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Elon Musk endorses far-right Alternative for Germany party in election
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, a meagdonor and adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, is now seeking to influence Germany's election, posting an endorsement on X of the country's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.In a post Thursday…
Qualcomm wins a legal battle over Arm chip licensing
A federal jury in Delaware determined on Friday that Qualcomm didn’t breach its agreement with Arm through its 2021 acquisition of Nuvia, a startup founded by three former Apple engineers. As reported earlier by Bloomberg and Reuters,…
Tesla (TSLA) stock climbs, reversing losses for the week
Tesla electric vehicles are parked in a parking lot at the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg plant. Patrick Pleul | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesTesla on Friday reversed losses from earlier in the day to turn higher, as the electric…
Bluesky now has a mentions tab in your notifications area
Bluesky now has a specific tab for mentions in your notifications as part of the app’s just-released 1.96 update. With the mentions tab, it’s much easier to see your replies or conversations you’ve been tagged in on the platform.Speaking…
Amazon workers strike across seven facilities during holiday shopping
An Amazon delivery truck passes people holding signs and marching during a strike by Teamsters union members at an Amazon facility in Alpharetta, Georgia, Dec. 19, 2024.Elijah Nouvelage | ReutersAmazon workers across seven facilities in…
Micron has for worst day since 2020 after disappointing guidance
Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra speaks before President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the CHIPS and Science Act and his Investing in America agenda, at the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum in Syracuse, New York, April 25, 2024.Andrew…
Dune: Prophecy is getting a second season on HBO
The first season of Dune: Prophecy is about to wrap up — but there’s more on the way. Ahead of the finale on December 22nd, HBO has confirmed than the prequel series has been renewed for a second season.The show premiered in November,…
Tesla shares sink 8%, giving up some gains from post-election pop
A Tesla Cybertruck is parked outside of a dealership on November 14, 2024 in Austin, Texas.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesTesla shares sank more than 8% on Wednesday, notching their steepest drop since before Donald Trump's election victory…
Here comes Sandisk with a rebrand
SanDisk is now SANDISK. It’s also now Sandisk. The company is announcing a fresh rebranding this week with a new logo that drops the inter-capped styling it’s generally maintained since 1995 with one that is inspired by “a single point…
Inside TSMC’s new chip fab where Apple will make chips in the U.S.
Atop a newly completed, 3.5-million-square-foot building that stands on 1,100 acres in the Arizona desert north of Phoenix is a giant logo of a microchip wafer and the letters TSMC. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's first…
The 40 best last-minute Christmas gifts we’ve found
Believe it or not, we’re now a week away from Christmas. Don’t panic if you’ve yet to start your holiday shopping, though! While it might be too late to order some of the gifts on your holiday wish list, plenty of other great presents…
Trump NASA pick Jared Isaacman made big bet on stablecoins with Shift4
Jared Isaacman, Mission Commander, steps out of the manned Polaris Dawn mission's "Dragon" capsule after it splashed down off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida, after completing the first human spaceflight mission by non-government…
UK kicks off review into training AI models on copyrighted content
On Dec. 9, OpenAI made its artificial intelligence video generation model Sora publicly available in the U.S. and other countries.Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesThe U.K. is drawing up measures to regulate the use of copyrighted…
Intel finally notches a GPU win, confirms Arc B580 is selling out after stellar reviews
Intel is having an incredibly rough year — but at long last, the company’s discrete graphics card initiative has produced a card worth celebrating. While we haven’t managed to review it ourselves due to a fluke issue, the $250 Arc B580…
Nvidia falls deeper into correction territory, Broadcom reverses earlier gains to tick lower
Nvidia shares closed down more than 1% on Tuesday, as Broadcom shares reversed earlier gains to also move lower.On Monday, Nvidia entered correction territory — broadly defined as the point when a stock falls 10% or more from an all-time…
Astronaut Don Pettit shows how to take long-exposure photos from the ISS
NASA astronaut Don Pettit created his own device to help him take photos of the stars while on the International Space Station — and the results are pretty impressive. In a Reddit thread spotted by Space.com, Pettit describes how he…
CrowdStrike moves to dismiss Delta suit, citing contract terms
A Boeing 767-332(ER) from Delta Air Lines takes off from Barcelona El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain, on October 8, 2024. Joan Valls | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesCrowdStrike moved Monday evening to dismiss Delta Air Lines' lawsuit around…
Temu tops US iOS downloads for 2nd year amid greater scrutiny of China firms
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesTemu, the popular e-commerce app owned by China's PDD Holdings, topped Apple's list of the most downloaded free apps on its U.S. iOS store for the second year running, highlighting the massive success…