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HR startup Rippling filed a lawsuit Monday accusing MCP gateway startup Runlayer of infringing on three of its patents, according to the lawsuit seen by TechCrunch. The filing comes after Runlayer sued the HR startup last month, accusing it of breach of contract and stealing its

By now, any serious gamer is familiar with a favorite title becoming unplayable after a centralized online server gets shut down, or being unable to purchase and download a digitally delisted, critically acclaimed title from yesteryear. Can anything be done about this video game

A Chinese Long March rocket carrying a communications satellite exploded shortly after liftoff Monday, the “workhorse” rocket family’s second failure this year, as Beijing races to achieve launch parity with the US. The mission would have marked an acceleration, with a record 12

OpenAI completed a secondary share sale totaling roughly $7 billion, allowing current and former employees to sell stock at the company's $852 billion valuation, CNBC confirmed on Monday. The tender offer has been in the works since OpenAI closed its record-breaking $122 billion

OpenAI completed a secondary share sale totaling roughly $7 billion, allowing current and former employees to sell stock at the company's $852 billion valuation, CNBC confirmed on Monday. The tender offer has been in the works since OpenAI closed its record-breaking $122 billion

Why Data Center Development Is Facing a Legal Reckoning As anti-data center opposition grows, developers must prepare for litigation to combat misinformation and protect projects, writes Heath Cheek. August 10, 2026 The rising summer heat has also brought a rise in temperatures f

Meta has announced its intention to focus on open-weight large language models. Additionally, the company announced the release of an open model called Muse Glimmer and a promise to open the weights for Muse Spark 1.2, its more powerful model, in the next few weeks. Alongside the

Nvidia is attempting to turn its artificial intelligence chips into Wall Street's newest asset class, partnering with six large asset managers on a $500 billion financing push designed to treat compute infrastructure much like commercial real estate, toll roads or other assets to

Nvidia is attempting to turn its artificial intelligence chips into Wall Street's newest asset class, partnering with six large asset managers on a $500 billion financing push designed to treat compute infrastructure much like commercial real estate, toll roads or other assets to

The lonely Chinese men being conned by fake brides - Published At 37, Wang Zhuang had almost given up hope of finding a wife, until he saw the glossy matchmaking adverts. They promised he wouldn't have to waste years on building a relationship that had no future. They offered to

Recently, a man I was rock climbing with told me about how he’d used AI to make a motivational poster for himself, which he’d hung on his bedroom wall: a bear, walking a slackline over a canyon, holding a sign that said, “Do cool shit.” I made what I hoped was a polite noise. Wha

Introducing the Developer Device Platform for agentic mobile app development Derek Bekebrede Product Manager, Google Jason Nager Product Strategy & Operations Most enterprises connect with their customers through a device. Whether it’s using a mobile app to order a product, conta

Nvidia on Monday said it would partner with lenders to help it finance the buildout of AI infrastructure through a series of vehicles totalling more than $500 billion. The consortium, which includes Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR, will serve comp

Cybersecurity stocks CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks jumped more than 5% to new highs on Monday on renewed demand for artificial intelligence security tools following the industry's annual Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. "The single most consistent theme across our conversa

Cybersecurity stocks CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks jumped more than 5% to new highs on Monday on renewed demand for artificial intelligence security tools following the industry's annual Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. "The single most consistent theme across our conversa

President Trump signed an executive order Monday that makes sweeping, unilateral changes to federal vaccine recommendations. The order aims to reduce the number of lifesaving vaccines all children are recommended to get—from 18 to 11—while also splitting them up and spacing them

Councils to get more powers to stop vape and betting shops, PM announces - Published New vape shops will require planning permission and councils will get more powers to block new betting shops, under government plans aimed at improving high streets. Prime Minister Andy Burnham s

Following its announcement in March, game developer Cold Iron Studios has shut down the servers for the cloud version of Aliens: Fireteam Elite on the Nintendo Switch. The game originally cost $30 (or $60 for an “Ultimate” version with additional content). Cold Iron Studios hasn’

