Shorouk Express “As the President of the United States, I will stand up to Countries that attack our incredible American Tech Companies, ” Trump said. “America, and American Technology Companies, are neither the ‘piggy bank’ nor the ‘doormat’ of the World any longer. Show respect to America and our amazing Tech Companies or, consider the…
Big quote: As Frank Herbert writes in Dune, “Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” We’ve now entered the second half of the year, and tech-related layoffs have already skyrocketed past the 100,000 mark….
Shorouk Express En juin, le Parlement a désinvité de hauts cadres de la société à une audition sur les conditions de travail dans les entrepôts, les élus estimant que les intervenants proposés n’occupaient pas des postes assez élevés pour répondre de manière crédible aux accusations visant l’entreprise. L’audition était censée ouvrir la voie à une…
Amazon’s Prime Day sale, and the various accompanying sales all over the web, are great. But a deal is only a deal if you actually need it and you can afford it. So a $900 OLED monitor might be tempting, but somewhat less so if you have to worry about inconsequential things like food and…
Shorouk Express Just two weeks before the meeting with Altman, Kyle told an AI industry conference in California that the U.K. would be “an agile, proactive partner” to tech firms, and invited them to train and deploy their technology in the country. But Kyle admitted “regret” last week over the U.K. government’s messaging around AI…
Shorouk Express The fund seeks to counter a “clear funding gap” that European companies experience when scaling risky, capital-intensive technologies that need investments above €100 million. The lack of scale-up capital “poses several risks for the EU,” such as the loss of companies and critical technologies domestically, according to the plan. “A European scale-up with…
TL;DR HUAWEI has unveiled the HUAWEI Watch 5 with fingertip-based health tracking, new gesture controls, and premium build materials. The company also launched the Watch Fit 4 Series, as well as the FreeBuds 6 and MatePad Pro 12-inch. The watches are available to order now. HUAWEI has officially added new wearables to its smartwatch stable,…
The tech layoff wave is still kicking in 2025. Last year saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 549 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. So far this year, more than 22,000 workers have been the victim of reductions across the tech industry, with a staggering 16,084 cuts taking place in February alone. We’re…
Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET Amid uncertainty over rising costs as a consequence of steep tariffs, the White House announced an exemption for imported smartphones, laptops, chips, and other electronics. This temporary exemption would have significant implications for the US economy, which has suffered highs and lows since the announcement of new tariffs. The Trump administration had previously…
The US Department of Justice has indicted Albert Sangier for defrauding investors with misleading statements about his Nate financial technology platform. Founded by Sangier in 2018, Nate claimed it could offer shoppers a universal checkout app thanks to artificial intelligence. However, the indictment states that the so-called AI-powered transactions in Nate were actually completed by…
