the former CEO of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX.Key takeaways:ZEC has risen 40% since Arthur Hayes’ Dec. 19 liquidity call, with privacy narratives gaining momentum.Zcash charts still target $1,000 in the longer term, but a pullback toward $400 should not be ruled out. ZEC/USDT daily chart. Source: TradingViewZEC price pumps 40% after Hayes’ endorsementHayes’ bullish outlook for Zcash first appeared during…

OpenAI offers app integrations in ChatGPT to allow you to connect your accounts directly to ChatGPT and ask the assistant to do things for you. For instance, with a Spotify integration, you can tell it to create personalized playlists that will show up right in your Spotify app. To get started, make sure you’re logged into ChatGPT. Then type the name of the app you want to use at the start of your prompt, and ChatGPT will guide you through signing in and connecting your account. If you want to set everything up at once, head over to the Settings…