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The supercomputer race no longer means what it used to, as rankings lose relevance in the AI era — as privately held compute clusters are built, running HPL becomes a distraction China and the United States are in a race for supercomputer supremacy – but does it actually have an

In Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Matthew Broderick famously winks straight into the camera: “Life moves pretty fast.” Life does move fast, but AI might move even faster. I talk to VCs all day, and it recently occurred to me: Though venture capital’s meant to be the long game, AI is m

SMIC posts record $3B quarter and hikes wafer prices — US sanctions hand Chinese foundry a captive AI market China's only 7nm-class foundry ran at 93.7% utilization last quarter, blew past its own guidance, and told customers to expect "fairer pricing." SMIC posted its first $3 b

Fleetx.ai, an AI-native fleet and logistics technology company, has acquired Transportation Management System (TMS) providerPando.ai for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will give customers access to a unified platform covering fleet visibility and freight execution, with A

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Physical media nostalgia sees fundraisers flock to Blu-Ray Kickstarter — drive with 9-in-1 dock achieves 160x funding goal halfway through campaign Early birds can put down $59 for this, with a warning it will cost $129 at retail. A Blu-ray drive has got tech fans excited over on

G.Skill pays out $2.4M settlement over misleading DDR4 and DDR5 speed marketing — buyers get $20 to $25 as vendor agrees to XMP and EXPO packaging warnings G.Skill, maker of some of the best RAM for PC gaming, has begun sending payments to claimants in the $2.4 million class acti

Pine64 halts all Linux hardware manufacturing through at least mid-2027 due to shortages — memory crunch forces open-source maker to freeze SBCs, tablets, and phones PineNote and PineTab2 stock is expected to run dry within three months. Pine64 has stopped producing Linux devices

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Belgian car salesman becomes prince after royal parentage confirmed - Published Belgium's Prince Laurent has legally recognised 26-year-old former car salesman Clément Vandenkerckhove as his son and heir. Vandenkerckhove, the result of a relationship between the royal and Belgian

On August 10, Mark Zuckerberg published a letter titled “The Future for Everyone,” a manifesto laying out his vision for how superintelligence could improve people’s lives, expand human capability, and distribute the benefits of artificial intelligence more broadly. Zuckerberg ad

Federal judge strikes down ATF 'ghost gun' rule for 3D printed parts — says restrictions violate Fifth Amendment and historical tradition of DIY gunsmithing Are 3D-printed guns part of the "historical tradition of personal gunsmithing"? Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Co

Following a flat scale in FY25, payments infrastructure and intelligence company Cashfree Payments staged a comeback in FY26, with its operating scale rising 51% year-on-year to nearly Rs 1,000 crore, while its losses narrowed by 23% during the year. According to the company’s co

Console modder builds working Switch 2 Joy-Cons inside original Wii Remote shells — motion-sensing controllers snap magnetically onto a Switch 2 Nintendo has yet to offer any Wii Remote support on Switch 2. YouTuber Kouzex has transplanted the internals of a pair of Joy-Con 2 con

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Update| August 20, 17:21 IST Shares of Swiggy ended today's trading session 2.7% higher at ₹279.75 apiece on the BSE. Original| August 20, 15:06 IST Shares of foodtech major Swiggy surged nearly 5% to hit an intraday high of ₹285.35 apiece on the BSE on today after brokerage firm

Amazon delivery drone dumps Texas woman's parcel straight into her swimming pool — viral video surfaces the same week the company announces 500-city Prime Air expansion Talk about making a splash On the same week that Amazon announced plans to expand its Prime Air Delivery servic

In the second quarter of 2026, global server shipments were below prior expectations, growing 3.8% quarter-over-quarter. The main reason was tight supply of key components such as memory, CPU, and IC substrate, which curbed overall system shipment momentum. Even so, procurement b

Hindustan Unilever (HUL)-owned beauty and personal care (BPC) brand Minimalist regained profitability in the fiscal year FY26. The company posted a net profit of ₹25.9 Cr against a loss of ₹270.5 Cr in the previous year. Important to mention that the company had incurred an excep

Dear SaaStr: Can A Great Sales Rep Sell Any B2B Product? No. Not really in software. At least not well. Although many think they can. Too many. The very, very best in SaaS that are truly curious can often sell almost any product well. But this is a narrow group of the best of the

The News When the Carlyle Group decided to get into the madcap data-center dash, it didn’t start by courting hyperscalers or Emirati royals. It called the US Army. This spring Carlyle won a 50-year lease of federal lands in Fort Bliss, Texas, and is negotiating the development of

AI Data Center Networking: Scaling Up, Out, and Across with 102.4T Ethernet As AI clusters scale and network silicon becomes the bottleneck, next-generation switching architecture targets latency and multi-site connectivity. Adding thousands of GPUs to a data center can be a colo

President Donald Trump’s on-camera openness to US market access for Hyperliquid, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange that allows its users to trade anonymously, won’t thrill its domestic competitors. Intercontinental Exchange Inc. and CME Group Inc. recently urged US offici

President Donald Trump’s latest step away from military escalation in Iran comes as the US side sees talks between Iran and Oman — which had appeared to be a rare fruitful negotiation path — as having stalled in recent days. A US official and a White House official told Semafor t

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Homegrown sneaker brand Zaydn has raised $681K in a seed funding round led by Inflection Point Ventures (IPV), with participation from BeyondSeed and other angel investors. The fresh funds will be used to scale inventory and production capacity, strengthen working capital, accele

FMCG giant Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) has moved the Delhi High Court against D2C sustainable home care brand Beco over its claims in a recent advertising campaign. Last week, Beco released a comparative ad campaign featuring HUL’s home cleaning brands, including Vim and Surf Ex

Omnichannel payment solutions provider Phi Commerce is set to raise Rs 38.54 crore (approximately $4 million) in an ongoing Series B round from existing investors. The fresh fundraise comes nearly a year after the company raised $11 million across two rounds from existing investo

Healthcare infrastructure startup Tross has raised an undisclosed amount of funding in a pre-seed round led by All In Capital along with participation from DeVC. The proceeds will be used to accelerate product development, expand the engineering team, build additional EHR and pay

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Update | August 20, 16:47 IST Shares of Shiprocket ended today's trading 0.91% lower at ₹142.19 apiece on the BSE. The company's market capitalisation stood at ₹10,345.4 Cr (about $1 Bn). Original | August 20, 12:27 IST Shares of ecommerce enablement platform Shiprocket rose as m