The corporation saw a startlingly quick fall prior to the most recent developments. This week, the term “bankruptcy” has been used by a number of big digital companies, not only Twitter. Crypto exchange FTX has applied for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following a startlingly quick collapse, and creator Sam Bankman-Fried …
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Projectiles from a 72-foot fusion gun are fired at 4.3 miles per second in an effort to produce limitless energy
The Big Friendly Gun, or BFG for short, is a 22-meter (72-foot) steel prototype gun that shoots a bullet at astronomical speeds into a fuel pellet to produce nuclear fusion reactions. The original word for the BFG, however, was probably not “friendly.” The gun was developed by UK startup First …
Read More »A cryptocurrency billionaire sets a record by losing 94% of his wealth in a single day
According to Bloomberg, a crypto billionaire lost a staggering 94 percent of his wealth in a single day, breaking a record for the most money ever lost. Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, had an estimated value of $17 billion earlier this week. He had …
Read More »Musk Says Twitter’s “Bankruptcy Isn’t Out Of The Question”
Elon Musk has suggested that Twitter may file for bankruptcy just two weeks after being given the reins. During a Thursday all-hands meeting with Twitter employees, Musk reportedly said that “bankruptcy isn’t out of the question,” according to Zo Schiffer, managing editor of tech newsletter Platformer, who covered the event. …
Read More »Amazon consolidates robotic initiatives in response to economic challenges
We went to Amazon’s BOS27 robotics factory to talk about how package sorting and last-mile delivery are changing. A tranquil town of 22,000 people, Westborough, Massachusetts, is located 40 minutes by vehicle southeast of Boston. One of the town’s more recent residents is BOS27. A little more than a year …
Read More »Emergency SOS Satellite for iPhone 14 Is Coming Later This Month
Later this month, your iPhone 14 or 14 Pro will be able to make satellite calls to emergency services, according to a release issued by Apple on Thursday regarding its $450 million investment in the technology. When a person is beyond the cell service coverage area, Apple claims that the …
Read More »Twitter’s answer to the blue tick issue was to add a second, ugly tick
Since Elon Musk became CEO two weeks ago, Twitter has modified the blue tick verification process three times. The most recent adjustment makes people wonder what a Twitter Blue subscription is for while bringing the system a little closer to what verification meant prior to Musk taking over. Soon after …
Read More »The largest 433-qubit quantum processor in the world is unveiled by IBM
We are getting closer to the ultimate aim of practical quantum computing with IBM’s announcement of the huge 433-qubit “Osprey” quantum processor. The company is aiming for a 4,000-Qubit processor by 2025, and it seems to be on track to scale up its quantum chips to previously unheard-of levels. This …
Read More »Shuffles, a collage-making application from Pinterest, is released to the public
Shuffles, a new collage-making app from Pinterest, is now accessible to everyone after earlier this summer’s invitation-only test period. The app gained a following among Gen Z users, who made “aesthetic” collages using the creative expression tool and shared them publicly on TikTok or privately with their friends or the …
Read More »Introducing Pineapple, the platform promising to transform business networking for Generation Z
Today marks the official release of Pineapple, a software that aims to reinvent professional networking for Generation Z. With Pineapple, young professionals will have a method to network with others via a visual story profile that functions almost like a digital portfolio. The platform is only right now accessible via …
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