Shayak Majumder

4 days ago | news.abplive.com | Shayak Majumder

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has shared that users’ polite habits — specifically, saying “please” and “thank you” while interacting with ChatGPT — are racking up millions in operational costs for the company. Altman’s comment came in response to a curious user on X (formerly Twitter) who mused about the hidden cost of civility in the AI age. “How much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to their models,” the user wrote. Altman’s reply?

4 days ago | news.abplive.com | Shayak Majumder

Bitcoin surged to $87.2K over the weekend, with growing institutional interest and long-term holder confidence driving momentum. Experts expect a breakout past $90K, with 2025 targets topping $120K. TRUMP memecoin jumped 9% despite a $320M token unlock, while XRP rose 1.16%. Most altcoins stayed flat, though STX, TAO, and FARTCOIN saw modest gains.

4 days ago | news.abplive.com | Shayak Majumder

Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s oldest and most valued crypto, managed to rise above the $87,000 mark over the weekend. Other popular altcoins — including the likes of Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Ripple (XRP), and Litecoin (LTC) — largely landed in the greens as the overall Market Fear & Greed Index stood at 34 (Fear) out of 100, as per CoinMarketCap data. The Stacks (STX) token became the top gainer, with a 24-hour jump of nearly 10 percent.

4 days ago | news.abplive.com | Shayak Majumder

From anime-inspired makeovers to vintage-era transformations, Snapchat’s latest batch of augmented reality (AR) lenses is proving that self-expression is getting a major digital glow-up. With a mix of nostalgia, tech wizardry, and unfiltered fun, these lenses are redefining how users play, pose, and project themselves into the digital universe — one snap at a time.

1 week ago | news.abplive.com | Shayak Majumder

Indie developer Kunal Joshi — under the label Baba Black Sheep Games — has launched the demo of his upcoming PC game Bat to the Beat on Steam. This isn't your typical cricket simulation. Instead, it reimagines the gentleman’s game through a musical lens, transforming every delivery into a beat and every shot into a dance move.