Online shoppers in the U.S. spent a massive $7.9 billion on Tuesday—the opening day of Amazon’s Prime Day sales event—marking a 9.9% increase compared to the same day last year, according to data from Adobe Analytics. This figure makes it the biggest e-commerce day of 2025 so far, surpassing last year’s Thanksgiving Day total of […]
Perplexity AI has introduced Comet, a cutting-edge web browser powered by artificial intelligence, marking the company’s bold entry into the competitive internet services space alongside tech giants like Google and Microsoft. Launched on Wednesday, Comet allows users to engage with enterprise tools such as Slack and pose complex queries using voice or text. A demo […]
Microsoft’s Outlook email service experienced a major disruption this week, with users across the globe facing hours of downtime on Wednesday and Thursday. The issue began around 6:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, affecting Outlook.com as well as its mobile and desktop applications. Users flooded social media with complaints, sharing error messages and screenshots showing “something […]
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, came under fire on Tuesday after it made highly offensive and antisemitic remarks, including praise for Adolf Hitler, in a series of social media responses. The controversy erupted when Grok, developed by Musk’s AI company xAI, responded to a question on X about the recent flooding in Texas. When asked […]
Two men have been indicted for orchestrating a massive international cryptocurrency fraud scheme that deceived investors out of more than $650 million. According to an indictment unsealed in the District of Puerto Rico, Michael Shannon Sims, 48, from Georgia and Florida, and Juan Carlos Reynoso, 57, from New Jersey and Florida, are accused of founding […]
Super Micro is set to boost its presence in Europe by expanding the manufacturing of its AI server infrastructure, according to CEO Charles Liang. The company, known for building high-performance servers powered by Nvidia chips, currently operates facilities in the Netherlands but is now looking to grow further across the region. “Demand in Europe is […]
Samsung Electronics announced on Tuesday that it expects its operating profit for the second quarter to plummet by 56%, highlighting the challenges it faces in keeping up with soaring demand for advanced AI chips dominated by rivals like Nvidia. The South Korean tech giant — known globally for its smartphones and memory chips — projected […]
Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter, has developed a new messaging app called Bitchat, a decentralized, peer-to-peer communication tool that operates entirely over Bluetooth mesh networks—no internet, SIM card, phone number, or email needed. Over the weekend, Dorsey personally built and launched the beta version of the app, now available on TestFlight, alongside a full […]
Former White House trade advisor Peter Navarro has sharply criticized Apple CEO Tim Cook, accusing him of dragging his feet in reducing Apple’s manufacturing reliance on China. “Since the first Trump administration, Cook has repeatedly asked for more time to relocate Apple’s factories from China,” Navarro said during a recent interview. “It’s become Silicon Valley’s […]
Microsoft announced Wednesday that it will lay off around 9,000 employees, impacting fewer than 4% of its global workforce. The reductions will span across various teams, locations, and experience levels, according to a source familiar with the matter. The move aligns with the start of Microsoft’s 2026 fiscal year, a time when the tech giant […]