Microsoft's new EU disclosure shows exactly how tech giants separate profits from where the work happens
Microsoft said nearly 40% of its pretax income was booked in Ireland, even though only about 3% of its global workforce is based in the country. In Germany, by contrast, the company reported less than half of 1% of its global profits. Across Europe as a whole, excluding Ireland, Microsoft...
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Lenovo laptops are now shipping with YMTC SSDs, a sign of Chinese NAND entering the mainstream
Notebookcheck says this is the first YMTC laptop SSD it has tested and reports that the ThinkBook uses a 512GB M.2 2242 PCIe 4.0 drive, according to its teardown and performance testing. The ThinkBook 14 G9 IPL is a 14-inch office notebook built around Intel Core Ultra 200-series processors. It...
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The US now has three microreactors running – and data centers are watching closely
Unity, a microreactor from Houston-based Deployable Energy, is the latest of the three to reach criticality as part of a Department of Energy effort to accelerate advanced nuclear demonstrations. A reactor from Torrance-based Antares and another from El Segundo-based Valar Atomics cleared the same hurdle in June.
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SpaceX is reportedly showing investors a phone prototype, months after Musk said "we are not developing a phone"
The device is still in the early stages of development. SpaceX has told some investors that the design could change and that it is not yet clear whether the product will ultimately come to market. Representatives for SpaceX and Qualcomm did not respond to requests for comment.
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Meta's Pocket app lets you vibe-code games with zero coding knowledge
The Play Store listing page for Pocket describes the app as a creative platform for making and sharing "gizmos," which Meta defines as "small interactive thing(s)" that users can "tap and play with." The company added that gizmos are essentially mini-games that can be controlled using touch and tilt gestures....
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Amazon's satellite internet service is finally ready for real users – sort of
Starlink's public beta offers a useful comparison. When SpaceX rolled out to the public in 2020, it had nearly 900 satellites in orbit, but the service was uneven. Early users in northern parts of the United States and Canada reported frequent interruptions and high sensitivity to obstructions. Speeds generally ranged...
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Microsoft reverses stance and adds Google account sign-in to Edge browser
Microsoft latest release of the Edge browser adds a much-requested feature for users working within Google's web ecosystem. Edge 150 finally provides a way to sign in with a Google account, usable alongside a Microsoft account. The feature is rolling out to all Edge users on both Windows and macOS....
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Jensen Huang's signed leather jacket could sell for up to $60,000 at charity auction
Sotheby's, which has been behind several iconic tech auctions over the years, will begin accepting bids on the black leather jacket starting on July 7. Titled The Jensen Jacket: Jensen Huang's Tom Ford Leather Jacket, the auction notes that it is associated with some of the most consequential moments in...
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US homeowners installed a record amount of battery storage this year, and it's reshaping the grid
Recent data underscores how fast the market is moving. US homeowners installed 673 megawatts of battery storage in the first quarter of 2026, a record level, according to the Energy Information Administration. Much of that growth is concentrated in states where electricity is expensive and policies encourage storage, including California...
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Tesla driver charged with manslaughter after car in FSD mode crashes into Texas home
According to court records and an arrest affidavit, 44-year-old Michael David Butler was driving a 2025 Tesla Model 3 through a residential neighborhood in Katy, Texas, on June 19 when the car left the street and crashed into the home of 76-year-old Martha Avila.
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