Consumers planning to buy a new PC or smartphone next year may face higher prices, and the reason is increasingly clear: soaring memory costs driven by artificial intelligence demand. Micron Technology’s latest financial results offer a window into how the AI boom is reshaping the global memory market — with ripple effects across consumer electronics.
China’s rapid embrace of robotics is reshaping everyday life and positioning the country as a global leader in advanced technologies. While the US remains focused on artificial intelligence (AI) chips only, China has already achieved dominance in robotics, clean-tech, and other strategic sectors, said Elizabeth Economy in a CNBC interview today. In fact, China is
The approach of 2026 is sharpening attention on one of the most consequential decisions in US economic policy: who will lead the Federal Reserve after Jerome Powell’s term ends in May. President Donald Trump has said he plans to announce his choice early next year, bringing to a head months of public criticism of Powell
Prediction markets have quietly emerged as the next big frontier in financial innovation, and it seems everyone is suddenly paying attention. Investors are pouring in, institutions are taking notice, and major platforms are viewing them not as a fad but as a fundamental shift in how belief, risk, and information interact. And the sudden rise
The US Federal Reserve could be on course for several interest rate cuts in 2026, even if a pause is more likely in January, Commerzbank AG said. The US labour market’s momentum has significantly stalled, with minimal job creation observed in recent months. The US labour market showed surprisingly weak growth in November, with the
Crypto payments are increasingly popular among online shoppers and high-value consumers, but volatility still prevents many businesses from adopting them. According to Crypto.com’s State of Crypto Commerce & Payments report, more than 700 million people worldwide owned crypto in 2025. Yet the price of major digital assets can shift by several per cent within hours.
Warner Bros. Discovery firmly rejected Paramount’s takeover bid in favor of Netflix’s cleaner offer, while Japan’s Mizuho made its biggest-ever bet on India with a major Avendus acquisition. Continuing the trend of international interest, India also moved to fully open its insurance sector to foreign investors. In financial markets, a sharp crypto selloff has investors
Crypto-focused treasury companies could face significant selling pressure if Morgan Stanley Capital International Index (MSCI) proceeds with a proposal to exclude them from its major equity indexes, a move that critics warn could trigger billions of dollars in forced asset sales and further weigh on already weakening digital-asset markets. Campaigners estimate that as much as
Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded a sharp rebound in investor interest on Wednesday, pulling in $457 million in net inflows, the strongest single-day intake in more than a month. The surge suggests institutional demand may be stabilising after a volatile stretch marked by alternating inflows and outflows through November and early December. Date IBIT (BlackRock)
ShapeShift, one of the longest-running community-led multichain DEX aggregators, has announced the introduction of its Version 4.0 platform update, which marks a significant return to privacy-first, self-custody trading. According to a press release sent to Invezz, the update follows a year of continuous engineering work and reaffirms the platform’s core values at a time when