A top Federal Reserve official is sounding the alarm about how the wealth gap could impact the US economy. John Williams says poorer households are facing an affordability crisis while wealthier Americans benefit from stock market highs. This divergence creates a “balancing act” for the Fed’s Decemb
Raycast is bringing macOS Tahoe’s powerful Spotlight features to Windows through its beta release. The productivity tool offers app launching, AI integration, and clipboard management that outshines Windows’ built-in options. It’s currently available by invite only but promises to revolutionize Wind
A DeepSeek senior researcher broke the company’s silence with a surprisingly pessimistic take on AI’s societal impact. Chen Deli warned that AI will threaten jobs and require tech companies to become “defenders” against disaster. The comments come after DeepSeek’s meteoric rise and meeting with Pres
KDE developers have finally implemented a virtual desktop feature users have been requesting since 2005. The update will allow limiting workspace switching to just the primary monitor in multi-display setups. This comes alongside significant memory usage reductions and bug fixes in recent Plasma upd
Microsoft has reportedly created toolkits that convert Nvidia CUDA models into ROCm-compatible code for AMD AI GPUs. This could dramatically reduce inference costs and challenge Nvidia’s software dominance. The move targets Microsoft’s growing inference workloads where cost efficiency matters most.
American corporations are reporting their strongest earnings growth since 2021, with median earnings up 11% year-over-year. The results defy predictions that Trump’s tariffs would trigger a corporate slowdown, though consumer-facing companies show worrying signs of strain.
BYD is dramatically expanding its Zhengzhou factory, with satellite imagery showing it has more than doubled in size since July 2023. The Chinese EV giant plans to eventually produce 1.8 million vehicles annually at the site, which already churned out 545,000 units last year. This massive expansion
Apple TV delivered its most successful year yet in 2025, with F1 The Movie becoming the year’s biggest film and Severance evolving into a cultural phenomenon. Executives Eddy Cue, Zack Van Amburg, and Jamie Erlicht explain the service’s human-centered approach to content creation and reveal ambitiou
Napster has transformed from a music piracy platform into an AI company offering digital personas for various tasks. For $20 monthly, users get access to over 15,000 AI experts, though the technology still has some rough edges.
Cryptpad provides a fully encrypted, open-source alternative to Google Workspace with 10 collaborative tools including documents, spreadsheets, and whiteboards. The platform offers 1GB of free storage and operates on zero-knowledge architecture where even the service can’t access your data. While it
