SpaceX buys xAI in a $1.25 trillion all-stock deal

SpaceX buys xAI in a $1.25 trillion all-stock deal

techkahwa.net | 3 February 2026 SpaceX is acquiring xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, in an all-stock deal that values the combined business at $1.25 trillion. The deal, announced on 2 February, values SpaceX at $1 trillion and xAI at $250 billion, according to a Reuters factbox, and CNBC called it “the biggest merger of … Read more

EU opens formal DSA investigation into X over Grok’s sexualised deepfakes

EU opens formal DSA investigation into X over Grok's sexualised deepfakes

techkahwa.net | 27 January 2026 The European Commission opened a formal investigation under the Digital Services Act (DSA) into X on Monday 26 January, over sexualised deepfake images produced with Grok, the AI chatbot built into the platform. The Commission is examining whether X properly manages the risks of illegal content, including material that may … Read more

One empty DNS record took down a slice of the internet

One empty DNS record took down a slice of the internet

techkahwa.net | 24 October 2025 Amazon Web Services has published its post-event summary of the outage that hit its Northern Virginia region, us-east-1, on 19 and 20 October. The root cause was “a latent race condition in the DynamoDB DNS management system that resulted in an incorrect empty DNS record”, and the knock-on effects took … Read more

Windows 10 support ends today. Here is what to do with your PC

Windows 10 support ends today. Here is what to do with your PC

techkahwa.net | 14 October 2025 Microsoft ends support for Windows 10 today, 14 October 2025. For Home and Pro editions that means no more free security updates, no more feature updates and no more technical support from Microsoft. Its own support page now carries a blunt headline: “Windows 10 support has ended on October 14, … Read more

Shai-Hulud: the npm worm that publishes itself through its victims

Shai-Hulud: the npm worm that publishes itself through its victims

techkahwa.net | 24 September 2025 A self-replicating worm called Shai-Hulud has been spreading through the npm registry since 15 September, stealing developer credentials and pushing infected versions of the packages its victims maintain. On 23 September the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert describing “over 500 packages” compromised and told developers … Read more

iPhone Air is 5.6mm thin, and the real story is inside

iPhone Air is 5.6mm thin, and the real story is inside

techkahwa.net | 10 September 2025 Apple introduced the iPhone Air on Tuesday, 9 September, and at 5.6mm thick it is the thinnest iPhone the company has ever made. It is also the first iPhone that runs entirely on Apple-designed wireless and cellular chips, with pre-orders opening on 12 September and a starting price of $999. … Read more