Meta is preparing to make a major splash at its annual Connect conference next month with the debut of Hypernova, its first consumer-ready smart glasses equipped with a built-in display. Alongside the glasses, the company will also introduce a new wristband designed to let users control the device with simple hand gestures. The two-day Connect […]
Today SpaceX stands as a $400 billion giant, central to U.S. space operations — but its journey to dominance was far from smooth. Founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with funds from the sale of PayPal, the company set out to disrupt an industry long controlled by legacy players. Its first rocket, Falcon 1, was […]
Apple has introduced a redesigned blood oxygen monitoring feature for select Apple Watch models, following a lengthy intellectual property battle. The updated feature will roll out to users of the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2, enabled by a recent U.S. Customs ruling. The dispute dates back to 2023, when […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX-run satellite internet service, Starlink, experienced another brief outage on Monday, with thousands of users reporting disruptions on Downdetector. This marks the second service interruption in just two weeks. During the July 24 blackout, SpaceX’s Starlink engineering team attributed the issue to a breakdown in critical internal software that supports the core network. […]
A decade after Apple and Samsung first battled for dominance in the U.S. smartphone market, the rivalry is heating up again — and this time, foldable screens are at the center of the fight. According to Canalys data, Samsung’s U.S. shipments jumped in the second quarter, boosting its market share from 23% to 31%, while […]
OpenAI is reportedly preparing a secondary share sale worth around $6 billion that could value the artificial intelligence giant at nearly $500 billion. The offering would allow current and former employees to cash out shares, with major investors such as SoftBank, Dragoneer Investment Group, and Thrive Capital said to be in talks to participate. Thrive […]
A group of six Senate Democrats has called on President Donald Trump to reverse his decision allowing U.S. chipmakers Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to sell advanced AI semiconductors to China in exchange for 15% of revenue from those sales. The lawmakers — including Chuck Schumer, Mark Warner, Jack Reed, Jeanne Shaheen, Christopher Coons, […]
Shares of TeraWulf surged more than 10% after Google boosted its investment in the bitcoin mining and datacenter operator, backing the expansion of its Lake Mariner facility in New York. The deal adds up to $1.4 billion in fresh backstop funding, raising Google’s total commitment to about $3.2 billion and increasing its ownership stake from […]
The cryptocurrency market kicked off the week on a volatile note, with more than half a billion dollars in leveraged positions wiped out amid renewed macroeconomic worries. Bitcoin slipped 2% to $115,255 after briefly plunging to $114,706, just days after setting a new all-time high of $124,496. Ether also pulled back 4% to $4,283, retreating […]
Analysts at Citibank expect Brent crude prices to drift toward the low $60 per barrel range before the year closes, pointing to signs of a cooling market. As of Wednesday afternoon, Brent futures traded at $66.53 per barrel, down 36 cents, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) slipped 38 cents to $63.97.The bank noted that […]