(Photo by LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesIn 2023, after severe droughts hit the Amazon, giant barges loaded with EU-bound commodities ran aground on a river that had disappeared beneath them. The droughts disrupted important navigation routes, forcing river transport to drop by up to 50 percent. The knock on effect saw freight…
A massive new US government investment in quantum computing might just signal a major turning point in quantum. But not because of the money …dpa/picture alliance via Getty ImagesIt just might be the Pinocchio moment in quantum computing: an occasion marking the moment the entire space grew up and, instead of becoming a real boy,…
Elon Musk loudly quit California after years of attacking its taxes, politics and business climate, moving SpaceX to Texas. Now the biggest fiscal event of his career could hand the state he trashed a giant tax windfall anyway. That is the awkward punchline hanging over SpaceX’s expected IPO next week. Because while the company’s relocation…
Vinod Nair is Data and AI Executive with decades of data and technology expertise. gettyFor platform engineering leaders, it is critical to act before security audits highlight vulnerabilities. From compute, streaming, data storage and data warehouses to data mesh, semantic layer, context layer and AI ML workloads, all components in your data and platform architecture…
ToplineStrategy on Monday disclosed a bitcoin purchase valued at more than $100 million, after billionaire Michael Saylor’s firm—the world’s largest institutional holder of bitcoin—announced a rare sale of the cryptocurrency amid a broad drop in the world’s most valuable digital asset. Bitcoin’s price recently dropped under $60,000 for the first time since 2024. Getty Images…
ToplineA flesh-eating parasite that was largely eradicated from U.S. livestock in the 1960s has now been found in four animals—including a dog—in Texas, the USDA confirmed Monday, a threat that could drive the already soaring price of beef even higher after Elon Musk-led government cuts slashed ongoing efforts to prevent its spread. Farmer Jose Esquivel…
Idris Elba, Nicholas Galitzine and Camila Mendes in “Masters of the Universe.”Amazon MGM StudiosThe new He-Man movie Masters of the Universe is off to a rough start at the box office, which means it may not take the original path to streaming that most Amazon MGM Studios releases do and may have to pivot the…
Thomas Ryd is CEO & cofounder of Northern.tech, a device lifecycle management leader with a mission to secure the world’s connected devices. gettyThe headline story of the past two years is that AI is coming for human jobs. Take software engineering. Marc Benioff announced Salesforce was considering hiring zero new engineers in the future, citing…
ToplineJamshid Ghomi, a U.S.-Iranian national and CEO of a Tehran-based tech firm, was arrested Wednesday over allegations he funneled U.S. networking and encryption equipment to Iran’s nuclear program and military while laundering millions of dollars. Ghomi’s Newport Beach mansion.Department of JusticeKey FactsGhomi, 63, was charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act,…
ToplineCardano’s ADA token, once the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency, extended losses on Wednesday as it traded near a six-year low following the cancellation of its flagship conference and a broader crypto market selloff. Cardano’s market value has plummeted by more than $80 billion in recent years. NurPhoto via Getty ImagesKey FactsThe value of Cardano dropped 2.3%…
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