To 'minimize disruption,' Bezoscorp offers a 20% discount on new hardware you didn't want Updated Amazon is rewarding long-time Kindle users by ditching support for aging devices, though it is trying to "minimize disruption" for existing customers by dangling a 20 percent discount for new models along with an eBook credit.…
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Board-led inquiry follows indictment of two employees and a contractor over alleged diversion of Nvidia GPU servers Supermicro has launched an independent investigation after three people associated with the company were charged with violating US export restrictions on China.…
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Chinese e-commerce and AI giant Alibaba Group Holding has set up a high-level technology committee led by CEO Eddie Wu Yongming, as part of a broader restructuring to sharpen its focus on artificial intelligence amid intensifying competition. The Hangzhou-based company formed the Alibaba Group Technology Committee as part of its efforts to accelerate AI development, according to an internal letter from Wu to staff on Wednesday. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. The committee brings...
Chinese artificial intelligence company Zhipu AI open-sourced its latest flagship model, GLM-5.1, on Wednesday while raising application programming interface prices by 10 per cent, signalling a shift towards monetising advanced AI capabilities as competition with US rivals intensifies. The move marked Zhipu’s second price increase this year, following a broader overhaul in February that lifted rates for its coding subscription plans by more than 30 per cent. While the latest adjustment was more...
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Fresh and healthy, just like Windows 11 isn't Bork!Bork!Bork! You might say this bork was bread to fail, but at least it involves a version of Windows that most people actually like.…
Google Photos now lets you swipe left and right to keep or delete photos and clear up space, though it's Android-only.
ChipSoft's website remains down but emails are functioning A Dutch healthcare software vendor has been knocked offline following a ransomware attack, officials say.…
The latest bill proposed by US lawmakers to further restrict China’s access to advanced chipmaking equipment marks a fresh escalation in Washington’s efforts to throttle the country’s semiconductor ambitions, as it seeks to bring allies such as the Netherlands and Japan into closer alignment on export controls, analysts said. Introduced last week by Republican Representative Michael Baumgartner, the Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls in Hardware (Match) Act aims to close “critical...
Market watcher says money is pouring into British atomic and fusion startups amid massive energy demand Investors are backing nuclear power as a solution to fuel the UK's datacenter buildout, according to researchers tracking investment activity.…
A division of Japanese giant NTT predicted more industries are set to benefit from improvements in a positioning technology which mixes satellite and sensor signals to overcome accuracy challenges. The post NTT targets GNSS positioning boost appeared first on Mobile World Live.
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Supplier will support the current Oracle E-Business Suite and lead migration to a new Oracle Fusion SaaS platform The UK's largest police force has awarded DXC Technology a contract worth up to £1 billion to develop and run a host of business process outsourcing services – including building a new Oracle ERP system.…
Le directeur général d’Eutelsat, Jean-François Fallacher, a révélé dans une interview à Reuters que son groupe négocie de futurs lancements Read more... The post Eutelsat regarde vers l’Inde pour assurer ses lancements appeared first on Mobile World Live.
Financial Times: An Iranian union official says Iran will demand that shipping companies pay tolls in crypto of $1 per barrel for tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz — Country's oil exporters' union says toll to be paid in cryptocurrency and vessels monitored for weapons
Two practice web addresses appear to have been compromised Multiple domains belonging to Scottish healthcare providers have been hijacked and are now pushing links to adult content and illegal sports streams, according to a researcher.…
DeepSeek has introduced new “instant” and “expert” modes to its chatbot, the most significant update to its user interface since the Hangzhou-based start-up gained global recognition. The changes come ahead of the much-anticipated release of DeepSeek’s next-generation flagship model V4 this month, more than a year after its R1 version made it a household name. On Tuesday, the company added the two modes to its website and mobile app, giving users the choice of settings. Instant mode was designed...
Todd Bishop / GeekWire: AWS launches Amazon S3 Files, a new capability built on Amazon's Elastic File System to let applications and AI agents access S3 buckets as local file systems — Amazon Web Services is making it possible to access data stored in its S3 cloud storage service as a traditional file system …
Juro Osawa / The Information: Memo: Alibaba Cloud CTO Jingren Zhou will step down as CTO to focus on leading AI models in the new role of chief AI architect; executive Feifei Li becomes CTO — Alibaba Group senior executive Jingren Zhou, who is in charge of AI model development, will stop serving as Alibaba Cloud's chief …
Martin Gillow's 3D recreation lets users explore would-be Enigma successor's mechanics and enciphering logic online An enthusiast has built a digital 3D model of the SG-41 cipher machine, replete with wheels, levers, and stepping logic, accessible via a browser.…
Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: Asus ROG Xbox Ally review: comfortable design, Xbox Full Screen beats Windows 11, and affordable, but sleep/wake issues, weak display, and average performance — With the Steam Deck OLED in and out of stock, should you consider going the Windows route instead?
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: X is rolling out worldwide automatic post translation powered by xAI's Grok models, and updates its iOS image editor to add tools like drawing and blurring — Social media platform X is now rolling out a new feature that automatically translates posts. The company is also launching …
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Telefonica struck a deal to sell its operations in Mexico for $450 million to Melisa Acquisition, a consortium of investors led by telecoms platform provider Oxio and Newfoundland Capital Management. The post Telefonica set for Mexico sale in latest LatAm exit appeared first on Mobile World Live.
