Locket, a private social networking app for friends, has scored a win with Gen Alpha users following the launch of its latest feature, Rollcall. The app, which lets friends share photos that then appear in home screen widgets, first hit the top of the App Store’s charts in early 2022 by taking advantage of Apple’s widget system to form the …
Read More »Altman and Nadella need more power for AI, but they’re not sure how much | TechCrunch
How much power is enough for AI? Nobody knows, not even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman or Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. That has put software-first businesses like OpenAI and Microsoft in a bind. Much of the tech world has been focused on compute as a major barrier to AI deployment. And while tech companies have been racing to secure power, those …
Read More »Apple’s App Store gets a new web interface | TechCrunch
Apple has redesigned the web interface for its App Store, making it actually usable for people who aren’t viewing the store on Apple devices. Before this update, users could see individual pages for apps on the web — which they probably found via a search engine — but there was no way to browse within the App Store. On a …
Read More »How an ex-L3Harris Trenchant boss stole and sold cyber exploits to Russia | TechCrunch
Peter Williams, the former general manager of Trenchant, a division of defense contractor L3Harris that develops surveillance and hacking tools for Western governments, pleaded guilty last week to stealing some of those tools and selling them to a Russian broker. A court document filed in the case, as well as exclusive reporting by TechCrunch and interviews with Williams’ former …
Read More »Lambda inks multibillion-dollar AI infrastructure deal with Microsoft | TechCrunch
Cloud-computing company Lambda deepened its relationship with Microsoft through a sizable AI infrastructure deal. Nvidia-backed Lambda announced it struck a multibillion-dollar deal with Microsoft on Monday to deploy tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs, according to a press release. The exact size of the deal was not disclosed. Some of these GPUs will be Nvidia GB300 NVL72 systems, which were …
Read More »Fury in Spanish holiday hotspot as tourist trend is ‘destroying’ coastline
A growing social media trend along the Maspalomas seafront in Gran Canaria is damaging the coastline and endangering local wildlife, environmental experts have warned. The popular fad involves tourists stacking stones into small towers on the popular Canary Islands beach, with the aim of snapping them for TikTok and other platforms. However, researchers have warned that this activity could have …
Read More »Gunman roams university campus as police urge students to ‘run, hide, fight’
The University of Virginia was on lockdown after police warned of an “armed attacker” on the campus. UVA Police said: “UVA Emergency Alert: ACTIVE ATTACKER with a gun reported in the area of Shannon Library, 160 McCormick Road. RUN HIDE FIGHT.” UVA Police Department said in an update that the buildings are locked and only people with authorised key cards …
Read More »Dragon Oil enhances its international partnerships by signing MoU with State Oil Company of Azerbaijan
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Read More »Tariffs in court: Trump cites China deal to defend key trade policy
The nine justices of the US Supreme Court will soon rule on the validity of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, a showdown that could blunt what he claims is his favourite economic and diplomatic tool. The dispute centres on two lawsuits filed by seven small businesses and 12 US states, led by Oregon. The coalition, including Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, …
Read More »Countering the Kremlin’s Five Most Effective Narratives About Ukraine
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — In the summer of 2008, as Russian tanks rolled toward the borders of Georgia, the battle had already begun—shaped decisively by large-scale cyberattacks and cognitive warfare. Weeks before the first shots, cyberspace erupted with coordinated attacks crippling Georgian government and media websites, including distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and defacements. Simultaneously, state-controlled and aligned media saturated both domestic and …
Read More »DOJ accuses US ransomware negotiators of launching their own ransomware attacks | TechCrunch
U.S. prosecutors have charged two rogue employees of a cybersecurity company that specializes in negotiating ransom payments to hackers on behalf of their victims, with carrying out ransomware attacks of their own. Last month, the Department of Justice indicted Kevin Tyler Martin and another unnamed employee, who both worked as ransomware negotiators at DigitalMint, with three counts of computer hacking …
Read More »Waymo’s robotaxi expansion accelerates with 3 new cities | TechCrunch
Waymo said Monday it will launch a robotaxi service in Detroit, Las Vegas, and San Diego as the Alphabet-owned company hits the accelerator on its expansion plans. The announcement illustrates Waymo’s recent evolution from autonomous vehicle technology developer to commercial enterprise. It also follows comments by Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana, who said last week during TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 that it …
Read More »How the U.S. Can Stay Ahead of China in Space
OPINION — Space has gone from frontier to front line. But despite this increased urgency and promises to remain first in flight, the Trump administration recently cut the Office of Space Commerce’s budget. Additionally, NASA remains without a permanent leader and is struggling to select a new lunar lander for its Artemis missions. It’s a dangerous place to be as …
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پاکستان اور جنوبی افریقا کے درمیان 3 میچز پر مشتمل ون ڈے سیریز میں پاکستان کے اسٹار بلے باز بابر اعظم کئی لیجنڈ کرکٹرز کو پیچھے چھوڑ سکتے ہیں۔ پاکستان اور جنوبی افریقا کے درمیان 3 میچوں پر مشتمل ون ڈے سیریز کل سے فیصل آباد کے اقبال اسٹیڈیم میں شروع ہو رہی ہے، جہاں قومی اسٹار بلے باز بابر …
Read More »27 ویں آئینی ترمیم لانے کے لیے حکومت متحرک: وزیراعظم کا مزید اتحادیوں سے مشاورت کا فیصلہ – Pakistan
وفاقی حکومت 27 ویں آئینی ترمیم لانے کے لیے متحرک ہوگئی جب کہ وزیراعظم شہباز شریف نے 27 ویں آئینی ترمیم کے لیے مزید اتحادی جماعتوں سے مشاورت کا سلسلہ شروع کرنے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے ۔ وفاقی حکومت نے 27 ویں آئینی ترمیم کے لیے سیاسی مشاورت کا دائرہ وسیع کرنے کا فیصلہ کر لیا ہے۔ حکومتی ذرائع کے …
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