A decade ago, two college students built a fire extinguisher that snuffed out a fire using nothing more than a booming 10-inch subwoofer. The internet lapped it up, and Jimmy Fallon even booked a demonstration for “The Tonight Show.” But since that brief viral moment, there hasn’t been much more than a whisper about the…
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Microsoft is dropping support for one of its oldest programs.Users will not be able to access content created in the program after Oct. 1, 2026.Users should migrate their files to other platforms now. When a company stops supporting a piece of software, it can be jarring for users…
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President Donald Trump declared Friday that he will impose a 100% tariff on all imports from China, while also imposing export controls on “any and all critical software” from the United States…
Despite the headwinds, Amazon’s quarterly reports still read like a masterclass in scale meeting discipline. The e-commerce behemoth’s growth engine continued humming, even with retailers elsewhere buckling under tariff pressures and consumer fatigue. In the second quarter, Amazon …
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ToplineThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology turned down the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” on Friday, according to multiple reports, becoming the first school to reject the funding deal that looks to have a group of universities adhere to policy changes aligning with President Donald Trump’s agenda. MIT issued the letter Friday.…