Valentinrussanov | E+ | Getty Images As the IRS faces cutbacks, some taxpayers are weighing whether to file returns this season. But skipping your federal filing can be costly, experts say. Josh Youngblood, an enrolled agent and owner of The Youngblood Group, a Dallas-based tax firm, said he’s had a few clients ask whether they […]
Amazon touts its first quantum computing chip a week after Microsoft’s unveiling
Amazon on Thursday revealed its first chip for quantum computing, and said the design is a step toward building efficient high-scale systems. The processor is called Ocelot, and the announcement comes as more tech companies tout their advancements in quantum. Last week, Amazon cloud rival Microsoft showed off its inaugural quantum chip. Microsoft had a […]
Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman dead at 95: His life in photos
Producer Philip D’ Antoni, left, and Gene Hackman, star of “The French Connection,” hold Oscars for best actor and best picture at the 44th Academy Awards ceremony. Standing with them is Jane Fonda, who won best actress for the movie “Klute.” read more
Boston Dynamics Led a Robot Revolution. Now Its Machines Are Teaching Themselves New Tricks
Reinforcement learning is a decades-old way of having a computer learn to do something through experimentation combined with positive or negative feedback. It came to the fore last decade when Google DeepMind showed it could produce algorithms capable of superhuman strategy and gameplay. More recently, AI engineers have used the technique to get large language […]
Sixth Street backs blockchain lender Figure with $200M investment
Global investment firm Sixth Street has invested $200 million in Figure Technology Solutions, a US-based lender that uses blockchain technology to boost efficiencies and lower costs in the lending market. According to a Feb. 27 report by The Wall Street Journal, the investment will allow Figure to issue up to $2 billion in new loans. […]
Average IRS tax refund is 32.4% lower so far this season. Here’s why
Bill Oxford | E+ | Getty Images The average tax refund this year is 32.4% lower than it was at around the same point in the filing season in 2024, according to early filing data from the IRS. Tax season opened Jan. 27, and the average refund amount was $2,169 as of Feb. 14, down […]
Super Micro Computer surges 18% after filing delayed financials
Charles Liang, CEO of Super Micro Computer, during the AMD Advancing AI event in San Jose, California, on Dec. 6, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Super Micro Computer shares rallied 18% after the AI server company filed its delayed financial results by the Nasdaq’s deadline. The company’s auditor BDO wrote in […]
Morgan Wallen admits he’s his ‘own worst enemy’ after Nashville arrest
Morgan Wallen is addressing his chair-throwing incident in a new song dedicated to his 4-year-old son. In the lyrics, the country star reflected on the night he was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee, after he threw a chair off a rooftop bar in April 2024. Wallen, 31, took to Instagram to share his latest music project, […]
A Team of Female Founders Is Launching Cloud Security Tech That Could Overhaul AI Protection
While working on internet-of-things security in the mid-2010s, Alex Zenla realized something troubling. Unlike PCs and servers that touted the latest, greatest processors, the puny chips in IoT devices couldn’t support the cloud protections other computers were using to keep them siloed and protected. As a result, most embedded devices were attached directly to the […]
Oklahoma BTC reserve bill passes House Committee, other states reject
Oklahoma House Bill 1203, known as the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act, passed the House Committee on Feb. 25, moving to the floor.