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Samsung debuts new foldable devices, upgraded smartwatches
Samsung Electronics Co. today debuted three Galaxy Z handsets that can fold in half and two additions to its Galaxy Watch smartwatch series. The device lineup is headlined by the Galaxy Z Fold 7, a $1,999 foldable equipped with Qualcomm Inc.’s top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. The other new gadgets feature Samsung processors. Most of ...
Marco Rubio impersonator reportedly used AI to contact government officials
A bad actor posing as U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio has contacted multiple government officials, the Washington Post reported today. The impostor used artificial intelligence to imitate the voice and writing style of Rubio (pictured). The impersonation campaign began in June when the bad actor opened a Signal account with the display name “marco.rubio@state.gov.” Using ...
Oracle Database@AWS launches into general availability with new features
Oracle Corp. and Amazon Web Services Inc. today made Oracle Database@AWS, a joint database offering, generally available for customers. The launch comes about eight months after the companies first previewed the offering. Their engineers have since added several new features that will ease tasks such as backing up business records. Oracle Database@AWS is powered by ...
IBM debuts new servers based on custom Power11 processor
IBM Corp. today introduced a new line of servers, the Power11 series, based on a custom processor of the same name. The product family will include four machines on launch. IBM will also offer access to the Power11 chip via its public cloud. According to the company, customers can expect up to 55% better core ...
Apple appeals €500M EU fine over App Store policies
Apple Inc. today appealed a €500 million fine that it had received in the European Union last year over the App Store’s terms of service. The company filed the challenge with the General Court, the bloc’s second highest court. EU officials fined Apple last April under a piece of legislation called the DMA, or Digital Markets Act. ...
CoreWeave to acquire data center builder Core Scientific for $9B in stock
Confirming recent rumors, cloud operator CoreWeave Inc. today announced plans to buy data center builder Core Scientific Inc. for $9 billion in stock. Shares of both companies declined on the news. Core Scientific launched in 2017 to build data centers optimized for cryptocurrency mining. It went public in 2022 through a merger with a special ...
Tesla shares plunge amid investor concerns over Trump-Musk feud
Shares of Tesla Inc. declined more than 7% today after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized Elon Musk’s plan to launch a new political party. The selloff appears to reflect investor concerns that the feud could negatively affect the automaker’s prospects. In a research note, stock trading company Saxo Markets reportedly highlighted two potential sources of ...
Customer support automation startup Wonderful raises $34M
Wonderful Ltd., a startup that provides artificial intelligence agents optimized for customer support, has raised $34 million in funding. The company disclosed the investment on Wednesday. Index Ventures led the seed round with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners and Vine Ventures. There are numerous tools on the market that use AI to answer customer support ...
Publisher group files EU antitrust complaint against Google over AI Overviews
An industry group that represents publishers has filed an antitrust complaint against Google LLC in the European Union. Reuters reported the development today. The Independent Publishers Alliance, the group behind the antitrust push, submitted its complaint to the European Commission on June 30. The document also has two other signatories. They are The Movement for ...
TSMC reportedly accelerates investment in Arizona chip complex as Samsung delays Texas fab
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Samsung Electronics Co. are taking their U.S. fab operations in different directions, according to two new reports. The Wall Street Journal today cited sources as saying that TSMC is accelerating investments in its Arizona fab complex. Samsung, meanwhile, is reportedly delaying the completion of a chip factory in Texas. The ...