Solar power is expanding rapidly across the U.S., and for the first time, Florida is emerging as a major player—outpacing even California in new large-scale solar installations. In 2024, despite the state removing climate change from its official policies, Florida added over 3 gigawatts of utility-scale solar—surpassing California’s total. The growth isn’t coming from residential […]
Dylan Field, once a college dropout, has now entered the elite ranks of tech billionaires after Figma’s explosive stock market debut. Like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Field shares early ties with billionaire investor Peter Thiel. In 2012, Field was awarded the prestigious Thiel Fellowship—a $100,000 grant for young innovators willing to leave college behind. Originally a […]
Alibaba has announced the launch of its first-ever smart glasses, powered by its in-house artificial intelligence, signaling the tech giant’s entry into the wearable tech market. The new device — called the Quark AI Glasses — is set to debut in China by the end of 2025 and will run on the company’s Qwen large […]
Spotify’s stock took a sharp 11% dive on Tuesday — marking its worst trading day since July 2023 — after the music-streaming giant missed analysts’ revenue forecasts and offered weaker-than-expected guidance for the upcoming quarter. The company posted a Q2 loss of €86 million, or €0.42 per share, falling short of market expectations which anticipated […]
Cash App is making a major move in the peer-to-peer payment space with the introduction of a new feature called Pools, aimed at simplifying group payments. The launch marks the platform’s first major update to its P2P functionality in nearly two years and allows contributions from non-Cash App users via Apple Pay and Google Pay […]
Amid increasing calls from former President Donald Trump to bring more jobs back to American soil, Apple is rolling out a new manufacturing-focused initiative in downtown Detroit. The newly established Apple Manufacturing Academy—developed in partnership with Michigan State University—is set to open this August and will offer hands-on training in manufacturing and artificial intelligence, targeting […]
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick issued a stark warning on Thursday, stating that TikTok will be blocked in the United States unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, agrees to transfer control to American entities. “You can’t have something controlled by China living on 100 million American phones,” Lutnick said during an appearance on a financial […]
Nvidia issued a strong warning on Thursday about the use of unauthorized AI chips in underground data centers, calling the practice both technically flawed and economically unsustainable. The statement followed a recent investigative report alleging that over $1 billion worth of Nvidia’s high-performance chips have been illicitly funneled into China. “Building data centers using smuggled […]
Apple has officially launched the public beta of iOS 26, offering iPhone users an early look at the company’s most significant interface overhaul since iOS 7 in 2013. Now available for public testing, the iOS 26 beta gives users a chance to explore the redesigned system ahead of its official release this fall. To participate, […]
Intel delivered better-than-expected revenue results in the second quarter, but its stock dipped 5% in after-hours trading as CEO Lip-Bu Tan revealed deep cuts to the company’s chip manufacturing investments. The semiconductor giant reported $12.86 billion in revenue, surpassing the forecast of $11.92 billion. Adjusted earnings showed a loss of 10 cents per share. For […]