Larry Ellison is personally backing the Paramount-Skydance merger with a $40 billion pledge. This move highlights a new era of “philanthropic capitalism,” where billionaires use their wealth to reshape industries directly rather than donating to traditional charities.
The world’s most powerful tech companies rely on just three of the Big Four accounting firms to audit their books. Deloitte audits Microsoft for $78.4 million a year, while EY handles Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta. PwC audits Nvidia and Tesla.
A bootstrapped company that grew 800% since 2018 credits its success to a counterintuitive principle: scaling often means doing less. The CEO found a key framework in a Paul Graham essay about “founder mode” versus “manager mode,” a lesson originally from Airbnb’s Brian Chesky.
A veteran tech journalist argues the Linux desktop is held back by the same fragmentation that killed old Unix GUIs. Despite security and privacy concerns driving users from Windows, too many choices and no unified app platform prevent mainstream success.
In a major pivot, a data center firm owned by Bitcoin mining company Bit Digital has secured a massive $865 million contract with AI infrastructure player Nscale. The ten-year deal covers 40MW of capacity at a converted textile plant in North Carolina, with an option to double in size. It’s a clear
Telecom networks are evolving from dumb pipes into a global sensing and computing fabric. Key 2025 developments point to a future of terahertz chips, quantum-secure links, and deep-space internet protocols. The focus is shifting from download speed to massive, reliable data uplinks.
India’s tightening AI governance is no longer just about compliance—it’s actively redirecting where AI runs. The push for data sovereignty is driving demand for locally built, secure hardware, from data centers to the edge.
A major power outage in San Francisco over the weekend didn’t just affect homes—it stopped Waymo’s robotaxis in their tracks. Videos showed the autonomous vehicles stalled at intersections, forcing the company to suspend service in the area.
After testing Fedora Silverblue and switching back to a traditional mutable system, one writer is convinced immutable distros are the future. The key lies in bulletproof updates, system resilience, and a shift in how we think about installing software.
OpenAI is giving users more direct control over ChatGPT’s personality. New sliders let you tweak its warmth, enthusiasm, and even its use of emojis and formatting.
