Bitcoin, considered to be the world's largest cryptocurrency, crossed the $109,000 mark for the first time ever on Monday. This comes ahead of the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump, who is a proponent of cryptocurrency and has himself launched meme coin $TRUMP. Bitcoin rose over 8% intraday from yesterday's closing price of $101,331.57 to hit a high of $109,588.

American screenwriter Paul Schrader said ChatGPT gave better ideas to improve a script he wrote years ago than any film executive. "In five seconds it responded with notes as good or better than I've ever received from a film executive," the 78-year-old stated. Schrader is best known for his work on movies like 'Taxi Driver' (1976) and 'Raging Bull' (1980).

With the official recognition and certification of its dedicated Endometriosis Clinic by the European Endometriosis League (EEL) through the EuroEndoCert program, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital announced a major milestone in women’s healthcare in India. This milestone highlights advanced, multidisciplinary care for endometriosis, a chronic and under diagnosed condition affecting millions.

Reliance Retail posted a 10.1% YoY rise in net profit to ₹3,485 crore, with revenue up 7% to ₹79,595 crore. Growth was driven by 296 million footfalls and 779 new stores, totalling 19,102. Analyst Karan Taurani credits festive sales and digital commerce (18% of revenue) for the boost, alongside a rebound in fashion and lifestyle sales.

US President-elect Donald Trump's meme coin $TRUMP crashed 50% in value hours after his wife Melania launched her own meme coin $MELANIA. $TRUMP had listed at about $7 on Saturday and rose as high as $75.35 on Sunday, marking a nearly 600% rise in 24 hours. Meanwhile, $MELANIA rose about 2,000% within hours of listing on Monday.

The UK is launching an AI tool, Parlex, to gauge MPs' stances on policies, dubbed a "parliamentary vibe check". Part of the Humphrey suite, it predicts opposition and identifies key stakeholders. Other tools include Minute for meeting summaries and Lex for policy impact analysis. The move is part of broader government tech reforms in public services.

A picture from Donald Trump's inauguration shows Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, using their phones. It further captures Jeff Bezos' fiancée, Lauren Sánchez. Highlighting that, an X user wrote, "She's saying, 'Can you two please put your phones down for this ceremony?'" "These kids and their damn phones," another X user joked.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has topped the HSBC Hurun Global Indians List 2024, featuring over 200 Indian-origin leaders. He is followed by Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan. The combined value of the companies being run by the top 10 individuals accounts for 73% of the total cumulative value of the list, which is $10 trillion.

UK-based BP, formerly known as British Petroleum, will reportedly cut nearly 5% of the workforce in bid to save costs and restore investors' confidence in energy stock. The BP layoffs will affect around 4,700 employees from the global workforce and also 3,000 contractors. BP CEO also aims to introduce new strategy in February 2025.

Apollo Hospitals and Leicester University have launched the Center for Digital Health and Precision Medicine (CDHPM) at Apollo University, Chittoor. The centre will focus on advancing patient care with innovative digital solutions and research in areas like multi-morbidity and cardiovascular diseases, aiming to revolutionise global healthcare.

Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk addressed the crowd at US President Donald Trump's inaugural event in Washington DC and expressed excitement over US' future. "It's thanks to you...the future of civilisation is assured...We're going to have safe cities...secure borders [and] sensible spending [finally]," he told the crowd. Musk will lead the 'Department of Government Efficiency' (DOGE).

SpaceX Founder Elon Musk was seen cheering, applauding and doing the thumbs up gesture as US President Donald Trump talked about space exploration in his inaugural address. Trump said, "We'll pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes (American flag) on...Mars." Donald Trump's son Barron was seen standing next to Musk.

Dharmil Sheth, Dhaval Shah, Harsh Parekh and Hardik Dedhia, co-founders of API Holdings, the company that runs PharmEasy, will quit the firm, Moneycontrol reported. Siddharth Shah, the last remaining Co-founder, will continue to be associated with the company as CEO, it added. Notably, the company breached covenants after taking on a $300-million (₹2,596 crore) loan from Goldman Sachs in 2023.

A video showing business leaders Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai at the ceremony for Donald Trump's swearing-in as the 47th President of the US has surfaced online. In the video, the world's richest man, the Google CEO and Amazon's billionaire founder can be seen interacting with each other at the inauguration event.

A picture shows billionaires Mukesh Ambani, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos together at US President Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony. The total net worth of people clicked in this picture is estimated to be around $560 billion. Trump returned to the White House on Monday after four years.

Trust issues and range anxiety continue to slow India's EV adoption, despite government support and investments in charging infrastructure. EVs make up just 2.5% of car sales, with Tata Motors leading at 62%, while Bajaj and TVS dominate two-wheelers. Overcoming product challenges is key to long-term EV growth.

Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma said on Sunday that iPhone had "killed" its camera in the 16 series, adding, "It is so bad that I am seriously thinking of [getting a Google Pixel] now." He also questioned if other people are facing the issue. Edelweiss Mutual Fund CEO Radhika Gupta responded, saying, "Pixel is fab! Migrated from iPhone to it."

A video has surfaced showing world's richest man Elon Musk and his son X Æ A-Xii dancing on stage at MAGA rally ahead of US President Donald Trump's inauguration. "I don't know where the hell he is...Come here Elon," Trump said before X rushed behind Musk on stage. "[X] is a very enthusiastic supporter, as you can see," Musk said.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has denied rumours that the startup will launch artificial general intelligence (AGI) next month. "Twitter hype is out of control again. We're not gonna deploy AGI next month, nor have we built it," he said. AGI refers to potential future AI systems capable of matching or surpassing humans' cognitive abilities.

US President Donald Trump has revoked a 2023 executive order that aimed to reduce the risks AI poses to consumers, workers and national security. Signed by ex-President Joe Biden, the order required AI companies to share safety test results for powerful AI systems with the government. Trump's Republican Party had opposed the order saying it hindered AI innovation.

China is set to host the world's first marathon featuring both human and robot runners, the South China Morning Post reported. The half-marathon, scheduled to take place in Beijing in April, will reportedly see 12,000 human athletes competing alongside humanoid robots in a 21 km race. The top three finishers, whether human or robot, will receive prizes, the report added.

Perplexity AI's Indian-origin CEO Aravind Srinivas said Infosys Co-founder Nandan Nilekani "is wrong on pushing Indians to ignore [AI] model training skills and focus on building on top of existing models". "Essential to do both," he stated. Nilekani earlier said India should focus on developing AI use cases rather than building large language models (LLMs).

US President Donald Trump temporarily paused the ban on TikTok in the US, giving the company and its Chinese parent, ByteDance, an additional 75 days to finalise a deal. The reprieve was granted through an executive order signed by Trump shortly after he took office. "I guess I have a warm spot for TikTok," Trump said while signing the order.

Tata Technologies' net profit fell marginally to ₹169 crore in the third quarter from ₹170 crore in the same period a year ago. However, the profit rose around 7% on a quarter-on-quarter basis. The company's revenue from operations rose 2% YoY to ₹1,317 crore in Q3 from ₹1,289 crore in Q3 of the previous financial year.

A 60-year-old man in Bengaluru lost ₹2.8 crore after receiving a free smartphone in a parcel sent by scammers posing as bank officials. As per reports, the man received WhatsApp calls from scammers who told him to use the phone to use his new credit card. The phone was reportedly pre-configured with malicious apps that intercepted OTPs.