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The US-Iran war will likely drag on for months, analysts predicted, as new strikes disrupted a tenuous pause and the conflict widened. Hostilities “could easily continue into 2027,” security expert Richard Fontaine wrote, oscillating between “hot and cold war indefinitely.” The U

In June, Meta entered the enterprise AI market with a new AI agent aimed at businesses, to help with customer service, support, and other daily operations. But the tech giant’s enterprise AI ambitions are much more expansive, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told investors on Wednesday’s

CNBC's Jim Cramer said on Wednesday that software's sharp turnaround shows how quickly Wall Street can change its mind — and beaten-down AI infrastructure stocks could be next. "This month, we've seen a remarkable resurgence in the once hated enterprise software stocks, and a com

Microsoft is working on an AI “super app” that combines Copilot’s chat, coding, and agentic capabilities. During an earnings call on Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the app will span “both consumer and commercial experiences” when it launches this year. Microsoft conf

A quantum-resistant cryptography algorithm that was under consideration as an official US standard has been taken out of the running after an Anthropic security model helped find a flaw that rendered it broken. The algorithm is known as HAWK. It’s a digital signature scheme desig

The News Cryptocurrency firms are facing a nightmare scenario in the Senate, where the shaky state of the industry’s top priority is threatening its plans to unleash midterm campaign cash against its enemies. Republicans had projected confidence about advancing the legislation, w

Chipotle Mexican Grill on Wednesday raised its same-store sales growth forecast for the year after topping analysts' quarterly earnings and revenue expectations. The restaurant company is now projecting that its same-store sales will increase by a low single digit percentage in 2

Meta is all-in on AI, and sometime soon, the company is going to make a big push into personal AI agents that can do things on your behalf. Mark Zuckerberg is planning a big push into personal AI agents Meta will have more to share ‘soon.’ Meta will have more to share ‘soon.’ On

Shares of Carvana fell drastically during after-hours trading Wednesday after the company reported full-year guidance that failed to meet some of Wall Street's expectations for the auto retailer. Carvana's stock fell by more than 20% shortly after the company reported its second-

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 1,000 points on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates steady while U.S. oil neared $85 per barrel. In the last five years, the blue-chip index has closed down more than 1,000 points nine times. Typically

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Starbucks on Wednesday raised its full-year outlook after reporting its fourth straight quarter of same-store sales growth. For fiscal 2026, Starbucks now expects adjusted earnings per share in a range of $2.55 to $2.65, up from its prior outlook of $2.25 to $2.45 per share. It n

Qualcomm reported fiscal third-quarter earnings on Wednesday that were in line with analyst expectations, but it provided light guidance for current-quarter earnings on in-line revenue, blaming the ongoing supply crunch for computer parts, especially memory. Shares fell in extend

Qualcomm reported fiscal third-quarter earnings on Wednesday that were in line with analyst expectations, but it provided light guidance for current-quarter earnings on in-line revenue, blaming the ongoing supply crunch for computer parts, especially memory. Shares fell in extend

AI hasn’t just changed how startups build; it’s broken how they sell, secure their data and customers, and scale it more rapidly than ever before. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the AI Stage is back to dig into the single hottest topic in the community for the past few years, presen

Lilian Weng, co-founder of Thinking Machines, announced this week that she would step down from her role, citing health issues. “I don’t feel I’m able to continue at the pace a startup requires,” she wrote in an internal Slack message, which she also shared on X. “After thinking

xAI is suing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison over a law passed back in May that broadly targets “nudification” apps, claiming that the statute’s punitive provisions leave the company with “no practical choice but to restrict Grok Imagine’s image-editing features in vario

Long before Spotify, Winamp was the music player of choice for millions of music fans. Now, the nostalgic brand is preparing for yet another comeback. Winamp and Deezer announced a partnership on Wednesday that will see Deezer power Winamp’s upcoming premium music subscription se

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Elon Musk has settled his lawsuit with advertisers that he once claimed should be criminally prosecuted for refusing to advertise on his social media platform, X. In a joint statement that reveals little about the deal, the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) and X said that th

Meta's Reality Labs unit, which develops virtual reality devices and wearables powered by AI, lost $4.62 billion in the latest quarter. In its second-quarter earnings report on Wednesday, Meta said Reality Labs generated revenue of $431 million, up from $370 million a year earlie

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The Scoop Saudi Arabia is intensifying its lobbying to complete the purchase of F-35 fighter jets, including through a personal push by Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, who met with senior Trump administration officials in Washington this week. The kingdom sees a window of opp

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told CNBC on Wednesday that he has seen the proposed framework for implementing President Donald Trump's executive order on artificial intelligence, and that he will meet with Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, while in Washington this week. Wiles

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told CNBC on Wednesday that he has seen the proposed framework for implementing President Donald Trump's executive order on artificial intelligence, and that he will meet with Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, while in Washington this week. Wiles

Shares of telehealth company Hims and Hers Health fell sharply Wednesday after the Federal Trade Commission sued the company, alleging it misled consumers about privacy protections, billing practices and subscription cancellations. The FTC, joined by Los Angeles County and Utah,

Off the Wire Press Releases July 29, 2026 — The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) recently hosted its annual hackathon, bringing together researchers and developers to prepare scientific applications for large-scale computing on the facility’s Aurora and AI Testbeds. H

With The Carina System, QuiX Pushes Photonic Quantum Computing Forward For the past several months, QuiX Quantum has been rolling out key pieces of what executives are calling the vendor’s universal photonic quantum computing architecture. That includes the Feed-Forward Control U

Off the Wire Press Releases July 29, 2026 — Perth was host to the 16th International HPC Summer School – the first time the program has come to the Southern Hemisphere. The Hon Dr Parwinder Kaur MLC launched the event on behalf of Hon. Stephen Dawson MLC, WA Minister for Science

Off the Wire Press Releases SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 29, 2026 — Eliyan Corporation, a leader in foundational connectivity technologies enabling next-generation AI compute, memory, and networking systems, today announced it has completed its Series C with a total of $145 million

Humanoid robots and four-legged robots made in China fall squarely under a new ban imposed by the US Federal Communications Commission on foreign-made robots. But the sweeping prohibition covers a wide variety of robots manufactured anywhere abroad, including the newest robot vac

The News The Federal Reserve said Wednesday afternoon it will leave interest rates unchanged following Kevin Warsh’s second meeting at its helm, a reprieve for President Donald Trump that undercuts his new chair’s continually hawkish rhetoric. Three bank presidents said the Fed s

Hugging Face on Monday published a technical timeline that walks readers through how an autonomous AI agent, built on OpenAI models and running inside one of OpenAI’s own cybersecurity evaluations, broke into its systems over more than four days earlier this month. It’s the first

Off the Wire Press Releases SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 29, 2026 — ChipAgents has announced an additional $60 million in Series A2 financing, bringing the expanded round to $134 million just six months after its initial Series A close. The financing reflects continued investor conf