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Nvidia beats Apple to a $4T valuation as it rides AI wave

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-08-09 00:12:05

Nvidia, the US company specializing in high-performance GPU cards, has become the first ever company with a market capitalization of four trillion dollars. It is now the most valuable company in the world, ahead of Apple and Microsoft. It’s a little over a year since the company overtook AAPL thanks to a spectacular rise in value that saw it go from being worth $2T to more than $3T in just four months … Nvidia is best known for its high-end GPU chips used in gaming computers, and until the las

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Samsung's slimmer Galaxy Watch 8 series includes Gemini access

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-09 00:00:01

Samsung just unveiled the Galaxy Watch 8 at its Unpacked event today. This is a fairly major redesign with some nifty-looking features. It boasts a smaller profile, with the company claiming it's the slimmest smartwatch it has ever made. It's 8.6mm thick, which makes it around 11 percent slimmer than the Watch 7. It ships with a new test that gauges the levels of antioxidants in the body. This is done by leveraging optical sensors. We gave this feature a try in a hands-on demo and came away fai

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Treasury sanctions North Korean over IT worker malware scheme

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-09 00:43:11

The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned cyber actor Song Kum Hyok for his association with North Korea's hacking group Andariel and for facilitating IT worker schemes that generated revenue for the Pyongyang regime. Considered a sub-cluster of the Lazarus group linked to North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau, the Andariel state actor is focused mostly on financially-motivated operations like ransomware (Maui, Play) and cryptocurrency heists. Song Kum Hyok has been identified as a

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X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform

news.ycombinator.com Mike Isaac 2025-08-09 00:52:04

Linda Yaccarino, the chief executive of X and a top lieutenant to its owner, Elon Musk, said on Wednesday that she was leaving the company two years after joining the social media platform. In a post to X, Ms. Yaccarino, 61, said, “When @elonmusk and I first spoke of his vision for X, I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime to carry out the extraordinary mission of this company. I’m immensely grateful to him for entrusting me.” She did not provide a reason for her departure. Ms. Yacc

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Everything Samsung Announced at Its Summer Galaxy Unpacked Event

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-08-09 00:00:00

The Fold7 measures 8.9 millimeters when folded, a drastic reduction from the 12.1-mm Galaxy Z Fold6. Unfold it, and you're looking at a minuscule 4.2 mm of thickness, down from 5.6 mm last year. Honor's Magic V5 folding phone, announced last week, beats Samsung on thinness at 8.8 mm folded and 4.1 mm unfolded, but Samsung's specs are still impressive. The Fold7 is also lighter at 215 grams, a 24-gram drop from the Fold6. It weighs less than an iPhone 16 Pro Max. What's even crazier is that the

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X CEO Linda Yaccarino is stepping down after two years

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-08-09 00:56:05

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Linda Yaccarino is stepping down as CEO of X after two years running the company, she announced today. She was appointed its CEO in the year after Elon Musk bought and renamed the company previously known as Twitter — so far, there is no word on who will replace her. “When @elonmusk and I first spoke of his vision for X, I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime to car

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Nvidia hits $4 trillion market cap, first company to do so

cnbc.com Samantha Subin Kif Leswing 2025-08-09 04:52:47

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends a roundtable discussion at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 11, 2025. Nvidia shares jumped more than 2% on Wednesday, topping a $4 trillion market cap for the first time as investors scooped stock in the tech giant building the hardware for the generative artificial intelligence boom. The chipmaker is the first company to ever achieve this market value. Nvidia is the wo

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Zoom's AI gets a huge productivity upgrade - here's what it can do now

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-08-09 04:00:14

alexsl/Getty Images Zoom's AI assistant just got another agentic upgrade. The company announced Wednesday that its AI Companion, unveiled close to two years ago, can now connect with 16 third-party apps -- all without forcing the user to leave Zoom. Also: How ChatGPT actually works (and why it's been so game-changing) The AI Companion can now more seamlessly assist sales and customer service professionals, for example, by connecting directly with apps like Salesforce and Zendesk. It can also

