Microsoft has unveiled a new quantum computer chip. According to the company, the chip, known as Majorana 1, is based on a new type of material called Topoconductor, which uses a previously unknown state of matter - neither solid nor liquid or gaseous, but a topological state.
The Taiwanese computer manufacturer Acer is the first major laptop producer to announce concrete price increases for the US market. The reason for this is the import tariffs imposed by the US government on Chinese goods. In an interview with The Telegraph, CEO Jason Chen announced an across-the-board price increase of 10 percent.
Intel could possibly be split up. As the Wall Street Journal reports, citing insiders, both the Taiwanese contract manufacturer TSMC and the US group Broadcom are showing interest in various business areas of the ailing chip giant.
CyberArk, the provider of identity security solutions, is further expanding its portfolio with the acquisition of identity governance specialist Zilla Security. The deal has a volume of 165 million US dollars in cash, plus a performance-related earn-out payment of 10 million dollars.
The IT management specialist SolarWinds is changing hands: the company is being acquired by the private equity firm Turn/River Capital for around 4.4 billion US dollars. Shareholders will receive 18.50 dollars per share in cash.
A previously little-known hacker claims to have gained access to the Trump Hotels email database. The published sample data indicates an extensive collection of guest communications.
The AI company Anthropic, known for its chatbot Claude, imposes a remarkable restriction on job advertisements: applicants must guarantee that they will not use AI assistants for their application documents. How does the company argue this?
The Australian government has ordered a ban on the Chinese AI shooting star DeepSeek on all government devices. The Department of Home Affairs justifies the move with "unacceptable security risks" for the government's IT infrastructure.
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