Techstreet Now (Page 367)

https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBW2mKO44IAc/v0/1200x800.jpg

TECH NEWS

Musk v. Altman: Microsoft executive Michael Wetter testifies that Microsoft has spent $100B+ on its partnership with OpenAI, including its original investments

Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory.

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-1317298675.jpg?resize=1200,800

TECH NEWS

This is what some the world’s largest banks of malware look like stacked as hard drives

Malware research group vx-underground, which says it has the largest collection of malware source code, said in a post on X that its archive of data amounts to about 30 terabytes. A reply by Bernardo Quintero, founder of VirusTotal, an online service that scans files for malware across multiple antivirus

TECH NEWS

LinkedIn Is Reportedly Laying Off Five Percent Of Its Workforce

Smith Collection/gado/Getty Images LinkedIn is the latest major tech company to announce large-scale layoffs. According to Reuters, the company is letting around five percent of its workforce go. Given that LinkedIn has more than 17,500 full-time employees, that means it will be dismissing approximately 875 people. A

https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/media.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C3.4613147178592%2C100%2C93.077370564282&w=1200

TECH NEWS

Instagram hits the copy button again with new disappearing Instants photos

Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Instagram is once again cribbing from competitors like Snapchat and BeReal with a new photo-sharing format it calls “Instants,” which are ephemeral photos that you can’t

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B4d2kRywSaDsTAdq7duwjR-2560-80.jpg

TECH NEWS

Microsoft reveals another way it's making Windows 11 faster, with more performance boosts promised for the likes of…

* Microsoft is working to make WinUI 3 speedier * This is the contemporary framework for the user interface of the OS * With WinUI 3 being employed more widely across Windows 11, and tweaked for better performance, it's another key way in which the OS could be made faster We&

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xcWLjGd8k66FYNQJyy5q4E-1665-80.jpg

TECH NEWS

iOS 27 will bring updates to key apps on your iPhone, report claims, but don’t expect big Liquid Glass changes

* A new report says Apple wants to “streamline” Liquid Glass in iOS 27 * This could mean design changes for apps like Camera, Weather, and Safari * Liquid Glass’s transparent effects might not change much, though With iOS 27 set to be presented to the world in less than a month

https://hothardware.com/contentimages/NewsItem/70592/content/16x9_2133x1200_highres-playstation-6-ram-cut-24gb-news.jpg

TECH NEWS

Sony May Cut PlayStation 6 RAM to 24GB to Combat Rising Console Prices

The current crop of consoles are nearing six years old, and both Microsoft and Sony are hard at work at developing their next generation gaming systems. Unfortunately, development is happening during a memory and storage shortage, which has caused significant price increases across the industry. For the PlayStation 6, that

https://d2908q01vomqb2.cloudfront.net/f1f836cb4ea6efb2a0b1b99f41ad8b103eff4b59/2026/05/13/ml-19858.png

TECH NEWS

Build financial document processing with Pulse AI and Amazon Bedrock | Amazon Web Services

Financial institutions process thousands of complex documents daily. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) errors in financial data can propagate through interconnected calculations, affecting analytical accuracy. While a single OCR error in a standard legal document might require only a quick manual correction, the same mistake in financial data can cascade through

TECH NEWS

ForkLift

ForkLift combines the power of a robust file manager with versatile file transfer capabilities, seamlessly bridging the gap between your local and remote files. Whether you're dealing with cloud services or more traditional FTP and SFTP servers, ForkLift streamlines your file management and transfers, making them smoother than

https://i.extremetech.com/imagery/content-types/06uWIJ38LKXDqM5VC0pcaan/hero-image.fill.size_1200x675.png

TECH NEWS

Microsoft-Backed Kenya Data Center Would Require a Third of the Country's Electricity

Kenyan President William Ruto speaking at the Africa Forward Summit in May 2026.Credit: Anadolu/Getty Images A proposed 1-gigawatt AI data center in Kenya is facing scrutiny after it became clear it would consume a third of the country's power. With the President warning that operating Microsoft&

TECH NEWS

Meta Employees Are Protesting The Company's Mouse Tracking Program

Wally Skalij/Getty Images Shockingly, Meta employees aren't too keen on training their robot replacements. Reutersreports that workers have begun circulating flyers at multiple US offices to protest the company's installation of tracking software on their work computers. "Don't want to work at

https://d2908q01vomqb2.cloudfront.net/f1f836cb4ea6efb2a0b1b99f41ad8b103eff4b59/2026/05/13/ml-20027.png

TECH NEWS

Build real-time voice streaming applications with Amazon Nova Sonic and WebRTC | Amazon Web Services

Building end-to-end live streaming applications with real-time voice interaction presents several challenges: network bandwidth constraints can cause high latency and quality degradation in time-critical applications. Language barriers limit effective human-machine interaction in multilingual voice communication. Scalability and resilience require a difficult balance between performance and infrastructure costs. Cross-browser and mobile

Latest

Musk v. Altman: Microsoft executive Michael Wetter testifies that Microsoft has spent $100B+ on its partnership with OpenAI, including its original investments

This is what some the world’s largest banks of malware look like stacked as hard drives

LinkedIn Is Reportedly Laying Off Five Percent Of Its Workforce

Instagram hits the copy button again with new disappearing Instants photos

Microsoft reveals another way it's making Windows 11 faster, with more performance boosts promised for the likes of…

iOS 27 will bring updates to key apps on your iPhone, report claims, but don&rsquo;t expect big Liquid Glass changes

Sony May Cut PlayStation 6 RAM to 24GB to Combat Rising Console Prices

Build financial document processing with Pulse AI and Amazon Bedrock | Amazon Web Services

ForkLift

Microsoft-Backed Kenya Data Center Would Require a Third of the Country's Electricity

Meta Employees Are Protesting The Company's Mouse Tracking Program

Build real-time voice streaming applications with Amazon Nova Sonic and WebRTC | Amazon Web Services

iOS 27 will bring updates to key apps on your iPhone, report claims, but don’t expect big Liquid Glass changes