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Streaming QR codes at 60 FPS achieves nearly 190 KB/s data rate in phone-to-phone tests — browser-based method requires no app, no networking, no pairing, and no permissions beyond camera access Dev wanted a simple method for transfering audio files between devices on different n

AI - OFF-PREM Enterprise cloud infrastructure uptake shows no sign of slowingCloud revenue now north of $143 billion a quarter, and growth is accelerating - DEVOPS Dev who

Sub-$400 Thunderbolt 5 dock roundup — Keychron and Plugable offer dual HDMI, but UGREEN takes top spot with an M.2 NVMe slot Not all Thunderbolt 5 docking stations are created equal Thunderbolt docks are an easy way to expand the number of available external ports for a laptop an

This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. Microsoft added nearly $450 billion to its market cap yesterday as the stock climbed 15% — its best day since 2008. Stock futures are rising before the bell following

Legendary investor Michael Price’s quote captures the mindset that often emerges when investors actively seek better returns. During such periods, market participants move beyond broad sentiment and begin analysing businesses more closely, searching for stocks that offer value an

For the first five years of CRED’s existence, the question on everyone’s minds was: how will CRED even make money. In 2023, we started seeing the first signs of how the fintech giant was going to monetise, and that started clearing the murkiness around CRED’s future. What stumped

Anthropic said its Claude AI model hacked into three organizations during cybersecurity testing. The announcement came after a “swarm” of OpenAI agents escaped confinement, gained internet access, and broke into at least five companies, eventually stealing the answers to a cybero

The rebound in technology stocks, driven by upbeat quarterly earnings, extended into Friday's trade. Nasdaq-100 futures advanced 1.2% after the index rallied 3.36% in the previous session. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 also gained 0.6% and 0.5%,

Valve funding port of Linux RADV Radeon Vulkan driver to Windows — cross-platform effort already runs 'Counter-Strike 2' Long-term effort can eventually pay off big dividends. The Steam Machine helped grow the popularity of Linux gaming, including installations of Bazzite and oth

Setting up OpenClaw isn’t as straightforward as the internet wants you to think – running local AI on humble hardware Lies, deceit, and HammerClaw. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, OpenClaw has dominated headlines, both good and bad, for much of early 2026. Developed by Pe

Prices for used electric vehicles are doing something unusual — and the dynamic poses both good and bad news for consumers, according to automotive experts. Generally, used car prices depreciate over time. Indeed, as the popular saying goes, any car — new or used — starts losing

AI - OFF-PREM Enterprise cloud infrastructure uptake shows no sign of slowingCloud revenue now north of $143 billion a quarter, and growth is accelerating - DEVOPS Dev who

New open source printer has 7 toolheads that swap in 5 seconds for fast, zero-waste multi-color 3D printing — Sovol M1D 3D printer is the first open-source IDEX design with an integrated tool-changer True dual-nozzle independent operation for a competitive price. We're quite fami

Ellis AI announced Thursday its emergence from stealth with $10 million in seed funding from investors including First Round Capital, 645 Ventures, Harlem Capital, Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, Slow Capital, Kearny Jackson, and Ariel Alternatives CEO Mellody Hobson. Ellis uses

Off the Wire Press Releases SAN FRANCISCO, July 31, 2026 — Schneider Electric, a global energy technology leader, and AMD have announced a jointly developed and validated reference design for the AMD Helios rackscale solution that provides a scalable blueprint for deploying high-

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Urban Company’s quick home services platform InstaHelp recorded an adjusted EBITDA loss of Rs 346 per order in Q1 FY27, an improvement from Rs 447 per order in Q4 FY26, even as its overall losses widened during the quarter. InstaHelp’s adjusted EBITDA loss stood at Rs 132 crore i

Single-DIMM DDR5 gaming works better than you probably think — one DDR5 DIMM beats dual-channel DDR4 RAM, AMD's 3D V-Cache chips drop less than 3% with single stick Expect to drop 8%-10% of your performance, and less with X3D CPUs. There’s been a shift toward using a single DIMM

