Image Credits:Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images for LARAS 7:35 AM PDT · May 19, 2025 Pharmaceutical maker Regeneron announced Monday it will buy genetic testing company 23andMe for $256 million following a bankruptcy auction.  Regeneron said it will acquire 23andMe’s genomics service and its bank of 15 million customers’ personal and genetic data as part of the

Image Credits:Gordon Brothers 7:21 AM PDT · May 19, 2025 Nikola’s hydrogen trucks are officially up for auction, one of the company’s last big steps in unloading all of its assets after filing for bankruptcy in February. Auction house Gordon Brothers reached an agreement with Nikola in Delaware bankruptcy court to purchase the hydrogen trucking

Image Credits:Aleksandr Zubkov / Getty Images 7:44 AM PDT · May 19, 2025 As the playoffs rage on, Bluesky announced that it is beta testing a new feature during the NBA playoffs. While an NBA game is in progress, a red border with a “live” designation will appear around posts from the NBA’s account. When

In Brief Posted: 7:15 AM PDT · May 19, 2025 Image Credits:Brian Heater/TechCrunch Former Siri head John Giannandrea pushed Apple to choose Google’s Gemini chatbot over ChatGPT for the first chatbot integration with Siri last year, according to a Bloomberg report looking at Apple’s uneven AI efforts. Giannandrea, an ex-Google executive who was demoted in

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Capitec Connect’s Dalene Steyn Capitec Connect, South Africa’s largest MVNO, is working to launch a post-paid offering by the end of the year as it moves aggressively to grow its market share. Launched nearly three years ago by Capitec Bank, Capitec Connect is now South Africa’s largest mobile virtual network operator by subscribers – and

Ali Song/Reuters Huawei Technologies launched two new laptop models on Monday, the first sold with its own Harmony operating system, in a bid to take on well-established Western Big Tech rivals even as the US seeks to limit its access to crucial chips. Despite its emergence as the world’s leading producer of tech hardware, China’s

Plus, the new Pope's views on artificial intelligence, OpenAI's plans for global domination, and ChatGPT learns to code. By Cecily Mauran Cecily Mauran Tech Reporter Cecily is a tech reporter at Mashable who covers AI, Apple, and emerging tech trends. Before getting her master's degree at Columbia Journalism School, she spent several years working with

A depiction of the Perseverance rover with a soft green aurora over head on Mars. Credit: Alex McDougall-Page illustration NASA 's Perseverance rover has captured an aurora in the night sky for the first time from the Martian ground.  Scientists have known for two decades that Mars ' skies have auroras, too, but these curtains

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Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub JSE-listed Vodacom Group is doing rather well, despite a difficult macroeconomic picture in its home – and most important – market, South Africa. The pan-African telecommunications operator, which is controlled by the UK’s Vodafone Group, on Monday hiked its dividend, increased its earnings guidance and said it was targeting 260

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