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The US warned of an impending “economic D-Day” against Iran that could envelop some of Washington’s allies and trading partners. The US Treasury secretary will today unveil a raft of measures against Tehran and its financial and commercial “enablers,” he wrote in the Financial Ti

Bengaluru-based healthtech startup Healthify has merged with US-based nutrition care company Berry Street in an all-stock deal. The merger will combine Healthify’s AI-led health platform with Berry Street’s insurance-backed clinical care network in the US. The combined company wi

Two Intel chips break Amazon's top 10 CPUs for the first time in months — Core Ultra 7 270K and Core i7-14700K finally challenge AMD desktop dominance The parts in question offer remarkably good value for specific purposes. AMD has been the dominant force in DIY PC building CPUs

Six years ago, BigCommerce was the credible number two to Shopify in ecommerce software. Not a niche player. The only standalone, pure-play public alternative to Shopify that a public market investor could buy. It was more B2B but worryingly, wasn’t growing faster on a percentage

America | Tech | Opinion | Culture | Charts Today’s post was done in collaboration with Protege. Please also see our recent podcast with Engy Ziedan, Protege’s Chief Scientific Officer. You go to the doctor, and the doctor tells you: “The medical student will be taking care of yo

Healthtech startup Healthify (formerly HealthifyMe) has merged with US-based nutrition care company Berry Street to build an "advanced insurance-covered AI metabolic health platform" for the US market. The amalgamated entity will be jointly led by Healthify founder and CEO Tushar

Hugging Face has been approached to sell at a valuation of $13 billion or more, Business Insider reported over the weekend. The startup’s platform and open source community is where developers and researchers share, find, test, and deploy AI models. Hugging Face was recently the

U.S. nutrition startup Berry Street said on Monday it has merged with Khosla Ventures-backed Indian startup Healthify to bank on the popular trend of people turning to GLP-1 drugs to lose weight. The companies didn’t disclose the financial details of the deal. A report from JP Mo

slice Small Finance Bank (SFB) has appointed former SBI chief general manager Samir Sawhney as executive director and former ICICI Bank senior executive Ramesh Kumar as independent directors on its board. Both appointments have received the approval of the bank’s board. The RBI h

Tiisetso’s view South Africa’s ruling party has found a new way to buy time. The African National Congress’ 2026 local government elections manifesto pledges free basic services to nearly 30 million people — water, electricity, sanitation, garbage removal. All automatically deliv

The reported increase in prices of servers containing NVIDIA’s AI chips could add to the cost pressures facing India’s data centre operators and AI infrastructure providers, which are committing billions of dollars to expand their GPU capacity. According to a Bloomberg report, so

The Treasury could use its near $1 trillion General Account to help fund its recently announced plans to increase purchases of government bonds, according to two senior Treasury officials. Using the TGA would provide the Treasury with considerable firepower to influence long-term

Marvell VP pushes for DDR4 recycling for use in CXL memory, amid the worst DRAM shortage in years — company introduces three-tier AI memory infrastructure One new controller and two years of existing products, repackaged for a market where memory now eats 30% of hyperscaler budge

Tom's Hardware Verdict The ROG Gjallar sounds pretty good for a soundbar, but it has a clunky design and an audio control hub that looks like it should be a lot more customizable than it is. Pros - +Slim, wireless subwoofer - +Audio control hub is... well-made? - +HDMI 2.1 with e

This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Monday. As Coca-Cola works to automate dirty soda and refreshers, CNBC's Amelia Lucas takes readers inside the secretive labs where the soda maker is planning its next wave of

Get Mike Santoli's Market Memo in your inbox first. SUBSCRIBE HERE It's a ripe summer in the American economy, and the AC thermostat hangs in the hottest room in the house, the kitchen, where the sun streams in and the oven is always set to broil. The thermostat in this case is t

Running an advertising campaign often requires marketers to switch between multiple tools for planning, creative development, execution, and performance tracking. This fragmented setup can slow down campaigns and make it difficult for teams to act on insights quickly. The launch

Millions of people roll money from a workplace retirement plan to an individual retirement account each year — and mistakes can prove both costly and irreversible. Federal law allows for tax-free "rollovers" at various trigger points, such as a job change or upon retirement. Roll

US-based defense firm Powerus is manufacturing drone interceptors in the UAE, the latest sign of the Gulf looking for new ways to defend itself against Iranian drone attacks. The firm has provided training, components, and software to assemble its Guardian interceptor to an Emira

Saudi Arabia is considering a plan to establish a new state-backed insurance program for ships in the region as it looks for ways to keep trade flowing. The plan would aim to provide cheaper cover for vessels transiting the Gulf or Red Sea, with as much as 700 million riyals ($18

Undersea cable to Antarctica through Drake Passage is viable, researchers find — 1,600km route to Chile could spell an end to research data leaving in 'suitcases full of hard drives' The $370 million to $620 million system would double as a seafloor sensor array. A fiber-optic ca

The News Kenyan brewers see an antitrust decision to impose conditions on Asahi Group’s $2.3 billion acquisition of Diageo’s East African Breweries as a potential opening to reshape market dynamics in their favor. The Competition Authority of Kenya recently set a number of condit

Tom's Hardware Verdict The ZenScreen OLED (MQ16FC) offers a compelling combination of color performance and features, with an attractive price tag. Pros - +Vibrant OLED panel - +Attractive design with aluminum unibody - +Integrated kickstand and tripod mount Cons - --No integrate

For a startup, selling to another startup isn’t the classic exit strategy. However, data shows it is a common path, especially as of late with the rise of deep-pocketed, ultra-high-valuation unicorns. So far this year, more than 500 seed- or venture-backed private companies acros