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OpenAI is giving ChatGPT to the government for $1

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors' "Integrated Review of the Capital Framework for Large Banks Conference" at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2025. OpenAI on Wednesday announced it will offer its ChatGPT Enterprise product to U.S. federal agencies for $1 through the next year, making its technology available to the federal executive branch workforce at "essentially no cost." The company has been working to deepen its ties to lawmak

DoorDash shares rise on earnings, revenue beat

Doordash food delivery service in New York City on Feb. 13, 2025. DoorDash shares climbed about 5% in extended trading on Wednesday after the food delivery company reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the second quarter. Here's how the company did compared to analyst estimates based on LSEG's consensus: Earnings per share : 65 cents vs. 44 cents expected : 65 cents vs. 44 cents expected Revenue: $3.28 billion vs. $3.16 billion expected Revenue jumped 25% from $2.63 billion

Airbnb beats on top and bottom lines for second quarter

Airbnb reported second-quarter results on Wednesday that beat analysts' expectations. Here's how the company did based on average analysts' estimates compiled by LSEG: Earnings per share: $1.03 vs. 93 cents expected $1.03 vs. 93 cents expected Revenue: $3.10 billion vs. $3.04 billion expected Revenue increased 13% from $2.75 billion during the same period last year. The company reported net income of $642 million, or $1.03 per share, up from $555 million, or 86 cents per share, a year earlie

CarPlay in iOS 26 has a new, improved solution for phone calls

After years of minimal changes, CarPlay is getting a huge update this fall. Among the variety of big and small new features in iOS 26, CarPlay has a much improved solution for how incoming phone calls are handled. New compact view for incoming phone calls won’t get in the way of navigation If you get many phone calls, you’ve likely encountered a dilemma while driving. You’re navigating somewhere, with Maps guiding the way, when a phone call comes in. In some cases, this probably isn’t a big

Super Micro stock sinks 18% after earnings, outlook disappoint

Super Micro Computer shares plunged 18% on Wednesday after the company posted weaker-than-expected fiscal fourth quarter results, dented in part by President Donald Trump's tariffs. CEO Charles Liang told investors on a conference call that the company has "taken measures to reduce the impact" of the tariffs. "With respect to the tariffs, the situation is dynamic," CFO David Weigand said on the investor call. "We're actively monitoring the tariff environment. We know there's news coming out ne

Comptime.ts: compile-time expressions for TypeScript

⚡️ comptime.ts A dead-simple TypeScript compiler that does one thing really well: enables compile-time evaluation of expressions marked with comptime . This is useful for optimising your code by moving computations from runtime to compile time. This project was inspired by Bun macros and Zig comptime (hence the name). Warning: You are responsible for ensuring that the expressions you mark with comptime are safe to evaluate at compile time. comptime.ts does not perform any isolation. However,

NASA’s new chief has radically rewritten the rules for private space stations

About five years from now, a modified Dragon spacecraft will begin to fire its Draco thrusters, pushing the International Space Station out of its orbit and sending the largest object humans have built in space inexorably to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. And then what? China's Tiangong Space Station will still be going strong. NASA, however, faces a serious risk of losing its foothold in low-Earth orbit. Space agency leaders have long recognized this and nearly half a decade ago awarded abo

The Money OpenAI Is Making by Betraying Its Nonprofit Roots Is Obscene

OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit research institute, dedicated to realizing an "artificial general intelligence" that benefits all of humanity. In a December 2015 blog post introducing the company, its founders, including current CEO Sam Altman and his now bitterly-departed rival Elon Musk, said that to accomplish its goal, it would have to be "unconstrained by a need to generate financial return." "Since our research is free from financial obligations, we can better focus on a positive human

Show HN: Sinkzone DNS – Forwarder that blocks everything except your allowlist

What is Sinkzone? Sinkzone is a local DNS resolver that helps you eliminate distractions and get deep work done. It blocks all domains by default — only the ones you explicitly allow can get through. This means notifications, social media, news, and other time-sinks are unreachable at the network level — not just in your browser. It features a modern HTTP API, wildcard pattern support, and a beautiful terminal UI for real-time monitoring and control. It's lightweight, cross-platform, and buil

LLM Inflation

One of the signal achievements of computing is data compression : we take in data, make it smaller while retaining all information (“lossless” compression), transmit it, and then decompress it back to the original at the other end. For many years, compression was an absolute requirement to get things done: storage devices were too small for the data we wanted to store and networks too slow to transmit what we wanted at an acceptable speed. Today compression is less often an absolute requiremen

