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Oracle appoints Hilary Maxson as CFO to manage its $50 billion AI data centre push

In short: Oracle has appointed Hilary Maxson, former executive vice president and group chief financial officer at Schneider Electric, as its new chief financial officer, effective 6 April 2026. Maxson reports to chief executive Clay Magouyrk and takes on the role at a moment when Oracle is committing $50 billion in capital expenditure for its current […]

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Google’s Gemini AI can answer your questions with 3D models and simulations

Google’s latest upgrade for Gemini will allow the chatbot to generate interactive 3D models and simulations in response to your questions. With the new feature, you may see options to rotate the AI-generated model, manually adjust sliders on it, or input different values to change the simulation in real-time. When trying out the feature for […]

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Mastodon is about to launch its take on Bluesky’s starter packs

Mastodon is preparing to roll out “Collections” in the next few weeks, a feature that allows you to find and create lists of accounts worth following, according to an announcement on Thursday. Collections, which take inspiration from Bluesky Starter Packs, will come with the ability to add up to 25 accounts to a single list. […]

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The MacBook Neo is the best thing to happen to Windows in years

If there’s one thing I know about Microsoft after covering the company for more than 20 years, it’s that it will always respond to a competitive threat. Apple’s MacBook Air convinced Microsoft and Intel to launch thin and light laptops with the Ultrabook initiative, the iPad pushed Microsoft to create its own tablet hardware, and […]

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Marceu Martins on designing ⁠‌99.9% ‍uptime ‍​systems where ​1% ‌failure ​‌‍isn’t ⁠an ​option

Mar‍c‍eu ‍Martins ‍⁠‌⁠has ‍sp‍ent ‍⁠25 ​years working in ‍par‍ts ⁠of technology ‌⁠​where ‍failure ‍​is ​not ‍abstract. In ​the ​systems ‌⁠he designs, a ⁠1% ‍error ‍is ‌not ‍a ‌minor ⁠‍defect ​‍or ​an ⁠acceptable edge ​‍case. It ‌represents ‍‌⁠systemic ​⁠exposure. Across global ‍supply chains, semic‍onduc‍tor logistics, and telecommunications infrastructure, even ​sma‍ll ​‌inconsistencies can ‍propagate across interconnected systems. […]

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Tesla is un-cancelling its plan to build a smaller, cheaper EV: report

It looks like a smaller, cheaper Tesla is back on the menu. Today, Reuters is reporting that the electric automaker is calling around to suppliers about building an all-new – that is, not based on the Model 3 or the Model Y – electric SUV that would be more affordable than its current lineup. The […]

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Amazon’s Starlink competitor Leo gets a new date

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company’s space-internet service Leo (formerly known as Project Kuiper) will “launch in mid-2026.” I’m going to assume that means proper commercial availability since the company already announced the start of an “enterprise preview” at the end of 2025, when the service was supposed to originally launch. Unlike SpaceX’s Starlink […]

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Google makes it easy to deepfake yourself

YouTube Shorts is rolling out a new AI-powered feature giving creators an easy way to realistically clone themselves on camera. The launch, hinted at earlier this year, reflects the platform’s fraught relationship with AI-generated content, adding more generative features while struggling to contain AI slop, deepfake scams, and impersonations. YouTube says the new tool will […]

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Gemini gets notebooks to help you organize projects

Google’s Gemini is getting a feature called “notebooks” to help you organize things about certain topics in a single place while using the AI chatbot, the company announced on Wednesday. You can pull in things like files, past conversations, and custom instructions into notebooks that Gemini can then use as context while you’re talking with […]

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Dyson made a handheld version of its iconic fans

Nearly 17 years after Dyson first announced its Air Multiplier fans – one of its first big consumer products after vacuums – the company has miniaturized their design to create a handheld personal cooler called the HushJet Mini Cool. Like Dyson’s larger Air Multipliers, humidifiers, air purifiers, and heaters, the HushJet Mini Cool doesn’t have […]

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