Category Archives: Tech News

Sources: US State Dept.'s freeze on foreign aid applies to a bureau that uses cyber diplomacy to fight threats and pursues international norms for emerging tech (Martin Matishak/The Record)

Martin Matishak / The Record: Sources: US State Dept.’s freeze on foreign aid applies to [...]

26
Jan
An investigation reveals how the Israeli military's reliance on Microsoft's cloud and AI systems surged during the most intensive phase of the Israel-Hamas war (The Guardian)

The Guardian: An investigation reveals how the Israeli military’s reliance on Microsoft’s cloud and AI [...]

25
Jan
Although Trump downplayed Elon Musk's Stargate criticism, assuring reporters "they're putting up the money", key White House sources say they're furious at Musk (Politico)

Politico: Although Trump downplayed Elon Musk’s Stargate criticism, assuring reporters “they’re putting up the money”, [...]

24
Jan
State of Mobile 2025: in 2024, app downloads on iOS and Google Play dropped ~1% YoY to 136B, while revenue from IAP, paid apps, and games rose 13% YoY to $150B (Jonathan Briskman/Sensor Tower)

Jonathan Briskman / Sensor Tower: State of Mobile 2025: in 2024, app downloads on iOS [...]

23
Jan
Quant trading firm XTX, managing $250B+ in daily trades, plans to invest €1B+ on five data centers in Finland to support its growing use of machine learning (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Quant trading firm XTX, managing $250B+ in daily trades, plans to invest €1B+ on [...]

22
Jan
Card game Marvel Snap, published by ByteDance-owned Nuverse, is back online in the US and plans to "partner with a new publisher" to prevent future bans (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge: Card game Marvel Snap, published by ByteDance-owned Nuverse, is back [...]

21
Jan
A profile of Sulinna Ong, Spotify's head of editorial, whose team curates thousands of playlists and discovers new artists to complement Spotify's algorithms (Anne Steele/Wall Street Journal)

Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: A profile of Sulinna Ong, Spotify’s head of editorial, [...]

20
Jan
The messy TikTok saga in the US over the past five years has shown that lawmakers are as spineless and skittish as everyone suspects them to be (Nitish Pahwa/Slate)

Nitish Pahwa / Slate: The messy TikTok saga in the US over the past five [...]

19
Jan
Donald Trump is promoting a Solana memecoin called TRUMP from his social media accounts, with 200M $TRUMP available now and growing to 1B "over three years" (Andrew Hayward/Decrypt)

Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: Donald Trump is promoting a Solana memecoin called TRUMP from his [...]

18
Jan
A survey of US teens aged 13-17 found 26% used ChatGPT for schoolwork in 2024, up from 13% in 2023, while 79% had heard of it, up from 67% in 2023 (Pew Research Center)

Pew Research Center: A survey of US teens aged 13-17 found 26% used ChatGPT for [...]

17
Jan