Bloomberg countered claims Apple faces delays in producing its first foldable phone, reporting the company remained on track to ship the model in September. The post Apple foldable speculation flip-flops appeared first on Mobile World Live.
Agents will look for info elsewhere unless official sources sharpen up The UK's hopes of fueling cutting-edge AI development and applications with a National Data Library (NDL) could be dashed unless it makes datasets easier to use.…
'Proposal resurrects an existential threat to US leadership in space science and exploration' First, the good news: the Artemis II crew has successfully swung around the far side of the Moon and surpassed Apollo 13's record for the farthest humans have traveled from Earth. Now the bad news: the White House is sharpening the budget blade once again.…
Carter Johnson / Bloomberg: UK-based currency hedging platform MillTech raised $60M from Apax Digital Funds at a $325M valuation, and plans to expand in North America and build AI tools — Currency hedging and cash management platform MillTech raised $60 million in a deal with Apax Digital Funds …
President Brad Smith tells an interviewer that Microsoft is reconsidering datacenter design in light of Iran war Microsoft is reevaluating how it designs and builds datacenters in conflict-prone regions after Iran began targeting Middle Eastern bit barns in retaliation for US military operations.…
Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: A profile of South Korea's Galaxy, which is trying to disrupt K-pop's traditional idol system by blending AI characters and life-size robots, as it plans an IPO — Humanoid robots dressed in black, luxury hip-hop outfits snap into formation, moving in perfect sync to K-pop songs.
Intel revealed a plan to join Elon Musk’s Terafab AI chip project to build processors which would power the billionaire’s orbital data centres and humanoid robots. The post Intel signs up for Musk AI chip project appeared first on Mobile World Live.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times: Mythos Preview's hacking ability is not a publicity stunt; sources say tech companies privately spoke to Trump officials about the implications for US security — Normally right now I would be writing about the geopolitical implications of the war with Iran, and I am sure I will again soon.
China is ramping up efforts in the AI race, as tech giants Alibaba Group Holding and Huawei Technologies deploy massive computing clusters in the push to develop home-grown infrastructure. E-commerce giant Alibaba has announced the deployment of a 10,000-card intelligent computing cluster powered by the Zhenwu AI chips developed by its T-Head semiconductor design arm. Launched in collaboration with China Telecom in the Shaoguan data centre in Guangdong province, the “fully domestic” cluster was...
Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal: GoPro says it will cut 23% of its workforce, or 145 employees, starting in Q2 and costing $11.5M to $15M, as the company struggles to return to profitability — The wearable camera maker will cut 145 employees as part of a restructuring plan — GoPro plans to cut 23% of its workforce …
Matt Burgess / Wired: AI Forensics: in 16 Italian and Spanish Telegram groups, 24K+ men are sharing nonconsensual images of women and girls, buying spyware, and engaging in doxing — In Telegram groups, men are sharing thousands of nonconsensual images of women and girls, buying spyware, and engaging in doxing and sexual abuse.
Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg: TikTok says ad leader Khartoon Weiss is leaving to pursue a new opportunity after nearly six years at the company, the latest high-profile executive to exit — TikTok advertising leader Khartoon Weiss is leaving the short-form video company, joining a wave of American executives stepping down over the past year.
ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has seen its valuation surge to a record high of more than US$600 billion after a proposed equity sale from one of the founding shareholders, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The deal aimed to transfer US$900 million worth of ByteDance shares, one of the sources said. The seller originally had the company’s valuation at US$550 billion, in line with an earlier proposal by General Atlantic, one of the firm’s earliest institutional...
Opting out of personal data use won't be an option because Minister says that's a 'very big obstacle' to AI adoption Japan’s Minister for Digital Transformation Hisashi Matsumoto has declared the nation will become the easiest place in the world to develop AI apps, thanks to legal changes that mean organizations won’t need to secure consent to use some personal information.…
New York Times: An investigation suggests Blockstream CEO Adam Back, a British cryptographer who invented Hashcash, is Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto; Back denies the claim — One evening in the fall of 2024, my wife and I were sitting in traffic on the Long Island Expressway when …
Nikkei Asia: RationalFX: tech layoffs totaled 78,557 in Q1 2026, with the US accounting for 76.7%; nearly half were attributed to AI implementation and workflow automation — PALO ALTO, California — The true impact of artificial intelligence on employment is yet to be felt even as the global tech …
Luz Ding / Bloomberg: Z.ai raises the prices for its most advanced AI model, GLM-5.1, by 8% to 17% compared to GLM-5 Turbo, joining Alibaba and Tencent as agentic AI demand surges — Zhipu raised the cost of access to its most advanced AI model by at least 8%, joining other leading Chinese artificial intelligence players …
Sam Altman / @sama: Sam Altman says OpenAI is resetting Codex usage limits “to celebrate 3M weekly codex users” and will reset them for every 1M new users until it reaches 10M — To celebrate 3 million weekly codex users, we are resetting usage limits. We will do this every million users up to 10 million. Happy building!
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