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Bea Nolan here, filling in for Allie. Google DeepMind has been having a difficult year. Last week, longtime Google DeepMind CEO and company cofounder Demis Hassabis announced he was stepping back from the CEO role and into a new chair role. Hassabis ceded day-to-day control to De

This $57.99 8BitDo Ultimate 2 wireless controller is a brilliantly customizable option for PC gamers — fully customizable gamepad with Nintendo Switch compatibility includes dual triggers, TMR joysticks, and adjustable RGB lighting Start gaming with this gorgeous game pad for you

Anthropic has revealed that it will soon watermark content that is processed (not just generated!) by any of its models. In a support article, Anthropic explained that it was rolling out machine-readable watermarks to comply with the European Union’s AI Act, which requires all AI

At a time when founder Nitish Mittersain is set to step down as the CEO on September 1, 2026, Nazara Technologies seems to be standing at an interesting crossroads. The gaming company is moving aggressively to consolidate Spain-based casual gaming studio Bluetile Games and BestPl

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Analysts see 'increasing foundry success conviction' as Intel CEO puts $12 million more of his own money in company — analysts point to accelerating foundry progress and capex expansion More confidence in the legendary company? Intel chief executive Lip-Bu Tan has invested $12 mi

Honasa Consumer, the parent company of Mamaearth, announced its financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2027 (Q1 FY27). The company reported a 27% year-on-year growth in its scale during the quarter, while its profit more than doubled to Rs 90 cror

PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archival materials, to ensure preservation This wouldn't have been an issue if the org

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Alabama residents left powerless to stop massive Bitcoin mining data center despite county and town moratoriums — hole in state zoning laws lets facility through Public pressure mounts on data center buildouts in Alabama. Somerville in Morgan County, Alabama, is a quiet, idyllic

Mamaearth parent Honasa Consumer’s consolidated net profit more than doubled to ₹90.5 Cr in the quarter ended June 2026 from ₹41.3 Cr in the year-ago period. Net profit grew 30% on a QoQ basis from ₹69.4 Cr. The beauty and personal care company’s operating revenue rose 27% to ₹75

Tom's Hardware Verdict With multiple viewing modes, high-quality construction, and integrated networking functionality, the FlipGo Horizon Pro is in a class of its own. Pros - +Impeccable build quality - +Multiple modes for using the displays - +Useful suitcase included for trave

For decades, Mozilla has been one of the strongest advocates for an open internet. Today, as artificial intelligence becomes increasingly central to how businesses and governments operate, the organization is making a similar case for open AI. In a report published last month, Mo

Elon Musk says xAI will increase data center capacity 7x by 2027 — targeting 10 gigawatts of compute, up to $500 billion in revenue by the end of next year $300 billion - $500 billion in revenue by the end of next year too. Elon Musk told employees of SpaceX that the power capaci

Dear SaaStr: At What ACV Size Do I Need an Account Manager in B2B? There’s no hard rule, but here’s what the data shows: - Below $8K-$10K ACV: You can’t afford dedicated account managers. You need to systematize onboarding and support instead—self-serve + a lean support team. The

India’s festive shopping journey is becoming less linear with every season, and Snapchat is betting that this transition can help deepen its advertising business in the country and give a major push to its commerce ambitions. New research by GWI and Snapchat suggests that Gen Z’s

Cerebras shares plunge nearly 20% after missing earnings expectations — hardware sales drop but AI cloud revenue climbs 281% Cerebras fails to impress investors. Cerebras on Wednesday reported its financial results for the second quarter, and while its earnings nearly doubled yea

The current state of PCIe 6.0 SSDs and controllers — Marvell, Phison, and SMI prepare controllers as drives finally come to market following years of delays Micron and Samsung already have actual SSDs The PCIe 6.0 specification was ratified in early 2022, but its actual implement

Investment firm Mirae Asset Venture Investments (MAVI) India has marked the first close of its second fund at ₹1,125 Cr ($117.9 Mn), to back high-growth Indian businesses. The fund, Mirae Asset Venture Opportunity Fund II, is backed by Unicorn Growth Fund and has a target corpus

Former Dyson India MD Ankit Jain is working on a startup focused on building premium consumer appliances, sources told Inc42. The startup, which is currently operating in stealth, has raised pre-seed funding from Singapore-headquartered BEENEXT, the sources added. The amount rais

In South Korea, where a mountainous landscape makes building huge projects an incredible undertaking, the world's leading maker of high-bandwidth computer memory is investing $720 billion on what it says will be the largest network of memory factories in the world. SK Hynix, whos

In South Korea, where a mountainous landscape makes building huge projects an incredible undertaking, the world's leading maker of high-bandwidth computer memory is investing $720 billion on what it says will be the largest network of memory factories in the world. SK Hynix, whos

The Critical Minerals Crisis: AI Data Centers Face Supply Chain Strain The AI data center boom relies on copper, lithium, and rare earths, but ongoing supply chain pressures are testing whether producers can keep up. Critical minerals such as copper, lithium, cobalt, and rare ear

Episode details Available for over a year Last month, President Trump secretly swapped planes via a catering truck as he left a Nato summit in Turkey. The elaborate ruse, first reported by the Washington Post, was in response to a possible threat from Iran. But how serious were t

Vibe-coded app adds a 3D video rental storefront to your Jellyfin HTPC — self-hosted, open-source project brings back memories of browsing for VHS tapes on Saturday afternoons Nothing beats picking out your next movie from a rack in the old video rental store. A Redditor shared t

The News Bosnian Croat leader Dragan Čović has tapped Trump-linked firm Mercury Public Affairs to lobby for his party, according to Justice Department filings, in a first step toward competing with the country’s Serbian politicians who’ve continued to ply K Street with money. Bos

College students who identify as Republicans are more likely than their Democratic counterparts to trust their school to act in their best interests — even as confidence in higher education among conservatives sinks. Sixty-two percent of Republican students said their college’s l

The News Bernie Sanders got his guy in Michigan, but he’s going to have to do more if he wants to successfully shepherd Abdul El-Sayed through the general election due to the huge spending disadvantage Democrats face. Sanders has more than $22 million in his campaign account, and

Early-stage VC firm Bluehill.VC has marked the final close of its maiden ₹400 Cr frontier tech fund. The fund includes a greenshoe option of ₹50 Cr. The fund saw participation from SIDBI, state governments Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, alongside leading family offices, accomplished e

D2C home-cleaning startup Scrubsy has raised ₹27 Cr ($3 Mn) in a seed round led by V3 Ventures. Founded in 2025 by Kartik Sibal, Ishan Suri, Nitin Jain and Aditya Bhasin, Scrubsy makes foam-based cleaning products for kitchens, bathrooms, footwear and other surfaces. With the fre

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has directed ride-hailing aggregators such as Uber, Rapido, Ola, among others, to remove tipping prompts shown before or during a ride. The ministry cited the fact that prompting these sort of additional charges violates the Mot

SaaS firm Amagi, which got listed on the stock exchanges earlier this year, reported a net profit of Rs 34 crore in Q1 FY27 while its operating revenue grew 32% during the same quarter. Amagi’s operating revenue grew to Rs 437 crore in Q1 FY27 from Rs 330 crore in Q1 FY26, accord