Nexalus has a new method for liquid-cooling data centers that could make the waste heat useful

As data center power demand surges, tech companies are looking for ways to trim electricity use wherever they can. Cooling is an obvious place to start, since it can account for around 40% of a data center's energy consumption, according to McKinsey. Most data centers are cooled by blowing chi

Hackers are exploiting a flaw in popular file-transfer tools to launch mass hacks, again

Security researchers are warning that hackers are actively exploiting another high-risk vulnerability in a popular file transfer technology to launch mass hacks.  The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-50623, affects software developed by Illinois-based enterprise software company Cleo, accor

Aqemia raises $38M to find new drugs by meshing theoretical physics with GenAI

Aqemia, a French startup that’s meshing “quantum-inspired physics” with machine learning to find new drugs, has raised $38 million in a fresh round of funding led by San Francisco-based VC firm Cathay Innovation. This is Aqemia’s second fundraise of the year — it announc

YouTube is testing multiplayer mini-games

YouTube is experimenting with multiplayer mini-games under its collection of lightweight, free games dubbed “Playables.” Currently, Ludo Club and Magic Tiles 3 support multiplayer mode. “We're beginning to test a new multiplayer feature for a few select games on YouTube Playables

Software testing platform LambdaTest secures $38M for AI push

LambdaTest, a cloud-based software testing platform, has raised $38 million in a Series D funding round as it looks to expand its presence in existing markets and improve its AI capabilities. The Series D was led by Avataar Ventures, and saw participation from Qualcomm Ventures. It brings LambdaTe

Amazon pilots quick-commerce service in India

Amazon on Tuesday said it is piloting a quick commerce service in India that will see the U.S. tech giant delivering grocery and other items in 15 minutes or less. The firm is the sixth major entrant in India’s quick-commerce market, which is currently clocking more than $6 billion in annual

From Liam Payne to Crowdstrike, here are the top trending searches of 2024, according to Google

Interest in Donald Trump surged higher than interest in Kamala Harris. People ate up content on Dubai chocolate bars. And the Yankees really did win. These and more insights are all from Google’s annual list of top trending searches, which it released today.  Google's place in popular c

E-commerce marketplace platform Mirakl acquires ad optimization startup Adspert

French unicorn Mirakl is announcing its third acquisition in three years with the acquisition of Adspert, a German adtech startup focused on e-commerce advertising. Mirakl isn't disclosing the terms of the acquisition, but the entire Adspert team of 30 employees will join Mirakl. As a reminder

Blue Origin says New Glenn on track to launch before end of 2024

Blue Origin says it’s on track to launch its towering New Glenn vehicle before the year's end, though the company is still awaiting regulatory approval to conduct a final key test of the massive rocket.  That test, called a “hot fire,” involves powering up all seven of the first sta

Amazon forms an AI agent-focused lab led by Adept’s co-founder

Amazon says that it’s establishing a new R&D lab in San Francisco, the Amazon AGI SF Lab, to focus on building “foundational” capabilities for AI agents. The Amazon AGI SF Lab will be led by David Luan, the co-founder of AI startup Adept, and will seek to build agents that c

OpenAI Startup Fund raises $44M in its largest SPV yet

The OpenAI Startup Fund, the early-stage AI investor affiliated with OpenAI, recently disclosed in a financial filing that it has raised over $44 million for its fifth Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) — its biggest so far.  Launched in 2021, the Fund has an unusual structure. It uses OpenAI

$72M distributed to Fortnite customers FTC says were tricked into making unwanted purchases

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday announced that it’s sending the first round of payments to consumers tricked by Fortnite maker Epic Games into making unwanted purchases, with refunds totaling over $72 million. The settlement, first announced in December 2022 and finalized in March

Spotify has disabled Car Thing streaming devices

Spotify has officially discontinued Car Thing, its in-car streaming device, with all units now disabled, the company confirmed to technewss.  Earlier today, an X user noticed that their Car Thing is indeed no longer functioning, displaying a message that it’s “no longer operation

X says its new image generator, Aurora, will launch for all users within the week

"">X, the Elon Musk-owned social network previously known as Twitter, quietly added a new image generator to its Grok assistant this past Saturday. Then, it removed it. Now, it’s bringing it back — and officially announcing it. The image generator, called Aurora, was developed by