Image:アンカー・ジャパン2024年3月21日の記事を編集して再掲載しています。これだけ持ってればいいじゃん！僕らの生活には、スマホやPCは手放せません。そこには当然、「充電」もセット。多くの人のカバンには「モバイルバッテリー、充電器、充電ケーブル」のモバイル充電三種の神器が突っ込まれているのではないでしょうか。それ、ぜんぶカバンから出してコレを買いましょう。「AnkerPowerBank（3

Image:shutterstockGoogleのAIアプリ「Gemini」の月間アクティブユーザー数が7億5000万人を突破したと、Google親会社のAlphabet四半期決算で、CEOであるサンダー・ピチャイ氏が発表しました。Gemini3で加速前四半期決算時点では6億5000万だったので、この数ヶ月で1億ユーザーも増加したことになります。ユーザー数成長の鍵となっているのは、昨年11月に発表

An anonymous reader shares a report: Republicans' tax cuts shaved billions off Amazon's tax bill, new government filings show. The company says it ran a $1.2 billion tax bill last year, down from $9 billion the previous year, and even as its profits jumped by 45% to nearly $90 billion. That's largely because of the generous new depreciation breaks GOP lawmakers included in their One Big Beautiful Bill, something that's particularly important to Amazon which -- in addition to maintaining a vast infrastructure for its ubiquitous delivery business -- has been spending billions to build out artificial intelligence data centers. Also helping, though less important: The law's expanded breaks for businesses research and development expenses. The company has long been criticized by Democrats for paying little in tax, and it appeared to be bracing for criticism in the wake of the report to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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German newspaper Bild reported in January that some ski jumpers have been injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid ahead of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics -- the theory being that temporarily enlarged genitalia would yield looser-fitting suits when measured by 3D scanners, and those looser suits could act like sails to produce longer jumps. A study published last October in the scientific journal Frontiers found that a 2cm suit change translated to an extra 5.8 metres in jump distance. No specific athletes have been accused. The World Anti-Doping Agency said Thursday it would investigate if presented with evidence, noting its powers extend to banning practices that violate the "spirit of sport." The claims arrive as ski jumping already faces scrutiny -- two Norwegian coaches and an equipment manager received 18-month bans in January for illegally manipulating suit stitching.

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image:RRAuctionなんでもきれいに取っておくもんです。あるオークションで落札された小切手の原本。お値段、約247万ドル（約3億7000万円）です！署名欄には、スティーブ・ジョブズとスティーブ・ウォズニアックの直筆サインが入っています。以前にも、スティーブ・ジョブズのサイン入り小切手が10万6985ドル（約1440万円）で落札されたニュースはありましたが、桁が違いますね。ガレージから始ま

Image:Shutterstock値上げ回避、できます。2月4日、AmazonMusicUnlimitedの値上げが加入者向けに通知されました。従来の料金は1,080円でしたが、3月10日以降の請求は1,180円へ。して、値上げの裏でひっそりとこんな設定が追加されていました。Screenshot:ヤマダユウス型「AmazonMusicStandard」なる、新プランが登場しています。これなぁに？

Image:Appleヌルヌルさ足りないじゃん！って思ったんです。だってMacBookProやiPadProの「ProMotion」画面は、120Hzのリフレッシュレート（画面の書き換え頻度）で、スクロールもヌルヌル。Apple（アップル）が開発していると噂されている、次期デスクトップ向けディスプレイ「StudioDisplay2（仮称）も、当然そのProMotionに対応してくると思われていまし

Spotify is planning to let premium subscribers in the U.S. and U.K. buy hardcovers and paperbacks directly through its app starting this spring, partnering with Bookshop.org to handle pricing, inventory and fulfillment. The Swedish streaming company, which entered the audiobook market in 2022, will also introduce a feature called Page Match that lets users scan a page from a physical book or e-reader and jump to the exact spot in the audiobook edition. Spotify will earn an undisclosed affiliate fee on each purchase.

