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Opendoor Ends India Operations, Fueling a Bigger Conversation About AI and Outsourcing

Yesterday at 19:00 PM, via Slashdot

Opendoor is shutting down its India operations less than two years after opening offices there. Slashdot reader alternative_right shares a post from Opendoor CEO Kaz Nejatian: “I shared this note earlier today with the entire team at Opendoor. Today we began to say goodbye to our colleagues in India as we wind down our India operations. Our customers are in America, and that’s where our...

Xbox CEO Says Current Margins ‘Cannot Continue’

Yesterday at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Chief Content Officer Matt Booty told staff that Xbox’s current economics “cannot continue,” citing more than $20 billion in spending over five years, declining revenue outside Activision Blizzard King, console supply constraints tied to RAMaggedon, and an overextended studio portfolio. The memo stops short of announcing layoffs, but a Bloomberg report says substantial...

SpaceX heads for record $1.78tn float amid fears it is overvalued

Yesterday at 17:33 PM, via The Guardian

Analysts say IPO that could make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire has a ‘major disconnect’ on price

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to launch the biggest stock market float in history amid warnings that it may be overvalued.

The space exploration, satellite broadband and AI company will join the US stock market on Friday at a valuation of $1.78tn, after offering at least $75bn of shares to...

Wegovy weight-loss pills to be available for patients in UK to buy

Yesterday at 17:33 PM, via The Guardian

Regulator approval means patients who meet criteria such as having obesity will be able to purchase pills with private prescription

Patients will soon be able to buy the Wegovy weight-loss pill, the medicines regulator announced today.

It is the first GLP-1 receptor agonist tablet for weight-loss to be approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), making the UK the...

OpenAI Says China Launched Influence Campaign To Shape US Attitudes On AI Datacenters

Yesterday at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: China was likely behind an online influence operation to sway U.S. perceptions of artificial intelligence technology and reshape the debate in Washington around the infrastructure needed to support it, according to research from OpenAI published Wednesday. OpenAI said it caught the influence campaign because China-backed operatives were using...

Is an Oil Crisis Imminent? With the Strait of Hormuz crisis escalating, can BTC and XRP still reach new highs?

Yesterday at 16:45 PM, via Tech Financials

The Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important energy transportation route, has once again become the focus of market attention. If the strait is blocked or transportation is disrupted, the global crude oil supply chain will face a huge impact, international oil prices may rise rapidly, and this could trigger sharp fluctuations in global capital […]

Bluwhale Launches AI-Powered Financial Operating System That Puts Users in Control

Yesterday at 16:40 PM, via Tech Financials

A New Era of Finance: Autonomous AI Agents Without Sacrificing Ownership, Privacy, or Control As artificial intelligence evolves from answering questions to actively managing financial decisions, Bluwhale today announced the launch of its AI-native financial operating system — a platform designed to automate and optimize users’ financial lives while ensuring they remain firmly in control […]

Fully Autonomous Drones Have Killed Human Soldiers For the First Time

Yesterday at 13:00 PM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader MattSparkes shares a report from NewScientist, captioned: “For years we’ve had unconfirmed reports, rumors, hints… now we know.” From the report: Fully autonomous drones with no human oversight have killed soldiers on the battlefield for the first time. This is according to a senior figure in the Ukrainian defense industry, marking a watershed moment in warfare. The...

When a cloud casts a shadow

Yesterday at 12:55 PM, via ITWeb

Cloud security has a people, process and ownership problem. Many organisations are dealing with all three at once.

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