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Google has removed events such as Black History Month and Pride Month from being listed in the calendar by default. Other events removed from the default calendar include Jewish Heritage, Indigenous People’s Month, Holocaust Memory Day, and Hispanic Heritage Month. Google spokesman Madison Cushman Veld confirmed the TechCrunch changes and said in mid-2024 the app returned to show only what Timeanddate.com shows as a national holiday or national compliance. “A few years ago, the calendar team began manually adding broader cultural moments in many countries around the world. We received feedback that some other events and countries are missing. Maintaining…
The Army retains approval of the Final Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) Final Office (DOD) and has made Anduril one of the best profile and long-term projects known as the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS). It plans to allow control of weapon makers to activate, founder Palmer Luckey announced in a blog post Tuesday. IVAS was originally awarded to Microsoft in 2018 and developed an augmented reality headset for soldiers based on the robust version of Hololens. The initial budget for the IVA was set at $21.9 billion. Andrill now assumes management of the contract. Microsoft has been removed as a…
On Monday, Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, offered to buy the nonprofit that effectively controls Openai for $97.4 billion. The unsolicited acquisition will be funded by a consortium of mask AI company XAI and an outside investor in accordance with a letter sent to the California and Delaware Attorney General. Openai CEO Sam Altman quickly rejected Musk’s bid and took it as an opportunity to publicly dunk him. “Thank you, I’ll buy Twitter if necessary for $9.74 billion,” Altman wrote in X’s post hours after Musk’s Openai offer was reported. Musk owns X, a social network previously known as…
On Monday, Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, offered to buy the nonprofit that effectively controls Openai for $97.4 billion. The unsolicited acquisition will be funded by a consortium of mask AI company XAI and an outside investor in accordance with a letter sent to the California and Delaware Attorney General. Openai CEO Sam Altman quickly rejected Musk’s bid and took it as an opportunity to publicly dunk him. “Thank you, I’ll buy Twitter if necessary for $9.74 billion,” Altman wrote in X’s post hours after Musk’s Openai offer was reported. Musk owns X, a social network previously known as…
Lori Moffett | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesStocks Fidelity National Information Services It’s been the hottest since 2023, after the company reported quarterly revenue that had not reached Wall Street estimates and issued disappointing forecasts.Stocks fell 12% during afternoon trading, heading towards its biggest decline since March 2023. Compared to the analyst consensus estimates from LSEG, the company’s method is as follows:Earnings per share: $1.40 adjusted vs. $1.36 forecast: $2.6 billion vs. $2.63 billionIn a statement Tuesday, FIS said fintech company revenues rose 3.5% from $2.5 billion a year ago. Net income jumped almost five times to $344 million, or 56…
In Israel, the liberation of prisoners from Gaza was celebrated, each welcoming scenes of joy on the country’s streets. Meanwhile, the Palestinians were told that prisoners released by Israel were not allowed to do such a thing. In fact, attempts to welcome prisoners into their homes were expressly prohibited by Israel. In an incident that underscored tensions, Israeli forces began retaliation operations one day after the release of Ashraf Zugaea, a 46-year-old Palestinian who was jailed from the age of 23 and was sentenced to six life sentences. When neighbors and family members openly celebrated Zghair’s release on Saturday, January…
The announcement comes after Hamas said he would suspend the release of prisoners of war, citing Israel’s ceasefire violation.Yemen’s Houthis announced it is ready to attack Israel if it revives its ceasefire contract with Hamas and resumes its attack on Gaza. Prime Minister Abdel Malik Al Haucci said in a speech aired on Tuesday that the group is “ready to launch military intervention at any time in the event of an escalation against Gaza.” “Our hands are on the trigger,” he said. The Houtis, which controls most of Western Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, launched an attack during the Gaza…
Palo Alto, USA, February 11, 2025, ChainWire 3DO, the world’s first decentralized manufacturing network, has chosen Walrus as a distributed storage solution to enhance the growing ecosystem of AI-driven manufacturing tools and 3D printing designs. Following last year’s announcement to build networks with SUI, the partnership highlights 3DOS’s mission to halt and localize global manufacturing and ensure supply chain resilience and accessibility. Global manufacturing network with AI As part of this vision, 3DOS is launching AI-powered Chrome extensions that cut and index global manufacturing capabilities beyond 3D printing. The tool collects real-time data on factories, CNC machining, injection molding, and…
The announcement that Palestinian group Hamas would suspend the release of prisoners of war in Gaza divided Israeli society. Hamas said Monday that the suspension was a response to a violation of the Israeli ceasefire in Gaza and came into effect on January 19. The Palestinian group cited the delayed return of displaced people to different regions to different regions of Gaza, citing that all aid would not be allowed to enter. It was agreed as part of the transaction. And on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said if Hamas does not continue to release prisoners on Saturday, his…
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week we are considering fintech heavyweights like Klarna and Stripe incorporating Crypto into their strategy. This is a company planning IPOs such as Super Bowl ads for IPOs, Stripe’s new startups and venture capital. Subscribe to our list of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Tuesday at 8am. Big story Image credit: Klarna Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski posted in a post on February 8th that he and Klarna “accept Crypto” in X’s post. According to the Financial Times, Swedish Shopping Now is Swedish Purchase Now. That’s about a third…