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This Essay is 10% AI Generated Pangram, Authorship, and French Theory America | Tech | Opinion | Culture | Charts “100% of this text is AI” is the new Scarlet Letter of dunking on people and posts. I don’t love it; it feels bad to have such an easy (and hard-to-police) way to tar

It’s time for Rivian’s changeover from model year 2026 to 2027, and the electric vehicle startup has decided to take a page from its recently released R2 SUV and apply it to the company’s larger, more expensive R1 line. The changes aren’t massive—the R1 got a refresh in 2024 that

Off the Wire Press Releases AIKEN, S.C., Aug. 13, 2026 — Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) will lead projects supporting critical national security and environmental stewardship goals for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) and Na

Anthropic investors expect the AI startup to float at a valuation of $2 trillion or more in October, a dizzying figure that would eclipse SpaceX and make the AI lab’s debut the largest-ever initial public offering. Half a dozen of the company’s backers told the FT that Anthropic’

Fino Payments Bank slipped into the red in the Q1 FY27, posting a net loss of ₹13.7 Cr against a profit of ₹17.8 Cr in the year-ago quarter. Sequentially, the bank reported a profit of ₹7.1 Cr in the March quarter. Fino Payments Bank’s total income declined 32.3% to ₹306.9 Cr in

Solar storms, like the one in August 1972 that hit during the gap between the Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 missions, throw bursts of protons intense enough to raise an astronaut’s cancer risk or even cause radiation sickness. Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field absorb this radiation

PS5 emulation arrives on Steam Deck, Astro Playroom showcased running at 0.6 FPS — milestone SharpEmu development shows promise, despite unplayable performance Another milestone for PS5 emulation. The PlayStation 5 emulation scene has been a wonder to witness, with rapid progress

Investing in Vals a16z invests in Vals America | Tech | Opinion | Culture | Charts We all know AI is getting smarter day by day. For the majority of the users, there’s a more important question now: is it getting better at what I need it to do? For years, the industry has relied

Microsoft is finally beginning to combine its consumer and commercial Copilot AI assistants into a single “super app” interface, starting with the Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps. Both personal and work accounts will be moved to the new unified app, which recycles the “Mic

The next era of social media might not be defined by a platform — it could be written by a protocol. That’s the bet Bluesky is making, and at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, two of its leaders steering that bet will make their case in person. Toni Schneider became Bluesky’s permanent CE

Netflix co-founder and former CEO Reed Hastings says AI could unleash a new wave of “creative destruction” as companies use rapidly improving technology not just to cut costs, but to challenge competitors and build new businesses. In this episode of The CEO Signal, Hastings notes

Memory maker CXMT overtakes Tencent to become China's most valuable company 17 days after its IPO — now worth $524 billion The DRAM maker ended Thursday worth $524 billion against Tencent's $510 billion. ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is now the world's most valuable Chinese

Wholesale costs for goods and services were flat in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday in the latest positive sign for inflation. The producer price index, a measure of underlying inflation pressures, was unchanged for the month, below the 0.2% Dow Jones conse

Kidswear brand FirstCry’s consolidated net loss narrowed 35% to ₹44 Cr in the June quarter from ₹66.5 Cr in the year-ago quarter. Sequentially, it declined about 9% from ₹48.2 Cr. Operating revenue for the quarter increased 13% YoY to ₹2,106.2 Cr. On a sequential basis, top line

Keychron launches ludicrous 100-key custom macro pad — 10 x 10 ‘keyboard’ uses ‘exclusive’ Keychron Apex switches and features per-key RGB control For when you need more macro keys. Keychron, which is known for making some of the best mechanical keyboards, just announced the C100

Tom's Hardware Verdict Geekom delivers a capable older-gen Core Ultra 9 chip in a sleek compact case, supported by 24GB of soldered RAM and a 500GB SSD. More importantly, during a component crisis, you can get all of that within an $800 budget. Pros - +Compact metal-reinforced de

