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American Eagle Outfitters plans to establish a $41 million distribution center in Salisbury, North Carolina, servicing the Southeastern U.S., according to a July 17 news release from the state's Department of Commerce. The facility, located northeast of Charlotte, will create mor

flash Kioxia’s nearly faster than Optane SSD Kioxia has announced a GP1 flash drive with 10 million IOPS and a <5μs latency, almost eight times faster than Intel’s now storage-class memory Optane drive in request-per-sec terms and with lower latency. The company says it enables f

A good year for IPOs. A bit less so for their performance. And not a year at all for SaaS. Per PitchBook there has been $1,786.8 billion in US VC-backed IPO value through July 28. That’s not a record. That’s five prior years stacked on top of each other and then doubled. Then you

AI - ai and ml China turns up the heat with open model blitz as US model makers panicFor the first time, Alibaba's Qwen team is letting its 'Max' model out of the API pen; meanwhile, DeepSeek V4-Flash gives new meaning to chea

Cybersecurity startup Horizon3 has raised a $250 million Series E at a $2 billion valuation, more than tripling its valuation in 14 months. The San Francisco-based firm drew backing from returning investors NightDragon and NEA. The funding arrives as two major AI research labs di

Gaming on the 4GB Radeon RX 6500 XT and GTX 1650 Super in 2026 — upscaling makes low-end GPUs viable for esports and internet cafes Does just 4GB of VRAM equal an instant performance cliff? As memory supplies get tighter and tighter and graphics card prices continue to rise, thin

Several popular Samsung smart TV apps contain code that share the owner’s internet connection with strangers, potentially putting millions of Samsung smart TVs at risk of hijacking, according to new security research published on Monday. Some of these apps claim to have been inst

While investors focused on Pine Labs' quarterly earnings and guidance, the company's first post-listing earnings call offered a deeper look at the strategy shaping its next phase of growth. Beyond the headline numbers, the fintech company disclosed a new economics for its POS bus

For fifteen years, the answer to financial inclusion was more innovation. We built payment rails that clear in seconds, a biometric identity anchor and a licensing regime that brought fintech players, payment service banks, and mobile money operators into the formal system. I hel

AI enthusiast unlocks and mods BIOS with Claude Code — AI defeats RSA-2048 signature checks and unlocks 55 hidden settings A new way to stop locked laptops from becoming eWaste is always welcome. BIOS-locked laptops are sometimes sold at bargain prices due to the operational rest

AI - ai and ml China turns up the heat with open model blitz as US model makers panicFor the first time, Alibaba's Qwen team is letting its 'Max' model out of the API pen; meanwhile, DeepSeek V4-Flash gives new meaning to chea

The Scoop A South African investor group that recently rescued the debt-laden agricultural producer Tongaat Hulett is planning a takeover of rival Illovo Sugar, according to sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The move would consolidate control of the continent’s sugar,

Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) foundry roadmaps — breaking down TSMC, Intel, Samsung, and GlobalFoundries' approach to next-generation scale-up connectivity The CPO race is about to begin. The requirements of AI clusters have made optical interconnections practical for scale-out connec

FILE Kioxia has a profitable yen for SSDs The AI assault on enterprise and hyperscaler spending has driven Kioxia’s NAND revenues to previously unseen levels as it beat its outlook guidance on all metrics. Revenues in Kioxia’s first fiscal 2026 quarter, ended June 30, were a reco

IPO-bound edtech startup Imarticus Learning has acquired Singapore-based BELLS Institute of Higher Learning for ₹800 Cr as it gears up for an ₹1,000 Cr IPO. The startup’s first international acquisition will help it strengthen its presence in Singapore and the Southeast Asian mar

GPU prices keep surging in 2026 — Lack of sale discounts and rising VRAM costs keep current-gen prices sky-high The only way is up We all know the current state of pricing for PC components is through the roof. Looking back, we have the hindsight to see what the prices were a yea

Behind the scenes: How we build, test, and scale Google Agent Skills Remigiusz Samborski Lead Developer Relations Engineer AI agents are only as good as the instructions and context you give them. When we launched Google Agent Skills, our goal was simple: encode Google Cloud doma

