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In May 2026, a small crowd gathered at a stadium in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada to watch a balloon lift off towards the sky. Little did the spectators know that this was a historic first for India. The floating device was an indigenous super-pressure balloon designed to remain af

AI - ai and ml Hugging Face is too important to fall into Nvidia's hands$12.9 billion deal will inevitably cement Nvidia's market dominance and harm competition in the process. Regulators should take note -

Off the Wire Press Releases Sept. 3, 2026 — Today, NVIDIA announced that it has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for approximately $12.9 billion, confirming reports that emerged last week. NVIDIA said Hugging Face will remain an open platform supporting models, frameworks, cloud pr

Off the Wire Press Releases Technique avoids costly calculations of quantum algorithm performance on large circuits. Sept. 3, 2026 — Quantum computers have arisen as a possible solution for highly complex mathematical problems, offering “quantum advantage” over classical computer

FLASH AI adds impetus to NetApp revenue rise The AI revenue boost NetApp enjoyed in its May earnings has accelerated with record breaking $2 billion revenues for its first fy2027 quarter, a 30 percent Y/Y increase, soaring past its $1.9 billion high-end outlook. This increase bea

September is here with 28 more games streaming on GeForce NOW this month, led by a slam dunk: NBA 2K27 with the NVIDIA DLSS 5 3D-Guided Neural Rendering feature. Through NVIDIA’s close collaboration with Visual Concepts and 2K, DLSS 5 brings a new level of lifelike lighting and m

Off the Wire Press Releases Sept. 3, 2026 — George Mason University and Oxford-based frontier computing company TreQ announced a partnership this week to bring open-architecture quantum infrastructure to the Commonwealth of Virginia beginning with the first open-architecture quan

TikTok’s comment sections are getting an upgrade. The social network announced on Thursday that it’s rolling out new features for its comment sections, including voice comments, comment polls, photo carousel comments, and Live Photo comments. With the additions, the app is borrow

Our rebranded Boston event, TechCrunch Founder Summit (formerly All Stage), is back on November 4th! And we are looking for some incredible volunteers to help us make this event happen. If you are interested in finding out what goes into building tech events, apply to volunteer.

Off the Wire Press Releases Agreement builds on SEEQC’s established Taiwan ecosystem across semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and advanced research TAIPEI, Taiwan, Sept. 3, 2026 — SEEQC, Inc., a chip-based quantum computing company, today announced the signing of a Memoran

Digital banking startup Slice has reportedly raised $100 million in a fresh funding round at a valuation of around $450 million. According to a Moneycontrol report, the round was led by Indian wealth management platform Neo Wealth, with participation from Japan-based Kado Global,

AI - ai and ml Hugging Face is too important to fall into Nvidia's hands$12.9 billion deal will inevitably cement Nvidia's market dominance and harm competition in the process. Regulators should take note -

Over a year after piloting concierge services with Crew, consumer internet major Swiggy today announced restricting the premium concierge platform to a “dedicated personal travel concierge offering”. Crew was launched in June 2025 to allow users to find, shop and get delivered an

After weeks of swirling rumors, Nvidia confirmed today that it has acquired Hugging Face for $12.93 billion. Hugging Face’s platform hosts three million models, one million applications used by over 18 million developers, and half a million datasets. In a blog post, Nvidia’s CEO

Alipay+’s proposed linkage with UPI for cross-border payments has reportedly been stalled over national security concerns and questions surrounding the storage and use of customer data. The proposal, submitted by Alipay+ in January, was aimed at allowing Indian travellers to make

Benchmarking 31 different CPUs in Onimusha: Way of the Sword — X3D beats flagships by 10%, 270K Plus falls behind Raptor Lake Refresh Another solid showing for RE Engine, after a year of excellent Capcom releases. Onimusha: Way of the Sword closes out an incredible year for Capco

After wrapping up its longest monthly losing streak on Wall Street in more than a decade, Google has started September by giving investors several reasons for optimism. The company on Wednesday launched Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks, alongside a new cyberse

This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Thursday. Breaking news this morning: Nvidia has agreed to buy open-source artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion. Stock futures are mixed this m

The most consequential change in enterprise AI this year is not a model release, it is a change in what buyers agree to pay for. OpenAI's CFO has recast the buyer's question away from cost per token and towards cost per successful task, proposing "useful intelligence per dollar"

Fintech unicorn turned small finance bank (SFB) slice is set to raise around $100 Mn in fresh funding at a valuation of $450 Mn-$465 Mn, marking a sharp decline from the startup’s last valuation of around $1.25 Bn, sources told Inc42. The round is expected to be backed by Peak XV

