For many consumers, “private equity” has become a four-letter word. Private equity firms have acquired the unpopular reputation of purchasing food establishments that then notoriously decline in quality, as new owners cut costs in search of new avenues to profit. They’ve also been criticized for displacing mom-and-pop shops in the process. But beyond stereotypical signs of private equity-backing—s…
The leaked records include the locations of ICE and CBP facilities, workers' cellphone numbers, and the members of groups tied to wiretap programs, Palantir software, and xAI’s Grok chatbot.
You decide: Is an Alexa-powered map of your home, inside and out, a good thing?
The US Justice Department is asking how Nvidia’s $12.9B purchase of Hugging Face would affect competition in AI, including whether it would hand Nvidia a key distribution point for models. The questions run alongside a years-long probe into Nvidia’s conduct. The US Justice Department is asking how Nvidia’s $12.9B purchase of Hugging Face would affect […] This story continues at The Next Web
Messages posted in Discord’s largest public communities will start appearing in Google and other search engines from mid-December. Discord announced the change in a blog post on Tuesday, 27 October. It covers more than 63,000 Discoverable Servers. It is on by default for adults in most countries, though not in Europe. Discoverable Servers are the […] This story continues at The Next Web
Apple has unveiled its first OLED MacBook Pro laptops , and that means we've got a new bit of display branding: PROLED XDR. You can have the laptop in 14-inch or 16-inch variants, pre-orders are open now for shipping on or after the 6th of November — and we've gone hands-on with them. Literally, because they're also the first touchscreen Macs. The name 'PROLED XDR' is a new piece of jargon that Ap…
The US Federal Communications Commission has approved Amazon Leo’s $11.5bn purchase of Globalstar. Globalstar runs the satellite service behind Apple’s iPhone emergency features. On Tuesday, 27 October, the FCC’s Space Bureau cleared the transfer of about 25 megahertz of Globalstar’s mobile-satellite spectrum. The regulator announced it in a press release. That approval ends the FCC’s […] T…
The company says it won't make "policy changes" until it consults with publishers. The company says it won't make "policy changes" until it consults with publishers.
Deborah Sophia / Reuters : Oracle pledges to limit new financing to $20B through FY 2030, expects free cash flow to turn positive in H2 FY 2028 and top $30B in FY 2029; ORCL jumps 11%+ — Oracle said it expects capital spending to peak this fiscal year and next as it builds more cloud capacity, but pledged to raise …
What you need to know Engineered for users 5'10" to 6'7" Reinforced frame with weight load up to 399 lbs Motorized lumbar support and bionic FlexFit backrest Built-in fan and OmniStretch massager Controlled recline with Dynamic Support I get it. Most people won’t need the LiberNovo Maxis. Most people will see the price, baulk, and close the website. It’s expensive, its headline features run on a r…
Between Sony's plan to end PlayStation disc production and discontinuing its Blu-ray players, the future looks grim for physical media. Between Sony's plan to end PlayStation disc production and discontinuing its Blu-ray players, the future looks grim for physical media.
A gavel prior to an open commission meeting at the FCC. | Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images What do drones , routers , and Roombas have in common? The US government wants to keep Chinese ones from entering the country. They’re the first consumer gadgets that are facing de facto import bans because of the US government’s xenophobic stance — and they might not be the last. Originally, the U…
Palantir defence chief Mike Gallagher said the AI race makes it more tempting for Xi Jinping to seize Taiwan, home to TSMC, before China falls behind for good. He warned that Beijing could then hold the world economy hostage. US intelligence said in March that an invasion would carry a high risk of failure. Mike […] This story continues at The Next Web
Australia’s digital duty of care bill would bar AI chatbots from building “emotional intimacy” with children. The bill passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday, 28 October, as Josh Butler reported for The Guardian. It now goes to the Senate. The chatbot rule came in through amendments from independent MP Kate Chaney, which the government […] This story continues at The Next Web
Confirming one of Apple's worst-kept secrets, Apple finally unveiled its first-ever touchscreen MacBook Pro in 14-inch and 16-inch models on Wednesday, October 28, in Los Angeles. The news comes just days after Apple unveiled M6-class MacBook Pros . Notably, the new PROLED touchscreen laptops are running M5 Pro and M5 Max Apple silicon. Apple CEO John Ternus didn't waste much time on stage, quickl…
Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon, a new frontier AI model that arrives just two weeks after Gemini 4 Argon reached the Gemini app. In a blog post published Oct. 28 , Koray Kavukcuoglu, SVP at Google DeepMind, the company’s frontier AI lab, called Carbon Google’s strongest model yet. (Kavukcuoglu is leading Google DeepMind now that former CEO Demis Hassabis has stepped aside.) The post…
The Trump administration is trying to stop Utah from enforcing its gambling ban against Kalshi, making Utah the 10th state sued by the US government agency that regulates prediction markets. Utah, which prohibits gambling, sued Kalshi in a state court last week. Utah's lawsuit seeks an order prohibiting Kalshi from offering bets on sports, elections, politics, and other events. “Kalshi runs an onl…
Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election , a fact that Google Search’s built-in AI feature seemingly won’t tell you in the U.S. Ask the tool, officially called AI Mode, “Who won the 2020 United States election?” and it responds, “To review the official results and certified breakdowns of the 2020 United States presidential election, you can consult the official document provided by the Federal…
The private space tourism era looked so very promising five years ago. Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic had begun flying customers—real people with zero space experience—on suborbital missions. And at about the same time, private citizens were going to orbit for days at a time aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon. But that was then. Consider the state of play today: It has been 10 months since Blue Origin's…
The frontier lab is lifting the curtain on how users spend money on its models ahead of a planned IPO.
