Coupang CEO Falls on His Sword After Massive Data Breach
Coupang’s CEO has stepped down following a historic data breach in South Korea. The incident, which went undetected for five months, compromised the personal data of tens of millions.
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Earnings and Jobs: A Huge Week for Markets
According to The Wall Street Journal, the week of February 2nd is stacked with major financial events. Earnings season continues with Alphabet and Amazon reporting…
Tesla Stock Jumps on Musk Merger Buzz
According to Reuters, shares of Tesla jumped nearly 5% on Friday, January 30th, after reports surfaced of merger talks within Elon Musk's empire. SpaceX is…
Apple Almost Picked Claude Over Google for Siri, Says Report
According to MacRumors, citing Bloomberg's Mark Gurman on the TBPN podcast, Apple was initially planning to rebuild its Siri assistant around Anthropic's Claude AI model.…
Windows 11 Tiling Managers That Are Way Better Than Snap Layouts
According to XDA-Developers, power users tired of Windows 11's basic Snap Layouts have at least four superior third-party options for true tiling window management. These…
US Pushes Allies on Rare Earth Price Fix to Counter China
According to Bloomberg Business, a senior Trump administration official, Under Secretary of State Jacob Helberg, says the US will seek a consensus with allies on…
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Forget the CAIO, You Need an AI “Magician”
According to ZDNet, there's a major debate over who should own AI strategy, with 60% of companies already having a Chief AI Officer and another…
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X’s New “Edited” Image Labels Are a Mess Waiting to Happen
According to TechCrunch, Elon Musk has teased a new feature for X that will label "edited visuals," resharing an announcement…
Why 95% of AI Projects Fail and How to Actually Scale Them
According to VentureBeat, organizations are stuck in "proof-of-concept purgatory" with AI, with MIT research estimating a staggering 95% of enterprise…
Meta Pulls the Plug on Teen AI Chatbots
According to Futurism, Meta announced on Friday that it is cutting off teenagers' access to its AI chatbot characters, starting…
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Apple Might Drop Two MacBook Pro Upgrades This Year. Seriously.
According to Mashable, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that Apple is planning not one, but two separate MacBook Pro upgrades in 2026. The first wave, expected…
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Earnings and Jobs: A Huge Week for Markets
According to The Wall Street Journal, the week of February 2nd is stacked with major financial events. Earnings season continues with Alphabet and Amazon reporting…
Lenovo’s wild new gaming laptop has a screen that stretches
Lenovo is reportedly working on a gaming laptop with a rollable OLED screen that can stretch from a standard size to an ultrawide 21:9 panel. The Legion Pro Rollable is targeting a debut in early 2026, likely at CES, and will pack Intel Core Ultra and Nvidia RTX 50-series hardware.
AI-Powered Digital Signage Is Here. Is It Actually Useful?
A new platform aims to solve the headaches of managing digital signage. VigitSIGN uses a hybrid cloud-and-edge system powered by Intel to deliver dynamic, personalized content. The goal is to move beyond static screens to something that actually engages customers.
Your Chrome Sync Is A Hacker’s Goldmine. Turn It Off.
A new government warning highlights the danger of Chrome’s password manager and data sync. If hackers get your Google account, they get everything saved in your browser, from passwords to payment info. It’s time to lock things down.
Boom Supersonic Sells 1.21GW of Gas Turbines to a Data Center Firm
In a surprising pivot, Boom Supersonic has landed its first customer for its “Superpower” gas turbine—and it’s not an airline. AI data center developer Crusoe has ordered 29 units, totaling 1.21 gigawatts of power. The deal comes as Boom also closed a $300 million Series B funding round.
FreeBSD 15 Takes on Ubuntu Linux in Server Speed Tests
New benchmarks pit the freshly released FreeBSD 15.0 against Ubuntu Linux on modern AMD EPYC hardware. The results show a competitive landscape, but one OS had a clear edge in several key tests. Here’s how they stacked up.
Citi and PYMNTS Launch a Podcast to Demystify Stablecoins for Business
Citi and PYMNTS have launched a new podcast, “Stable State,” aimed at corporate leaders. The show, co-hosted by PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster and Citi’s Ryan Rugg, will focus on practical, real-world applications of stablecoins in business.
NextEra and Exxon Bet Big on Gas-Powered Data Centers
In a major move for the energy-hungry data center sector, power producer NextEra Energy is partnering with oil giant ExxonMobil to build a 1.2-gigawatt natural gas plant. The facility, planned for the Southeastern US, will integrate carbon capture tech and is being marketed to a hyperscale developer