Apple Announces Plans to Begin Assembling Mac Mini in U.S. This Year
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple today announced that Foxconn will begin assembling some Mac mini computers at a factory in Houston, Texas later this year.In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Apple's operations chief Sabih Khan said U.S. assembly of some Mac mini units is …
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Panasonic Will No Longer Make Its Own TVs
BeauHD / slashdot - Panasonic is handing over the manufacturing, marketing, and sales of its TVs to Shenzhen-based Skyworth, effectively exiting in-house TV production. Ars Technica reports: Skyworth is a Shenzhen-headquartered TV brand. The company claims to be "a top three…
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Stocks fall on US tariff uncertainty
J.D. Capelouto / semafor - “Uncertainty is back,” one banker told the Financial Times.
- Cryptocurrency tumbles as macro shocks and tariff fears bite (3)
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Cryptocurrency tumbles as macro shocks and tariff fears bite
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Lamborghini Has Been Planning an EV for Years. It’s Just Been Cancelled
Zac Estrada / gizmodo - EVs in their current form do not deliver the "specific emotional connection" Lamborghini says its cars need.
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OpenAI Calls In the Consultants For Its Enterprise Push
BeauHD / slashdot - OpenAI has formed a multi-year "Frontier Alliance" with four consulting heavyweights to accelerate enterprise adoption of its no-code AI agent platform, OpenAI Frontier. TechCrunch reports: The alliance includes multi-year partnerships between OpenAI and …
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Amazon to Sink $12 Billion Into Data Centers as Wall Street (and Everyone Else) Turns Against AI Spending
AJ Dellinger / gizmodo - Surely they can just spend their way out.
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IBM Shares Crater 13% After Anthropic Says Claude Code Can Tackle COBOL Modernization
msmash / slashdot - IBM shares plunged nearly 13% on Monday after Anthropic published a blog post arguing that its Claude Code tool could automate much of the complex analysis work involved in modernizing COBOL, the decades-old programming language that still underpins an es…
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Microsoft just handed the Xbox keys to an AI exec. The internet is already freaking out
Chris Morris / fastcompany - Friday’s news of a major shakeup at Microsoft’s Xbox division caught the gaming world by surprise. Phil Spencer, who has run Xbox for almost 12 years, announced his retirement, effective immediately—just months after Microsoft insisted he was “not retirin…
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PayPal Attracts Takeover Interest After Stock Slump
msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: PayPal, the digital payments pioneer, is attracting takeover interest from potential buyers after a stock slide wiped out almost half of its value, according to people familiar with the matter. The San Jose, California…
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Ring’s Super Bowl Ad Generates So Much Backlash It Has Ended Its Partnership With Flock Safety
Tim Cushing / techdirt - Eight million ways to die. According to AdWeek, the price for a 30-second commercial during Super Bowl LX has soared to $8 million, after NBC opened in the summer by offering spots for $7 million. As AdWeek notes, “due to demand, the company has already r…
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Former Apple Employees Just Released A Weather App Replacement That Doesn't Suck
bgr - The former Apple developers who created Dark Sky have just released a new weather app, and it's already winning over fans of the original app.
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Crypto.com Wins Conditional Approval for US Banking Charter
PYMNTS / pymnts - Crypto.com says it has gotten conditional governmental approval for a bank charter. The conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) allows the digital assets company to charter Foris Dax National Trust Bank, doing busines…
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Strategy (MSTR) Stock: 100th Bitcoin Purchase Brings Holdings to 717,722 BTC
Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Strategy made its 100th Bitcoin purchase since adopting its BTC treasury strategy in August 2020. The company bought 592 BTC for ~$39.8 million at an average price of $67,286 per coin. Total holdings now stand at 717,722 BTC, acquired at a total cost…
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Bitmine ups Ethereum treasury stake to 4.42 million ETH, now holds 3.66% of supply
Brian Danga / theblock - Bitmine increased holdings to 4.42 million ETH, controlling 3.66% of supply and generating $171 million staking revenue.
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ASML Boosts EUV Power to 1,000W for Better Yields and Lower Chip Costs
techpowerup - ASML says it has boosted the light source power in its EUV lithography systems to 1,000 watts, up from roughly 600 W today. According to a Reuters report, the company claims the increase could enable up to 50% more chip output by the end of the decade. Mo…
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Stargate AI data centers for OpenAI reportedly delayed by squabbles between partners — sources say OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank disagreed on who would have ultimate control of the planned data centers
tomshardware - OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank have reportedly spent several months negotiating over who would have ultimate control of the data centers planned for Stargate.
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Aalyria Raises $100M in Series B Funding
FinSMEs / finsmes - Aalyria, a Livermore, CA-based aerospace communications company, raised $100M in Series B funding, at $1.3 Billion valuation. The round was led by Battery Ventures and J2 Ventures, with participation from DYNE and other investors. The company intends to u…
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Based Raises $11.5M To Expand Crypto SuperApp Globally
Clinton / ventureburn - Based Expands Its Web3 Consumer SuperApp Based, a Web3 consumer SuperApp, has raised $11.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Pantera Capital with participation from CoinbaseThe post Based Raises $11.5M To Expand Crypto SuperApp Globally ap…
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IQM is going public at a $1.8B valuation. Could this be Europe’s first quantum IPO?
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Classical computers struggle to handle complex simulations in drug discovery, materials science, and optimisation because quantum physics demands…
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Arcellx (ACLX) Stock Jumps 78% as Gilead Agrees to $7.8B Acquisition
Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Gilead Sciences is acquiring Arcellx for $7.8 billion, paying $115 per share in cash plus a $5 contingent value right Arcellx stock jumped over 78% in premarket trading Monday following the announcement The deal centers on anito-cel, a CAR-T cell the…
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