Your motherboard's M.2 SSD heatsink might be slowing down your SSD — Only 6 of 20 tested boards made full contact Heatsink contact is a key to good M.2 cooling M.2-based SSDs have been around for about a decade now in PCs, and have all but replaced the much larger and notably slo

For nearly six years, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions in India have carried a zero-cost promise: no Merchant Discount Rate (MDR), no platform fee, no technology fee. That promise fuelled UPI’s rise from a niche payment rail to a system processing over 2,272 Cr trans

PS5 emulation hits new milestone in record time, multiple 3D games now playable in Kyty — Performance and support steadily improving with 30 FPS gameplay possible today Insane progress in just two weeks. The state of PlayStation 5 emulation has been rapidly evolving, partially in

Five years after the initial public offering boom of 2021, public markets look a lot different as more companies are choosing to stay private for longer. In 2021, public markets saw a multitude of companies join the ranks. The Nasdaq said it welcomed 743 IPOs that year, while the

AMD's new Radeon RX 9050 is roughly 30% slower than the RTX 5050 in games, early testing shows — the cheapest 8GB RDNA 4 GPU comfortably handles 1080p gaming but doesn't impress An underwhelming showing as expected. AMD officially launched its cheapest RDNA 4 graphics card, the R

India's largest passenger vehicle maker, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, reported a muted set of earnings for the quarter ended June, as higher input costs and operating expenses weighed on profitability despite healthy revenue growth. The company reported a consolidated profit after ta

MSI promises an EXPO ULL-like boost for your existing DDR5 memory — High-Efficiency Mode brings low-latency tuning to older RAM The best RAM on the market became even better with the introduction of AMD's EXPO ULL technology, at least for AMD users. Recognizing that not all users

Tim’s view With the number of drones and missiles flying toward energy infrastructure in the Gulf these days, it might seem like a strange time to pour capital into that sector, in that region. But a gold rush is shaping up to profit from new workarounds to the Strait of Hormuz.

ITC Q1 results: FMCG major ITC, on Friday, 31 July, reported a 16.2% year-on-year (YoY) drop in its consolidated profit to ₹4,394.13 crore for the April-June quarter of the current financial year (Q1FY27). In the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year, ITC's profit

Electric two-wheeler (E2W) registrations declined 1.7% to 1.91 Lakh units in July from 1.94 Lakh units in June, with TVS Motor bucking the broader trend by posting double-digit growth and retaining its leadership in the segment. Despite the sequential decline, the market remained

For decades, the defense industry has been dominated by a small number of established contractors building increasingly complex and expensive systems through procurement programs that often take years, or even decades, to deliver. But there is a new wave of startups hoping to cha

Save $900 on this RTX 5070 gaming PC from MSI in this limited-time Woot deal, now $1,399 — grab a huge saving on this Codex R2 rig with a 10-core Intel CPU, 32GB DDR5, and a 1TB SSD This affordable pre-built rig can set you up for 1440p gameplay There's a great bargain to be had

Thierry Rignol is furious at Yale. Rignol paid Yale $208,500 in tuition for its Executive MBA program. But after he was accused of cheating, the school suspended him for a year and gave him an F in the course Sourcing and Managing Funds. This happened despite the fact that Rignol

Samsung's fastest SSD is back to Prime Day pricing — only $30 difference between the much faster Gen 5 9100 Pro and Gen 4 990 SSD pricing still commands a premium SSD prices in general remain considerably higher than a year ago. Still, this discount on Samsung's 9100 Pro 2TB SSD

Modder der8auer builds 110cm 3D-printed chimney to passively cool Ryzen 7 9800X3D without fans, cuts temps by 19C — radically simple PC mod uses the 'stack effect' Intensifying natural buoyancy. Mechanical pressure serves as a better system to design computers around than natural

Sports teams, throughout the 20th century, were pretty much trophy assets. Shiny, nice to have, but expected to gleam on the shelf rather than build value. Not so anymore. The news this week of the proposed deal for FIFA’s commercial rights, in the afterglow of the World Cup, hig

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Home services marketplace Urban Company reported a strong 44% year-on-year growth in operating revenue in Q1 FY27. However, the company slipped into a loss of Rs 92 crore during the quarter amid its continued push for InstaHelp. According to the company’s quarterly financial resu