🐾 Google’s $2.7 Billion Fetch Quest 🤑

So, here’s the deal: Google just dropped a cool $2.7 billion to bring back their AI whiz, Noam Shazeer, who stormed out three years ago after the company refused to release a chatbot he built 😼

Shazeer, a Google veteran since 2000, teamed up with Daniel De Freitas to create Character.AI — a startup that’s now one of the hottest AI players in Silicon Valley, even hitting a $1 billion valuation last year 💸

Guess Google realized that losing him was a purr-tty expensive mistake! 🐈

🚀 Webb Telescope Finds a Cosmic Oddball 🌌

The James Webb Space Telescope just spotted a galaxy with a name as wild as its looks: GS-NDG-9422 😼 This galaxy might be a key "missing link" in how galaxies evolve, shining so bright with gas that it completely outshines its stars!

Plus, its temperatures are way hotter than anything we’ve seen from massive stars around here.

Scientists are buzzing about this discovery, as it could help explain the jump from the universe's first stars to the modern galaxies we see today 🌌

Maybe they’re just too cool (or too hot?) for us to understand right now! 😹🌟

🐾 Amazon's In-Office Cat-astrophe: 73% of Employees Ready to Flee! 🏃‍♂️

It’s only been a whisker of time since CEO Andy Jassy told Amazon workers to return to the office five days a week, and now 73% of employees are sharpening their claws and considering a quick exit! 😾💼

According to the sneaky mice over at the anonymous job site Blind, 2,585 Amazon humans shared their thoughts.

The verdict? The office life isn’t exactly purr-fect 😿

🐾 Epic Scratches Back at Google & Samsung – Again! 🎮

Epic Games just threw down the legal gauntlet (again) against Google and Samsung, accusing the tech giants of teaming up to squash competition in the app game 🐾 📱 The lawsuit, filed on September 30, 2024, claims Samsung’s Auto Blocker makes it a pain to install apps outside Google Play or the Galaxy Store.

Of course, Google and Samsung are both meowing back, saying their practices are just fine.

But Epic? They’re not backing down from this catfight! 😼

🐾 Tech Giants Win the Day – No AI Law in the U.S.! 🤖

California's Governor just vetoed the AI safety bill (SB 1047) that tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI were fighting against.

The law was meant to set ground rules for AI developers, and since most big tech companies are based in California, it would've had a massive impact 🏛️

So, for now, AI keeps zooming ahead without extra legal claws! ⚡️😼

🐾 China's New Spacesuit is Here! 🌕

Big meows from space! China just showed off their brand-new lunar spacesuit, and it's all set for their 2030 moon mission 🧑‍🚀 This white and red beauty is designed to handle extreme temperatures, lunar dust, and even the vacuum of space.

Looks like China's really stepping up its game to take on NASA’s Artemis program! 🚀

Now if only they’d install some pockets for snacks… because even astronauts need a treat break, right? 😸

🐾 Mark Zuckerberg Joins the $200 Billion Club—Pawsitively Loaded! 💸

Well, it looks like Zuckerberg's scratching post just got a lot fancier. Thanks to Meta's stock prices soaring like a cat chasing a laser pointer, his fortune has clawed its way up to $201 billion! 📈 That's nearly six times bigger than it was just two years ago! Now, Zuck’s lounging in the 4th richest spot, right behind fellow "big cats" Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bernard Arnault 🏆

Since 2022, Meta has been batting around strategies to boost those numbers. Guess they landed on their feet with this one 😼

Just hope he’s not hoarding all the catnip!

🚗 KIA Cars Hacked by License Plate? Yup, That Happened 🐾

So, hackers figured out how to mess with KIA cars using a tool called KIAtool, which basically gave them full control. By converting a license plate into a VIN number through a sneaky API, they could log into the owner's KIA account and do whatever they wanted — unlock, start, or track the car like it’s some kind of real-world video game 🚘🥲

However, hackers reported it to KIA, and the problem’s fixed 🐾

Looks like KIA cars were almost as easy to open as a can of tuna… at least the hackers didn’t figure out how to summon laser pointers! 😸

🐾🇦🇷 Argentina’s VP had a little cat chat with El Salvador’s President

And yep, they were purring over volcanic Bitcoin bonds 🌋💰 Seems like Argentina is curiously sniffing around Bitcoin 🧐

Oh, and in other meow-some news: Binance just got its paws on a full license from Argentina’s regulators! 😸

🐾 iOS 18’s New Lifesaver: Satellite Texting to the Rescue! 🛰️

With iOS 18, Apple has rolled out a game-changing feature — sending texts via satellite when Wi-Fi or cell service is out 📱🚨

After Hurricane "Helen" hit the southeastern U.S., cutting off power and communication, residents were able to connect with emergency services using this new iPhone capability.

Now that's some serious lifesaving tech — no catting around! 😸