Technology
Russia warns France over Telegram founder’s detainment, suggests it may be politically motivated
Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov AOP.Press | Corbis | Getty Images Russia on Tuesday issued words of caution to France over its detainment of Pavel Durov, the CEO and founder of messaging app Telegram, suggesting the move may be politically motivated. On Saturday, the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a warrant for Durov’s arrest over […]
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Amazon aggregators Branded and Heyday plan to merge as once-booming industry continues to shrink
An Amazon contract worker pulls a cart of packages for delivery in New York, US, on Monday, April 22, 2024. Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon aggregators Branded and Heyday plan to merge, CNBC has learned, as a segment of the e-commerce industry that boomed during the Covid era continues to consolidate. In […]
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Apple to replace CFO Luca Maestri on Jan. 1
Luca Maestri speaks to newly graduated students during the visit of the President of the Council, Giuseppe Conte, to Apple and Cisco Academy. Marco Cantile | Lightrocket | Getty Images Apple announced Monday that it will replace Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri on Jan. 1 with current Apple insider Kevan Parekh. Maestri will continue to […]
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Apple announces iPhone event for Sept. 9
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 9, 2024. David A. Grogan | CNBC Apple announced it will hold a press event at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, on Monday, Sept. 9, where the company is expected to announce new iPhones and Apple […]
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How Trump was ‘orange-pilled’ by three bitcoiners in Puerto Rico and the promise of $100 million
Former President Donald Trump’s photograph is seen on a digital display outside of the venue ahead of his afternoon keynote speech on the final day of the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center July 27, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. Jon Cherry | Getty Images News | Getty Images NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A block away […]
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Microsoft plans September cybersecurity event to discuss changes after CrowdStrike outage
A Delta technician works on a set of screens displaying a blue page and reading “Recovery” in Terminal 2, Delta Airlines, at Los Angeles airport, on July 19, 2024. Airlines, banks, TV channels and other businesses were disrupted worldwide on Friday following a major computer systems outage linked to an update on an antivirus program. […]
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Why parents may want to start locking a child’s credit at a very young age
Most parents would take herculean steps to protect their children. But many overlook a relatively simple way to help shore up a child’s financial security: freezing the minor’s credit. This could be especially important in the wake of a major breach in which the Social Security numbers of myriad Americans might be for sale on […]
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Wyoming is pushing crypto payments and trying to beat the Fed to a digital dollar
Long gone are the days when venture capital was flowing into fintech startups with bold ideas — and little to show in terms of business metrics and fundamentals. Bloomberg | Getty Images As crypto investing becomes more mainstream and institutionalized with bitcoin ETFs, Wyoming is already pushing into the next phase of growth for crypto: […]
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How China became the leading car supplier to Mexico and what it means for the U.S.
Blocked from the U.S. by tariffs, Chinese electric vehicle makers have looked elsewhere to sell their high-tech cars. But as Mexico has emerged as a hot spot for Chinese EVs, Washington officials worry the country may be used as a “backdoor” to the U.S. market. Last year, China was the leading car supplier to Mexico, […]
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How Google makes custom chips used to train Apple AI models and its own chatbot, Gemini
Inside a sprawling lab at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, hundreds of server racks hum across several aisles, performing tasks far less ubiquitous than running the world’s dominant search engine or executing workloads for Google Cloud’s millions of customers. Instead, they’re running tests on Google’s own microchips, called Tensor Processing Units, or TPUs. Originally […]
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