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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

The Scoop Saudi Arabia’s stock market regulator is investigating the poor performance of recent initial public offerings, according to people familiar with the matter, and questioning the advice given by investment banks to companies selling stock. The investigation has been unde

Fintech unicorn Navi is reportedly planning to file its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) for an initial public offering (IPO) as early as December this year, with the proposed issue estimated at about ₹3,000 Cr (about $314 Mn). According to a Bloomberg report, citing sources,

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Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is consolidating its data centre, cloud and AI infrastructure businesses under newly incorporated subsidiary Vyoma.AI as it bids to build a larger play in India’s fast-growing AI infrastructure market. Earlier this week, L&T transferred its data centre and c

US President Donald Trump said this week the US effectively “owns” the Strait of Hormuz, but it might be more accurate to say that in practice, it belongs to the loose cohort of oil tankers that have established what could be a new status quo. While hourly headlines send the pric

The News DP World weathered a near-collapse in traffic at its flagship Jebel Ali port in the first half of the year, as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz forced it to reroute cargo overland through other ports in the UAE and neighboring countries. Container throughput at Jebel

Critical 'Zoomsday' flaw enables total device takeover during Zoom calls — AI-assisted research only used 20 prompts to find an exploit to hack hundreds of millions of people. And two of those prompts were probably "no bugs plz" and "kk thx." We've typed many words about how the

Bea Nolan here, filling in for Allie. Google DeepMind has been having a difficult year. Last week, longtime Google DeepMind CEO and company cofounder Demis Hassabis announced he was stepping back from the CEO role and into a new chair role. Hassabis ceded day-to-day control to De

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Anthropic has revealed that it will soon watermark content that is processed (not just generated!) by any of its models. In a support article, Anthropic explained that it was rolling out machine-readable watermarks to comply with the European Union’s AI Act, which requires all AI

At a time when founder Nitish Mittersain is set to step down as the CEO on September 1, 2026, Nazara Technologies seems to be standing at an interesting crossroads. The gaming company is moving aggressively to consolidate Spain-based casual gaming studio Bluetile Games and BestPl

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Analysts see 'increasing foundry success conviction' as Intel CEO puts $12 million more of his own money in company — analysts point to accelerating foundry progress and capex expansion More confidence in the legendary company? Intel chief executive Lip-Bu Tan has invested $12 mi

Honasa Consumer, the parent company of Mamaearth, announced its financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2027 (Q1 FY27). The company reported a 27% year-on-year growth in its scale during the quarter, while its profit more than doubled to Rs 90 cror

PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archival materials, to ensure preservation This wouldn't have been an issue if the org

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Alabama residents left powerless to stop massive Bitcoin mining data center despite county and town moratoriums — hole in state zoning laws lets facility through Public pressure mounts on data center buildouts in Alabama. Somerville in Morgan County, Alabama, is a quiet, idyllic

Mamaearth parent Honasa Consumer’s consolidated net profit more than doubled to ₹90.5 Cr in the quarter ended June 2026 from ₹41.3 Cr in the year-ago period. Net profit grew 30% on a QoQ basis from ₹69.4 Cr. The beauty and personal care company’s operating revenue rose 27% to ₹75

Tom's Hardware Verdict With multiple viewing modes, high-quality construction, and integrated networking functionality, the FlipGo Horizon Pro is in a class of its own. Pros - +Impeccable build quality - +Multiple modes for using the displays - +Useful suitcase included for trave

For decades, Mozilla has been one of the strongest advocates for an open internet. Today, as artificial intelligence becomes increasingly central to how businesses and governments operate, the organization is making a similar case for open AI. In a report published last month, Mo