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HBO Max comes full circle, and this time your apps will auto-update

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-08-09 06:56:29

The HBO streaming video app became HBO Max when the company added Warner Bros movies and Turner TV shows. In the worst rebrand since Twitter became X, the company later dropped the unique and valuable HBO part of the name and kept the generic and worthless Max part. Two years later, the company is fixing that. It today becomes HBO Max once more – and this time around, your apps should automatically update … Musk still holds the dumbest rebrand award thanks to throwing away a global household n

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Federal ‘click to cancel subscriptions’ rule struck down in court [U]

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-08-09 08:54:53

A “click to cancel” law was last month passed in California, and now the FTC has ratified a federal rule designed to achieve the same goal. The idea of both is to force companies to make it as easy to cancel an online or app subscription as it is to sign up in the first place. Update: Following a court challenge, the US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the rule. See update at the end … Both laws were introduced in response to sketchy practices by companies designed to make it as dif

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Sizing up the 5 companies selected for Europe’s launcher challenge

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-09 08:48:59

The European Space Agency has selected five launch startups to become eligible for up to 169 million euros ($198 million) in funding to develop alternatives to Arianespace, the continent's incumbent launch service provider. The five companies ESA selected are Isar Aerospace, MaiaSpace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, PLD Space, and Orbex. Only one of these companies, Isar Aerospace, has attempted to launch a rocket into orbit. Isar's Spectrum rocket failed moments after liftoff from Norway on a test f

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BNY Mellon will have custody of Ripple's new stablecoin as institutional interest in crypto swells

cnbc.com Tanaya Macheel 2025-08-09 17:41:45

Bank of New York Mellon will be the primary custodian for the Ripple's U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin reserves going forward, the two companies said Wednesday. The partnership should enhance regulatory compliance for Ripple, the issuer of ripple USD (RLUSD), and boost institutional credibility for the company as well as the fast growing stablecoin industry. BNY is the nation's oldest bank and primarily serves institutions and corporations. It also adds to the growing number of traditional insti

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Inside OpenAI’s empire: A conversation with Karen Hao

technologyreview.com The Editors 2025-08-09 15:10:29

And the third feature is that the empires monopolize knowledge production. So, in the last 10 years, we’ve seen the AI industry monopolize more and more of the AI researchers in the world. So AI researchers are no longer contributing to open science, working in universities or independent institutions, and the effect on the research is what you would imagine would happen if most of the climate scientists in the world were being bankrolled by oil and gas companies. You would not be getting a clea

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Astro is a return to the fundamentals of the web

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-09 15:18:06

After migrating several projects from WordPress to Astro, I've become a massive fan of this framework. What is Astro? Astro is a web framework that came out in 2021 and immediately felt different. While most JavaScript frameworks started with building complex applications and then tried to adapt to simpler sites, Astro went the opposite direction. It was built from day one for content-focused websites. The philosophy is refreshingly simple. Astro believes in being content-driven and server-fi

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Why I don't ride the AI Hype Train

news.ycombinator.com Mert Bulan 2025-08-09 17:29:46

Ever since ChatGPT came out, the tech world has jumped on a new hype train—just like it did before with crypto, NFTs, and the metaverse. This time, I think the hype spread even faster because it was so easy to try—just open a website and start typing. ChatGPT quickly became one of the fastest-growing products ever, reaching 100 million users in 2 months. Like past trends, it also brought a lot of debate and strong opinions. I’ve used ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs), and I’ve even

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Record-Setting Qubit Performance Marks Important Step Toward Practical Quantum Computing

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-08-09 17:05:09

The promise of so-called “quantum advantage” is simple. By harnessing the counterintuitive rules of quantum mechanics, quantum computers should be able to—in theory—surpass the computational potential of any classical supercomputer. But before quantum advantage drastically changes information technology as we know it, researchers have yet to address the many hurdles that are preventing quantum computers from entering into the mainstream. That said, quantum computing as a field has evolved drama

