av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 25, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads
FedEx sued the US government for reimbursement of cash it spent on President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
The shipping giant’s lawsuit is the first filed by a major US company since the Supreme Court ruled Friday that the tariffs were illegal. The tariffs brought in an estimated $130 billion in revenue since they were imposed, and should other companies join FedEx — and win — it could be extremely costly for the administration; the decision followed a lawsuit by the retailer Costco and others claiming the levies were unlawful.
They’re not the only ones to spot an opportunity: 22 Senate Democrats called for the overturned import duties to be reimbursed to the public, with interest, in what Bloomberg called “a populist election-year campaign.”
Källa: Semafor
av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 25, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads
Firefox 148 release binaries are now available ahead of the official release announcement on Tuesday. Most notable is the new AI controls found with Firefox 148 for those wishing to disable Firefox’s growing AI capabilities.
Firefox 148 adds new settings for AI controls within Firefox’s settings area for individually manipulating the AI features available in Firefox. This includes the AI ”kill switch” for blocking all new or current AI enhancements in Firefox.
Källa: Phoronix
av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 24, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads
Alexander Embiricos, the lead of product development at OpenAI’s Codex, said the company gets a lot of messages from engineers interested in applying for a job — but there’s one kind that stands out. Embiricos shared some advice for young engineers in a recent episode of ”The Twenty Minute VC” podcast with Harry Stebbings.
”Basically, there’s actually never been a better time to be an engineer because you have incredible tooling available to you to get an incredible amount done,” Embiricos said, adding that he thinks engineers should be ”very optimistic.”
Källa: Businessinsider
av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 24, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads
The US Department of Defense has reportedly reached a deal to use Elon Musk’s Grok in its classified systems, according to Axios. That follows news that the Pentagon is currently in a dispute with another AI company, Anthropic, over limits on its technology for things like mass surveillance.
Last year, the White ordered Grok, along with ChatGPT, Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude to be approved for government use. Up until now, though, only Anthropic’s model has been allowed for the military’s most sensitive tasks in intelligence, weapons development and battlefield operations. Claude was reportedly used in the Venezuelan raid in which the US military exfiltrated the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife.
Källa: Engadget
av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 24, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads
Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was born 71 years ago today, February 24, 1955. Sadly, Jobs passed away on October 5, 2011, following an extended battle with pancreatic cancer.
Jobs and Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple and the company’s first computer offering was the Apple-I in kit form which was sold for $666.66. The best-selling Apple II followed, as did the Lisa (which was an expensive flop), the Macintosh (which continues to sell well to this day), and other innovative devices.
Källa: Mactrast
av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 24, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads
Disgraced comedian and actor Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty to two additional charges of rape and sexual assault.
The 50-year-old appeared at Southwark Crown Court in central London on Tuesday to enter his plea, related to two alleged incidents with two separate women in the British capital in 2009.
Last year in May, Brand pleaded not guilty to another five charges. These alleged crimes relate to a 1999 rape in the Bournemouth area of the U.K.; a 2001 indecent assault of a woman in Westminster, London; the 2004 oral rape and sexual assault of a woman also in Westminster; and the sexual assault of another woman in Westminster between 2004 and 2005. A trial date of June 3 was set.
Källa: Hollywoodreporter
