Month: April 2025
Spotify major outage
Spotify says it has 675 million users, of whom 263 million are paying subscribers. The company is now in more than 180 markets.The outage began just after 2pm UK time, or around 9am eastern. Many online noted that it had come in the middle of the working day, and left them without music to stay
Zuckerberg $450 million anti-trust case settlement
Zuckerberg’s settlement effort came just ahead of the April 14 trial that could result in Meta being forced to unwind its high-profile acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC alleges those deals were made to stifle competition and maintain Meta’s dominance in social media.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently made a last-minute attempt to avoid a
AI energy crisis
AI’s voracious appetite for energy are painting a dystopian picture: a national energy emergency, paralyzed power grids, dormant dishwashers at home, and even the resurrection of the Three Mile Island nuclear facility. It sounds like the script of a tech horror film. However, AI efficiency innovations are happening on three fronts: chips, connections, and AI
Making Electric Batteries longer and Cheaper with Corn
Global demand for lithium-ion batteries is expected to soar over the next decade. In 2023 alone, battery deployment in the power sector increased by more than 130 per cent. Lithium-sulphur batteries could be a more affordable and perhaps a comparatively cleaner alternative to the lithium-ion technology used in most electric vehicles and consumer electronics today.
Telegram Group linked to french attacks
A Telegram group called French Prisoner Rights, which has over 1,000 members, was created on April 12, the day before the first wave of attacks when vehicles were set alight in the car park of the National School of Prison Administration in Agen, and in the Sud Francilien jail south of Paris. Telegram blocked several
Apple to recycle its producst for free
Apple has long offered to recycle older devices, cables, cases, and accessories for free, as part of its environmental initiatives.Apple even accepts certain electronics from other brands for free recycling, so it will be interesting to see what qualifies for this promotion.Starting this Wednesday, customers who recycle electronics that are not eligible for trade-in credit
Google’s New AI Is Trying to interact with Dolphins
For decades, marine scientists have studied the intricate clicks, whistles and burst pulses used by dolphins, trying to understand whether these sounds form a kind of language. The AI model is not designed to translate dolphin speech directly but to recognize sequences and predict likely responses, functioning similarly to how human-focused language models anticipate the
Rocket Lab Technology
The company’s latest selection should help its progress. Rocket Lab said it has been selected to provide hypersonic test launch capability through separate U.S. Air Force and U.K. Ministry of Defence programs. The scope of the programs is broad: The Air Force has up to $46 billion to spend through 2031, and the U.K. has
Anti Trust case against Meta
The Federal Trade Commission accuses Meta of holding a monopoly on platforms used to share content with friends and family, where its main competitors in the United States are Snap’s Snapchat and MeWe, a tiny privacy-focused social media app launched in 2016.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a key confession at a U.S. antitrust trial on
China Accuses USA of Cyber attack during Winter games
China has accused the United States National Security Agency (NSA) of launching advanced cyberattacks during the Asian Winter Games held in Harbin, northeastern China, in February 2025. Chinese police say the attacks targeted vital industries and systems and have placed three alleged NSA agents on a wanted list. China claims that cyberattacks use advanced tools,