Mastodon CEO Steps Down as the Social Network Restructures
Leadership Shift as Mastodon Moves Into a Non-Profit ModelMastodon creator Eugen Rochko is stepping down as CEO as the decentralized social network transitions into a non-profit structure announced earlier this…
DoorDash Confirms Data Breach Exposing Users’ Phone Numbers and Physical Addresses
Contact and Location Details Among Compromised InformationDoorDash confirmed a data breach that exposed names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses belonging to an unspecified number of users. The company…
Jeff Bezos to Serve as Co-CEO of New AI Startup Project Prometheus After Backing Its $6.2 Billion Raise
Bezos Steps Back Into Operations With New VentureJeff Bezos is set to step back into day-to-day operations as co-chief executive of Project Prometheus, a new AI startup he is helping…
Dell and HPE Shares Drop After Morgan Stanley Downgrade as Memory Cost Pressures Mount
Computer hardware stocks fell sharply on Monday after Morgan Stanley issued a broad set of downgrades across the sector, citing rising memory costs and mounting margin risk. Dell was cut…
Tesla Quietly Reworks Its U.S. Supply Chain to Phase Out China-Made Parts
Tesla is moving to eliminate China-made components from vehicles built in the United States, a major supply-chain overhaul driven by escalating trade tensions and new technology restrictions. According to people…
New Water-and-Pressure Method Promises Cheaper, More Efficient Carbon Capture
Researchers in the U.S. have proposed a new carbon-capture technique that relies on only water and pressure, offering a potentially cheaper and cleaner way for heavy industries to trap their…
Intel Granite Rapids-WS Leak Points to 86-Core Flagship Targeting Threadripper 9000WX
Intel appears set to challenge AMD’s Threadripper 9000WX series with its upcoming Granite Rapids-WS platform, according to new leaks outlining core specifications and early benchmark data. Hardware leaker Momomo_us reports…
‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Is Spreading Fast — and the Warning Signs Are Getting Harder to Ignore
When Nigel Morris says he’s worried about the health of the U.S. consumer, people listen. Morris co-founded Capital One, helped invent modern subprime lending, and now backs major buy-now-pay-later (BNPL)…
Amazon Rebrands Project Kuiper as “Leo,” Quietly Shifts Focus Away From Affordability
Amazon’s satellite internet initiative is getting a new name — and a noticeably new pitch. The company said this week that Project Kuiper will now be called “Leo,” a reference…
Verizon Plans 15,000 Job Cuts in Its Largest Workforce Reduction to Date
Verizon Communications is preparing to lay off roughly 15,000 employees in the coming days, marking the largest job reduction in the company’s history, according to The Wall Street Journal. The…
Netflix Expands TV Gaming and Social Play as It Pushes Toward a New Entertainment Model
Netflix is deepening its push into gaming with a new slate of interactive titles built directly into its TV platform, marking the company’s most ambitious effort yet to blend watching,…
Checkout.com Rejects Ransomware Demand and Donates the Money to Cybercrime Research
Checkout.com declined to pay a ransom after a hacker group claimed to have stolen company data, instead choosing to donate the equivalent amount to academic institutions researching cybercrime. Chief technology…
Apple Reportedly Accelerating Plans to Replace Tim Cook, Eyes John Ternus as Likely Successor
Apple is preparing for the possibility that CEO Tim Cook could step down as early as next year, according to a report from the Financial Times. The company’s board and…
Bitcoin Slides Below $95,000 as AI-Linked Tech Sell-Off Weighs on Markets
Bitcoin fell below $95,000 on Friday, extending a four-day decline as investors pulled back from artificial intelligence–linked technology stocks. The cryptocurrency slipped to $94,491.22 early in the session, its lowest…
Jury Rules Apple Must Pay Masimo $634M for Infringing Blood Oxygen Monitoring Patent
A federal jury in California has determined that Apple must pay medical device company Masimo $634 million in damages for infringing a patent related to blood oxygen monitoring technology. Reuters…
Anthropic Claims Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers Used Claude to Automate Cyber Attacks
Anthropic says it uncovered an operation in which hackers linked to the Chinese government used its Claude chatbot to automate cyber attacks against roughly 30 global organisations, marking what the…
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon to Retire After More Than a Decade, Longtime Deputy John Furner to Take Over
Walmart chief executive Doug McMillon will step down in January, ending more than 10 years leading the world’s largest retailer and handing the role to John Furner, a longtime company…
OpenAI Says ChatGPT Can Finally Stop Using Em Dashes When Asked
OpenAI says it has resolved a longstanding issue that caused ChatGPT to continue using em dashes even when users explicitly instructed it not to. The punctuation mark, now widely referred…
WhatsApp to Launch Third-Party Chat Integration Across Europe Under EU DMA Rules
Meta is preparing to roll out third-party chat integration on WhatsApp in Europe, giving users in the region the option to message people on other apps that choose to connect…