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  • Business
    Engadget

    Samsung is betting on AI and the Galaxy S24 to turn around declining profits

    Samsung has failed to recover from the sharp decline in profit it experienced in 2022.

  • Business
    Business Insider

    A Tesla lawyer burst into tears during a deposition on Elon Musk's compensation package because he admired Musk so much, judge says

    Delaware judge Kathaleen McCormick said former Tesla general counsel, Todd Maron's "admiration for Musk moved him to tears during his deposition."

  • Business
    Reuters

    China's Geely launches 11 low-orbit satellites for autonomous cars

    Chinese automaker Geely Holding Group said on Saturday it has launched 11 low-earth orbit satellites, its second dispatch, as it expands its capacity to provide more accurate navigation for autonomous vehicles. The satellites were launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan, Geely said in a statement sent to Reuters. Geely said it expects 72 to be in orbit by 2025 and eventually plans to have a constellation of 240.

  • Business
    Business Insider

    Advertisers slashed spending on X by more than 55% ahead of this year's Super Bowl

    Top advertisers including NFL Enterprises, McDonald's, and YouTube, spent $48.4 million on X ads in 2022 — last year, they spent just $21.1 million.

  • Technology
    Engadget

    Here are the most useful Apple Vision Pro apps at launch

    Apple’s Vision Pro is here — along with a solid collection of third-party launch apps. Although there are some big-name omissions, the headset already supports over a million compatible App Store apps and over 600 apps developed specifically for the “spatial computing” device.

  • U.S.
    Reuters

    Driverless cars covered 5x more test miles in California in 2023

    Completely driverless vehicles traveled nearly 3.3 million miles in California last year, over five times the previous year's total, even as concerns rose in the wake of a Cruise robotaxi accident, state data on vehicle testing released on Friday showed. General Motors' Cruise and Alphabet's Waymo accounted for the bulk of the miles - 63% and 36% respectively - recorded without a safety driver, according to the state's department of motor vehicles (DMV). Taxis with empty driver's seats have be

  • Business
    Reuters

    Exclusive-Rubrik plans April listing amid U.S. probe into former employee -sources

    Rubrik Inc, the cybersecurity software startup that Microsoft Corp invested in at a $4 billion valuation in 2021, plans to go public in New York as early as April, as it handles a U.S. fraud investigation into one of its former employees, according to people familiar with the matter. The probe, which has not been previously reported, is being carried out by the U.S. Department of Justice and is focused on a person who worked for Rubrik's sales division, two of the sources said. The Department

  • Business
    Reuters

    Judge certifies Apple app store class action

    A federal judge on Friday said tens of millions of Apple customers can pursue a class action accusing the company of monopolizing the market for iPhone apps by banning purchases outside its App Store, leading to higher prices. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had in March 2022 refused to certify a class action, but changed her mind after the class was narrowed to include only Apple account holders who spent $10 or more on app or in-app content. The Oakland, California-based judge als

  • Entertainment
    Playstation Lifestyle

    The Last of Us 3 Not in Active Development

    Naughty Dog may well be working on a new game, but it isn’t The Last of Us 3 as that game is not in active development right now. The developer’s co-president Neil Druckmann has confirmed the game is only in a concept stage, and doesn’t even have a story at the moment. Most of the […] The post The Last of Us 3 Not in Active Development appeared first on PlayStation LifeStyle.

  • Business
    Reuters

    EquiLend restores some services after cybersecurity incident

    (Reuters) -Fintech firm EquiLend said on Friday some services, including trading and post-trading solutions, had been restored, more than a week after it suffered an outage due to unauthorized access to its systems. EquiLend, a company at the heart of securities lending on Wall Street, disclosed in late January it had identified unauthorized access to its systems and a portion of them had to be taken offline. The company's securities lending platform, Next Generation Trading, manages more than

  • Technology
    Digital Trends

    If you have one of these apps on your Android phone, delete it immediately

    Security experts have spotted apps on the Google Play Store that act as chat platforms, but steal everything from messages and calls logs to your camera access.

  • Technology
    LaptopMag

    Windows 12 Snapdragon X Elite laptops to topple M3 MacBooks this back-to-school season? Qualcomm thinks so

    Laptops in mid-2024 may feature Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite SoC and Microsoft's rumored AI-based Windows 12 OS, making powerful competition for M3 MacBooks in the critical back-to-school season.

  • U.S.
    Business Insider

    I am very sad for the NYPD's useless and purgatory-bound subway robot

    Launched in September 2023, the robot is now sitting alone as it awaits its fate.

  • Sports
    Tech & Learning

    Best Super Bowl Lessons and Activities

    The Super Bowl is an opportunity to kickoff some fun learning

  • Business
    Business Insider

    Meta warns investors that Mark Zuckerberg's love of extreme sports could kill him

    The Meta CEO got hurt last year training in mixed martial arts. Now the company is saying Zuckerberg's risk tolerance could be a problem.

  • Business
    Engadget

    Joe Rogan nabs an estimated $250 million from Spotify to share his big-brained ideas

    Joe Rogan just signed a new deal with Spotify to continue his many podcast ventures, which is valued to be worth around $250 million. Additionally, the contract allows Rogan’s content to appear on other platforms, with some caveats.