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Kalshi, the largest U.S. prediction market, accused a small data startup called Juice Reel of "extortion" after a stock analyst used the company's transaction-level data to argue that prediction market users lose money faster than gamblers on traditional betting apps -- then walked the allegation back hours later. The equity research analyst Jordan Bender at Citizens found that the bottom quarter of prediction market users lost about 28 cents of every dollar wagered in their first three months, compared to roughly 11 cents per dollar on sites like FanDuel and DraftKings. Kalshi's head of communications told Bloomberg the report was "flat-out wrong" and called the data an extortion attempt. Juice Reel CEO Ricky Gold said Kalshi had actually pressured him to tell Bloomberg the data was inaccurate. Kalshi later issued an updated statement saying it continued to dispute the findings but "after further review, we don't believe the intention was extortion." The company did not provide any data to counter the analysis.

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Image:ArtemGolub/GizmodoUS98インチ以上ないと8Kも4Kも違いがわからない（写真は2024年発売時のSamsungQN900D8KTV）「TVの未来は超ハイレゾにあり」と張り切ってたTVメーカー各社、しかし現状はどこも苦戦中です。世界2大ディスプレイ＆TVメーカーの一翼のLGまでもが8Kテレビからひっそり撤退を決め、残るはSamsung（サムスン）のみとなりました。「ディ

Microsoft has finally delivered on its promise to integrate Sysmon -- the long-standing system monitoring tool from its Sysinternals suite -- directly into Windows, a move that should make life considerably easier for enterprise administrators who have struggled with deploying and managing the utility across thousands of endpoints. The functionality landed this week in Windows Insider builds 26300.7733 (Dev channel) and 26220.7752 (Beta channel). Sysmon allows administrators to capture system events through custom configuration files, filter for specific activity, and pipe the data into standard Windows event logs for pickup by security tools and SIEM pipelines. Mark Russinovich, Microsoft technical fellow and Winternals co-founder, has previously noted the lack of official customer support for Sysmon in production environments -- a gap this integration addresses. The feature ships disabled by default and requires PowerShell to enable. Microsoft notes that any existing Sysmon installation must be uninstalled before activating the built-in version.

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Pinterest has sacked two engineers for tracking which workers lost their jobs in a recent round of layoffs. BBC: The company recently announced job cuts, with chief executive Bill Ready stating in an email he was "doubling down on an AI-forward approach," according to an employee who posted some of the memo on LinkedIn. Pinterest told investors the move would impact about 15% of the workforce, or roughly 700 roles, without saying which teams or workers were affected. But then "two engineers wrote custom scripts improperly accessing confidential company information to identify the locations and names of all dismissed employees and then shared it more broadly," a company spokesperson told the BBC. "This was a clear violation of Pinterest policy and of their former colleagues' privacy," the spokesperson added. The script written by the Pinterest engineers was aimed at internal tools used at the company for employees to communicate, according to a person familiar with the firings who asked not to be identified. The person said the script created an alert for which employee names within a tool like the team communication platform Slack were being removed or deactivated, giving some insight into who at the company was impacted by the layoffs.

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Walmart's market cap surpassed $1 trillion on Tuesday, putting the largest U.S. retail chain in an exclusive club dominated by tech groups. Bloomberg adds: The Bentonville, Arkansas-based chain -- a longtime favorite of bargain-hunting consumers -- has flexed its massive scale and supplier network to keep prices low and grab market share across the income spectrum. While Walmart has maintained its appeal to households looking for value, its online offerings are drawing new, wealthier shoppers seeking convenience.

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image:generatedatwhiskえっ、また？2カ月前に値上げしたばかりなのに…。ものづくりの定番ボードコンピューター「RaspberryPi」に、またもや値上げの波が押し寄せています。RaspberryPi5の価格が2月2日から再度引き上げられ、最上位の16GBモデルは60ドルアップ、ついに205ドル（約3万円）に到達してしまいました。問題の根っこにあるのは、世界的なRAM不足です。ス

画像はWF-1000XM5。Image:AndrewLiszewski/Gizmodoソニーのワイヤレスヘッドホン最高峰といえばWH-1000XM6。ワイヤレスイヤホンならWF-1000XM5。このイヤホンの後継機「WF-1000XM6」がもうすぐ発表されると期待が高まっていますが、フライングきました。デザイン一新の大幅アプデ発表前のはずのWF-1000XM6が表示されてしまったのは、タイの家電サ