President Donald Trump spoke recently to Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh, the president said Monday. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Trump and Warsh had spoken repeatedly since Warsh became chairman of the central bank in May. Trump said that story was wrong,

European natural gas prices jumped as discussions between Iran and Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz failed to convince traders that a deal would lead to a quick resumption of global LNG flows.Benchmark futures rose more than 10% on Monday. Over the weekend, Iran said an agreem

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has donated another $20 million to Build a Better California, an organization advocating against California’s proposed billionaire tax, according to a new filing. That means that the world’s fourth-richest man, whose net worth hovers around $267 bill

Canada flight cancelled after child refuses to wear seat belt - Published The cancellation of a flight in Canada after a child refused to wear a seat belt has reignited a debate about the etiquette and safety procedures relating to children travelling on planes. The Porter Airlin

On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word manifesto about personal AI, largely about the possibilities for the “personal superintelligence” systems Meta AI is building. The ideas in the post aren’t totally new. A version of the essay ran in the Wall Street Journal two wee

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order backing fewer routine vaccines for kids, calling to whittle down the number of recommended childhood shots to 11 while falsely tying immunizations to autism. The order builds on the Trump administration's efforts to resha

The Enterprise NAS (ENAS) is Ubiquiti’s first run at more enterprise-lite business storage. The 3U chassis holds 16 hot-swap drive bays, an eight-core Arm Neoverse N2 processor, 64GB of ECC memory, dual 25GbE SFP28 ports, and redundant hot-swap 550W power supplies, all for $3,999

Amazon’s artificial intelligence ambitions will soon be partly fueled by a natural gas-burning power plant in Texas that “could become the largest single source of climate pollution in the United States,” The New York Times reported. These gas-burning plants are increasingly lump

Who could Arsenal sign after missing out on Vinicius Jr? - Published One big signing missed and one through the doors - it's been a mixed transfer window for Arsenal. The Gunners were unsuccessful in what turned out to be a very public pursuit of Real Madrid winger Vinicius Jr bu

In a move to increase its focus on core operations, Boeing is selling three of its subsidiaries to Archer Aviation in exchange for a stake in the startup that focuses on electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, known as eVTOLs for short. Boeing's stake in Archer will amou

In a move to increase its focus on core operations, Boeing is selling three of its subsidiaries to Archer Aviation in exchange for a stake in the startup that focuses on electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, known as eVTOLs for short. Boeing's stake in Archer will amou

Shares of Elon Musk's SpaceX gained 4% on Monday, closing above its $135 IPO price for the first time since July 15. The shares briefly hit the benchmark in early trading on Monday, marking a rebound from rocky post-IPO trading that has seen the stock swing up and down and close

Shares of Elon Musk's SpaceX gained 4% on Monday, closing above its $135 IPO price for the first time since July 15. The shares briefly hit the benchmark in early trading on Monday, marking a rebound from rocky post-IPO trading that has seen the stock swing up and down and close

By now, we all realize that Silicon Valley’s AI labs have built the world’s best hackers in the form of AI agents. Give the latest frontier models a task and they are so resourceful that they get it done, even if this means breaking out of their cybersecurity “sandbox” protection

Forest to host Leeds in EFL Cup second round - Published Four-time winners Nottingham Forest will face Leeds in the Carabao Cup in the only all-Premier League tie in the second round of the competition. Chelsea, who have won the competition five times, will welcome League One Lut

Social media scuttlebutt about Mark Zuckerberg’s $300 million superyacht failing to assist stranded boaters off the coast of Alaska was partly corroborated by ship-tracking data—and eventually prompted responses from both the US Coast Guard and a spokesperson for Zuckerberg. The

Intel announced a $15 billion common stock offering on Monday to support skyrocketing customer demand for artificial intelligence computing power. Shares of Intel fell 4%. The chipmaker highlighted physical AI, purpose-built silicon and advance packaging among the major growth op