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Sunil Bharti Mittal is set to step down as the non-executive chairman of Airtel Payments Bank and leave its board after serving in the role for more than a decade. His tenure will conclude on September 30, following which existing board member Shabnam Sinha will take over as chai

Former Peak XV Partners analyst Saksham Mittal’s wealthtech startup Corpus Labs is in talks to raise pre-seed funding from Stellaris Venture Partners, sources told Inc42. While Inc42 couldn’t ascertain the size and terms of the funding round, Corpus has disclosed on its website t

Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months, up to 10x the lowest ever tracked prices — 128GB of DDR5 now $3,399 Analysis of historical price data trends indicates that the memory crisis has driven RAM prices to never-before-seen heights. We're officially in dire straits. There's almos

Sunrun, Voltus Bring Home Batteries Into AI Capacity Push Sunrun’s Voltus deal adds residential batteries to the capacity options available to AI hyperscalers, but distributed resources cannot solve every physical grid constraint. Sunrun will supply Voltus with capacity from resi

Walmart hopes to develop a roughly 1.5 million-square-foot fulfillment warehouse in Orange County, New York, according to a project proposal filed July 13. The site, located in the town of Wallkill, will include truck courts and loading areas to accommodate freight movement, desi

Man City move for £85m Bouaddi and still want Fernandez - Published Manchester City are in advanced talks with Lille over a move for Morocco midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi. The Premier League side want to conclude the transfer this week after agreeing to sell Rodri to Barcelona. It is

During a medieval siege, a trebuchet scored a chance hit on an unlucky defender. A small boulder slammed into his upper back at close to 300 kilometers an hour, smashing bones and crushing him beneath its weight. The man’s skeleton lay beneath the chapel of Scotland’s Stirling Ca

Off the Wire Press Releases An Argonne-led study has identified a simple geometric design rule that could help engineers build reliable, ultralow-energy computing systems. Aug. 17, 2026 — From smartphones to data centers, modern electronics rely on billions of tiny switches that

Uber is investing in, and partnering with, drone delivery company Zipline with the goal of making one million deliveries per day using the startup’s drones by the end of 2029. Zipline drones will make the first deliveries on the Uber Eats platform by the end of this year, the com

America's largest grid wants to cut power to new data centers first during shortages — 50MW-plus data centers must bring their own electricity generation to avoid shutoffs PJM's FERC filing would curtail large loads built after June 2027 that don't secure their own generation. PJ

Wispr, a startup known for its AI dictation tool, raised $280 million in Series B funding, led by Menlo Ventures, at a $2 billion valuation, the company announced on Monday. The funds will allow Wispr to increase its footprint as it ventures into new areas, such as meetings, with

D2C consumer appliance startup Atomberg’s board passed a special resolution to raise up to ₹450 Cr via an initial public offering (IPO) during an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) held last week, on August 12. The proposed public issue will comprise a combination of fresh equit

Oil producer Vista Energy jumped in premarket on Monday after it was revealed that billionaire Peter Thiel's hedge fund had acquired a stake in the Argentine company. Thiel Macro LLC reported that it owned almost 1.2 million American Depository Shares of Vista Energy, worth about

Data breaches at two shipping companies has put cryptocurrency owners with physical hardware wallets at greater risk of having their funds stolen, highlighting weaknesses in the broader tech ecosystem relied on by the crypto industry. In recent weeks, makers of hardware crypto wa

Asus ROG Edition 20 gaming PC build – A pretty powerhouse PC that next to no one can afford A unique exercise in cost-no-object computing, with lots of screens, several pounds of copper, and an open case that might necessitate a desk upgrade. In these days of expensive SSDs, high

The Indian UPI market saw some shifts in the month of July even as the top ten players managed to retain their positions. Prominently, Sachin Bansal-led Navi saw its market share further increasing to 4% in the month under review from 3.7% in June and 3.6% in May. The fintech sta

Wall Street's so-called "fear gauge" has fallen to its lowest level of 2026 so far, reflecting relative market tranquility in a year marked by geopolitical turbulence — but the calm appears unlikely to last. Strategists warn that rock-bottom volatility, fresh stock market all-tim

This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Monday. Congratulations are in order for my colleagues who won an Edward R. Murrow Award for their investigation of Walmart's online marketplace. Read their reporting here. St

AI factories are the defining infrastructure of the AI era — where compute transforms energy and data into intelligence that powers every business, industry and country. In the AI economy, compute is revenue. AI factories require a full stack of critical resources: advanced chips

AI - AI and ml Payments giant Stripe is about to drop over $7 billion to become a gateway to AI token salesAI gateways look promising as companies struggle with model orchestration -

APAC Data Center Pipeline Surges as AI Pre-Leasing Tightens Supply Driven by surging investment in AI and cloud infrastructure, Asia-Pacific’s data center pipeline reached a record-breaking 26.5 GW in H1 2026. Asia-Pacific’s data center development pipeline reached a record 26.5

Hayden Panettiere: A life of struggles alongside screen success - Published Hayden Panettiere, who has died at the age of 36, lived most of her life in the spotlight - from success as a child star to lead roles in hit TV shows Heroes and Nashville - but also endured struggles tha

The News A Ghanaian energy company has raised more than half a billion dollars to fund ongoing natural gas-based power projects and pursue new opportunities in West Africa. Genser Energy secured a €456 million ($527 million) credit package arranged by three of South Africa’s top

Intel's Arc Pro B70 workstation GPU is now up to 48% more expensive than it was just a month ago — 32GB Battlemage workstation card climbs toward $2,000 No one is safe these days. The component crisis continues to wreak havoc across the computer industry, and its latest victim is

Last week, Table Space filed its DRHP with the SEBI, proposing a fresh issue of shares worth up to ₹800 Cr and an OFS of up to 6.5 Cr shares. As the managed workspace provider moves closer to a listing on the bourses, its shareholding pattern throws up an interesting mix of a dom

Meta wants to lead in open-source AI. China's Alibaba just reminded the U.S. tech giant how competitive the market is. On Monday, the Chinese tech giant launched an AI model, designed to run on consumer hardware like laptops — a new battleground for AI model developers — and open

Tom's Hardware Verdict The ViewSonic VG1457 is feature-packed and has a compact frame, but color performance and panel brightness are sore spots. Pros - +Compact size and weight despite two displays - +Three USB-C ports, including 65-watt power passthrough - +Multiple viewing and

PJM’s New Deal for Data Centers: Bring Power or Face Cuts PJM would let major new loads enter service before equivalent capacity is available, but unsupported demand could face earlier emergency curtailment. PJM Interconnection (PJM) has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis

This should be a golden era of launch. During the last three years, an average of 270 orbital rockets have launched from Earth, a more than threefold increase from only a decade ago. By every metric available, the launch industry is crushing it: Prices have never been more compet

The greatest invention in pet tech in recent years is the litter robot. A machine that scoops your kitties’ poop so you don’t have to — what else could a cat owner possibly want? How about insights into your kitty’s litter box usage that could flag health issues? Sign me up. But

PC Partner warns of rising GPU prices and budget card shortages — analyst suggests makers are hiking prices beyond memory costs But an analyst raises concern. PC Partner, the maker of AMD, Inno3D, Manli, Sapphire, and Zotac-branded graphics cards, expects its costs to rise meanin