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The mysterious identity of Bitcoin's creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, has been a topic of discussion and speculation since the cryptocurrency's inception. The possibility of unmasking Nakamoto has sparked intense debate within the crypto community, with many speculating about the potential outcomes for Bitcoin if the figure behind it were to be revealed. 

(Reuters) — Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) and Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) said on Friday they will stop operations in Minneapolis starting May 1 after the city's council paved the path for rideshare drivers to be paid a minimum wage.

NEW DELHI : Google found itself in deeper trouble in India after the country’s antitrust watchdog ordered an investigation into the tech giant’s pricing methods, saying the company had implemented its policies in a “discriminatory manner". The Competition Commission of India on Friday said it will probe Google’s pricing model within 60 days, without immediately passing a verdict or enforcing penalties. CCI’s decision has wider implications for Google, the dominant mobile operating platform in India, given the watchdog’s earlier rulings as well as the company’s run-ins with the domestic app ecosystem.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday denied any link between the functioning of investigative agencies, including ED raids, and electoral funding to the ruling party, saying these allegations are just assumptions. «What if the companies gave the money, and after that, we still went and knocked at their doors through ED (Enforcement Directorate). Is that a probability or not...It is an assumption that the ED went and knocked at their doors, and to save themselves they came up with funds. The second assumption is that are you sure that they have given (electoral bonds) to BJP. What if they probably gave to regional parties,» she said while speaking at India Today Conclave. The finance minister's comments came a day after the Election Commission of India published a list of subscribers of the electoral bonds and funds mobilised by various political parties. The list provided by State Bank of India, the issuer of electoral bonds, was published after the order of the Supreme Court.

Competition Commission of India (CCI) Friday ordered an investigation into Google's Play Store billing policies, against which Indian internet companies have raised concerns. In a 21-page order, the antitrust regulator said it is of the view that, prima facie, Google has violated provisions of the Competition Act, which warrants a detailed probe into the matter.

BJP Parliamentary Board member BS Yediyurappa. The Bengaluru Police late on Thursday night registered an FIR under the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against the former CM based on a complaint from a woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her 17-year-old daughter, last month. The government later transferred the case to CID. Chief Minister based on a complaint from a woman who accused him of sexually harassing her 17-year-old daughter, last month. The complainant said the alleged incident took place when they both went to see the former CM seeking help in a police case.

Congress got only 11 percent," the Congress President said. Mallikarjun Kharge demanded a special investigation into the donations made through electoral bonds and said that the account of the BJP must remain frozen till the completion of the probe. "Even our voter pattern (percentage) if you see we are nearly one-third and the rest of the people are two-third including BJP, but in donations, they got more than 50 percent.

The nation’s chief accident investigator says she's gone to the top of Boeing — the company's CEO — and still can't get answers about who worked on the panel that blew off a jetliner in January

The Federal Aviation Administration says it's investigating an incident in which an American Airlines plane flying from Dallas to Los Angeles suffered a tire problem

Federal civil rights investigators are looking into whether protected health information was exposed in the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare

More passengers aboard an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 jet when part of its fuselage blew out in January are suing — including one who says his life was saved by a seat belt

Rescuers say falling rocks inside a gold mine in Australia killed one worker and left another with life-threatening injuries

Foreign spies are lurking everywhere! So says the Chinese government. Officials were ruffled by the CIA’s claim, made last year, that it was rebuilding its spy networks in China a decade after most of its sources disappeared. But China’s reaction seems defined more by paranoia than vigilance.

A cockpit seat mishap might have pushed a pilot into the controls on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner that took a sudden, terrifying plunge on a flight to New Zealand this week, according to U.S. industry officials briefed on preliminary evidence from an investigation of the incident. A Latam Airlines flight attendant hit a switch on the pilot’s seat while serving a meal, leading a motorized feature to push the pilot into the controls and push down the plane’s nose, these officials said.

Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 jet when part of its fuselage blew out in January are suing — including one who says his life was saved by a seat belt. The latest lawsuit, representing seven passengers, was filed in Washington’s King County Superior Court Thursday against Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Spirit AeroSystems and 10 people listed as John Does. Cuong Tran, of Upland, California, was sitting in the row behind where the side of the aircraft tore away and left a door-sized hole on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Jan.

electoral bonds for contributions to political parties. This came after the Supreme Court of India directed the State Bank of India to complete its submission of data on March 12. Now, with the lists revealed, leading the list of donors is a rather unknown company called Future Gaming and Hotel Services, helmed by "Lottery King" Santiago Martin.

Top hedge funds and private equity firms including Citadel, KKR & Co. and Blackstone Inc. are discussing ways to blunt penalties by the Securities and Exchange Commission stemming from their use of disappearing messaging apps.

Charles C. Kulch, who has been in the crosshairs of state regulators for pumping sales of pricey nontraded real estate investment trusts, last month was barred from selling securities in New Hampshire for allegedly overcharging clients, according to a settlement posted this week on the website of the state’s Bureau of Securities Regulation.

The board scandal that employees of OpenAI now call “The Blip" now threatens to live up to its nickname. The company recently announced the findings of an independent legal review of CEO Sam Altman’s firing last November and framed the result as exonerating its actions, largely. OpenAI’s new board “expressed its full confidence" in Altman’s leadership based on the law firm’s analysis.

Manish Sisodia's curative petition challenging the apex court's decision rejecting his bail plea in the Delhi excise policy scam case, news agency ANI reported. Dismissing the curative petition filed by the former deputy chief minister of Delhi, a Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai and SVN Bhatti said," no case is made out." “We have gone through the Curative Petitions and the connected documents. In our opinion, no case is made out within the parameters indicated in the decision of this Court in Rupa Ashok Hurra vs Ashok Hurra," the bench observed.

Volusia Sheriff's Office is investigating after home surveillance video caught a man wearing an Amazon uniform replacing a package delivered to someone's home minutes prior with an empty box. FOX 35 Orlando reports.