22 place 81
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Trevor Milton, the founder of electric vehicle start-up Nikola who was sentenced to prison last year, was pardoned by Donald Trump late on Thursday, the White House confirmed on Friday. The pardon of Milton, who was sentenced to four years in prison for exaggerating the potential of his technology, could wipe out hundreds of millions of dollars in restitution that prosecutors were seeking for defrauded investors. Milton and his wife donated more than $1
A newsletter a day!
You may get 10 most important news around midday in daily newsletter. Press the button and we will send you the most important news only, no spam attached.
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
Slashdot
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told NBC News' "Meet the Press" that Trump had "created maximum leverage for himself." Read more ›
1,693 fresh
Midwest gem Traverse City, Michigan, won me over with its wine, vibes, and prices. The town is cheaper to visit and as pretty as Napa Valley. Read more ›
962 fresh
Vietnam is also seeking a delay to the 46% import levies announced by President Donald Trump earlier this week. Read more ›
773 fresh
Hundreds of thousands of people signed up to attend over 1,300 “Hands Off!” protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk yesterday. Today, estimates from groups involved in planning the protests suggest the protesters in the US and abroad may have actually numbered in the millions. Activist group MoveOn is “estimating millions of attendees” went […] Read more ›
703 fresh
Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban said on Bluesky that Trump's aggressive tariffs, combined with DOGE cuts, could cause long-term economic harm. Read more ›
609
As Tesla sees cratering sales, marketing experts say it could rebrand by learning from post-disaster airline companies. Read more ›
464
Surrounding the Washington Monument Saturday were thousands of signs with messages spanning innumerable topics. âSupport Ukraine,â âBeware of DOGE,â âProtect Trans Lives,â were just a few of them. Others struck a note of exasperation: âWhere do I startâ¦â The nationwide Hands Off protests this weekend turned out millions of protesters across 1,300 different events, organizers […] Read more ›
432 fresh
A Redditor's $2,900 RTX 5090 was struck by a melted connector, also damaging their 1000W power supply. Read more ›
357 fresh
After a long stretch of slim pickings, the last couple of years have been huge for Android smartwatches. Now there are more good options than ever. But the market is fragmented. Wear OS 5 is here for Samsung’s Galaxy Watches, Google’s Pixel Watch 3, and soon, the OnePlus Watch 3 when it ships later this […] Read more ›
318 fresh
Lexar this week announced what it says is the world’s first 1TB microSD Express card in time for the arrival of the Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo has said that the Switch 2 will only support microSD Express cards, not the regular microSD you may already have been using in your old Switch. There are three storage capacity options to choose from with Lexar’s new Play Pro microSDXC Express Card: 1TB... Read more ›
305 fresh
GPMI will make it simpler to set up high-end entertainment and streaming systems. Read more ›
292 fresh
Amazon this weekend is providing record low prices on multiple models of the iPad mini 7, starting at $399.00 for the 128GB Wi-Fi tablet, down from $499.00. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. Amazon has three colors of the 128GB Wi-Fi iPad mini 7 on sale... Read more ›
286 fresh
Coordinated nationwide protests against the Trump administration drew large crowds. Business Insider was there. Read more ›
278
Cast member James Austin Johnson's Trump said his plan was to "Make America Great Depression Again." Read more ›
260
The beloved Hubble Space Telescope is reaching its 35th anniversary, and over the years it has taken some stunning images. Read more ›
236 fresh
My daughter is heading to college, and I plan to track her on Life360 for at least the first few months. But I may also track her for all four years. Read more ›
224 fresh
You may have heard of Amazon's services such as Prime Video, Amazon Fresh, or Amazon Web Services, but what of these other brands under its umbrella? Read more ›
223 fresh
The tech billionaire and Trump adviser “donated” Starlink service to the White House. The move resembles a previous maneuver by Microsoft. Read more ›
213 fresh
Justin and Kelly Harris took a vacation to Koh Samui, Thailand, and fell in love with it. They now live where White Lotus Season 3 was filmed. Read more ›
212
Slashdot
