Bitcoin rose to a record high above $94,000 fuelled by a report that US President-elect Donald Trump's social media company Trump Media and Technology Group was in talks to buy crypto trading firm Bakkt. Trump's company, which runs his social media platform Truth Social, is close to an all-stock acquisition of Bakkt, The Financial Times reported.

An IIT Kharagpur graduate sparked a debate on X after he shared a picture of his "dream house" and thanked Python coding language and his "dream job". "It's not Python it's your generational wealth," an X user said, while another wrote, "Python pays this much..I don't believe." Several other people congratulated the techie for the house in the comments.

Google recruiter Erica Combs advised candidates to use the 'STAR' method when answering questions during Google's job interviews. "The STAR method is Situation, Task, Action and Results," she said. "Explain the Situation at hand, the Task that you took to fix the situation, the Action items or steps that you took to fix it, and then the Results," she added.

Elon Musk was reportedly engaged in what witnesses described as a "massive blowup" and "huge explosion" during a heated discussion with Donald Trump's adviser Boris Epshteyn. The incident took place at the dinner table at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club. Musk accused Epshteyn of leaking details of Trump's transition to media but Epshteyn said he didn't know what Musk was talking about.

An altered video of author and Rajya Sabha member Sudha Murty which shows her promoting an investment opportunity and urging people to invest in it has surfaced. The video has been doctored and overlaid with Murty's AI-generated voice clone. BOOM found that in the original video Sudha Murty is speaking to Ranveer Allahbadia popularly known as BeerBiceps for his podcast.

Apple has proposed to invest $100 million in Indonesia to reverse its sales ban on iPhone 16, Bloomberg reported citing people familiar with the matter. The country's Ministry of Industry had done so over Apple's failure to fulfil its earlier pledge to invest $113 million. The proposed investment is ten times higher than Apple's initial $10 million offer, report said.

Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal on Thursday said he received over 10,000 applications for the Chief of Staff role. Goyal announced the opening for the role on Wednesday and said the employee would have to pay a ₹20-lakh fee and wouldn't get any salary for one year. Goyal said the applicants included both who had the money and those who didn't.

A doctored video of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das, where they are promoting an investment platform has surfaced. BOOM found that the viral visuals of Nirmala Sitharaman and Shaktikanta Das have been overlaid with AI-generated voice clones.

HSBC layoffs will reportedly be announced soon as the firm's new CEO Georges Elhedery introduced his plan to adopt simple, leaner and efficient structure of the global financial service firm. Amid the restructuring exercise, hundreds of bank's managers were asked to reapply in new corporate and institutional banking division.

UK-based consulting and accounting firm Deloitte announced its plan to reduce its workforce to tackle the ongoing struggles in the industry. Deloitte layoffs will affect 180 employees from the UK's advisory division as the company aims for restructuring its business. Previously it cut 900 jobs due to the same reasons.

Tech millionaire Bryan Johnson, who's spending around ₹16 crore/year to get an 18-year-old's body, revealed that his face blew up after he injected a donor's fat-derived extracellular matrix to restore his facial fat. He said the allergic reaction got so worse, he couldn't even see. Bryan added he lost facial fat as he reduced caloric consumption from 2,500 to 1,950/day.

US Justice Department has said that Google must divest its Chrome browser to end its illegal monopoly in online search. The remedy plan also said that Google should be banned from entering browser market for five years. It however only proposed business limits to Android operating system. The proposal will now be decided upon by a US District Judge.

US-based software company Salesforce will reportedly reduce headcount at its newly acquired company called 'Own'. The Salesforce layoffs were announced during a presentation and the company said that it would affect the roles which are not required. The company added that it would 'take a more prudent approach to future purchases'.

Meta-owned Instagram is testing the ability for users to reset their recommendations across Explore, Reels and Feed and "start fresh". During resetting, users can also review the accounts they're following and unfollow any account that shares content they no longer want to see. Recommendations will start to personalise again over time, showing new content based on accounts users interact with.

Australian government on Thursday introduced a bill in parliament that aims to ban social media use for children under 16. The ban carries fines of up to A$49.5 million ($32 million) for social media platforms for systemic breaches. "We know some kids will find workarounds, but we're sending a message to...companies to clean up their act," PM Anthony Albanese said.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai called Donald Trump to congratulate the US President-elect on winning the election and the call was joined by Trump's close aide and the world's richest person Elon Musk, The Information reported. Earlier, during the elections, Musk had questioned why Google Search showed 'where to vote' results for Kamala Harris but no results for Trump.

US-based United Parcel Service also known as UPS has announced laying off 404 employees from Colorado facility in mid-January 2025. The UPS layoffs will be implemented as a part of delivery giant's ongoing efforts to adopt automation to its facility. Earlier in 2024, the company announced cutting 12,000 jobs.

Bitcoin crossed the $95,000-mark for the first time on Thursday. This comes as the cryptocurrency continues to rally since Donald Trump won the US Presidential elections on November 5. It has risen around $20,000 since then. Analysts believe that Bitcoin will hit the $100,000 milestone soon, amid expectations of pro-crypto regulations under Trump administration.

Wipro Chairman Rishad Premji said the reality is that disruption caused by AI-powered technologies will make some jobs disappear. "So the importance of thinking about jobs that are going to be less relevant is how do we take people along?" he stated. "It is going to be an incredibly important responsibility for governance [and] for companies," he added.

Delhi High Court has summoned OpenAI after Indian news organisation Asian News International (ANI) filed a lawsuit against it. ANI has alleged that the Sam Altman-led company used its content to train and run ChatGPT without permission. Earlier, The New York Times had sued OpenAI in US for using its content without permission.

A church in Switzerland has introduced an AI-powered 'Jesus' to hear confessions and offer spiritual guidance. The AI hologram of Jesus Christ engages with people inside the confession booth at St Peter's Church in Lucerne. It is designed to speak in 100 languages which enables it to converse with worshippers from all over the world.

Apple India's net profit jumped 23% from ₹2,229.6 crore in FY23 to ₹2,745.7 crore in FY24, according to the company's regulatory filings shared by Tofler. The firm's revenue from operations also jumped over 30% YoY to around ₹67,000 crore. Apple India also transferred ₹3,302 crore in dividends to Apple Operations International, its Ireland-based holding company.

Reports claiming that world's richest man Elon Musk is buying popular fast food chain McDonald's and news organisation CNN are false. A fake video earlier showed Musk announcing, "I am buying McDonald's." This was later fact-checked by Meta. Another viral post claimed Musk is buying CNN for $3 billion to "fix the media". The news organisation has denied the claim.

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries-backed Addverb Technologies has announced plans to launch a humanoid robot next year. The AI-powered robot will handle '3D' tasks (dull, dirty and dangerous) across industries like retail, energy, and fashion, CEO Sangeet Kumar said. In 2022, Reliance acquired a 54% stake in the Noida-based startup for $132 million.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is reportedly seeking investors for a $150-million funding round of a chipmaking startup Rain AI, which could potentially rival NVIDIA. "He has introduced the company to all his investors," a source told the New York Post. Altman was reportedly a major investor in Rain AI's $25-million seed round in 2022.