Amazon cuts about 16,000 corporate jobs in the latest round of layoffs
Amazon is slashing about 16,000 corporate jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the ecommerce company in three months. The tech giant has said it plans to use generative artificial intelligence to replace corporate workers. It has also been reducing a workforce that swelled during the pandemic. BethContinue Reading
Google adds AI image generation to Chrome browser, side panel option for virtual assistant
Google is empowering its Chrome browser with the ability to alter imagery and a virtual assistant to help with online tasks as part of its push to turbocharge its digital services with more artificial intelligence technology. The features rolling out include making Google’s AI image generator and editing tool, NanoContinue Reading
Italy’s Winter Olympics security plan keeps ICE in advisory role
Italy to control Olympic security operations with 6,000 officers, drones and cyberunit, but ICE will be present., Italy to control Olympic security operations with 6,000 officers, drones and cyberunit, but ICE will be present. Italy has detailed a sweeping security plan for the Winter Olympics, stressing it will keep commandContinue Reading
If Cuba falls, the Global South is to blame, too
As the United States tightens the screws, Cuba’s supposed allies respond with empty gestures and selective solidarity., On Tuesday, United States President Traitor 47 had a good laugh with members of the press in the US state of Iowa as he issued a rather serious decree regarding the short-term futureContinue Reading
Hudson Williams Breaks the Internet After ‘Heated Rivalry’ and Steamy Wonderland Cover
Hudson Williams didn’t ease into the spotlight. He crashed through it. The 24-year-old actor, who plays hockey heartthrob Shane Hollander on Crave’s breakout queer romance Heated Rivalry , is now front and center on the latest cover of Wonderland Magazine , a moment that quite literally overwhelmed the publication’s website.Continue Reading
Medal favorite on the daring aerial trick that could win him gold at the Olympics
U.S. skier Mac Forehand is a gold-medal favorite in Big Air at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. In his own words, he breaks down the trick that will make it happen., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Assisted dying bill ‘no hope’ of passing unless Lords change approach, warns peer
Harry Farley, Political correspondent and Henry Zeffman, Chief Political Correspondent Future Publishing via Getty Images Demonstrators on both sides campaigned in the weeks leading up to the historic Commons vote back in June It is now “very, very difficult” to see how the assisted dying bill could become law thisContinue Reading
CATL and NIO sign a five-year partnership to develop battery technology
Chinese battery giant CATL and EV maker NIO have signed a five-year strategic cooperation agreement to develop battery technology, swapping network resources and global market share. On the technology front, the companies will focus on jointly developing batteries that have long cycle life, as well as battery swapping technologies. CATLContinue Reading
WEX adds public EV charging payments to its fleet fuel card
WEX Fleet card now combines gasoline and public EV charging transactions into one card, one account, and one invoice. WEX says it is the first fuel card provider to unify fueling and public EV charging payments across its proprietary closed-loop fuel network, targeting mixed-energy fleets that operate internal combustion engineContinue Reading
US life expectancy hit an all-time high in 2024, CDC says
U.S. life expectancy has hit the highest mark in American history, Read MoreContinue Reading
Report: Nvidia cancels GPU MSRP program
Finding an in-demand graphics card at retail price—or at least the price originally announced by the manufacturer at launch—is hard. Sometimes it’s effectively impossible. And if you’re hunting for Nvidia cards, the MSRP might just be completely irrelevant soon, according to unverified reports from the GPU industry…Continue Reading
SpaceX targeting mid-March for 1st flight of bigger, more powerful Starship ‘Version 3,’ Elon Musk says
SpaceX’s Starship launches on its 11th test flight from Starbase, Texas on Oct. 13, 2025. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX’s Starship megarocket will get off the ground again in mid-March, if all goes according to plan. The company plans to launch Starship’s next test flight in six weeks, Elon Musk said Sunday (Jan. 25) via XContinue Reading
Proteins before planets: How space ice may have created the 1st building blocks of life
A peptide chain forms on an icy grain of dust between stars (Image credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)) The chemistry that built life on Earth may have begun in deep space, according to a new study. The discovery could help to unravel one of science’s central questions: what are the origins of life’s molecularContinue Reading