HubSpot founder and chief technology officer Dharmesh Shah is drawing backlash on social media for a 28-word LinkedIn post thanking the employees who the company laid off this week. “My personal thanks to all of the people that HubSpot parted ways with today,” he wrote. “You helped make HubSpot the company it is. Best wishes with the next chapter.” The cloud-based software provider announced on Tu…
Jeff Bezos wrote his first letter to Amazon shareholders in 1997. Amazon had just gone public and Bezos told investors he would be making decisions for the long term and that short term Wall Street reactions would not influence his direction and decisions for the company. In 1999, Barron’s put “Amazon.bomb” on its cover. By late 2001, Amazon’s stock suffered a major fall. It plummeted below $6 per…
Today, shared Microsoft 365 plans include 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage for every family member. Microsoft is about to shrink that allotment dramatically.
This updated version connects via HDMI and comes with 25 built-in games. This updated version connects via HDMI and comes with 25 built-in games.
Tim Cook stepped down as Apple CEO in September, handing over the top job to former hardware chief John Ternus and taking an executive chairman role. Cook's still a visible representative of the company, having been recently photographed attending a state dinner at the White House. But in an interview with The Independent , Cook says he's "not meddling" in Ternus' work. "First of all, John and I h…
Pokémon trainers gearing up for battle. | Image: Nintendo After covering Amazon’s October sale for the last few days, only one item found its way into my shopping cart, and, lucky for you, it’s still on sale after the event’s conclusion. Pokémon Legends: Z-A for the Nintendo Switch or Switch 2 is $39.88 (usually $59.99 for Switch or $69.99 for Switch 2) at Amazon. The last Pokémon game I played wa…
Writing about quantum entanglement is always a challenge. There are so many clichés to avoid: It’s mysterious, ghostly, spooky, and weird. Entanglement is none of those things, and yet it is also all of those things—a superposition of clichés, you might say. So, having gotten all of my clichés out of the way in the second sentence, let’s take a look at how a group of researchers managed to entangl…
A significant number of developers consider themselves to be suffering fatigue or burnout, study finds Devs are also concerned about the ethics of AI, and fear being replaced by automated coding tools The Stack Overflow Developer Survey compiled responses from 30,000 developers from 169 countries A new industry survey exploring the state-of-developers has uncovered growing distrust in AI and conce…
Mortgage rates marched higher for the seventh week in a row, driving the average long-term U.S. home loan rate to its highest level in nearly three years. The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage climbed to 7.40% from 7.28% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average rate was 6.30%. The average rate is now the highest it’s been since Nov. 16, 2023, when it was a…
They’re far more likely to take taxis or rideshares and drop some money gambling or in prediction markets, but they’re also using coupons and heavy users of public transportation. Welcome to the somewhat confounding spending habits of Gen Z shoppers. As with any generation, stereotyping millions of people based on when they were born can prove to be tricky—but Gen Z is challenging some conventiona…
A fictionalized Sam Bankman-Fried is coming to your TV screen on November 19.
Since August, someone (or perhaps a group of people) called Cyberleek has been very busy sharing various gameplay clips of Grand Theft Auto 6 . On Aug. 20, Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of GTA-maker Rockstar Games, filed subpoenas against Microsoft and Discord to try to unmask the leaker, followed soon after by subpoenas against Google and X Corp . Those filings specifically cited "stol…
Seven companies have been accused of fraud regarding the H-1B worker visas. Seven companies have been accused of fraud regarding the H-1B worker visas.
Ben Affleck is going viral for his deep knowledge of AI, from neural networks and transformers to open weights. The actor, who sold his AI filmmaking startup to Netflix earlier this year, is proving he's more than just a Hollywood star.
It had previously been reported that the AI lab's annualized revenue was some $70 billion, but a new report claims it's a whole lot less than that.
Save 50%: As of Oct. 8, the Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones are on sale for $198 at Amazon, knocking $201.99 off their $399.99 list price. Opens in a new window Credit: Sony Sony WH-1000XM5 $198 at Amazon $399.99 Save $201.99 Get Deal Just one month ago, Sony launched a pair of mid-tier headphones targeted toward the more budget conscious consumer who didn't want to sacrifice quality. Who knew that 30…
Google is turning Gemini into an AI agent that can plan, execute tasks, and work across business apps and systems. The agent can delegate work to subagents, use multiple AI models, and even gets its own workplace identity, complete with an email address.
One sale ends; another one begins. Prime Big Deal Days may have wrapped up at Amazon, but Argos is here with another of its Big Red events. As we've seen before, these sales offer up to 50% off tech, furniture, and toys. I've had a search through it and found 18 of the best deals, including some great low prices on appliances, headphones, laptops, vacuums, and more. • Browse the full Argos Big Red…
Playground Games first revealed earlier this year that Forza Horizon 6 would be arriving on PS5 in 2026, but the launch is now being pushed back. I reported last month that there would be a delay to early next year, and Forza Horizon 6 is now officially debuting on January 26th, 2027. The delay means the PS5 version will now coincides with a new expansion for the game. Playground Games will also s…
Apple is moving its mergers and acquisitions team back under chief financial officer Kevan Parekh, who ended the company’s net cash neutral policy in May in a move analysts read as room to buy things. It also promoted Carson Oliver to run the App Store, a job that is now mostly about European regulation. Apple […] This story continues at The Next Web
OpenAI's flood of proofs deviated from the guidelines set by a group of mathematical researchers consulted by the frontier lab.
