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Big Money Taps Emergency Coronavirus Funds Intended for Small Businesses As US Loan Program Runs Dry

The financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has already made a multi-billion dollar relief fund run dry. The US Small…

April 17, 2020

YouTube Bans Bitcoin (BTC) and Crypto Analyst Tone Vays, Removes All Videos and Terminates Account

Prominent Bitcoin and crypto analyst Tone Vays says his YouTube account has been terminated. Vays, a former Bear Stearns risk…

April 16, 2020

Intel Heats Up Race for Scalable Quantum Computers, Announces Qubit Breakthrough

Intel has announced a breakthrough in quantum computing. The tech giant says it can control "hot" qubits, the fundamental unit…

April 16, 2020

ICYMI: Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Ray Dalio Targets the Biggest Challenge for Life After Coronavirus

Ray Dalio, the billionaire hedge fund manager and founder of Bridgewater Associates, is offering his perspective on the macro forces…

April 15, 2020

US Banks Could Seize Customers’ Coronavirus Relief Cash to Settle Debts: Report

Banks may choose to use a customer's government stimulus check to settle outstanding debts. While the Internal Revenue Service has…

April 15, 2020

Treasury Department Taps Fintech Giants Square, PayPal and Intuit to Help Distribute Billions to Small Businesses

Jack Dorsey's Square will join PayPal and Intuit QuickBooks Capital in helping the US government distribute emergency funds to small…

April 13, 2020

Bitcoin Supporter Palihapitiya Doubles Down in Viral Tweet: No Bailouts, Let Hedge Funds ‘Get Wiped Out’

With over seven million views, 45,000 likes, 16,000 retweets and counting, a viral clip on Twitter shows Chamath Palihapitiya, founder…

April 11, 2020

Google and Apple Announce Coronavirus Contact Tracking Tool Coming to Android and iOS Devices

Tech giants Google and Apple are working on a Covid-19 tracking tool to help health officials and individuals discover when…

April 10, 2020

Billionaire Philanthropist Bill Gates Shares His Expectations for Getting Back to Normal in the Age of Coronavirus

In a Squawk Box podcast released today, host Becky Quick speaks with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on the road ahead…

April 9, 2020

Computer Scientists Turn to Cryptography to Fight Pandemic Using Location-Tracking Devices

Taiwan has deployed a massive location-tracking system to monitor 55,000 people who are being quarantined at home to combat the…

April 9, 2020