Lu grew up in the Chinese fishing village of Shipu and moved from selling online game time cards in college to running an internet service firm in the Netherlands, where he learned how IP addresses underpin connectivity. Read Entire Article
Netflix no longer lets you cast content from your phone
Netflix has quietly posted a page on its Help Cente section explaining why people can no longer find the Cast button in the Netflix app. Read Entire Article
New nanotech generator could replace batteries in tiny devices
The researchers set out to explore whether simple ingredients – silicon and water – could be arranged so that mechanical pressure and fluid motion could serve as a reliable electrical source rather than wasted energy. Their answer is a triboelectric generator built around nanostructured silicon that uses water flow through......
Alibaba and ByteDance are moving AI training offshore to bypass China chip bans
Alibaba and ByteDance are among the companies routing training jobs for their latest large language models to data centers in countries such as Singapore and Malaysia, according to The Financial Times, citing people with direct knowledge of the deployments. These sources say there has been a steady shift toward offshore......
Google’s CEO says “vibe coding” is reshaping who gets to write code
Pichai made the comments on a Google for Developers podcast with Logan Kilpatrick, who runs Google's AI Studio. The CEO said tools built on large language models are making coding "more enjoyable" and "approachable" because people can test ideas for apps and websites without wrestling with syntax or frameworks first.......
This Black Friday belonged to the internet (and your phone)
By 6:30 pm Eastern on Black Friday, online spending was running 9.4% ahead of the same point a year earlier, already surpassing Adobe's earlier forecast of 8.3% growth for the whole day. Its updated estimate of $11.7 billion to $11.9 billion in total Black Friday e-commerce would set a new......
The original 1976 contract that founded Apple is heading to auction
Drafted on April 1, 1976, the foundational contract laid out the initial ownership split: Jobs and Wozniak would each hold 45 percent, while Wayne would receive a 10 percent stake. Read Entire Article
President Macron accuses US of undermining EU investigations into Big Tech
At a town hall in France's Vosges region on Friday, Macron said some Digital Services Act cases targeting large online platforms have been sitting at the European Commission for about two years, a timeline he described as far too long for rules that were sold as a sharp break from......
Intel could return to Macs and iPads by 2027, but this time as Apple’s contract chipmaker
According to Kuo, Apple has already signed a non-disclosure agreement with Intel to access an early 18AP process design kit, specifically a 0.9.1 GA revision that lets Apple's silicon team model and prototype designs against Intel's upcoming node. Read Entire Article
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang urges employees to automate every task possible with AI
Huang has reportedly told employees to use artificial intelligence tools for virtually every task possible, reinforcing the company's position as both a leader in AI hardware and one of its most aggressive internal adopters. According to an audio recording obtained by Business Insider, Huang's remarks came during an all-hands meeting......