Since I entered the cotton industry, I’ve spent nearly 200 days a year traveling to farms, mills, factories, brand headquarters, and trade meetings around the world. Many people don’t realize how global a single garment’s journey can be. Cotton can move through farms, gins, mills, factories, brands, and retailers across half a dozen countries before it reaches a closet. Each stop is shaped by diff…
Did Amazon just release one of the best Android tablets you can buy? Perhaps, based on my colleague Axel Metz' hands-on with the new Alexa Tablet , which he reckons could even give some of the best iPads a run for their money. It's been two years since Amazon last released a Fire tablet, and 15 years since the first model was released — and I thought 2011 would be the first and last time I'd ever…
Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Ultra starts at $2,599 for professional users Microsoft is targeting creators, developers, scientists and AI specialists RTX Spark brings Nvidia’s Blackwell graphics into Microsoft’s professional laptop Microsoft has unveiled its most powerful laptop device yet - the Surface Laptop Ultra, with shipments scheduled to begin on October 16 2026. The device will cost from…
Watch VRT Awards 2026 for free on Philo Unblock Philo from abroad with NordVPN – Save 75% The event was hosted at the Edison Ballroom in Midtown Manhattan, New York City on October 6 The second-annual VRT Awards are here, and it's a time to celebrate the very best in reality TV over the past year. The so-called Virtual Reali-Tea – see what they did there? – event took place at Edison Ballroom in M…
USA Today Co., along with the several local newspapers it owns, is suing OpenAI over claims that the company copied "hundreds of thousands" of articles to train its AI models, as reported earlier by Reuters . In a filing on Thursday , the publisher asks for damages of more than $250 million, alleging OpenAI's unauthorized use of its content "has done real and continuing" harm to its outlets. This…
If Elon Musk and SpaceXAI were going to back any Linux distro, it seems obvious they'd back Omarchy . Today it was announced that SpaceXAI would be joining the Omacom Foundation, which oversees Omarchy, as a Founding Corporate Patron and donating $1.5 million worth of Grok tokens to David Heinemeier Hansson's Linux project. According to Hansson's blog post announcing the partnership, the tokens wi…
Are the worlds of frappuccinos and guacamole colliding? If recent reporting proves out, that could be the case. Starbucks is exploring a potential takeover of Chipotle, in what would amount to a restaurant megadeal, according to reporting from The Financial Times on Thursday. The story says that the deal would be the largest restaurant merger ever, as Chipotle is worth roughly $41 billion — althou…
Modern laptops have largely abandoned optical drives, which can be frustrating when you need to access an old DVD, install software from a disc, or back up important files. The Asus ZenDrive external DVD burner offers a straightforward solution without requiring you to replace your computer or install additional hardware. Best for: Anyone with a Windows laptop, Mac, or desktop PC that needs an ext…
Microsoft's Surface Pro combines the portability of a tablet with the capabilities of a Windows laptop. The latest 2026 model is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite processor and comes with 16GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD and a 13-inch OLED touchscreen. • Best for: Professionals, students, and creatives looking for a premium Windows 2-in-1 with a high-quality display, powerful processor, and plenty o…
Apple's latest Mac mini is a tiny desktop built around the new M6 chip, and Amazon just offered one of its first discounts. • Best for: Creators and small business marketers who want a compact, quiet desktop for creative projects in the home, office, or studio. • The deal: The Apple Mac mini (M6) is now $780 (was $900) at Amazon . • Why it matters: The Apple Mac mini has long been our top mini PC…
Amazon’s latest flurry of layoffs will hit the company’s Stores division, the business unit responsible for its online retail storefront. The cuts will affect fewer than 1,000 workers this time – a much smaller reduction in workforce than a round of mass layoffs across the company earlier this year. Employees shared news of the layoffs in internal Slack channel messages viewed by Business Insider,…
Europe’s venture-backed companies could be worth more than its industrial base within five years, Dealroom founder and chief executive Yoram Wijngaarde said. He spoke at Wave by Vento in Turin on Thursday. “I think that the VC-backed ecosystem is going to overtake our industrial base in terms of total value created within the next five […] This story continues at The Next Web
Google announced through a short community post today that the LTE versions of the Pixel Watch 2 and 3 are losing free access to Safety Signal that allowed features like Emergency SOS, Fall Detection, and Safety Check to work through cellular networks without the need for a carrier plan. The connectivity was included as part of a Google Health Premium subscription, but after December 12th the free…
The company also released the V4 Hyperspeed and a charging dock. The company also released the V4 Hyperspeed and a charging dock.
Five American technology companies are pledging $2.4B in AI tools and compute credits to federal science at a White House summit, with Nvidia giving $1B and Google the smallest share at $150M. The same administration suspended Microsoft from a residency programme hours earlier, and Britain’s regulator named three of the five donors that morning. Five […] This story continues at The Next Web
Apple has posted a teaser for its 'Welcome home' event on October 13 A launch event for new smart home tech has been rumored this month Rumors suggest we could see a new 'HomePad' smart home controller Apple has more than just the iPhone Duo arriving in October, it seems. The Cupertino-based tech giant has announced another product launch for October 13, playfully captioning it 'Welcome Home.' For…
When I read on NPR this week that people are turning to ChatGPT to tell them how to vote, I shook my head. Here we go again, I thought: another search for the easy way out. Voting is too serious of a right to turn over the thought process to AI. Then I ran the experiment myself, and while I still stand by my old-world views of doing the homework yourself, I must admit that, barring just voting bli…
Even with stubborn market forces working against them, savvy first-time home buyers are figuring out ways to get a foot in the door – and into their first home. Smaller, more affordable starter homes are scarcer these days and cost more too, particularly compared to the pre-pandemic real estate days. According to a new report from Realtor.com , the starter home price threshold swelled from $260,00…
Every week, the company has been introducing new devices and products. So here's a nifty roundup. Every week, the company has been introducing new devices and products. So here's a nifty roundup.