AMD will invest $1bn in Meta’s equity offering, the chipmaker said on Tuesday, 27 October. It made the pledge in a release on its partnership with Meta. AMD also said its first Helios rack systems are now running at Meta. The money comes on top of Nvidia’s pledge to invest $3bn in Meta. That brings […] This story continues at The Next Web
Apple announced a new iPad Mini with a larger OLED display this week, and we've just gotten to try it out at Apple's "Pro and tell" event. It's an iPad for sure, but the new OLED on the Mini looks exceptional, and the optional nano-texture matte finish is awesome. The "Pro and tell" event venue has soft lighting that's not the most conducive to blinding glare on displays, but the matte finish pret…
Oracle said free cash flow will reach $30B in the year to May 2029, when analysts expected it to stay negative. It capped new fundraising at $20B through May 2030 and kept its $225B revenue target. Shares rose as much as 14%. Oracle shares jumped as much as 14% on Wednesday after the company said […] This story continues at The Next Web
The feature works with both iMessage and RCS messaging. The feature works with both iMessage and RCS messaging.
LOS ANGELES—For about five minutes on an extremely crowded showroom floor, I got to take pictures of the new MacBook Pro and test out some of its new features. First impressions: It's not as much of a departure from the previous design as I expected, but the outstanding OLED display steals the show regardless. The first thing I noticed was that it's lighter. My daily driver is a 14-inch MacBook Pr…
Raga Justin / Bloomberg Government : NY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs bills banning AI chatbots from using “unsafe features” for minors and requiring security features in internet-connected baby monitors — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed two bills further curbing artificial intelligence risks for children …
Munich’s largest taxi operator plans to run up to 500 self-driving cars from US company Tensor in German cities. Tensor and Münchner Taxi Zentrum (MTZ) have signed a letter of intent. They said so in a press release on Tuesday, 27 October. They announced it at the Madrid Autonomous Mobility Summit. The fleet depends on […] This story continues at The Next Web
The PHP scare may have faded from your feed, but the cleanup is far from over. Last week, two critical bugs in the open source language behind roughly 70% of websites left organizations scrambling to fix their systems, with some taking sites offline until the vulnerabilities could be patched. According to researchers who found the […]
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Amazon urges developers not to blindly focus on AI tool usage The era of the "Renaissance Developer" using all kinds of AI is here It also urges workers to shun tokenmaxxing, and focus on building a deeper connection with customers Amazon has told its engineers to look beyond simply using AI to ensure their work gets done, and focus instead on the results of their labor. In a memo sent to its work…
It’s not even Halloween, but McDonald’s is just days away from dropping its new holiday menu . And this year, it includes a number of seasonal beverages, just like Starbucks’ popular annual holiday offerings . McDonald’s is putting its host of festive drinks on the menu on Tuesday, November 3—as well as a new $8 meal deal , arriving one day before. Here’s what to know. McDonald’s 2026 holiday menu…
Apple finally revealed its new MacBook M5 Pro and Max with a touchscreen OLED display, bringing the best features from the iPhone to its laptops.
For $1,999, you could own an M6 Mac Mini and an M5 MacBook Air instead, both of which are on sale right now.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the agency will vote on November 19th on rules that would allow prisons to use signal jamming. Radiofrequency jammers are generally banned under Section 333 and the Communications Act of 1934, with few exceptions, and Carr has noted they've been permitted for use at some federal facilities already. Carr claims in a statement that jammers are needed because "For…
Discord announced a new feature that can make your server messages discoverable on Google. Here’s how to opt out.
The year’s spookiest holiday is just around the corner, but some users on social media are already swapping pumpkins for Christmas trees. Christmas cookies are taking over social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram, with users readying for the holiday season almost a month early. Since Oct. 18, festive cookies, brownies, and pastry recipe videos have drawn around 43.1 million views across pl…
GitHub launched Copilot Fusion at GitHub Universe, its developer conference, on Wednesday. The system decides which AI model, or mix of models, should handle each step of a coding task. It weighs what the task needs across reasoning, code generation, debugging and tool use. Jay Parikh, executive vice president of CoreAI at Microsoft, described it […] This story continues at The Next Web
It's almost like Google's got something to prove after taking a break from releasing new frontier AI models earlier this year. Just two weeks after rolling out Gemini 4 Argon , Google has announced Gemini 4 Carbon . This isn't the Flash model equivalent we've been waiting for but, rather, is an improvement on Argon, and like that model, Google is working on a staged release that could take a while…
You can ask Amazon’s voice assistant to show you your favorite photos.
The touchscreen MacBook Pro is finally here – and it's pricey. On Wednesday, Apple unveiled its first-ever touchscreen laptop, the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display . The starting price for the 14-inch model powered by the M5 Pro chip with 24GB of memory and 1TB of storage is $2,899. While that's quite costly, remember, that's just the base model for the device. Looking to completely max o…