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A leaker with a strong Apple rumor track record says a touchscreen MacBook is “100% confirmed. If true, it would mark a major reversal for Apple, which has long argued that the Mac is built for indirect input rather than reaching up to touch a vertical screen. MacRumors reports: Instant Digital has a good track record for Apple rumors and has provided some strikingly accurate information in the...
Strong investor interest in SpaceX could be good news for the A.I. rivals, which have signaled that they, too, intend to go public this year.
Longtime Slashdot reader Dotnaught shares a report from The Register: For the past 90 days, Microsoft has been quietly patching a firmware flaw in Surface devices that allowed the hardware to be bricked with a single packet, though only for those who have disabled Secure Core and Secure Boot. And the company’s Copilot AI software inadvertently helped identify the faulty firmware. According to...
A Monster Energy-sponsored MMA show on the White House’s South Lawn was never going to be the height of dignity. But UFC Freedom 250 is failing to clear even the lowest bar.
A cottage industry of celebrity figurines, blinking screens, and other DIY gadgets is helping drivers bypass Tesla’s distracted-driving controls.
SpaceX’s stock market debut has thrust the richest man in the universe into an unexplored frontier of wealth.
Sam Bankman-Fried lost his appeal to overturn his FTX fraud conviction and 25-year sentence. Reuters reports: In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said prosecutors’ evidence against Bankman-Fried “was, conservatively stated, robust.” “While he was publicly reassuring customers, investors and regulators that FTX customer funds were...
If you have index funds — such as in a 401(k) — they may soon include shares of the mega company. Here’s a rough calculation.
The economic principles taught in school aren’t as relevant as hype, connections and total, arbitrary control
Elon Musk is now the world’s first trillionaire, after his SpaceX exploration and satellite company went public on the Nasdaq today.
With shares priced at $135 each, Musk’s aerospace and satellite maker soared to an overall market valuation of approximately $1.77tn – which raised...
GOP lawmakers, tech investors, and even OpenAI have tied the anti-data center movement in the US to Chinese interference. Experts say it’s much more complicated than that.
Crypto markets rarely move in straight lines, but this week’s standouts share one thing in common: momentum. The top crypto gainers today are pulling attention from both retail buyers and institutional desks, with each project offering a sharply different angle on the market. BlockDAG (BDAG) tops the list thanks to its live buyback rewarding holders […]
The JSE-listed telecommunications group’s annual report, published on Friday, gives no clue as to what it paid Nkosana Makate.
The stock market debut of Elon Musk’s rocket company paves the way for a wave of mega offerings that are coming from OpenAI and Anthropic.
With SpaceX shares soaring on their first day of trading, the world’s richest person crossed another milestone — one with 13 digits.
Infineon is set to open a $5.8 billion power-chip fab in Dresden on July 2, backed by about $1.1 billion in EU Chips Act subsidies. The plant will make power semiconductors for AI data centers and could eventually add up to $5.8 billion in annual revenue as demand for AI infrastructure strains global electricity systems. Bloomberg reports: Infineon, traditionally a chipmaker for the automotive...
Eskom continues to strengthen the resilience of South Africa’s power system, sustaining measurable improvements in generation performance and network stability as winter demand intensifies. Year-on-year gains in generation availability, reduced unplanned outages, and lower reliance on diesel, alongside targeted interventions through the Load Reduction Elimination Programme, are enabling more...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Few business leaders have been as deeply embedded in popular culture as Elon Musk, the ambitious entrepreneur who has become a central figure in internet culture and amassed a fortune that has made him the world’s first trillionaire. At a time when concerns about inequality are high and public attitudes toward the ultra-wealthy have soured, Musk...
They swear they haven’t peeked at the closely guarded secret and that they’ll keep the cryptographic competition going.
After Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson stoked anger over a horrific knife attack in Belfast, a youth group linked to a global neo-Nazi movement quietly orchestrated anti-immigrant riots.
Attackers invest a lot of energy in spoofing e-mails and impersonating vendors, says James Dyer, head of threat intelligence, KnowBe4.
Cross-sector tech executives were honoured at the inaugural ICITP/ Chartered CIO awards.