Amazon pays Trump, Intel's new CEO, and China's AI agent: Tech news roundupA collection of our best posts of the week in tech innovation
Apple's next big iPhone software update may take inspiration from its least-popular productiOS 19, iPadOS 19, and macOS 16 could see big design changes later in 2025
Amazon keeps finding ways to give Donald Trump moneyPrime Video will exclusively stream "The Apprentice," the reality show that helped skyrocket Trump to political stardom
Microsoft has axed almost 2,000 workers so far this yearA spokesperson framed the cuts as performance-based, but employment experts are skeptical of Microsoft's approach
Tariffs can’t bring Apple down: A new M4-equipped MacBook Air comes with a price cutThe price cut comes despite Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, which analysts fear could spell trouble for Apple
China's AI agent, Google's Gemini gets personal, and a nuclear energy boost: AI news roundupPlus, DeepSeek's founder reportedly isn't interested in investors — for now
Google's AI chatbot will use your search history to get more personalGemini will be able to use Google apps to personalize responses, but users can disconnect it anytime
Google, Amazon, and Meta want a big boost in nuclear energyHungry for energy to fuel their AI ambitions, the tech giants signed a pledge supporting the tripling of nuclear energy by 2050
Meta and OpenAI say they don't have enough AI chipsBoth companies are seeing "significant capacity constraints" for GPUs, according to Morgan Stanley
Quantum computing's future is almost here, IBM chief saysCEO Arvind Krishn said IBM is working on building practical use cases for quantum computing, not just making the hardware
Amazon executives trash talk Microsoft's big quantum computing breakthroughAmazon's head of quantum technologies reportedly said Microsoft's scientific paper doesn't show the breakthrough the company claimed
This company edited mice genes to make them more like woolly mammothsColossal Biosciences has engineered the colossal woolly mouse to exhibit mammoth-like traits for surviving in cold environments
Google, Microsoft, and now Amazon: The quantum computing race is heating upAmazon said its prototype chip, Ocelot, can reduce error correction costs by up to 90%
10 states where data centers use the most electricityMore than a quarter of Virginia's electricity consumption is from data centers, according to an EPRI analysis
Now playing 08:15Nuclear will power AI data centers in the future, Northern Data exec saysRosanne Kincaid-Smith, COO of Northern Data Group, told Quartz that Northern Data will likely transition from hydro-electric to nuclear to power the AI future
AI is pushing data centers toward a nuclear-powered futureAmazon, Microsoft, and Google have announced partnerships with energy companies to set up small nuclear reactors
Amazon beats earnings expectations on strong cloud growthAmazon reported revenues of $158.9 billion in the third quarter, surpassing Wall Street's estimates
SpaceX's Starship megarocket exploded and rained debris for the second time in a rowVideos showed fiery debris shooting across the sky and the FAA briefly halted flights into several Florida airports
The Boeing Starliner astronauts are trying to stay out of American politicsNASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams carefully navigated comments by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk about their delayed return
NASA captures stunning image of a supersonic jet shattering the sound barrierThe aircraft operated by Boom Supersonics managed to break the sound barrier without anyone on the ground hearing it
A private company has successfully landed on the moon for the second time everFirefly Aerospace said its Blue Ghost lander touched down "softly" on the moon's surface
The 7 best cities in America for cybersecurity and IT jobsThe list accounts for earnings, opportunities, and career trajectories
The 5 states where you're most vulnerable to identity theft and fraud — and the 5 states where you're safestAmericans lost an estimated $10 billion to fraud in 2023
Goldman Sachs CFO thinks geopolitics and cybersecurity are major market risksMarkets aren't sufficiently pricing in domestic and international political unrest, Denis Coleman said
All hospitals should be concerned about cyberattacks. Here's whyAt least 389 U.S. healthcare institutions were hit by ransomware attacks this fiscal year
Tesla, Nvidia and Palantir stock lead a Nasdaq rebound as other chip stocks riseByEce YildirimUpdatedWednesday 11:15AM
China has a new 'completely autonomous' AI agent. Here's what to know about ManusByBritney NguyenPublishedMarch 10, 2025
Microsoft's new agents, Anthropic's $3.5 billion, and a new startup: This week's AI launchesByBritney NguyenPublishedMarch 8, 2025