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Alphabet-owned Google has picked 20 homegrown startups for the 2026 cohort of its “Google Play Accelerator India” programme. This is the third cohort of the programme, which was introduced in 2024. The startups are picked from sectors like edtech, healthtech, gaming, agritech, fi

When Chevrolet introduced a hybrid system to the Corvette lineup in 2023, creating the E-Ray, many fans were confused. If it was meant to be a performance option, where did it fit alongside the ZR1 and ZR1X? Was this a concession to emissions, or was it a sign of the fabled Sting

New HBF spec outlines tech that can give GPUs terabytes of extra memory — Sandisk and SK hynix unveil spec with up to 16-Hi NAND stacks, 3 TB/s bandwidth, UCIe The specification is here, but what about the interest? Sandisk and SK hynix on Tuesday formally introduced the High Ban

AI - EDGE AND IOT Dev proves LLMs will run on anything – even a $10 microcontrollerNearly 10 tok/s and it's mostly coherent — What's not to like? - Security This one time,

Update | August 04, 20:10 IST The public issue of edtech company Klassroom ended the final day of bidding with an oversubscription of 146%. As per BSE data, the IPO received bids for 25.66 Lakh shares against the 17.58 Lakh shares on offer. Retail investors were the most interest

Media giant Times Network has acquired fintech startup OpiGo for an undisclosed amount as part of ET NOW’s expansion into investor-focused financial services. With the acquisition, OpiGo’s platform, which helped retail investors better understand their investment thesis, will be

President Donald Trump and Republicans have a new favorite term for their opponents on the left: Communists. Trump has been trying to stitch Democrats to communism, the economic philosophy championed by Karl Marx and the bane of the U.S. during the Cold War era. Republicans led b

Palantir just posted the quarter that breaks whatever mental model you still had about how B2B companies behave at scale. It already had re-accelerated at a rate we’ve never seen before. And then it just … did it again. - Revenue grew 93% year-over-year to $1.935 billion. - That

Take this one with a big grain of space-salt.  For weeks, the most popular contract among SpaceX options bulls has been the $330-strike call contract. The further the stock drops, the cheaper the contract's become, the less likely it pays off, and – seemingly against conventional

Dive Brief: - Walmart has launched drone delivery operations in Florida's Greater Orlando area with Wing, adding momentum to the two companies' expanding partnership, according to an announcement Wednesday. - With the launch, over 50,000 homes, business and apartment buildings in

OpenAI has accused Apple of waging a “careless, aggressive and oddly personal lawsuit” in a blog post rebutting the iPhone maker’s claims that the AI start-up stole top-secret information. “We do not have, nor want, any of their trade secrets,” the ChatGPT maker wrote on Monday e

PC cooling outfit Arctic reverses tariff-era price hikes after US government refund — lowers prices across lineup, including coolers and case fans Price cuts extend beyond tariff-affected products. Following a tariff refund from the United States government, popular PC cooling ha

Looking for immediate cash, some retailers sold off the economic rights to their potential IEEPA tariff refunds over the past year. A secondary market emerged looking to purchase future refund claims from businesses amid the legal debate over President Donald Trump’s levies impos

VDURA goes to Wasabi for tiered AI data cloud storage Recognizing that customers don’t want to keep old AI data on its high-speed parallel file system storage, VDURA has partnered with Wasabi to have its low-cost cloud storage available to VDURA customers. VDURA customers could u

Growth accelerates at Backblaze Backblaze increased revenues Y/Y in its second 2026 quarter by 18 percent as growth accelerated, with its full year outlook raised to an almost 19 percent growth, as providing cloud storage for AI-generated data resonated with neocloud and other AI

Chinese chipmaking tool roadmaps examined — Beijing's nascent lithography tools target DUV production at five machines a year, and an EUV prototype with no chips China's toolmakers now outsell KLA in etch and deposition, but lithography is stuck at five machines a year against AS

In July 2025, two field operators working with Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) died after they were exposed to hazardous vapours while investigating a malfunction in a storage tank. This is the morbid reality that many face during regular inspections. And thi

AI - EDGE AND IOT Dev proves LLMs will run on anything – even a $10 microcontrollerNearly 10 tok/s and it's mostly coherent — What's not to like? - Security This one time,

Members of the Open Secure AI Alliance — now more than 120 organizations strong — are developing new guidelines to strengthen agentic AI cybersecurity as the annual Black Hat conference begins in Las Vegas today. The Linux Foundation today shared a Request for Comments on Shared

China unveiled an AI system for coordinating mass air strikes as part of a growing race to incorporate the technology into military systems. The “intelligent strike planning system” helps commanders and pilots prioritize targets and allocate resources, the South China Morning Pos

The UAE received more than $100 million worth of gold bullion that was stolen by paramilitary forces from the Sudanese central bank and its state refinery, according to the Financial Times. Sudan’s civil war has fuelled the flow of gold — both legal and illegal — between the two

At least 37 people arrested in 2026 so far for protesting against data centers, most for breaking 'petty rules' — most taken into custody acted peacefully People from all walks of life are risking their freedom to stop data centers in their communities. Although the majority of A

The EU called for stronger borders after nearly 70,000 people entered the Spanish African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco. The chaos caused 83 deaths and strained relations among EU members: Italy halted its Schengen open-border agreement, and the Czech prime minister called for Sp

This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Tuesday. If you're feeling inflation's pinch, you're not alone: Manufacturing sector managers are comparing current pricing volatility to the Covid pandemic era. Stock futures

Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest defense contractor, reportedly discussed selling the UAE more than $1 billion of gear, as military ties between the two countries warm. Abu Dhabi requested drones worth $180 million after Houthi missiles killed three in January 2022, Haaretz report

Endeavor Optical Networks Intercontinental bandwidth, without subsea cables America | Tech | Opinion | Culture | Charts Overview Cutting undersea cables is now part of international conflict. The cables on the seabed carry almost all data that matters between continents: finance,

US President Donald Trump accused oil majors of “making too much money” after they reported windfalls from the Iran war, saying they should “give some back to the public.” ExxonMobil’s second-quarter profits doubled year-on-year, Chevron had its highest earnings on record and Ara

AI - EDGE AND IOT Dev proves LLMs will run on anything – even a $10 microcontrollerNearly 10 tok/s and it's mostly coherent — What's not to like? - Security This one time,