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Today, the value of one Bitcoin has risen back to around $94,000 and is higher than $75,000 earlier this month. According to Coinshares, all this may soon be meaningless as the cost of mining one bitcoin is no longer profitable. So, what should you know about it?

According to the Digital 2025 Global Overview report by DataReportal, Malaysia recorded a very high QR code usage rate, ranking second in the world after China. A whopping 66.1% of Malaysians are actively using QR codes, far exceeding the global average of 50.8%. However, behind this convenience, there is a new threat that should not be underestimated, namely fraud through QR codes or known as QR scams. Cybersecurity expert from Kaspersky, Noushin Shabab, warned that the increase in the use of QR codes also opens up new opportunities for cybercriminals to exploit users.

Meta today launched the first version of Meta AI, a self-developed artificial intelligence (AI) assistant application powered by the Llama 4 model. So, what should you know about it?

By early 2024, the Google Play Store has over 3.4 million apps to users. But according to data from AppFigures via Tech Crunch this week, the Play Store now only offers 1.8 million apps, which is a 47% reduction. So, what should you know about it?

Toyota and Waymo are collaborating to advance the development and deployment of self-driving vehicle technology. Also involved in the collaboration is Woven, a Toyota subsidiary that just opened a prototype city of the future last year. So, what should you know about it?

Malaysia topped the Open Data Inventory (ODIN) chart published yesterday. Malaysia was given a score of 90, which is higher than the average score of 79 for 198 global countries. In addition to this overall score, Malaysia also received a score of 99 in terms of openness of data shared. So, what should you know about it?

xAI Holdings, the company that owns xAI artificial intelligence services and X social media services, is currently reportedly raising $20 billion in funding, valuing the company at over $120 billion. So, what should you know about it?

The controversial website 4Chan.com finally resumed operations on Saturday, 10 days after it was hacked, which resulted in the personal information of several former managers being leaked online. In a statement issued by the site's operator, the hacker accessed the 4Chan browser on April 14 via an IP address in the UK.

Trump's tariffs, which were announced more than three weeks ago, caused world trade and stock markets to roil. Apple, which produces the majority of devices in China, is among the worst affected due to tariffs of up to 145%. According to Reuters, to avoid being subject to this tariff, Apple will move iPhone production for the United States market to India.

The AI Overviews search feature introduced on Google Search has now been expanded to YouTube. YouTube announced a test of search results using AI Overviews this week, giving them to select Premium subscribers at random. So, what should you know about it?