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Following his purchase of 9.2 percent of Twitter stock, Elon Musk has now become the company's largest shareholder.Shares of Twitter (TWTR) jumped 22% in early trading following the news of the acquisition. However, he did not reveal how much he paid for the shares, but they were worth $2.9 billion at Friday's closing price before the early…

Why it matters: Scientists are convinced that completing the human genome would provide a more complete picture of human evolution and may open the door for breakthroughs in the domains of neurodegenerative diseases, aging, heart disease, and cancer. While such findings are still years away, scientists now have a clear road map on which to…

In the midst of the 1970s computer boom, two young entrepreneurs formed their company legally on this day 47 years ago. April was a great month for Microsoft because it was when Bill Gates and Paul Allen formed it, a company that has had a profound impact on computing, as well as the progress of the field.Even now, it is hard to think that…

Subisu has launched the largest modular data center in Nepal . During the epidemic, the data center set up by the company in Baluwater after taking about two years has come into formal use.Ram Krishna Pariyar, Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of the company informed that all the necessary materials including racks and switches for the data…

In the spotlight at Apple's March 9 presentation, the new M1 Ultra system-on-chip (SoC) wowed attendees with double the amount of CPU and graphics cores compared to M1 Max, which was released only a year ago. TSMC's M1 Ultra has the most 5nm transistors found in any consumer processor.If you didn't know, 114 billion transistors make up the…

There are two new Alder Lake CPU ranges geared for small and light laptops for mainstream customers to expand Intel's 12th Gen "Alder Lake" CPU family.Intel is now set to target a much broader market sector after starting the generation with high-end desktop CPUs last year and unveiling high-end gaming laptop CPUs at CES in January. It is…

New details have emerged about a new mining chip from Intel Corporation that will be used with a 3,600-watt miner to improve Bitcoin (BTC) mining efficiency.The IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Meeting (ISSCC) 2022, a conference dedicated to the electronics and chip manufacturing industries, is where Intel unveiled its…

Windows 11 Insider previews have repeatedly hinted at the features that users might expect in the final public version from Microsoft. Now, with the release of the first significant feature upgrade, Windows 11 users in the United States can finally access Android apps via the Amazon Appstore Preview. Meanwhile, various Taskbar changes, a…

An Israeli contract chip manufacturer, Tower Semiconductor, disclosed its acquisition by Intel on Tuesday for a price of about $5.4 billion.As the firm grows its production capacity, global footprint, and technology portfolio to meet unprecedented industry demand, the acquisition enhances Intel's IDM 2.0 strategy, the company said in a…

Xilinx was purchased by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in a record chip industry deal valued at around $50 billion on Monday, giving the company an additional advantage in the important data center market.Just days prior to the deal's completion, Nvidia withdrew its offer to buy SoftBank-owned Arm, citing regulatory obstacles.The…