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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Ivana Ilic Sunderic had never heard anything quite so alarming and disturbing at a protest as the sound that broke a commemorative silence during a huge anti-government rally in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade.“It was quiet and peaceful and then we heard something we could not see … like a sound rolling toward us, a whiz,” Ilic Sunderic said about the March 15 incident. “People started rushing for safety toward the pavement, feeling that something was moving toward us down the street.”It was “a subdued sound lasting only 2-3 seconds but very unusual and very frightening, like a…

Trump Media & Technology Group announced Monday that it’s partnering with Crypto.com to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other products through its Truth.Fi brand. President Donald Trump’s media company will offer the ETFs through Crypto.com’s broker-dealer Foris Capital, which will include digital assets and securities with a “Made in America focus” across a variety of industries, including energy, according to the company. ETF offerings are also expected to include digital assets with a unique basket of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin. Crypto.com will support the backend technology and custody, while also handling the supply of cryptocurrencies for these ETFs. The companies are planning to…

During a livestream on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the first major upgrade to ChatGPT’s image-generation capabilities in over a year. ChatGPT can now leverage the company’s GPT-4o model to natively create and modify images and photos. GPT-4o has long underpinned the AI-powered chatbot platform, but until now, the model has been able to generate and edit only text — not images. Altman said GPT-4o native image generation is live today in ChatGPT and Sora, OpenAI’s AI video-generation product, for subscribers to the company’s $200-a-month Pro plan. OpenAI says the feature is rolling out soon to Plus and free…

DENVER (AP) — As Americans struggle under backbreaking rental prices, builders are turning to innovative ways to churn out more housing, from 3D printing to assembling homes in an indoor factory to using hemp — yes, the marijuana cousin — to make building blocks for walls. It’s a response to the country’s shortfall of millions of homes that has led to skyrocketing prices, plunging millions into poverty.“There’s not enough homes to purchase and there’s not enough places to rent. Period,” said Adrianne Todman, the acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under former President Joe Biden.One…

(Bloomberg) — GameStop Corp., the struggling video-game retailer that became a favorite of retail traders during the meme stock frenzy in 2021, said its board has approved a plan to add Bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset. Most Read from Bloomberg The Grapevine, Texas-based firm is joining a growing list of public companies experimenting with using corporate cash or borrowed money to buy the digital asset in a bid to capitalize on the surge in Bitcoin. The gambit was pioneered by Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the enterprise software company formally known as MicroStrategy that has acquired more than $40 billion in…

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during an Amazon Devices launch event in New York City, U.S., February 26, 2025. Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersAmazon, in an effort to infuse generative artificial intelligence across a wider swath of its e-commerce universe, recently began testing a shopping assistant and a health-focused chatbot with a subset of users.AI has become a major area of investment across Amazon, including in its retail, cloud computing, devices and health-care businesses. Within the retail business, Amazon has already launched a shopping chatbot, an AI assistant for sellers and AI shopping guides.The new services Amazon is testing appeared on its…

Instagram on Tuesday announced a new school partnership program aimed at expediting the handling of moderation reports submitted by verified school accounts. The program is currently available to all middle and high schools in the U.S. It allows schools to report posts or student accounts that may violate the app’s guidelines directly to Instagram. These reports are then automatically prioritized for review, and schools are alerted to actions taken. The company says the goal is to help educators report potential teen safety issues, including bullying, more directly. Participating schools will feature a “school partner” banner on their profiles, indicating their…

Trump Media and Technology Group (DJT) has signed a non-binding agreement with Crypto.com to launch exchange-traded funds through its Truth.Fi brand, as the company seeks to expand its reach beyond social media. This partnership introduces a politically branded investment vehicle into the ETF marketplace, creating new options for investors seeking products aligned with their values while facing potential regulatory hurdles as it combines traditional securities with cryptocurrency assets. According to the Monday announcement, the ETFs will be available through Crypto.com’s broker-dealer Foris Capital US and will comprise digital assets alongside securities with a “Made in America” focus across sectors, including…

Last summer, mining startup KoBold made a splash when it said it had discovered in Zambia one of the world’s largest copper deposits in more than a decade. Now, another startup, Earth AI, exclusively told TechCrunch about its own discovery: promising deposits of critical minerals in parts of Australia that other mining outfits had ignored for decades. While it’s still not known whether they are as large as KoBold’s, the news suggests that future supplies of critical minerals are likely to emerge from a combination of field data parsed by artificial intelligence. “The actual, real frontier [in mining] is not…

Bitcoin Could Hit $110,000 as Investors Await U.S. Inflation Report and Trade Policy Decisions Bitcoin investors are closely watching the upcoming U.S. Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) inflation report set for release on March 28, which could play a key role in shaping market sentiment. The report, published by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, tracks inflation based on consumer spending and is expected to provide insight into broader economic conditions. Analysts believe easing inflation concerns could push Bitcoin higher, with some predicting a rise to $110,000 before a potential pullback to $76,500. Bitcoin has historically performed well in April, averaging…