This week’s news that the DeepSeek Chatbot app, developed by China, was downloaded from the Apple app store significantly more times than the US-developed ChatGPT from Open AI, wiped billions off the global tech market. Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images Plenty of Americans are discovering the AI search powers of DeepSeek, […]
Legacies are often defined during the playoffs. That fact was emphasized during the 2024 NFL wild-card round, as several individuals either elevated or diminished their legacy. It may only be the opening round, but there were significant ramifications following each wild-card round game, both in the short and long term. It was mostly positive ramifications […]
Scientists say they have reached “a critical inflection point” after developing a technology that makes silicon-based quantum processors more viable. Quantum computing company Equal1 has created a quantum processing unit (QPU) that can be built using conventional semiconductor manufacturing processes. This negates the complexity and expense typically involved with producing quantum processors using exotic materials […]
Batteries with “single-crystal electrodes” could power electric vehicles (EVs) for millions of miles — meaning their batteries would outlast other parts of the cars, new research shows. A lithium-ion battery with this new type of electrode has been charging and discharging constantly for six years, retaining nearly 80% of its original capacity. That battery cycled […]
Is today your lucky day? The Mega Millions lottery jackpot was an estimated $20 million with a cash option of $9 million for Wednesday night’s drawing, according to the Mega Millions website. The jackpot was last won on on Dec. 27 when a lottery player in California won $1.269 billion – the fifth largest Mega Millions […]
Here’s what not to do when you update your PC NurPhoto via Getty Images Republished on December 29 with new reports into another Windows update issue hitting users. Microsoft has confirmed an unusual warning for Windows users updating their PCs. If you make a simple mistake, your PC “might remain in a state where it […]
ATLANTA (AP) — At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone winning the top prize in the lottery, a ticket worth an estimated $1.22 billion was sold in California for the drawing Friday night, according to the […]
A woman crosses her fingers after purchasing a Mega Millions lottery ticket. Whether you bought a ticket yourself or got some as a stocking stuffer, could that $1.15 billion Mega Millions jackpot have your name on it? The odds may be against you − like 1 in 302.6 million − but that doesn’t mean you […]
Topline The Mega Millions jackpot has reached an estimated $1.15 billion after no one won the estimated $1 billion drawing on Christmas Eve, pushing the jackpot to the fifth-largest prize in Mega Millions’ history, though a lucky winner—facing one-in-302-million odds—taking the lump sum would take home less than one-third of that amount after paying required […]
Ascension, a healthcare company that operates 140 hospitals and 40 senior care facilities throughout the country, on December 19th disclosed that it had suffered a data breach going back to May of 2024 affecting 5,599,699 of its patients and employees. MaineOffice of the Maine AG: Consumer Protection: Privacy, Identity Theft and Data Security Breaches Ascension […]