Bengaluru-based Prestige Estates has signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with a landowner to build this project, as part of its expansion plan in the Delhi-NCR market. The company is already developing a housing project in Ghaziabad and will soon launch a residential proje

The benchmark 6.94% 2036 bond yield settled at 6.9646%, versus 6.9754% on Wednesday, after falling to 6.9323% intraday. Bond yields move inversely to prices. Shorter maturities outperformed, with the five-year yield falling 4 basis points to 6.5216%. Traders covered short positio

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed allowing mutual fund schemes to settle cash obligations from stock-market transactions on a net basis, while keeping settlement of securities on a gross, delivery-based basis. The consultation paper issued on Thursday

Intel scraps 44-year-old 'Fellow' title for top scientists, changes 'standard of technical leadership' — technical luminaries must now deliver measurable business results, combine deep expertise with strategic vision and 'measurable tactical progress' Different designation, diffe

Zoox isn’t wasting any time now that it’s allowed to operate and charge for rides in its custom-built robotaxi. The company has extended its commercial robotaxi service in Las Vegas to include rides to and from Harry Reid International Airport. Customers will be able to hail ride

Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, bringing one of the most popular hosting platforms for open-source AI models, datasets, and tools under the ownership of the world’s biggest AI chipmaker. Nvidia is buying Hugging Face for almost $13 billion The GitHub-lik

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RPCS3 emulator devs slam Nvidia DLSS 5 as 'AI-slop generator' — says industry pushing 'more upscalers and frame generation to hallucinate games and hide their lack of optimisation' DLSS 5 sparks debate over AI-generated visuals. Developers at RPCS3, the open-source PlayStation 3

The sharp drop triggered a massive spike in out-of-the-money put options. The 76,600 put option jumped from Rs 102 to Rs 446, a gain of nearly 335%. The 76,500 put rose from Rs 71 to Rs 346, up about 350%, while the 76,400 put moved from Rs 45 to Rs 246, a surge of around 446%. T

The year 2026 so far has been tough for Netflix stock. The heavyweight stock, which was part of the older FAANG group, is down 9% year-to-date, compared to an impressive 13% jump in the Nasdaq Composite. On 2 September, the stock snapped its two-day losing run to settle at $82.73

Iconic Packard Bell brand rises from the ashes after 13 years with the DotBook 14 at IFA — colorful and affordable Intel Twin Lake laptop is Europe-only, for now Acer is the current owner of the now 100-year-old Packard Bell brand, and is also showing off an eclectic range of Dot

Strong NRI deposit inflows, however, provided support to the banking sector, easing pressure on the rupee and tempering concerns over tighter domestic liquidity and interest rates. The Nifty 50 fell 41 points, or 0.17%, to end the session at 23,873. The Sensex, meanwhile, saw a s

Meta's landmark settlement in its child safety trial will precipitate the most significant change to its social media platforms for teen users ever. The social media giant's settlement with more than 40 states plus the District of Columbia and multiple territories, includes up to

Meta's landmark settlement in its child safety trial will precipitate the most significant change to its social media platforms for teen users ever. The social media giant's settlement with more than 40 states plus the District of Columbia and multiple territories, includes up to

AI - ai and ml Hugging Face is too important to fall into Nvidia's hands$12.9 billion deal will inevitably cement Nvidia's market dominance and harm competition in the process. Regulators should take note -

I’m excited to announce that NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12,930,300,000. Together, we will scale Hugging Face’s platform, strengthen its infrastructure and expand access to AI for developers and institutions worldwide. Over the past decade, Clem, Julien, Thomas

The secondaries market offers a window into the most-watched-IPO horse race, perhaps ever, between OpenAI and Anthropic. Now, the vibe, shall we say, for a while has been that OpenAI is falling behind Anthropic. Across the secondaries market, that’s certainly how prospective buye

The US stock futures traded mixed on Thursday, 3 September, after major Wall Street indices recovered in the previous session amid renewed buying in technology and chip stocks. Futures tied to the S&P 500 were largely flat, while Dow futures and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.15% and

Anthropic's head of threat intelligence, Jacob Klein, says his company welcomes competition. But what's coming out of the Chinese market, he says, is something much closer to theft. Foreign adversaries, Klein says, are accessing Anthropic's Claude models — a process known as dist

Anthropic's head of threat intelligence, Jacob Klein, says his company welcomes competition. But what's coming out of the Chinese market, he says, is something much closer to theft. Foreign adversaries, Klein says, are accessing Anthropic's Claude models — a process known as dist

The Scoop The rush by AI hyperscalers and their Wall Street backers to build billions of dollars’ worth of data centers and associated energy projects has set off fierce competition for talent among major law firms. A few years ago, electricity-related dealmaking was a backwater