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Robert Alexander | Archive Photos | Getty Images Over the years, travelers have repeatedly been warned to avoid public Wi-Fi in places like airports and coffee shops. Airport Wi-Fi, in particular, is known to be a hacker honeypot, due to what is typically relatively lax security. But even though many people know they should stay away

For Molly Cantillon, living in a hacker house wasn’t just a dream, but a necessity. “I had lived in a few hacker houses before and wanted to replicate that energy,” said Cantillon, 20, co-founder of HackHer House and founder of the startup NOX. “A place where really energetic, hardcore people came together to solve problems.

The Federal Supreme Court (STF) in Brazil suspends Elon Musk’s social network after it fails to comply with orders from Minister Alexandre de Moraes to block accounts of those being investigated by the Brazilian justice system.  Cris Faga | Nurphoto | Getty Images X has to pay one last fine before the social network owned

In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at the Hope Global Forums annual meeting in Atlanta on Dec. 11, 2023. Dustin Chambers | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, expects about $5 billion in losses on $3.7 billion in revenue this year, CNBC has

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg presents Orion AR Glasses, as he makes a keynote speech during the Meta Connect annual event, at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S. September 25, 2024.  Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters The most impressive aspect of Meta’s Orion augmented-reality glasses has more to do with size and comfort than flashy

In this article BABA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Alibaba office building is seen in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, Aug 28, 2024.  CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Chinese tech stocks, including beaten-down names like Alibaba, rallied this week, hitting highs not seen in more than a year after China’s central bank

In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In this photo illustration, the OpenAI logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen with a photo of Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. Didem Mente | Anadolu | Getty Images At an all-hands meeting on Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denied that there are plans

In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Distance Technologies develops a product that it says can turn any transparent surface into an augmented-reality display. Distance Technologies Distance Technologies, a Finnish startup that aims to bring mixed-reality technology to any car windshield or plane cockpit, has raised 10 million euros ($11.1 million) of

In this article AEO AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A shopper walks by an American Eagle store on November 21, 2023 in Glendale, California.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images American Eagle Outfitters is suing Amazon for trademark infringement, alleging the e-commerce giant used branding from its Aerie clothing line in search results, leading

Georgijevic | E+ | Getty Images A surge in demand for artificial intelligence-focused semiconductors and AI-enabled smartphones and laptops could lead to the next global chip shortage, according to a report released Wednesday by consultancy Bain & Company. The last major semiconductor shortage happened during the Covid-19 pandemic amid supply chain disruption and a rise

In this article SMAR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader. Source: Smartsheet Collaboration software maker Smartsheet announced Tuesday Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners will acquire it in an all-cash deal valuing the company at about $8.4 billion. Stockholders will receive $56.50 per share, a 41% premium to Smartsheet’s average closing price

Microsoft-owned GitHub says that 90% of the world’s open-source projects are stored on its code repository platform. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto via Getty Images Microsoft-owned developer platform GitHub on Tuesday said it is giving enterprise users the ability to limit the storage of their sensitive software code to data centers located in the European Union.

Sovereign wealth funds out of the Middle East are emerging as key backers of Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence darlings. Oil-rich nations like Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar have been looking to diversify their economies, and are turning to tech investments as a hedge. In the past year, funding for AI companies by

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta on Sept. 20, 2024. Harris spoke about abortion and reproductive rights in Georgia as she continues to campaign against Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images

In this article INTC NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger speaks at the Intel Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Arizona, on March 20, 2024.  Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images It was quite a week for Intel. The chipmaker, which has lost over half its value this year and last

In this article TSLA GOOGL MSFT NVDA 2330-TW Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk is on a mission to build new supercomputers. As the CEO of Tesla and his new artificial intelligence startup xAI, the tech titan has big plans for how artificial intelligence can help to supercharge his businesses. In January, he

