A major Cloudflare outage has disrupted hundreds of websites and services including X, ChatGPT, PayPal and Uber. The content delivery network began experiencing issues around 6:48 AM EST with partial recovery reported by 8:13 AM EST.
Scientists are taking a radically different approach to skyrmion-based computing by treating these magnetic particles like flowing fluids. This breakthrough could finally make practical skyrmion logic devices possible after years of stagnation. The key insight? Controlling flows is way easier than m
Databricks is reportedly in discussions to raise new capital at a valuation exceeding $130 billion. This would represent a 30% increase from the company’s $100 billion valuation in August. The data intelligence firm recently acquired Neon for $1 billion as part of its AI strategy.
The creator marketing platform secured $40 million from Forerunner Ventures as it expands beyond YouTube. Brands are seeing 5.3x better returns compared to traditional video ads, but scaling across multiple platforms presents new challenges.
Generative AI is fueling an explosion in digital fraud, with deepfakes accounting for a fifth of all biometric fraud attempts. The technology has made creating fake identity documents accessible to anyone with basic prompts and open-source tools.
Western Australia’s CleanSubSea just won Innovator of the Year at Indo Exposition 2025 for their revolutionary hull cleaning technology. Their system captures all removed marine growth while ships remain in water, addressing new IMO standards coming in 2026. This could dramatically reduce shipping e
Mastodon’s creator is stepping down as CEO amid the platform’s transition to a non-profit structure. The move comes as Rochko faced burnout after a decade of singular focus on the project. The restructured organization will be governed by a board including Twitter co-founder Biz Stone.
China Telecom, ZTE and DeepRobotics have deployed 5G-powered quadruped rescue robots that can navigate collapsed buildings and toxic environments. The system uses a three-layer “Space-Air-Ground” network to maintain connectivity even when infrastructure fails. Real-world deployments show rescue effi
AI cloud provider GMI Cloud is building a $500 million data center in Taiwan featuring 7,000 Nvidia GB300 GPUs. The facility aims to be operational by March 2026 with 16MW power capacity. Taiwanese banks are providing $400 million in funding for the project.
A top Trump economic advisor warns AI is creating a “quiet time” in the labor market as productivity soars. New data shows just 22,000 jobs added in August while companies like Amazon and Target cut thousands of positions. The administration continues pushing AI infrastructure despite these workforc
