Latest Tech News

Stay updated with the latest in technology, AI, cybersecurity, and more

Filtered by: da Clear Filter

Oracle will reportedly power a giant data center with gas generators

Bloomberg has published a deep dive into operations at Oracle, chronicling the software giant's rise in cloud computing and current push into powering artificial intelligence projects. The publication reported that Oracle has promised to develop tens of billions of dollars in data centers, which have become a hot business. Notably, Oracle landed a deal to back operations at OpenAI, in a partnership that will give the AI company 4.5 gigawatts of computing power . According to Bloomberg, that's en

Coris (YC S22) Is Hiring

AI Engineer Location: SF Bay Area ( 4+ days in office ) Experience Level: 3–5+ years Stack: Python, PyTorch, ML, LLMs, Django Type: Full-time 🧠 About Coris Coris is building the AI-first trust layer for global commerce. We partner with leading platforms, marketplaces, payment providers, and banks to transform how small business onboarding, monitoring, and lifecycle decisions are made - using AI on the ground to drive faster, smarter actions with less friction. One of our customers describ

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Aug. 21, #332

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. To solve today's Connections: Sports Edition, focus on the endings of some of the words. That should help you see how they connect. Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta after making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday on Feb. 9. That's a sign that the game

21 Best Early Labor Day Sales on WIRED-Tested Gear (2025)

Labor Day is not until September 1, but retailers are already offering oodles of Labor Day deals. The unofficial end of summer, a celebration of the American worker's contribution to our national prosperity, brings with it bargains on WIRED-tested gear, including home office essentials and some of our favorite gadgets. For the next couple of weeks, we'll be cruising and perusing for the latest true discounts on the gear we recommend to our friends—and rounding them all up for you below. Check o

Topics: best couch day deals like

Palantir stock falls for sixth-straight day in longest losing streak since April 2024

Palantir shares sank further into correction territory Wednesday after six straight days of heavy selling. The slide marks the longest such streak for the artificial intelligence software company since April 2024, and brings shares down 18% from the recent intraday record. Shares closed in correction territory on Tuesday after accumulating a 15% loss from the highs. Wednesday's moves also dropped Palantir out of the 20 most valuable U.S. companies ranking. The software analytics company achiev

The Maker of Ozempic Is in Such Deep Trouble That It’s Going on Hiring Lockdown

Image by Sergei Gapon / AFP via Getty / Futurism Rx/Medicines Novo Nordisk, the Denmark-based pharmaceutical company that makes Ozempic and Wegovy, looks like it's being toppled off its GLP-1 throne. In a statement to Reuters, the Danish conglomerate admitted that it "currently [has] a hiring freeze in non-business critical areas." Though Novo offered no additional explanation, the writing has been on the wall for months that the once-dominant drug manufacturer is in big financial trouble. D

This is the Ultimate '90s Cyberpunk Movie (No, It's Not 'The Matrix')

The cyberpunk movement has given us some of the best science fiction movies: Blade Runner, Ghost in the Shell and, yes, The Matrix. But there's one great tech noir flick that came out at the height of the cyberpunk craze -- and then all but disappeared. Maybe that's partly because of its title. I'd wanted to rewatch Strange Days for a long time, but I kept forgetting because, honestly, I couldn't remember what it was called. Then I finally rediscovered the sci-fi thriller on Hulu. After my most

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 21, #1524

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's Wordle puzzle is really hard. It's got an extremely rare letter, and I just don't think it's a very commonly used word either. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on

Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 21, #802

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Are the NYT Connections puzzle editors OK? There were some wacky words in today's puzzle. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the pr

Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 21, #536

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Finally, a NYT Strands puzzle I can ace! If you know major superheroes, this will be a fun and easy one for you today. And the spangram makes a related and cool shape! If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you'

Google says the quiet part out loud: IP68 protection doesn’t last

Designed to comply with dust and water protection rating IP68 under IEC standard 60529 when each device leaves the factory but the device is not water or dust proof. The accessories are not water or dust resistant. Water resistance and dust resistance are not permanent conditions and will diminish or be lost over time due to normal wear and tear, device repair, disassembly or damage. Phone is not drop/tumble proof and dropping your device may result in loss of water/dust resistance. Damage from