In this article TSLA GOOGL MSFT NVDA 2330-TW Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk is on a mission to build new supercomputers. As the CEO of Tesla and his new artificial intelligence startup xAI, the tech titan has big plans for how artificial intelligence can help to supercharge his businesses. In January, he

Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X looks on during the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 6, 2024.  David Swanson | Reuters The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked a federal judge to sanction Elon Musk if he

In this article QCOM INTC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon speaks at COMPUTEX forum in Taipei, Taiwan June 3, 2024.  Ann Wang | Reuters Qualcomm approached Intel about a takeover in recent days, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Intel shares rose 8%

In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple on Friday greeted customers at its stores around the world for the debuts of the iPhone 16, Apple Watch Series 10 and AirPods 4. The new products were announced at an event earlier this month and have been available for pre-order since Sept. 13.

Alakh Pandey (R), CEO of Physics Wallah, along with the company’s co-founder Prateek Maheshwari (L). Physics Wallah Indian education technology startup Physics Wallah announced on Friday that it had raised $210 million as it looks to expand its business, in part via acquisitions, amid troubles in the sector. The funding, led by Hornbill Capital, and

In this article NVDA TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang presents the Nvidia Blackwell platform at an event ahead of the COMPUTEX Forum, in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 2, 2024. Ann Wang | Reuters Investors poured into tech stocks at one of the fastest clips of the year a day

Combinations showing Entrepreneur Elon Musk (L) and Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes (R) Reuters (L) | Getty Images (R) Elon Musk’s X faces steep daily fines in Brazil for allegedly evading a ban on the service there, according to a statement from the country’s supreme court on Thursday. The fines, imposed by Brazil’s

Demaerre | Istock | Getty Images Corporate leaders can’t “bulls—” their employees about the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce and the ways in which the technology will affect jobs more broadly, according to one tech billionaire. Jim Kavanaugh, the CEO of World Wide Technology (WWT), told CNBC that people are “too smart” to

In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Amazon warehouse. Getty Images Amazon announced Wednesday it is raising wages for its hourly warehouse workers and adding a new employee perk that will give them a Prime subscription at no extra cost. Beginning this month, Amazon’s average starting pay for front-line employees in

In this article ME Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Anne Wojcicki, co-founder and chief executive officer of 23andme Inc., during the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, US, on Friday, March 10, 2023.  Jordan Vonderhaar | Bloomberg | Getty Images All seven independent directors of 23andMe resigned from the company’s board Tuesday,

In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Apple Series 10 is displayed during an event at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 12, 2023. Loren Elliott | Reuters The new Apple Watch Series 10 hits stores on Friday. I’ve been testing it for the past five days, and there

In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Illustration of the China and U.S. flag on a central processing unit. Blackdovfx | Istock | Getty Images U.S. sanctions over the years on China’s semiconductor industry has forced Beijing to ramp up efforts to boost its domestic chip sector. The boom of artificial intelligence

In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT CEO of Apple Tim Cook shows a peace sign as Apple holds an event at the Steve Jobs Theater on its campus in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 9, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Apple on Monday released iOS 18, the latest version of its software

Andy Ginther, mayor of Columbus, Ohio, pictured at a White House event in 2023, was not giving the public the full picture after a recent ransomware attack, according to a dark web researcher who investigated, and has since been sued by the city. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ransomware has long been plaguing American

In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT OpenAI stormed onto the scene with ChatGPT and upended the tech world in less than two years. But over the next few months, the artificial intelligence darling will face some of its biggest tests yet. A highly anticipated partnership with Apple will supercharge its reach,

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.  Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images Brazil’s supreme court announced Friday that it ordered banks to transfer funds from Starlink and X accounts to pay fines the court levied against Elon Musk’s social

Tesla Semi Courtesy: Tesla A single-vehicle collision last month involving a Tesla Semi electric truck took 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish and required aircraft to dump fire retardant overhead, according to a preliminary report on Friday from the National Transportation Safety Board. The crash, which occurred on California’s Interstate 80 west of Lake Tahoe,