Tech billionaire Mark Pincus is latest Dem donor to call for Biden to drop out
Billionaire Mark Pincus, founder and former CEO of video game giant Zynga, is the latest major Democratic donor to urge President Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race. The blow to the campaign comes as a number of celebrities, including Bill Maher and George Clooney, have called on Biden to field a new […]
Get these 20 tech items on sale during Amazon Prime’s early deal days
Take advantage of Amazon’s sales and save money on some new tech for your life. (iStock) Amazon Prime Week is the perfect time to upgrade your tech, with hundreds of dollars off everything from TVs to cameras to home security so you can finally get your hands on that tech you’ve always wanted. We’ve rounded […]
Asian stocks sink as tech profit-taking overshadows rate cut cheer – Investing.com
Investing.com — Most Asian stocks fell on Friday, with tech-heavy indexes dropping sharply as profit-taking hurt technology shares despite a weak U.S. inflation reading that boosted optimism for interest rate cuts. Regional stocks largely tracked Wall Street’s overnight decline, falling nearly 2 percent as profit-taking hit big technology stocks, especially chipmakers and artificial intelligence stocks. […]
Head of AI Safety Agency Could Facilitate ‘Government-Big Tech Collusion’
Senate Commerce Committee documents obtained exclusively by Breitbart News reveal how the head of the Commerce Department’s AI safety agency is stifling competition, concentrating AI development in the hands of a few large tech companies, and fostering “the collusion between government and big tech seen during the pandemic and the 2020 election.” The document, obtained […]
Asian Tech Stocks Drop as Yen Whipsaws After Rally: Markets Wrap – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Asian tech stocks fell on Friday, echoing Wall Street’s declines, while the yen was shaky, as slowing U.S. inflation prompted investors to pull out of big tech companies. Most read articles on Bloomberg On Thursday, the Nasdaq 100 Index fell 2.2% after slowing inflation data that supports a rate cut, while an index […]
Dow Jones Today: Tech Selloff Sends Nasdaq, S&P 500 Lower as Investors Rotate Into Small Caps – Investopedia
S&P majors on Thursday 1 hour 36 minutes ago Rejectors Tesla Tesla (TSLA) shares had the biggest fall among S&P 500 stocks, plummeting 8.4% after reports the company would delay its robotaxi launch. The company had previously suggested it would hold an event on August 8 to unveil its autonomous vehicle solution, but Bloomberg reported […]
The Little Tech agenda | Blaze Media
Little Tech is our term for technology startups, as opposed to big tech companies. Little Tech has operated apolitical throughout our career, but as the old Soviet joke goes: “You may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you.” We believe that bad government policies are the biggest threat to Little Tech […]
Tech that’s turning big rigs, trucks, even tanks into self-driving vehicles
Have you ever been driving down the highway, seen a large truck beside you, and wondered, “What if those trucks could drive themselves?” So fasten your seat belt and get ready: thanks to companies like Kodiak Robotics, that future is closer than you think. We know what you’re thinking: “Self-driving trucks? Really?” It’s a legitimate […]
4 Indian nationals accused of trafficking 100 people or more in Texas and forcing them to perform tech labor: Report
Four people of Indian descent have been arrested and charged in Texas for allegedly forcing possibly more than 100 people into confined housing and doing computer-related labor. A pest control company became concerned after offering bedbug treatment at a home in Princeton, Texas, about 40 miles northeast of Dallas, in March: When its crew arrived, […]
New AI tech chooses personalized perfume, cologne based on shoppers’ preferences
Choosing a signature fragrance just got more personal. iRomaScents’ new artificial intelligence technology aims to improve the experience of choosing perfume or cologne in department stores. Avner Gal and Erin Berry, co-founders of Israel-based iRomaScents, showed off the capabilities of their digital scent generator in an interview with Fox News Digital. Inside the circular device […]