Palantir stock plummets 18% from highs in longest losing streak since April 2024

Palantir shares sank further into correction territory Wednesday after six straight days of heavy selling. The slide marks the longest such streak for the artificial intelligence software company since April 2024, and brings shares down 18% from the recent intraday record. Shares closed in correction territory on Tuesday after accumulating a 15% loss from the highs. Palantir's slide followed a broader market sell-off and came on the heels of a short seller report from Andrew Left's Citron Rese

Sketch update brings Liquid Glass effects, macOS 26 and iOS 26 libraries, more

Sketch is out with a new update today featuring support for Liquid Glass-like effects, complete with blur, distortion, depth, and chromatic aberration controls. Here’s what it looks like. New glass effects feature a full set of custom controls Although Sketch is still working on its macOS Tahoe 26 redesign, the company is releasing Barcelona, its second 2025 update. Alongside styling, libraries and components, and performance improvements, Sketch Barcelona (2025.2.1) brings a new glass effect

Apple just dropped a security update for all its platforms

With iOS 26 coming within the next month or so, Apple doesn't have many reasons left to update iOS 18. But this is one of them. The company pushed a security update for its platforms on Wednesday. iOS 18.6.2 patches a vulnerability related to image processing. Apple's security notes say the update plugs a hole related to Image I/O. (That's a development framework for reading and writing image data.) "Processing a malicious image file may result in memory corruption," the company wrote. Apple sa

Topics: 18 apple image ios update

Learning about GPUs through measuring memory bandwidth

Learning About GPUs Through Measuring Memory Bandwidth At Traverse Research, we need to have a deep understanding of GPU performance to develop our benchmark, Evolve. Additionally, we sometimes do projects for very specific hardware where we need to know all the ins and outs of this hardware. One way we do this is by using microbenchmarks to measure specific parts of the GPU to get new insights. In this article, we will share what we learned from measuring the memory bandwidth of various GPUs.

Oracle Will Reportedly Spend $1 Billion a Year on a Gas-Powered Data Center

Oracle is going all-in on its AI-focused cloud business, pouring billions into building massive new data centers. One site under construction in West Texas will reportedly cost the company around $1 billion just to keep the lights on. Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the plans, that Oracle intends to spend more than $1 billion a year to run a new West Texas megasite on gas generators rather than wait for a utility hookup. It can take years to get approval and infrastruc

Forget the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. Foldables Should Look Like the Microsoft Surface Duo

Google almost got it right with the first Pixel Fold. As Google unveils its latest foldable, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, at this year's Made by Google event, I keep thinking about the original Pixel Fold. Released in 2023, it was far from a perfect phone. It was underpowered, had a thick inner bezel and couldn't open completely flat. Even then, it was a beautiful device with a shiny stainless steel chassis that felt substantial in the hand. Not only that, it was wide. The passport-like form factor m

The 12 Best Eye Creams of 2025

According to dermatologist Dr. Sheila Farhang, board-certified dermatologist and founder of Avant Dermatology & Aesthetics, eye creams can provide real benefits if you choose the right product and ingredients. "In my opinion, you really should invest in the product you're putting on your eyes daily because [the eye area] is the thinnest skin on our body and is super sensitive to allergens/irritation and you want it to work and have science to back it up -- especially for the anti-aging/fine lin

Having recovery and/or SSD problems after recent Windows updates? You’re not alone.

