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Microsoft chips and data center executive Zaid Kahn is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities, according to an internal email announcing the move on Thursday. Kahn, a vice president of cloud artificial intelligence and advanced systems engineering, played a key role in developing the ...
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The two founders jousted for years. This week, they found each other on X while their rocket companies launched missions with mixed results. Read more ›
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SpaceX launched its Starship mega-rocket for the seventh time. There were plenty of noteworthy firsts that set this event apart from the rest. Read more ›
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The Starship's seventh test flight ended in an explosion when the vehicle's upper stage "experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn" over the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX chief Elon Musk posted a video of the event, with debris streaking across and lighting up the sky. During the company's webcast, Dan Huot from SpaceX's communications team said they "saw engines dropping out on telemetry" by the end of the ascent... Read more ›
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Bondi, who's been working as a lobbyist and a consultant in recent years, reported a net worth of $12.1 million. Read more ›
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The "Deadpool" franchise is named in Justin Baldoni's new lawsuit against "It Ends With Us" costar Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds. Here's why. Read more ›
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The influential creator of surreal TV series Twin Peaks, as well as the director of Eraserhead, Wild at Heart, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, and more feature films was 78 years old. Read more ›
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The outgoing president warned of the growing dominance of a small, monied elite. Read more ›
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The world’s richest man got his feelings hurt by a ‘professional neckbeard’ who plays video games all day. Read more ›
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Adam Scott, Britt Lower, John Turturro, and Zach Cherry star in the Apple TV+ sci-fi show. Read more ›
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Paddington might be heading to Peru, but good luck finding a cuddly version of him on U.S. store shelves. Read more ›
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Elon Musk's company saw mixed results today, with Starship's booster sticking the landing while the upper stage failed during ascent. Read more ›
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Samsung's upcoming Galaxy A26 was leaked in some CAD-based renders in November, and today it's been certified by the Bureau of Indian Standards. This means it will definitely be sold in India when it arrives. The model number for the Indian market will be SM-A266B/DS. It will have dual-SIM support. According to a previous rumor, the A26 will be powered by Samsung's Exynos 1280 SoC just like its predecessor. Samsung... Read more ›
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Apple is making several changes following complaints that its AI-powered notification summaries were inscrutable or just plain wrong. Read more ›
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Debris from the Starship spacecraft that blew up in midair on Thursday prompted flight diversions in the area. Read more ›
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SpaceX's Starship mega-rocket exploded midair on Thursday, after which the FAA warned pilots of dangerous debris. Read more ›
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The industry paid tribute to the groundbreaking talent behind Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, and more. Read more ›
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Megan Hellerer, a career coach and founder of Coaching for Underfulfilled Overachievers, offers an alternative to the relentless "hustle culture" and "destinational living" mindsets, which often emphasize long-term goals at the expense of present happiness. "There's another way and I call it directional living," writes Hellerer. "Here's the catch: I can't find fulfilment for you. The good news is that it's all up to you..." An anonymous Slashdot reader shares... Read more ›
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L1 and L2 cache specs have been revealed for the RTX 5090 and 5080 featuring only a minor improvement over the RTX 4090 and 4080. Read more ›
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TikTok plans to shut off its app for U.S. users on Sunday, the day a federal law will ban the app, unless the Supreme Court intervenes to block the ban, according to two people familiar with TikTok’s plans. Abruptly switching off the app, rather than allowing people who have already downloaded it to continue using it, will bring home the impact of the ban to all TikTok’s users. Under the... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms’ announcement last week that it had relaxed its content moderation stance immediately raised the question of whether others, such as OpenAI, would follow suit.When I asked Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer, about that during an interview on Friday, he pointed me to a new broad-ranging policy proposal from the startup—released publicly on Monday morning. Lehane highlighted a section on users being able to personalize AI tools.... Read more ›
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In 2021, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella faced a choice involving the company’s Xbox and cloud gaming business. The company could either acquire major game studios to drive more subscriptions to its nascent Game Pass subscription service. Or it could wind down its games business entirely, Nadella told two people at the time. Nadella took the first path, acquiring Elder Scrolls maker Bethesda Studios for $7 billion in 2021 and Call... Read more ›
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Some of Nvidia’s biggest customers are facing new delays in getting its most advanced artificial intelligence chips up and running in data centers. The first shipments of racks equipped with Nvidia’s newest chips, Blackwell, have been plagued by overheating as well as glitches involving the way the chips connect to one another, according to three people working at suppliers and two customers that have dealt with the issues. These kinds... Read more ›
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It’s the final week of the Biden presidency, and the administration kicked it off by announcing new export control rules for AI-related technologies, causing quite a stir. The rules aim to limit how many of Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chips other countries or foreign companies can obtain, helping American AI developers companies stay ahead, and to force American companies to develop large AI chip clusters primarily in the U.S.In case you... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms plans a new round of job cuts in the coming weeks, the company told employees on Tuesday, focused on employees who are considered weak performers. In a post on the company’s internal chat system, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company would make more extensive performance based cuts during this performance review cycle. Meta’s announcement signals that the social media company’s efforts to rein in costs are continuing... Read more ›
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In 2018—after I forgot to call my mom one too many times—a friend and I launched an app that nudges people to take life-enhancing steps such as connecting with family, exercising more and learning new skills. Today we have nearly 40,000 subscribers. Businesses and organizations across the country use our app to improve employees’ health and well-being. We’re proud of the business we’ve built. But we couldn’t have succeeded without... Read more ›
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Amazon is ending a service that allowed Prime members to order clothing, try it on and decide whether or not they want to keep it before being charged for the goods. The service, Prime Try Before You Buy, will end on Jan. 31, according to notices Amazon has sent U.S. users. Amazon, which ... Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: A casual sex website with an underage sex problem• Power and Influence: DOGE goes headhunting • The Top 5: Where to travel after Davos • Plus: When a corporate marvel may be a communist spy ring; piecing together “Severance”; and an uncomfortable masterpieceA couple years ago, Donald Trump was banned from Facebook, and just a few months ago, he was threatening to... Read more ›
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The European Union is reassessing its probes into Apple, Meta, Google and other big tech companies, the Financial Times reported, a move that comes as U.S. tech executives press President-elect Donald Trump to intervene in European regulatory efforts. All decisions and potential fines are on ... Read more ›
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