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US court strikes down 'click-to-cancel' rule designed to make unsubscribing easy

news.ycombinator.com Joseph Gedeon 2025-08-09 17:59:31

A federal rule designed to make canceling subscriptions as easy as signing up for them has been struck down by a US federal appeals court just days before it was scheduled to take effect. The US court of appeals for the eighth circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s “click-to-cancel” rule, which would have required companies to allow consumers to cancel subscriptions using the same method they used to sign up, after finding that the commission behind it failed to follow required procedur

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Surfing on a Matchbox (1999)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-07 19:05:32

It is one tenth the size of a Palm Pilot and dwarfed by a typical desktop computer, which is 3,000 times larger. The matchbox-sized server was built from standard components by Professor Vaughan Pratt, a computer scientist at Stanford University, California. "It's basically a powerful little computer and we could have set it up for a number of different uses," he said. "But, because most people think of servers as mysterious boxes, located in dark basements, I thought making it into a web serv

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An AI That Promises to “Solve All Diseases” Is About to Test Its First Human Drugs

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-09 17:07:39

Deep inside Alphabet, the parent company of Google, a secretive lab is working on a promise so audacious it sounds like science fiction: to “solve all diseases.” The company, Isomorphic Labs, is now preparing to start its first human clinical trials for cancer drugs designed entirely by artificial intelligence. In a recent interview with Fortune, Colin Murdoch, President of Isomorphic Labs and Chief Business Officer of Google DeepMind, confirmed the company is on the verge of this monumental st

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The Hidden Cost of OpenAI’s Genius

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-09 17:55:27

OpenAI is the undisputed poster child of the AI revolution, the company that forced the world to pay attention with the launch of ChatGPT. But behind the scenes, a desperate and wildly expensive battle is raging, and the cost of keeping the company’s geniuses in-house is becoming astronomical. According to a recent report from The Information, OpenAI revealed to investors that its stock-based compensation for employees surged more than fivefold last year to an astonishing $4.4 billion. That fig

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Prime Day Deals: Add a Portable Jump Starter to Your Emergency Kit With up to 36% Off Today

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-09 16:02:10

Table of Contents Prime Day Deals: Add a Portable Jump Starter to Your Emergency Kit With up to 36% Off Today Amazon Prime Day deal: The Noco Boost Sport GB20 portable jump starter is currently discounted by 15%, bringing its normal $65 price tag down to just $55 bucks. The GB20 packs enough cranking power for most passenger cars and small SUVs, but owners of big trucks, V8s or diesel-powered vehicles can also find Noco's larger GB40 jump starter discounted to $80 which is 36% off. Either way y

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Xenharmlib: A music theory library that supports non-western harmonic systems

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-09 19:37:21

Xenharmlib 0.3.0 has just been released. Find out what’s new Welcome to xenharmlib’s documentation!¶ Xenharmonic (adj.): Pertaining to music which sounds unlike that composed in the familiar 12 tone equal-tempered scale. —Ivor Darreg Xenharmlib is a generalized music theory library that supports traditional Western and non-western harmonic systems, unconventional microtonal and macrotonal tunings, diatonic and posttonal set theory and non-standard notations. It is easy to use, extendable, an

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Apple COO Jeff Williams is retiring this year

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-10 00:13:30

Jeff Williams is stepping down from his post as chief operating officer at Apple, the company announced today. Sabih Khan, senior vice president of operations for the company, will take over the COO title later this month. Following Williams' retirement later this year, the design team that he had overseen will report directly to CEO Tim Cook. He also leads the teams for the Apple Watch and the company's Health initiatives, but no details have been shared yet about who will head up those section

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Ask HN: What are some cool or underrated tech companies based in Canada?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-10 03:50:04

I'm based in Canada and curious to learn more about interesting or up-and-coming tech companies here — not just the usual big names like Shopify or Lightspeed, but also smaller startups, bootstrapped companies, or niche players doing great work in software, hardware, AI, sustainability, fintech, etc.

