Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: This isn’t our first SaaSpocalypse
When Salesforce released its fourth-quarter results on Wednesday, it went out of its way to convince investors that the AI revolution won’t spell its death. Salesforce reported a strong quarter with revenue of $10.7 billion, up 13% year over year. For the year, it reported revenue of $41.5 billion, up 10% from a year earlier, […]
New observations of Apollo moon rocks solve decades-old mystery about the moon’s magnetic field
For decades, debate has raged over whether the moon ever had a strong magnetic field or whether it was always weak. Now, a new analysis of Apollo-era moon rocks suggests that the moon’s magnetic field may be mostly weak despite brief bursts of strong activity, potentially solving the mystery for good. The study, published Thursday […]
Anthropic acquires computer AI startup Vercept after Meta poachs one of its founders
Anthropic announced Wednesday that it has acquired Vercept, an AI startup with deep roots among the big names in Seattle’s tech scene. The acquisition is the latest since Anthropic acquired coding agent engine Bun in December to help expand Claude Code. Vercept had been creating tools for more complex agent tasks, such as Vy, a […]
Nvidia posts another record quarter amid record capital spending
Nvidia, the chip giant and the world’s most valuable company, reported record profits for its latest quarter on Wednesday as demand for AI computing continues to soar. “Global token demand has grown absolutely exponentially,” CEO Jensen Huang said in a post-earnings conference call with analysts. “I think we’re all seeing a situation where even GPUs […]
In the Roman Empire, babies were not to be mourned. These unusual liquid plaster burials prove otherwise.
The Roman mystical burial ritual of pouring liquid plaster on the dead was not limited to elite adults, as previously thought. Researchers found that it was also performed on children, including infants as young as 1 month old. According to two blog posts published by Seeing the Dead, a joint project between the University of […]
The White House wants AI companies to cover interest rate hikes. Most people have already said they would.
The proliferation of AI data centers connected to the national power grid is driving up electricity prices for consumers, with the national average electricity price rising more than 6% last year. This doesn’t bode well for incumbents facing elections this fall, and President Donald Trump addressed the challenge in last night’s State of the Union […]
US cybersecurity agency CISA is reportedly in dire straits due to President Trump’s cuts and layoffs.
The U.S. cybersecurity agency, CISA, is reportedly in dire straits, with concerns that its ability to carry out its core mission has diminished and left it unprepared for cybersecurity crises, according to a bipartisan group of lawmakers and industry leaders. Tim Starks of the news site CyberScoop spoke with officials in Congress, the private cyber […]
Alphabet’s robotics software company Intrinsic joins Google
Google is moving further into the realm of physical AI by bringing its familiar robotics software platform under its wing. Alphabet’s Intrinsic, which builds AI models and software designed to make industrial robots more accessible, will join Google, the companies announced Wednesday. Intrinsic will continue to be a separate entity within Google, but will work […]
The inside story of the US defense contractor who leaked hacking tools to Russia
A veteran cybersecurity executive who prosecutors said “betrayed” the United States will spend at least the next seven years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing hacking and surveillance tools and selling them to a Russian company. Peter Williams, a former executive at US defense contractor L3Harris, was sentenced on Tuesday to 87 months in […]
Public opposition to AI infrastructure intensifies
Dissatisfaction with the ever-increasing number of server farms accompanying the AI boom is exploding across the United States. The outrage has grown so loud that the legislative agenda is beginning to change. Some states and local communities are considering temporary bans on new data center development altogether. Earlier this month, New York state joined the […]