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Amazon plans to replace 600,000 U.S. employees with robots by 2030: Report

The internal documents showed that Amazons robotics team was working towards automating 75% of the company operations

22 Oct 2025 3:51 pm
Anthropic, Google in talks on cloud deal worth tens of billions: Report

The deal, which has not been finalized yet, includes Alphabet's Google providing cloud computing services to Anthropic, according to the report

22 Oct 2025 9:47 am
Samsung's Galaxy XR headset to take on Apple with help from Google and Qualcomm

The headset, resembling those made by others such as Meta, will cost $1,799, or about half of what Apple charges for its Vision Pro headset

22 Oct 2025 9:42 am
Meta in $27 billion financing deal with Blue Owl Capital for Louisiana data center

Tuesday's announcement marks Meta's largest-ever private capital deal

22 Oct 2025 9:25 am
Chimps imbibe two cocktails worth of ethanol daily from ripe fruits

Do chimpanzees actively prefer fruits with higher alcohol content or are they simply attracted to the sweetness of ripe fruits? Robert Dudley, who first proposed the drunken monkey hypothesis in 2014, has theorised that alcohol in fruits could serve as a cue for ripeness a signal of extra calories

22 Oct 2025 5:30 am
Carabid beetles as potential bioindicators to track soil microplastics

In India, farmers use bioindicators to help anticipate impending rain, manage pests, assess soil fertility, and evaluate the success of certain farming practices

21 Oct 2025 4:00 pm
U.S. court orders spyware company NSO to stop targeting WhatsApp, reduces damages

In a 25-page ruling handed down Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton imposed a permanent injunction on NSO Group's efforts to break into WhatsApp, one of the world's most widely used communications platforms

21 Oct 2025 9:50 am
Apple nears $4 trillion valuation as shares surge on strong iPhone 17 demand

Apple shares jumped 4.2% to $262.9, giving it a market capitalisation of about $3.9 trillion and making it the second most valuable company in the world after AI-chip giant Nvidia

21 Oct 2025 9:49 am
Apple iPhone 17 outsells predecessor by 14% in early China, U.S. sales, research firm says

The newer models outsold the iPhone 16 series by 14% during their first 10 days of availability in the two countries, Counterpoint said in a report

21 Oct 2025 9:32 am
Cyber defenders sound the alarm as F5 hack exposes broad risks

Fortune 500 companies in some capacity, and U.S. officials have said that federal networks were among those targeted in the hacks aftermath and have urged immediate action

21 Oct 2025 9:21 am
Massive Amazon cloud outage resolved after disrupting internet use worldwide

The all-day disruption and the ensuing exasperation it caused served as the latest reminder that 21st century society is increasingly dependent on just a handful of companies for much of its internet technology

21 Oct 2025 5:29 am
What to know about the Amazon Web Services outage

Amazon Web Services has faced a major outage, affecting users worldwide trying to connect to various online services

21 Oct 2025 4:07 am
Many websites, apps go dark as Amazons AWS reports global outage

The outrage caused connectivity issues in platforms such as Amazon shopping site, Perplexity, Lyft, Fortnite, Snapchat and Clash Royale

20 Oct 2025 2:59 pm