When updating a piece of software as large and complex and old as Windows, you're inevitably going to break something every once in a while. Microsoft tracks known issues here—generally they affect lesser-used features or obscure edge cases, but every once in a while you run into something bigger and more disruptive. August's updates have introduced a couple of more noticeable problems. The first was caused by update KB5063875, a relatively minor security update for older versions of Windows 10

Apple releases iOS 18.6.2 for iPhone, here’s what’s new

iPhone users have a new software update to install: iOS 18.6.2 is now available. Here’s what to expect from the latest release. Apple has just released new software for iPhone users, available from Settings ⇾ General ⇾ Software Update. The previous update, iOS 18.6.1, brought Blood Oxygen support back to compatible Apple Watch models. iOS 18.6.2, however, isn’t expected to include any new features for users. Rather, this update focuses on “important security fixes.” Here are Apple’s release

The Rise and Fall of Music Ringtones: A Statistical Analysis

Intro: The Ballad of Crazy Frog Sometimes, human creativity gives us The Godfather, Beethoven's 5th Symphony, and The Wire—and sometimes that same ingenuity gives us Crazy Frog. When it comes to Crazy Frog, people generally fall into three camps: Those who vividly remember this meme-turned-ringtone-turned-song and would like to forget. Those who've forgotten whether Crazy Frog is the name of a song or artist or noise, subsequently stream this track, remember it, and are regretful. Those born

Show HN: What country you would hit if you went straight where you're pointing

Find out where you would end up if you kept going straight Historical map data from André Ourednik's Historical Basemaps project App Privacy The developer, Ben Gross, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy. Data Not Collected The developer does not collect any data from this app. Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Best Options for Using AI in Chip Design

Experts at the Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss how and where AI can be applied to chip design to maximize its value, and how that will impact the design process, with Chuck Alpert, Cadence Fellow; Sathish Balasubramanian, head of product marketing and senior director for custom IC at Siemens EDA; Anand Thiruvengadam, senior director and head of AI product management at Synopsys; Sailesh Kumar, CEO of Baya Systems; Mehir Arora, head of engineering at ChipAgents; Daren McClear

Topics: ai design eda tools way

Google’s answer to Samsung’s Now Brief is a new ‘Daily Hub’ on the Pixel 10 series

TL;DR The Pixel 10 series includes a Daily Hub that curates information from various apps to present a personalized digest, similar to Samsung’s Now Brief. You can swipe right on the home screen to access Daily Hub. Google says it can pull up calendar appointments, Magic Cue suggestions, YouTube video recommendations, topic suggestions, and more. Google is following Samsung’s lead with the launch of a new feature called Daily Hub on the Pixel 10 series. You may be hearing about it for the fir

Topics: 10 daily google hub pixel

The Fitbit App Is Turning Into an AI-Powered Personal Health Coach

Fitbit’s smartphone app has undergone several redesigns over the past two years, and now there’s another big one coming in October, timed to the launch of the newly announced Pixel Watch 4. Launching as an opt-in review (an open beta), the design centers on Google’s AI-powered Personal Health Coach, built with Gemini. The entire app has been rebuilt from the ground up with the new AI coaching feature. Andy Abramson, director of product management at Google, says the redesign also offers easier

Fitbit’s AI health coach is the first I might actually be interested in

is a senior reporter focusing on wearables, health tech, and more with 13 years of experience. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. I’m not a fan of AI health and fitness features. Not only do they regurgitate Captain Obvious-level summaries of what you just did, but the “insights” are so generalized that a Google search is often more helpful. So it was with great skepticism that I walked into a demo to learn about Fitbit’s forthcoming AI-powered personal health c

Palantir stock plummets 20% from highs in longest losing streak since April 2024

Palantir shares sank into bear market territory Wednesday after six-straight days of heavy selling. The slide marks the longest such streak for the artificial intelligence software company since April 2024, and brings shares down 20% from the recent record. Shares closed in correction territory on Tuesday after accumulating a 15% loss from the highs. Palantir's slide followed a broader market selloff and came on the heels of a short-seller report from Andrew Left's Citron Research. He called t

Want your Pixel 10 to pop? dbrand’s Damascus skins are back in shimmering style

dbrand TL;DR dbrand’s refreshed Damascus skins are now available for the Pixel 10 series. You can choose from Holo White and Triple White designs. The skins are also rolling out across over 200 other devices with a buy-one-get-one-free deal. Picking up a Pixel 10 today? dbrand already has you covered. The company has given its most popular Damascus skin line a long-awaited refresh, with two striking new variations that debut on Google’s latest flagships. Don’t want to miss the best from And