Month: July 2025
Europe needs to decouple from Big Tech USA: Here’s 5 ways it can be achieved
The fallout from “Liberation Day” has reignited a critical conversation across Europe: how long can the EU, UK and other European nations afford to tie their digital future to American tech monopolies? For years, Europe has depended on US hyperscalers to power its infrastructure, manage its data, and now, fuel…
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15 Best MagSafe Wireless Chargers (2025): Power Banks, Stands, Pads, and Travel Chargers
Keep your iPhone battery topped up with a magnetic MagSafe wireless charger. Source
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The American system of democracy has crashed
Once upon a time in America, there was a tyrant. And Congress rejected him totally. The tyrant, of course, was King George III, the target of the Declaration of Independence. We take it for granted now, but the Declaration was an enormous political innovation — in it, the country that…
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Apple reportedly considered launching its own public cloud
Apple previously toyed with the idea of launching its own public cloud powered by M-series chips M-series chips already form the underpinnings of Private Cloud Compute and more Project ACDC’s leader left in 2023 and the project’s future is uncertain Apple previously considered launching its own cloud services to compete…
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Microsoft quits Pakistan, but says customers won’t be affected
Microsoft will end operations in Pakistan 25 years after it moved there Political and financial instability join tech barriers as motivations to pull out of Pakistan Neighboring India is set to receive $3 billion in Microsoft investments over the next two years After reducing its headcount and operations to the…
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This is not a tattoo robot
I walked into Blackdot’s tattoo studio in Austin’s east side on a sweltering May afternoon. After shaking my sweat-soaked hand, founder and CEO Joel Pennington led me up into an office building and opened the door to a small, three-room space. Critics have unflatteringly compared the studio to a sterile…
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