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If you’re someone who owns an iPhone, you might have considered getting a MagSafe power bank that can quickly recharge it. I tested a handful of options that claim to deliver 25W Qi2.2 speeds wirelessly, and my top pick was Baseus’ AM52 10,000mAh battery, which happens to be steeply discounted right now at Amazon. Originally $80 but commonly available for $59.99, the code M4JLY1W2 (shared via…
European shares also power ahead as markets react to blue wave in US midterm elections And Chris Turner, global head of markets at ING, says: Investors will be parsing what this all means. For example, Gina Hinojosa won the Texas governor’s race on a ticket of wanting an immediate moratorium on data centre buildouts. Given AI’s role in powering the US economy, speculation over whether a new…
James Talarico, the Democratic Texas senator-elect, not only managed to flip the state in yesterday's midterms but prevailed in the most expensive Senate election to date. More than $573 million was spent on advertisements between Talarico, his Republican opponent Ken Paxton, and their aligned PACs. And a big chunk of that money came from just one man: Elon Musk. Musk reportedly spent more than…
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) that oversees the wireless standard has formally adopted Bluetooth High Data Throughput (HDT) as an optional feature of the Bluetooth Core 7.0. It's an upgrade the Bluetooth SIG has been previewing over the past year that increases Bluetooth LE's maximum supported bit rate from 2 Mbps to 7.5 Mbps. It will allow for higher resolution audio to be streamed…
Democratic victories in Texas and other states raise long-term questions about the AI buildout, though they do not “unwind projects already funded.”
The company is furthering its expansion outside of the handset market — by powering Starlink Mobile.
Wall Street shrugs off concerns of anti-AI backlash as analysts say divided government reduces policymaking risks
When Donald Trump began his second term as president, Silicon Valley gratefully embraced moral nihilism. Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and more collectively donated millions to Trump's inauguration fund to ensure his favor in a new era of gangster tech regulation. Meta overhauled its content policy to allow calling gay people mentally ill and women property. Elon Musk started throwing Nazi salutes…
Titan OS has raised $110 million in funding to date
Wall Street finds reasons to cheer the Democrats’ sweep. Plus: Microsoft’s AI-era buyouts and a retiree’s appetite for a “free lunch.”
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spent election night defending his position on PC RAM purchases. He changed his name on X to "Ram Altman" in response to another user's comment, saying, "i actually do want the world to have tons of memory and people to put as much as they want in their computers, and it is fucking annoying that this was taken out of context. i have been arguing for the world to ramp up…
AI fortunes were mixed as premarket trading opened on Wednesday.
AI is changing the bargain between large technology companies and their shareholders,
SpaceX is teaming up with Qualcomm to build out its nationwide mobile network. Under the multi-year deal, SpaceX will bring Qualcomm's Dragonwing technology to "tens of thousands" of 5G cell sites across the US, with the first deployments set for 2027. The news of the partnership comes as part of SpaceX's push to make Starlink Mobile a "major" carrier in the US, competing directly with T-Mobile…
Article URL: https://www.semafor.com/article/11/04/2026/us-voters-roundly-reject-data-centers-in-ballot-measures Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50365982 Points: 177 # Comments: 259
Glade Brook, Coatue and T. Rowe Price were among the investors that led the share sale.
Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/11/03/north-korean-fake-job-interview-led-to-63b-binance-heist/5307398 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50365755 Points: 169 # Comments: 104
“The internet as we’ve known it for the past 20-plus years is going away, and it’s going to completely change,” one CEO says.
TVs use automatic content recognition to gather viewing information about us, and opting out doesn’t always stop it. | Photo: John Higgins / The Verge The fact our TVs are gathering our information isn't new, but what and how they're tracking - and if we can stop it - is hard to figure out. Researchers at Northeastern University monitored 12 TVs from 10 manufacturers to test whether opting out…
Purchasing manager’s index at eight-month high, bolstered by spending on AI as firms regain momentum lost to Iran war Business live – latest updates The Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates on Thursday after a closely watched survey showed growth across the UK’s services sector leapt last month to an eight-month high, bolstered by spending on artificial intelligence. S&P Global’s…
Data center developers seeking to build dozens of sprawling AI campuses across Texas were already dealing with a suspension of approvals under Greg Abbott. Under Gina Hinojosa, they’re facing their worst-case scenario.
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Canva is cutting 22% of its staff as it faces its 'hardest year' yet.
Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-in-cybersecurity-php2shell-vulnerability Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50364336 Points: 445 # Comments: 310