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The Scoop AstraZeneca’s planned $400 billion deal with Bristol Myers Squibb triggered worries at the UK government’s highest levels, prompting outreach that helped contribute to the collapse of the deal, according to people briefed on the deal. Varun Chandra, the UK’s top busines

Nvidia announced this week that Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR were willing to commit up to $500 billion to build AI data centers. That eye-popping figure got a lot of the attention, but the bigger story is Nvidia’s effort to create a secondary

Bartesian’s cocktail makers would be best described like a Keurig or Nespresso machine, but for alcoholic drinks. The Bartesian Duet model that I tested certainly lives up to that description — it’s really easy to serve a bunch of different cocktails with the push of a button, pl

Off the Wire Press Releases Aug. 13, 2026 — New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced a competitive Request for Proposals to establish up to four Regional Quantum Technology Commercialization Hubs across New York State. First proposed in her 2026 State of the State and funded

Who could replace White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt? - Published The departure of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will create a major opening in President Donald Trump's administration, and the guessing-game of who will replace her has already begun. So fa

Le Travenues Technology, the parent company of travel booking platform ixigo, has agreed to sell its 17.39% stake in electric intercity bus startup FreshBus to Twelve Stone LLP for Rs 36.6 crore. According to a regulatory filing, the transaction was agreed upon on August 13 and i

Shoe Station Group has appointed Tracy Dick as its chief marketing officer as of Aug. 3. She reports to interim President and CEO Cliff Sifford. As CMO, Dick leads the company’s brand strategy, customer insights, data and analytics, loyalty and public relations efforts, among oth

Apple is in talks to pay publishers to use their content to power the upcoming Siri AI, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. The tech giant has reached out to publishers in recent months about using their content to provide Siri with access to current news and

Dive Brief: - Crocs, Inc. has inked a 10-year strategic partnership with Infosys, the AI-centric business consulting and technology firm, the tech company said in an Aug. 6 press release. - Crocs, Inc.’s business and IT systems will be updated to cut costs, streamline operations

Update | August 13, 2026 Shiprocket’s public issue was subscribed 3.16X on the second day of bidding, receiving bids for 29.8 Cr equity shares against 9.44 Cr shares on offer. Retail investors continued to show the strongest interest in the IPO, placing bids for 16.9 Cr shares ag

Dive Brief: - L.L. Bean launched a free loyalty program Tuesday to offer customers financial perks as well as a voice in the retailer's charitable giving. - L.L. Bean Rewards members earn 1 point per $1 spent on qualifying purchases at the retailer. Points automatically convert t

Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, about a question that’s been rocketing around the tech industry for the past week: Is Google losing the AI race? Does Google even want to win at AI? Is the shakeup at Google DeepMind a strategy or a

AI is beating down many public software companies. But not many of the leaders servicing the physical world. Some is that they don’t tie pricing models primarily to seats. But it isn’t only the pricing model. Their customers’ end products aren’t the ones AI is eating. Shopify rep

The U.S. government will for the first time allow vetted private companies to launch offensive cyber operations against international criminal gangs and hackers, the White House said on Wednesday. In a newly published presidential memorandum, the Trump administration said the mov

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Ecommerce SaaS company Unicommerce posted a 20% increase in its consolidated net profit for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2026-27 (Q1 FY27) to ₹4.7 Cr from ₹3.9 Cr in the previous-year quarter. Sequentially, the company's profit increased 37.5% from ₹3.4 Cr. Revenue from c

This Essay is 10% AI Generated Pangram, Authorship, and French Theory America | Tech | Opinion | Culture | Charts “100% of this text is AI” is the new Scarlet Letter of dunking on people and posts. I don’t love it; it feels bad to have such an easy (and hard-to-police) way to tar

It’s time for Rivian’s changeover from model year 2026 to 2027, and the electric vehicle startup has decided to take a page from its recently released R2 SUV and apply it to the company’s larger, more expensive R1 line. The changes aren’t massive—the R1 got a refresh in 2024 that

Off the Wire Press Releases AIKEN, S.C., Aug. 13, 2026 — Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) will lead projects supporting critical national security and environmental stewardship goals for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) and Na

Anthropic investors expect the AI startup to float at a valuation of $2 trillion or more in October, a dizzying figure that would eclipse SpaceX and make the AI lab’s debut the largest-ever initial public offering. Half a dozen of the company’s backers told the FT that Anthropic’

Fino Payments Bank slipped into the red in the Q1 FY27, posting a net loss of ₹13.7 Cr against a profit of ₹17.8 Cr in the year-ago quarter. Sequentially, the bank reported a profit of ₹7.1 Cr in the March quarter. Fino Payments Bank’s total income declined 32.3% to ₹306.9 Cr in

Solar storms, like the one in August 1972 that hit during the gap between the Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 missions, throw bursts of protons intense enough to raise an astronaut’s cancer risk or even cause radiation sickness. Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field absorb this radiation

PS5 emulation arrives on Steam Deck, Astro Playroom showcased running at 0.6 FPS — milestone SharpEmu development shows promise, despite unplayable performance Another milestone for PS5 emulation. The PlayStation 5 emulation scene has been a wonder to witness, with rapid progress

Investing in Vals a16z invests in Vals America | Tech | Opinion | Culture | Charts We all know AI is getting smarter day by day. For the majority of the users, there’s a more important question now: is it getting better at what I need it to do? For years, the industry has relied

Microsoft is finally beginning to combine its consumer and commercial Copilot AI assistants into a single “super app” interface, starting with the Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps. Both personal and work accounts will be moved to the new unified app, which recycles the “Mic

The next era of social media might not be defined by a platform — it could be written by a protocol. That’s the bet Bluesky is making, and at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, two of its leaders steering that bet will make their case in person. Toni Schneider became Bluesky’s permanent CE

Netflix co-founder and former CEO Reed Hastings says AI could unleash a new wave of “creative destruction” as companies use rapidly improving technology not just to cut costs, but to challenge competitors and build new businesses. In this episode of The CEO Signal, Hastings notes

Memory maker CXMT overtakes Tencent to become China's most valuable company 17 days after its IPO — now worth $524 billion The DRAM maker ended Thursday worth $524 billion against Tencent's $510 billion. ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is now the world's most valuable Chinese

Wholesale costs for goods and services were flat in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday in the latest positive sign for inflation. The producer price index, a measure of underlying inflation pressures, was unchanged for the month, below the 0.2% Dow Jones conse