Russian metals magnate Vladimir Potanin has acquired a 25% stake in IT infrastructure firm Selectel. The deal, valued at about $206 million, marks another major tech investment for the billionaire this year.
Samsung has announced a partnership to bring Google Photos directly to its TVs. This move highlights a surprising gap in Google’s own ecosystem and points to a new battleground for your living room screen.
Indian quick commerce startup Zepto has confidentially filed for a $1.2 billion IPO. The move comes as Amazon launches its own 15-minute service, intensifying a fierce price war in a market analysts warn could be overheating.
Lou Gerstner, the former CEO who famously rescued IBM from the brink of breakup in the 1990s, has died at 83. Hired in April 1993 as an “industry outsider,” he refocused the tech giant on customers, integrated its silos, and grew revenue by about $20 billion a year. His legacy includes creating the
According to a new study published in JAMA Health Forum, the Affordable Care Act’s individual market has become a massive financial burden for taxpayers. In 2024, taxpayers covered nearly 80% of premiums for subsidized plans, sending over $114 billion directly to insurers.
Lou Gerstner, the former CEO who famously engineered IBM’s historic turnaround, has died at 83. He led the company from 1993 to 2002, steering it away from breakup and toward a services-led future. His legacy is one of brutal pragmatism and cultural revolution.
The Wall Street Journal’s annual tech predictions include folding iPhones and mind-reading machines by 2026. The newsletter also covers a 15-year-old AI founder and Nvidia’s new deal with chip startup Groq.
Samsung is taking full control of its mobile GPU destiny. The upcoming Exynos 2600 chip for 2026 will use a GPU based on AMD’s RDNA4 architecture, but developed entirely in-house by Samsung. It’s also set to be the world’s first smartphone chip built on a 2nm manufacturing process.
Google is quietly testing a long-requested feature that would allow users to change their Gmail username. The test has begun in India, letting users alter the part before “@gmail.com” without losing their data.
Samsung is developing its next major software update for its budget-friendly Galaxy M series. A test build has been spotted on the Galaxy M54 in regions like the UAE and Malaysia. However, the stable update is likely still a long way off.