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One of Tim Cook’s possible successors is leaving Apple

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-08-10 08:54:57

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Apple has announced that Sabih Khan, the company’s vice president of operations, will take over for Jeff Williams as chief operating officer later this month. In an announcement on Tuesday, Apple said the move is part of a “long-planned succession” that has Williams retiring at the end of this year. Williams, who oversaw the introduction of the iPo

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US government confirms arrest of Chinese national accused of stealing COVID research and mass-hacking email servers

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-08-10 08:40:42

In Brief The U.S. Justice Department has confirmed the arrest of Chinese national Xu Zewei, an alleged prolific contract hacker who carried out cyberattacks for China. Xu was arrested in Italy at the request of U.S. prosecutors. Xu and another Chinese national Zhang Yu, who remains at large, are accused in a nine-charge indictment of “hacking and stealing crucial COVID-19 research” from U.S. universities during February 2020. The DOJ said Xu worked for a company called Shanghai Powerock Networ

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SpaceX in talks to raise new funding at $400B valuation

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2025-08-10 12:52:07

In Brief SpaceX is looking to raise fresh capital by selling new shares to insiders in a deal that would boost its valuation to around $400 billion, according to reporting from Bloomberg. The company’s strategy is to raise money via a fundraising round and separately hold a tender offer to allow employees to sell some of their shares to a select group of investors, anonymous sources told Bloomberg. SpaceX typically holds tender offers twice per year. SpaceX’s valuation has steadily climbed si

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Musk Is Struggling to Understand What's Happening Around Him, Says Former Tesla Exec

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-10 20:10:17

Tesla investors are clearly worried that CEO Elon Musk's fiery new pledge to build a third US political party could inflict even more damage on the embattled company. The EV maker has been put through the wringer by Musk's antics, from cratering sales worldwide to an enormous drop in year-over-year revenues. The company's finances are in free fall. And now that president Donald Trump's so-called "big, beautiful bill" has passed through Congress, Tesla's crisis could soon take a major turn for

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Microsoft July 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes one zero-day, 137 flaws

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-10 20:30:56

Today is Microsoft's July 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 137 flaws, including one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server. This Patch Tuesday also fixes fourteen "Critical" vulnerabilities, ten of which are remote code execution vulnerabilities, one is an information disclosure, and two are AMD side channel attack flaws. The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below: 53 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 8 Security Fe

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Short Sellers Are Making a Fortune as Tesla's Stock Collapses

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-10 23:51:45

They're making billions -- and Musk can't stop dragging the brand through the mud. Short Cake Tesla short sellers are making bank after CEO Elon Musk announced that he's doubling down on creating his own political party in the US, further shredding the brand and its tattered valuation. The company's shares slumped nearly seven percent on Monday, wiping out more than $68 billion in market cap. Investors who were shorting the EV maker — betting against its success, basically — were on track to

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Nvidia beats Apple to a $4T valuation as it rides AI wave

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Treasury sanctions North Korean over IT worker malware scheme

X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform

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X CEO Linda Yaccarino is stepping down after two years

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Astro is a return to the fundamentals of the web

Why I don't ride the AI Hype Train

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US court strikes down 'click-to-cancel' rule designed to make unsubscribing easy

Surfing on a Matchbox (1999)

An AI That Promises to “Solve All Diseases” Is About to Test Its First Human Drugs

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Prime Day Deals: Add a Portable Jump Starter to Your Emergency Kit With up to 36% Off Today

Xenharmlib: A music theory library that supports non-western harmonic systems

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Musk Is Struggling to Understand What's Happening Around Him, Says Former Tesla Exec

Microsoft July 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes one zero-day, 137 flaws

Short Sellers Are Making a Fortune as Tesla's Stock Collapses

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