Apple Will Commit $100 Billion More to US Manufacturing, White House Source Says

Apple is said to be increasing its investment in US production by another $100 billion, per an agreement touted by the White House. In a statement planned for 4:30 p.m. ET on Aug. 6, President Donald Trump is set to unveil the creation of American Manufacturing Program. It will be part of an agreement that would raise the US production investments from world's top tech company from $500 billion, as previously announced, to $600 billion over the next four years. Apple said in February it was als

Match Group pops 10% as dating company shows early signs of a turnaround

Match Group shares popped more than 10% on Wednesday after the online dating company issued upbeat guidance and said new products are showing promise as it attempts to turnaround its business. The Dallas-based company said it expected revenues between $910 million and $920 million in the current quarter, beating a $890 million estimate from analysts polled by FactSet. "We are operating like a company that is just getting started, and we believe the best chapters of the category and company are

Show HN: Sinkzone DNS forwarder that blocks everything except your allowlist

What is Sinkzone? Sinkzone is a local DNS resolver that helps you eliminate distractions and get deep work done. It blocks all domains by default — only the ones you explicitly allow can get through. This means notifications, social media, news, and other time-sinks are unreachable at the network level — not just in your browser. It features a modern HTTP API, wildcard pattern support, and a beautiful terminal UI for real-time monitoring and control. It's lightweight, cross-platform, and buil

AMD stock slumps 7% on earnings miss, China AI chip concerns

Lisa Su, president and CEO of AMD, talks about the AMD EPYC processor during a keynote address at the 2019 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., January 9, 2019. Shares of Advanced Micro Devices slumped more than 7% after the chipmaker's earnings fell short of earnings expectations and raised concerns about the timing of a restart in China shipments. The Santa Clara, California-based company reported adjusted earnings of 48 cents per share, falling short of the 49 cents per share expected by analyst

Super Micro stock sinks 20% after earnings, outlook disappoint

Super Micro Computer shares plunged 20% on Wednesday after the company posted weaker-than-expected fiscal fourth quarter results, dented in part by President Donald Trump's tariffs. CEO Charles Liang told investors on a conference call that the company has "taken measures to reduce the impact" of the tariffs. "With respect to the tariffs, the situation is dynamic," CFO David Weigand said on the investor call. "We're actively monitoring the tariff environment. We know there's news coming out ne

How to check for bad blocks on a Linux PC hard drive (and why you shouldn't wait to do it)

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET I've had it happen before. Back when drives consisted of spinning, magnetic platters, that dreaded "tick" was a sure sign a hard drive was failing. Once upon a nightmare scenario, I waited too late and wound up losing everything on my drive. Sure, I could have recovered that data, but at a pretty high monetary cost. Also: The first 5 Linux commands every new user should learn Since then, I've always been vigilant about checking for bad blocks and sectors on hard drives.

Apple to announce $100B further commitment for US manufacturing

In Brief Apple plans to increase its commitment to U.S. manufacturing, according to a White House official cited and first reported by Reuters. The tech giant is set to announce Wednesday another $100 billion in spending to help boost production of its products here in the U.S., after previously committing to invest $500 billion in the country over the next four years. The $500 billion commitment includes opening a new advanced manufacturing facility in Houston to produce servers that support

AMD stock slumps 5% on earnings miss, China AI chip concerns

Lisa Su, president and CEO of AMD, talks about the AMD EPYC processor during a keynote address at the 2019 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., January 9, 2019. Shares of Advanced Micro Devices slumped more than 5% after the chipmaker's earnings fell short of earnings expectations and raised concerns about the timing of a restart in China shipments. The Santa Clara, California-based company reported adjusted earnings of 48 cents per share, falling short of the 49 cents per share expected by analyst

5 command line backup tools every Linux user should use for desktops and servers

Javier Zayas Photography/Getty Images I use Linux for both desktop and server. My preference for a server OS is one without a GUI, which means I have to turn to a lot of command-line tools. In some cases, I prefer to use the same command-line tools for both desktop and server, because it simplifies everything. After all, I don't want to have to learn two different tools for the same job. On top of that, the command-line tools I've included in this list are very powerful and flexible enough to m

The Militarization of Silicon Valley

But some tech executives and engineers are wrestling with the potential harms of the shift. Once they build autonomous drones and A.I. weapons for the military, they will have little control over how the technology is deployed. That has led to debates over whether more people will be killed by these advanced weapons than traditional ones, three engineers at Google and Meta said. “These Silicon Valley companies are hyper competitive, and in their drive to get into these defense sectors, there is