From the comfort of well-upholstered armchairs in a vast room in Malham, north of Riyadh, hundreds of prized hunting birds will be exchanged for millions of riyals over the next few weeks. Falconry is an important part of Saudi sporting heritage — along with camel racing and hors

The News Following revelations that rogue police officers used car-tracking software from Flock Safety as a tool for stalking, the $8.4 billion startup said Thursday it planned to roll out new measures to prevent abuse of its license plate camera data. The Atlanta-based company,

Israel launched its first strike on Gaza in a week, intensifying questions over the prospects for a renewed US-backed peace effort. One person was wounded in the attack; overall, more than 1,250 people have been killed in the territory since October, when Washington unveiled a pl

A series of diplomatic spats this week underscored rising security tensions across East Asia. North Korea fired a missile into the sea for the second time in a week over imminent US-South Korean military drills that Pyongyang says are an invasion rehearsal. Taiwan condemned plann

US clean energy and transportation investment reached $75 billion in the second quarter of 2026 — the second-highest quarterly figure on record and up 22% from the prior three-month period. The results, published by the Clean Investment Monitor, were largely driven by retail inve

US power demand is set to hit new highs in 2026 and 2027, after two years of record peaks, according to a federal forecast. Data centers are the main driver of that growth, the Energy Information Administration said. The agency lowered its demand outlook for Texas after the state

Oil prices ticked down despite a lack of progress on peace talks between Washington and Tehran, as the industry’s outlook for global demand weakened and the US showed signs of rebuilding its stocks. The International Energy Agency and OPEC both slashed their demand forecasts, muc

This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Thursday. "Euro summer" might have cost some travelers a pretty penny this week: Hotel and short-term rental prices surged around yesterday's rare solar eclipse. Stock futures

State Rep. Francesca Hong was supposed to win Tuesday's Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary by around 20 percentage points, according to the latest public polling. Instead, the Democratic socialist lost by less than 1 percentage point. Hong's stunning loss to the more mode

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Strikes by Russia and Ukraine against each other’s grain export infrastructure are further straining already stretched global food supply chains. The attacks come as both look to reassert dominance over the Black Sea, a key conduit for barley, corn, and wheat. Experts fear a prol

Brainbees Solutions, the parent company of kids-focused omnichannel retailer FirstCry, reported a modest 13% year-on-year growth in revenue in Q1 FY27, while the company continued to remain in the red despite narrowing its losses by 34% to Rs 44 crore during the quarter. FirstCry

Europe’s fifth heatwave of the year looks set to peak today, with the region’s economy facing increasing pressure. Temperatures in parts of Germany and France are expected to top 38℃, or 100℉. The heat has hit energy supplies: Romania began disconnecting its sole functioning nucl

Coworking space provider Awfis’ net profit jumped 140% YoY to ₹24 Cr in the June quarter of FY27 from ₹10 Cr in the same quarter last year. Sequentially, the PAT increased 3.4% from ₹23.2 Cr. Awfis’ operating revenue for the quarter under review stood at ₹424.9 Cr, up 26.9% YoY f

Washington and Tehran again presented sharply contrasting narratives over the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring skepticism over the reopening of the waterway. Hours after US President Donald Trump said his forces had “total control” over Hormuz, Iranian officials said his remarks “d

The News Gulf startups are staying private for longer, part of a global phenomenon of weaker exit and IPO activity amid public market volatility, according to private capital tracker PitchBook. The UAE is the only Gulf country to rank among the top 20 venture capital markets, but

Tom's Hardware Verdict The Maxsun Terminator B850M Pro II is a competent budget AM5 motherboard with a solid feature set with average performance, but its current U.S. pricing make it a tough sell. At $199 it's competitive, but above that, better B850M options are available. Pros

Coin-sized device can hack a Boeing 737’s Flight Management Computer, mess with takeoff weights, or even divert an aircraft — gadget connects to an easily accessible port that overrides commands from the pilots, uses in-flight Wi-Fi While it does not let hackers control the plane