The big boys want in on crypto, too

Kinda seems like the big industry players are banking on stablecoins — and making their own, rather than using those created by, say, Tether or Circle. Some of that is making it ...

AI chip packaging drives peak investment at Japan’s Ibiden

Ibiden is the world's top supplier of cutting-edge chip packaging substrates but faces the looming arrival of competitors. The company's capital investment will be the heaviest this fiscal year to maintain a competitive advantage, President and CEO Koji Kawashima told Nikkei.

Crypto bros v cat ladies: gender and the 2024 election

Dividing the electorate based on sex is, of course, reductive. In 2020 a majority of white women voted for Mr Trump; according to the latest polling, that might turn into a minority in 2024, but only just. And although the youth gender gap is wider than before, most young men still plan to vote for ...