The Extravagant Rise of the Corporate Incentive Trip

Business travel doesn’t typically conjure up the most glamorous images: working group sessions in overlit conference rooms, awkward dinners with coworkers at unmemorable chain restaurants. But for some lucky employees, there’s a special subset of work travel that isn’t just something to look forward to but something to fight for: the corporate incentive trip. Mark, a former sales director at LinkedIn who asked to not use his real name, is a frequent flyer in the world of corporate incentive tra

Apple to announce $100B further commitment for U.S. manufacturing

In Brief Apple plans to increase its commitment to U.S. manufacturing, according to a White House official cited and first reported by Reuters. The tech giant is set to announce Wednesday another $100 billion in spending to help boost production of its products here in the U.S., after previously committing to invest $500 billion in the country over the next four years. The $500 billion commitment includes opening a new advanced manufacturing facility in Houston to produce servers that support

Shopify stock soars 20% on rosy guidance as CFO says tariff hit 'did not materialize'

The logo of Shopify is seen outside its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, on Sept. 28, 2018. Shopify shares soared 20% Wednesday after the company topped analysts' estimates for the second quarter, and gave rosy guidance for the third quarter. Here's how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share: 35 cents adj. vs. 29 cents 35 cents adj. vs. 29 cents Revenue: $2.68 billion vs. $2.55 billion Second-quarter sales surged 31% year over year to $2.68

Fox One Streaming Service to Launch Before NFL Season Kicks Off

The new NFL season is just around the corner, and Fox is giving sports fans another way to see the game with Fox One, the company's new subscription streaming platform. The service will launch on Aug. 21 with a price tag of $20 per month, or $200 annually, the company announced Monday. Fox's complete TV portfolio will be available on Fox One, and sports fans will be able to stream MLB and NFL games that air on the network. Fox News Channel, Fox Nation, Fox Sports, B1G, FS1, FS2, local Fox stati

Tinder explores a redesign, dating ‘modes,’ and college-specific features to boost engagement

Tinder is still struggling to generate revenue from its users, as it reported a 7% dip in paying users while its parent company, Match Group, saw a 5% dip in Q2 2025 across all dating apps, including Tinder, Hinge, Match.com, and others. To boost engagement and push more people to pay for its product, the company has undertaken multiple new initiatives. During Match’s second-quarter earnings call, Match Group CEO Spencer Raskoff said that Tinder will debut a new feature called “modes,” which wi

Totem Compass Review: Find Your Friends, No Reception Required

I attend a minimum of 3 EDM festivals every year, and they all have one thing in common: There’s no phone service anywhere. It’s almost a meme at this point. Trying to send a text message at a festival will have you walking around with your phone in the air, praying that it’ll send. Don’t even think about trying a phone call—it’ll fail every time. It’s gotten to the point where my friends and I started time-stamping our text messages: “I’m at the Forest Stage, 2:42 pm.” The Totem Compass is the

Google says hackers stole its customers’ data by breaching its Salesforce database

Google has confirmed that some customers’ information has been stolen in a recent breach of one of its databases. In a blog post late on Tuesday, Google’s Threat Intelligence Group said one of its Salesforce database systems, used to store contact information and related notes for small and medium businesses, was breached by a hacking group popularly known as ShinyHunters, formally designated as UNC6040. “The data retrieved by the threat actor was confined to basic and largely publicly availab

WhatsApp adds new security feature to protect against scams

WhatsApp is introducing a new security feature that will help users spot potential scams when they are being added to a group chat by someone not in their contact list. This feature displays a "safety overview" context card that includes information about the group's creation date, the number of members, potential scam attempts, and instructions on how to control who can add you to WhatsApp groups. "It will include key information about the group and tips to stay safe. From there, you can exit

Wired Called Our AirGradient Monitor 'Not Recommended' over a Broken Display

Two weeks ago, I had what I can only describe as a punch-to-the-stomach moment (which luckily doesn’t happen very often). The AirGradient ONE - our monitor that was recognized in one of the world’s most rigorous scientific evaluations - suddenly became “Not Recommended” by WIRED magazine in their The Best Indoor Air Quality Monitors review. Yes, this is the same monitor that got two awards from the AirLab micro sensor challenge , one of the most rigorous sensor testing programs, beating more th