Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are increasingly eyeing nuclear reactors, which provide steady “baseload” power, as their carbon emissions climb due to AI tools — Major tech firms, in search of carbon pollution-free electricity for data centers, are helping to revive nuclear energy in the US.
Sources: Apple plans to launch iOS 18.1 and Apple Intelligence on Oct. 28 and announce new Macs and an iPad mini in late Oct., with shipments starting on Nov. 1 — Apple is inching away from its annual product upgrade cycle, a move that could lead to more frequent releases and fewer jarring delays.
A profile of UK teenage hacker Arion Kurtaj, a Lapsus$ member who leaked GTA VI video in 2022 and was found guilty in 2023 for hacking Nvidia, Uber, and others — The City of London Police had put the teenage boy in the suburban Travelodge to protect him. They even set up a code …
Foxconn Q3: revenue up 20.2% YoY to ~$57.3B on strong AI server demand; consumer electronics revenue, including iPhones, was flat YoY; stock is up ~86% in 2024 — Taiwan's Foxconn (2317.TW), the world's largest contract electronics maker, beat expectations to post its highest-ever revenue …
Mullenweg says “WordPress.org just belongs to me personally”, as his WP Engine feud blurs the lines between WordPress.org, WordPress Foundation, and Automattic — The lines between the WordPress open-source project, the nonprofit backing it, and the commercial arm owned by Automattic are blurring.
A look at the rise and fall of IronNet, a cybersecurity firm led by ex-NSA director Keith Alexander and whose valuation crossed $3B after it went public in 2021 — The future was once dazzling for IronNet. Founded by a former director of the National Security Agency and stacked …
How Beixiazhu, a Chinese village that was a hotspot of activity during the livestream shopping boom on Douyin, Kuaishou and other apps, became a cautionary tale — To the unsuspecting outsider, Beixiazhu looks like any unremarkable Chinese village. But for years, this was the place …
The CJEU rules that social networks, such as Facebook, cannot keep using people's data for ad targeting indefinitely, siding with privacy campaigner Max Schrems — The European Union's top court has sided with a privacy challenge to Meta's data retention policies.
Robinhood plans to debut margin trading in UK in the coming weeks; it is exploring offering retirement products and letting British users invest in UK stocks — - Company plans to debut margin trading in UK in coming weeks — Robinhood has been expanding overseas as it hunts for growth
Google is “running a small experiment” showing blue verified checkmarks beside business links in its search results that indicate the company is genuine — Google is experimenting with a new verification feature in search that should make it easier for users to avoid clicking on fake or fraudulent website links.
Matt Mullenweg says 159 Automattic employees, ~8.4% of staff, accepted a generous buyout package offered to those who disagreed with his direction of WordPress — Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg said on Thursday that 159 employees (roughly 8.4% of staff) accepted a severance package …
How chips made by US companies like Analog Devices, Germany's Infineon, and others helped power a Russian missile used in Ukraine, despite US export controls — On the morning of Aug. 19, 2023, Olha Holynska boarded a train in Kyiv with her 6-year-old daughter, Sofiya, to travel to Chernihiv, an ancient city in northern Ukraine.
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says his previous post on ToS updates “may have seemed to announce a major shift in how Telegram works” but “little has changed” — - Pavel Durov announced changes to terms of service last week — He faces charges in France for crimes committed on his app
Philippine President Marcos Jr. signs a law imposing a 12% value-added tax on non-resident digital service providers, including Netflix, HBO, and Disney — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday signed a law imposing a 12% value-added tax on non-resident digital service providers including Netflix, HBO and Disney.
How streamers on Twitch and other services are moving further into talking politics, making the livestreaming platforms a focus for both presidential campaigns — As more streamers discuss politics, including major events like Tuesday's debate, they have become the focus of intense interest for both presidential campaigns.
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post : Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 202...
