swollen rivers burst their banks in Washington
Washington is under a state of emergency after days of torrential rain have caused historic floods, forcing thousands to flee their homes. Flood warnings in the western part of the state have put 100,000 residents in Skagit and Snohomish counties under Level 3 evacuation orders, meaning they were told to ‘leave now.’ Governor Bob Ferguson
Cursor launches AI for designers
Cursor is one of the fastest growing AI startups of all time. Since its 2023 debut, the company says it has surpassed $1 billion in annual recurring revenue and counts tens of thousands of companies, including Nvidia, Salesforce, and PwC, as customers. In November, the startup closed a $2. Cursor, the wildly popular AI coding startup,
AI adoption
AI is no longer a distant promise—it’s a present-day business imperative. At Microsoft Ignite 2025, the message was clear: organizations that harness AI effectively are not just improving operations; they’re reshaping how work gets done, how customers are engaged, and how innovation scales.At Microsoft Ignite, the core message was clear: AI in the flow of
Oracle stock has lost 14% of its value
Oracle stock has lost 14% of its value since reporting its latest quarterly earnings after Wednesday’s market close.Oracle stock rose 54% that day after reporting a much higher than expected $455 billion contract backlog. However, investors have become less sanguine about the company’s prospects “on concerns about the level of risk Oracle is taking in
Ukraine hands US revised peace plan proposal
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the latest peace plan draft for Ukraine has been presented to US President Donald Trump – including a proposal on territorial concessions Kyiv may be prepared to make.In recent weeks European leaders have worked closely with Ukraine to come up with a new iteration of a peace plan that addresses
US forces intercepts an oil Tamker on Venzuela coast
The oil tanker seized by US forces on Wednesday had a track record of faking or concealing its location information, apparently to hide its activities, ship tracking data shows. On Wednesday evening, the US confirmed that its forces seized a vessel during a helicopter-launched raid near the coast of Venezuela.Data held by publicly accessible tracking
Google offers gift cards to allow user data tracking
Google apparently is promising gift cards if consumers who receive such mailers agree to enroll their smartphones to start sharing all their web and app activity for a “Device Usage Study.” You’d get $20 — or 2,000 in points — for signing up. Over time, you might be able to earn up to $540 —
Google launches MCP servers to easy AI agents intergration
Google claims it’s trying to solve that by launching its own fully managed, remote MCP servers that would make its Google and Cloud services like Maps and BigQuery easier for agents to plug into.At launch, Google is starting with MCP servers for Maps, BigQuery, Compute Engine, and Kubernetes Engine. In practice, this might look like
ChatGPT is Apple’s most downloaded app
Apple on Wednesday released its annual list of the most downloaded apps and games for the year. For the U.S. market, OpenAI’s ChatGPT topped the ranks of free iPhone apps (not including games) with the most installs in 2025. The AI app was followed by Threads, Google, TikTok, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, Google Maps, Gmail and
Europe Vs Trump on Ukraine peace plan
For Europeans, the latest peace proposal is an unconscionable capitulation to Vladimir Putin, rewarding him for invading a neighboring country. Trump’s plan would see more Ukrainian land than Russia currently occupies handed to Putin. It would require Ukraine to effectively rewrite the country’s constitution, prohibiting it from joining NATO in exchange for vague security guarantees,