Month: February 2025

Apple Maps now shows the Gulf of America

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Apple is renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in its Maps app. The company started rolling out the name change for US users this afternoon, and Bloomberg reports that it will soon display the name for users globally, too. Google Maps started showing the “Gulf of America” for users in the … Read more

ChatGPT may not be as power-hungry as once assumed

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ChatGPT, OpenAI’s chatbot platform, may not be as power-hungry as once assumed. But its appetite largely depends on how ChatGPT is being used, and the AI models that are answering the queries, according to a new study. A recent analysis by Epoch AI, a nonprofit AI research institute, attempted to calculate how much energy a … Read more

Amazon tests sending customers directly to brands’ websites when it doesn’t stock their products

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Remember that Christmas movie “Miracle on 34th Street,” where Macy’s in-store Santa, Kris Kringle, sends a frazzled shopper to a competitor’s store to find the Christmas present her son wanted because Macy’s was out of stock? Now, Amazon is doing the same thing online. The retailer announced on Tuesday the test of a new Amazon … Read more

The Top Blazor UI Components: Everything You Need to Know

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Any Blazor application developed today requires complex functionality. This can include many features, from efficiently handling responsive design to top-notch data visualization. The Blazor framework is popular among .NET developers because they can use HTML, CSS, and C# in lieu of JavaScript to create the highest quality web UI experiences. However, to develop the ultimate … Read more

Perplexity tried to sponsor an F1 team — but got blocked by a bigger tech company

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The high-stakes world of Formula 1 racing just became the latest battleground for AI companies. AI-powered search startup Perplexity has been in negotiations to sign a sponsorship deal with Red Bull Racing, worth $5 million a year. But after both parties had agreed to the terms, the deal was blocked by Oracle, the team’s biggest sponsor, according to sources … Read more

Building a virtual meteorologist using Amazon Bedrock Agents

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The integration of generative AI capabilities is driving transformative changes across many industries. Although weather information is accessible through multiple channels, businesses that heavily rely on meteorological data require robust and scalable solutions to effectively manage and use these critical insights and reduce manual processes. This solution demonstrates how to create an AI-powered virtual meteorologist … Read more

Google announces the dates for I/O 2025

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Mark your calendars for Google’s next developer conference. Google’s next I/O developer conference will take place on May 20th and May 21st, the company announced today. The event will be “open to everyone online” and will include “livestreamed keynotes and sessions,” according to an FAQ. Like past years, there will also be an in-person component … Read more

Shopify took down Kanye’s swastika t-shirt shop, but another antisemitic storefront still operates

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Shopify took down Kanye West’s online store after the musician sold t-shirts with the swastika symbol. West, who also goes by Ye, advertised his online store in a Super Bowl commercial on Sunday, directing viewers to his website, where the only item listed was the swastika t-shirt. Though Shopify removed a policy banning sellers from … Read more

Neverending Options: Trading Options To Infinity And Beyond

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Explore the evolution of crypto options and perpetual futures, including innovations like panoptions, and the challenges of liquidity and decentralization. Crypto was born to disrupt the financial world, and it has, albeit not in the way Satoshi Nakamoto intended. In becoming so much more, it grew into a massive playground for speculation. Traders weren’t satisfied … Read more

Google says it removed cultural events from its calender last year

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Google has removed events such as Black History Month and Pride Month from being listed on the calendar by default.  Other events that were removed from the default calendar include Jewish Heritage, Indigenous People Month, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Hispanic Heritage Month.  Google spokesperson Madison Cushman Veld confirmed the changes to TechCrunch, saying that in … Read more

Anduril takes control of Microsoft’s $22B VR military headset program

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The Army has granted upstart weapons maker Anduril control of one of its highest-profile and long-troubled projects known as the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, founder Palmer Luckey announced in a blog post Tuesday. IVAS was initially awarded to Microsoft in 2018 to develop augmented reality headsets for soldiers based on a ruggedized version of Hololens. … Read more