Drawing: Carl Knox – OzGrav, ARC Center of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, Swinburne University of Technology On February 11, astronomers saw a distant flash of light that seemed to come from a source as bright as a quadrillion suns. They alerted other scientists to the event, and several telescopes quickly pivoted to focus on … Read more
The billionaire CEO of Twitter and Tesla said on Monday that Apple was pressing Twitter over content moderation demands. Elon Musk has accused Apple Inc of threatening to block Twitter Inc from its app store without saying why in a series of tweets that also said the iPhone maker had stopped advertising on the social … Read more
Image: NurPhoto (Getty Images) Politico are reporting that, “according to three people with knowledge of the matter”, the Federal Trade Commission is “likely to file an antitrust lawsuit to block Microsoft’s $69 billion takeover of video game giant Activision Blizzard”. The FTC, emboldened by their recent success in stopping the merger of book publishers Penguin … Read more
A man wearing a protective face mask walks past an illustration of a virus outside Oldham Regional Science Center on November 24, 2020 in Oldham, United Kingdom.Photo: Christopher Furlong (Getty Images) The World Health Organization is creating an updated list of the globe’s most dangerous microbes. The public health agency will recruit over 300 scientists … Read more
In this photo illustration, a bitcoin logo seen displayed on a smartphone with a FTX logo on the background. Avishek Das | light rocket | Getty Images FTX’s vast web of entities had a total of around $1.24 billion in cash balances as of Nov. 20, according to a new court filing out late Monday. … Read more
Apple Computer Inc. brought Steve Jobs back to the company in 1997 and found amazing success, but that has led to a “Steve Jobs Syndrome” that convinces companies to bring back formerly successful top executives even as an academic study shows it may not be a good idea. The Walt Disney Co. DIS, +6.30% is … Read more
Brian Armstrong, CEO and Co-Founder, Coinbase, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference on May 2, 2022. in Beverly Hills, California. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Coinbase shares fell more than 8% Monday, extending a slide that’s pushed the crypto exchange to its lowest since its market debut in April 2021. The … Read more
Fresh China COVID-19 worries are threatening to nix any preholiday gains for Wall Street, with stock futures in the red and the dollar higher ahead of Monday’s open. In a shortened week that will bring both Thanksgiving and the World Cup kickoff, investors have all sorts of excuses to head to the sidelines. Those sticking … Read more
The Amazon headquarters sits virtually empty on March 10, 2020 in downtown Seattle, Washington. In response to the coronavirus outbreak, Amazon recommended all employees in its Seattle office to work from home, leaving much of downtown nearly void of people. John Moore | Getty Images Amazon is offering voluntary buyouts to some employees inside the … Read more
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is coming to an Android phone near you. Image: Qualcomm Qualcomm has announced its second-generation flagship mobile chip. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will be available in various flagship Android devices as soon as the end of 2022. last year, Qualcomm announced a new naming scheme to make it easier to … Read more