Day: May 9, 2025

Google would need to shift up to 2,000 employees for antitrust remedies, search head says

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Google would need to shift up to 2,000 employees for antitrust remedies, search head says

admin May 9, 2025

Google pays Apple billions of dollars per year to be the default search engine on iPhones.

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Affirm shares drop 13% on weak forecast, concerns over CEO’s bet on 0% loans

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Affirm shares drop 13% on weak forecast, concerns over CEO’s bet on 0% loans

admin May 9, 2025

Affirm shares plunged on Friday after the buy now, pay later provider issued a disappointing forecast for...

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NASA Solves Black Hole Jet X-ray Mystery with IXPE’s Polarization Powers

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• Science

NASA Solves Black Hole Jet X-ray Mystery with IXPE’s Polarization Powers

admin May 9, 2025

NASA’s IXPE satellite may have solved a longstanding astrophysical mystery: how are X-rays produced in the extreme...

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Successfully Launches 28 Starlink Satellites to Orbit From Florida

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Successfully Launches 28 Starlink Satellites to Orbit From Florida

admin May 9, 2025

SpaceX launched 28 new Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on May 6, marking...

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Rippling valued at $16.8 billion as HR software startup raises $450 million, says IPO not imminent

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Rippling valued at $16.8 billion as HR software startup raises $450 million, says IPO not imminent

admin May 9, 2025

Rippling continues to tap the private markets for capital, and is now valued at $16.8 billion in...

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Fortnite applies to launch on Apple’s App Store after Epic Games court win

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Fortnite applies to launch on Apple’s App Store after Epic Games court win

admin May 9, 2025

Fortnite was booted from iPhones in 2020, after Epic Games updated its software to link out to...

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Bitcoin holds above $100,000 while ether rockets to its best week since 2021

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Bitcoin holds above $100,000 while ether rockets to its best week since 2021

admin May 9, 2025

Cryptocurrencies extended their rally to end the week, with bitcoin holding steady above the $100,000 level while...

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Asteroid Vesta May Be a Fragment of a Lost Planet, Say Scientists

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Asteroid Vesta May Be a Fragment of a Lost Planet, Say Scientists

admin May 9, 2025

Vesta, once believed to be a stalled protoplanet, may be a fragment of a long-lost differentiated planet....

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BREAKING: 7,000-Device Proxy Botnet Using IoT, EoL Systems Dismantled in U.S. – Dutch Operation

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• Cyber Security

BREAKING: 7,000-Device Proxy Botnet Using IoT, EoL Systems Dismantled in U.S. – Dutch Operation

admin May 9, 2025

A joint law enforcement operation undertaken by Dutch and U.S. authorities has dismantled a criminal proxy network...

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OtterCookie v4 Adds VM Detection and Chrome, MetaMask Credential Theft Capabilities

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• Cyber Security

OtterCookie v4 Adds VM Detection and Chrome, MetaMask Credential Theft Capabilities

admin May 9, 2025

The North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign have been observed using updated versions of...

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Tech’s strong ad sales are showing signs of cracking from Trump’s trade war

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Tech’s strong ad sales are showing signs of cracking from Trump’s trade war

admin May 9, 2025

Meta, Alphabet and Amazon reported strong online advertising sales in the face of economic worries fueled by...

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SpaceX Gets FAA Green Light for 25 Annual Starship Launches from Texas’ Starbase Facility

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SpaceX Gets FAA Green Light for 25 Annual Starship Launches from Texas’ Starbase Facility

admin May 9, 2025

The FAA has granted SpaceX approval to carry out up to 25 Starship launches and landings annually...

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Stadium-sized asteroid to pass Earth safely on May 9

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Stadium-sized asteroid to pass Earth safely on May 9

admin May 9, 2025

A 950-foot-wide asteroid named 2002 JX8 will safely pass Earth on May 9. The Virtual Telescope Project...

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Cuttlefish May Communicate Using Tentacle Waves, Study Finds

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Cuttlefish May Communicate Using Tentacle Waves, Study Finds

admin May 9, 2025

Cuttlefish are known to use more than color-changing and posture to communicate — new research suggests they...

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Digital Resurrection of Titanic Reveals How the Ship Was Torn Apart in Its Final Hours

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Digital Resurrection of Titanic Reveals How the Ship Was Torn Apart in Its Final Hours

admin May 9, 2025

A full-scale 3D model of the Titanic, built from 715,000 scans, shows the ship tore apart violently,...

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NASA Spots Plankton Swarms from Space to Help Save North Atlantic Right Whales

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NASA Spots Plankton Swarms from Space to Help Save North Atlantic Right Whales

admin May 9, 2025

North Atlantic Right Whales are one of the world’s most endangered mammals. They face threats from fishing...

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OpenAI Might Introduce Weekly and Lifetime ChatGPT Subscriptions

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• Internet

OpenAI Might Introduce Weekly and Lifetime ChatGPT Subscriptions

admin May 9, 2025

OpenAI might be working on introducing more duration-based subscription plans. A tipster shared strings of code from...

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Lyft shares pop 20% after buyback; CEO says there are no signs of worry with the consumer

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Lyft shares pop 20% after buyback; CEO says there are no signs of worry with the consumer

admin May 9, 2025

Lyft shares popped 20% after the ride-sharing company upped its share buyback plan and posted better-than-expected gross...

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Samsung’s Tri-Fold Phone Tipped to Use Silicon-Carbon Battery

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• Mobile

Samsung’s Tri-Fold Phone Tipped to Use Silicon-Carbon Battery

admin May 9, 2025

Samsung is gearing up to unveil its first tri-fold phone, possibly called the Samsung G Fold. The...

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LockBit Ransomware Group Gets Hacked, Extortion Tactics Exposed

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• Internet

LockBit Ransomware Group Gets Hacked, Extortion Tactics Exposed

admin May 9, 2025

LockBit, the notorious ransomware group, reportedly suffered a massive data breach on Wednesday. As per the report,...

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