EV components manufacturer Matel Motion & Energy Solutions has raised ₹130 Cr ($13.6 Mn) in Series B funding round led by early-growth stage VC fund UC Impower, with participation from Catamaran and existing backer Transition VC. The Pune-based cleantech startup said the fresh ca

AI - ai and ml China turns up the heat with open model blitz as US model makers panicFor the first time, Alibaba's Qwen team is letting its 'Max' model out of the API pen; meanwhile, DeepSeek V4-Flash gives new meaning to chea

Chinese tech giant Alibaba released what it says is its largest and “most capable AI model to date,” claiming performance rivaling the best systems from US frontier labs Anthropic and OpenAI, as well as domestic rivals like Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3. Alibaba said it was making the mo

Arm yourself with a Hall Effect controller for just $9 — GameSir's Tegenaria Lite PC controller is 50% off for a limited time For those who like symmetry You can't beat a no-guilt purchase, and today's deal is a superb saving if you're looking to pick up a decent controller at an

Every so often, I’ll be piloting some sensor-laden, software-defined press car down a dark stretch of highway when an oncoming driver’s high beams arrive like a targeted retinal strike, an involuntary reminder that modern automotive lighting has entered its own lumen arms race. A

OpenAI is dominating the first visible wave of artificial intelligence spending inside Congress. The maker of ChatGPT accounted for roughly $9 out of every $10 spent on identifiable AI tools by House offices, committees and institutional accounts during the year ending March 31,

World’s smallest GPU silicon passes real-world testing — 240,000-transistor TinyGPU v2.0 renders 3D graphics at up to 15 FPS while v3.0 prepares for 2026 release TinyGPU v3.0 will feature a programmable pixel shader. We wrote about the world’s tiniest GPU heading to production la

The European Union gained new powers to inspect AI models, restrict EU market access and fine model providers, raising the stakes for U.S. companies like Anthropic and OpenAI and Google. Under the powers that came into effect on Sunday, the Commission, the EU's executive arm, can

Education-focused NBFC Avanse Financial Services has reported a 31% YoY uptick in its net profit for the first quarter of the ongoing fiscal year (Q1 FY27) to ₹154.3 Cr from ₹118 Cr in the year-ago period. Sequentially, its net profit dipped by 8% from ₹168.1 Cr in the previous q

Trying to make sense of enterprise data can often feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. For brands like Bata, the challenge was never the lack of data, but too much of it scattered across disconnected systems. Sales, inventory, pricing, footfall and seasonal demand all

China's domestic tourism market is weakening faster than expected, clouding one of the few bright spots in the country's sluggish consumer economy. Hilton China said last week it now expects revenue per available room (RevPAR) to fall by low single digits this year, worse than ex

Hideo Kojima unveils a Death Stranding 2-themed wireless CD player — Limited edition device costs ~$160, comes with Bluetooth 5.3 & exclusive artwork Like if someone combined an orange N64 and a GameCube. Legendary video game designer Hideo Kojima, through his studio Kojima Produ

AI - ai and ml China turns up the heat with open model blitz as US model makers panicFor the first time, Alibaba's Qwen team is letting its 'Max' model out of the API pen; meanwhile, DeepSeek V4-Flash gives new meaning to chea

Grab 32GB of Corsair DDR5 for an effective $230 right now in this 9950X3D combo deal — Newegg RAM bundle ships with 16-core AMD X3D chip alongside an MSI X870E board and a free 240mm cooler for $1,308 A powerful bundle to bring the cost of DDR5 memory down RAM bundles are becomin

Leopold’s Fall Situational Awareness and Amaranth 20 Years Apart Programming note: As in prior years, expect interrupted coverage over August. I am currently in Croatia, before heading through Slovenia into Italy. I am perfectly accessible though… any ideas, comments, or feedback

Used car retailing platform Spinny is preparing for its planned initial public offering (IPO) by converting into a public company. The board has passed a special resolution to change the name of its parent entity from Valuedrive Technologies Private Limited to Valuedrive Technolo