Microsoft is pushing businesses to shift away from perpetual Office licenses to Microsoft 365 subscriptions, citing collaboration limitations and rising IT costs associated with standalone software. "You may have started noticing limitations," Microsoft says in a post. "Your apps are stuck on your desktop, limiting productivity anytime you're away from your office. You can't easily access your files or collaborate when working remotely." In its pitch, the Windows-maker says Microsoft... Read more ›
138
An anonymous reader shares a report: A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile, email account, and phone number removed by his employer, Indiana University, and had his homes raided by the FBI. No one knows why. Xiaofeng Wang has a long list of prestigious titles. He was the associate dean for research at... Read more ›
125
Substack has announced it will legally support foreign writers lawfully residing in the U.S. who face government targeting over their published work, partnering with the nonprofit FIRE to expand its existing Defender program. The Verge reports: In their announcement, Substack and FIRE mention the international Tufts University student who was arrested by federal agents last week. Her legal team links her arrest to an opinion piece she co-wrote for the... Read more ›
119
Longtime Slashdot reader CyberSlugGump shares a support article from AT&T, writing: On June 17th, AT&T will stop supporting email-to-text messages. That means you won't be able to send a text message to an AT&T customer from an email address. You can still get in touch with AT&T customers using SMS (text), MMS, and standard email services. Read more of this story at Slashdot. Read more ›
116
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: [...] The study, led by researchers at Brown University, found that the wealthiest Americans lived shorter lives than the wealthiest Europeans. In fact, wealthy Northern and Western Europeans had death rates 35 percent lower than the wealthiest Americans, whose lifespans were more like the poorest in Northern and Western Europe -- which includes countries such as France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.... Read more ›
112
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Europol has shut down one of the largest dark web pedophile networks in the world, prompting dozens of arrests worldwide and threatening that more are to follow. Launched in 2021, KidFlix allowed users to join for free to preview low-quality videos depicting child sex abuse materials (CSAM). To see higher-resolution videos, users had to earn credits by sending cryptocurrency payments, uploading... Read more ›
90
Software engineer Sergey Tselovalnikov weighs in on the new hype: The term caught on and Twitter quickly flooded with posts about how AI has radically transformed coding and will soon replace all software engineers. While AI undeniably impacts the way we write code, it hasn't fundamentally changed our role as engineers. Allow me to explain. [...] Vibe coding is interacting with the codebase via prompts. As the implementation is hidden... Read more ›
86
A joint investigation found that at least five popular VPN apps on the App Store and Google Play have ties to Qihoo 360, a Chinese company with military links. Apple has since removed two of the apps but has not confirmed the status of the remaining three, which 9to5Mac notes have "racked up more than a million downloads." The five apps in question are Turbo VPN, VPN Proxy Master, Thunder... Read more ›
81
U.S. stock markets suffered their worst day since the Covid pandemic after Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs, triggering a global selloff and wiping out $470 billion in value from tech giants Apple and Nvidia. From a report: The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 6%, while the S&P 500 and the Dow dropped 4.8% and 3.9%, respectively. [...] Meanwhile, the US dollar hit a six-month low, going down at least 2.2% on... Read more ›
78
"The third James Bond novel was published on this day in 1955," writes long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger. Film buff Christian Petrozza shares some history: In 1979, the market was hot amid the studios to make the next big space opera. Star Wars blew up the box office in 1977 with Alien soon following and while audiences eagerly awaited the next installment of George Lucas' The Empire Strikes Back, Hollywood was... Read more ›
75
Most popular sources
Business Insider
|
70% 36 |
The Verge
|
6% 6 |
Tom's Hardware
|
5% 4 |
CNET
|
3% 2 |
Wired
|
2% 15 |
| View sources » | |
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
06.04.2025 17:43
Last update: 17:21 EDT.
News rating updated: 00:30.
What is Times42?
Times42 brings you the most popular news from tech news portals in real-time chart.
Read about us in FAQ section.
popular