[ MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian internet giant Yandex reported a 40% rise in first-quarter revenue to 228.3 billion roubles ($2.47 billion), driven by growth in e-commerce and ride-hailing, with the market awaiting news on a much anticipated corporate spin-off. Yandex’s Nasdaq-listed and Dutch-registered parent, Yandex NV, in February struck a $5.2-billion deal after months of … Read more
[ (Reuters) – Intel shares slumped more than 7% premarket on Friday after a downbeat second-quarter sales forecast signaled that the boom in AI technology was diverting enterprise spending away from its traditional data center and PC chips. The stock has fallen around 30% so far this year as Intel trails rival chip companies like … Read more
[ The back, though liable to separate from the plane in a catastrophic crash, is more likely to stay intact than the front and middle portions that are still connected to the engines. “The rear section often will break off,” Adjekum says, meaning the latter section of the plane from behind the wings. “Lots of … Read more
[ A company from Slovenia, called PaintCam, is shaking things up in the security world. It has come up with this wild new gadget, the PaintCam Eve. It’s not just another security camera watching over your house. This thing packs a punch with paintball and tear gas projectiles to really give intruders a surprise they … Read more
[ ANDROID users have been warned of a fresh cyber threat that can see everything on their screen before raiding their accounts. The chilling spyware can capture touches, swipes, information displayed, text input, and applications opened, according to experts at ThreatFabric. 1 Can you tell the difference between the real and the fake?Credit: ThreatFabric They … Read more
[ The overnight success of OpenAI’s ChatGPT thrust generative AI as Silicon Valley’s latest tech revolution, lifting Microsoft, OpenAI’s main backer, to become the world’s most valuable company. Microsoft, the tech titan most closely associated with AI, has announced nearly $10 billion in investments in artificial intelligence abroad in recent months, the price it is … Read more
[ TOKYO: Japan’s cabinet approved April 26 legislation that would slap major fines on tech giants like Google or Apple if they block access to third-party smartphone apps and payment systems. Similar to the European Union’s new Digital Markets Act, behaviour deemed anti-competitive could see operators fined up to 20% of their revenues in Japan. … Read more
[ NEW YORK: At its peak in the early 2000s, Photobucket was the world’s top image-hosting site. The media backbone for once-hot services like Myspace and Friendster, it boasted 70 million users and accounted for nearly half of the US online photo market. Today only two million people still use Photobucket, according to analytics tracker … Read more
[ Perhaps the easiest option here is ExpressVPN: Not only is it one of the best VPN providers around, it also sells routers with its software baked in. If you’re looking for a solution that just plugs in and works, then this is probably the one to go for, and the standard one for homes … Read more
[ A new US law requires TikTok to sever all ties with its Chinese parent ByteDance or face a ban in the United States. Chinese tech giant ByteDance has said it has no plans to sell TikTok after a new US law put it on a deadline to divest from the hugely popular video platform … Read more