2026年1月から3月までを対象に位置情報ゲーム『Ingress』では「＋Gammaアノマリーシーズン」という長期イベントが展開中。その一環であるグローバルオペレーションのルールがついに解禁された。1つでも多くのポータルを奪い合おう本記事では2月14日（...続きを読む

An anonymous reader shares a report: By now, the Forbes 30 Under 30 list has become more than a little notorious for the amount of entrants who go on to be charged with fraud.[...] Gokce Guven, a 26-year-old Turkish national and the founder and CEO of fintech startup Kalder, was charged last week with alleged securities fraud, wire fraud, visa fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The New York-based fintech startup -- which uses the "Turn Your Rewards into [a] Revenue Engine" tagline -- says it can help companies create and monetize individual rewards programs. The company was founded in 2022, and offers participating firms the opportunity to earn ongoing revenue streams via partner affiliate sales, Axios previously reported. Guven was featured in last year's Forbes 30 Under 30 list. The magazine notes in the writeup that Guven's clients included major chocolatier Godiva and the International Air Transport Association, the trade organization that represents a majority of the world's airlines. Kalder also claims to have enjoyed the backing of a number of prominent VC firms. The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that, during Kalder's seed round in April of 2024, Guven managed to raise $7 million from more than a dozen investors after presenting a pitch deck that was rife with false information. According to the government, Kalder's pitch deck claimed that there were 26 brands "using Kalder" and another 53 brands in "live freemium." However, officials say that, in reality, Kalder had, in many cases, only been offering heavily discounted pilot programs to many of those companies. Other brands "had no agreement with Kalder whatsoever -- not even for free services," officials said in a press release announcing the indictment. The pitch deck also "falsely reported that Kalder's recurring revenue had steadily grown month over month since February 2023 and that by March 2024, Kalder had reached $1.2 million in annual recurring revenue." The government also accuses Guven of having kept two separate sets of financial books.

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Image:miss.cabul/Shutterstockそもそもプロなら応募してこない…？X専用のAIチャットボット「Grok」が、性的に露骨なコンテンツを許可なく勝手に生成しまくる問題で、世界は翻弄されました。このほど人材紹介サービスのGreenhouseは、そんなGrokのトレーナーとして、xAI（エックスエーアイ）が新たなプロフェッショナルの積極採用を進めていることを示す求人情報を公開して

Elon Musk's SpaceX has acquired his AI startup xAI in an all-stock deal that values the combined entity at $1.25 trillion, ahead of what would be the largest initial public offering in history. SpaceX pegged its own valuation at $1 trillion -- a markup from the $800 billion it commanded in a December secondary stock sale -- and priced xAI at $250 billion based on a recent $20 billion funding round that valued the two-year-old AI company at $230 billion. SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen told investors on a call Monday that shares in the combined company would be priced at $527 and that xAI shares would convert into SpaceX stock at a roughly seven-to-one exchange rate. The company is still targeting a June IPO expected to raise as much as $50 billion, surpassing Saudi Aramco's $29 billion listing in 2019. Musk said the least expensive way to do AI computation within two to three years will be in space. "Global electricity demand for AI simply cannot be met with terrestrial solutions, even in the near term, without imposing hardship on communities and the environment," he wrote. SpaceX filed last Friday for permission to launch up to a million satellites into Earth's orbit. xAI merged with Musk's social media platform X last March in a $113 billion deal, and Tesla announced a $2 billion investment in xAI last week.

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The owners of Leica Camera AG -- Austrian billionaire Andreas Kaufmann and private equity giant Blackstone -- are considering a sale of a controlling stake in the German camera maker in a deal that could value the company at about $1.2 billion, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. HSG, formerly known as Sequoia Capital China, and Altor Equity Partners are among a handful of bidders. The Kaufmann family could re-invest following a transaction. Leica traces its roots roughly 150 years to Ernst Leitz's microscope company and was publicly traded on the Frankfurt stock exchange until the Kaufmann family took it private in 2012.

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