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Disney is looking to increase its foothold in the technology space with its latest hire. The media giant said Friday it hired Karandeep Anand, most recently CEO of Character.AI, effective Oct. 2 as senior executive vice president and chief technology officer. The newly created po

Disney is looking to increase its foothold in the technology space with its latest hire. The media giant said Friday it hired Karandeep Anand, most recently CEO of Character.AI, effective Oct. 2 as senior executive vice president and chief technology officer. The newly created po

Meritage Hospitality, one of Wendy's largest U.S. franchisees, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday. The filing comes as the burger chain has struggled to win over diners who have become increasingly focused on value. For six straight quarters, Wendy's has repor

The DevFest Community Workshop Experience: Building Real Agents Together Christina Lin Developer Relations Engineering Manager This week we kicked off the DevFest season in North America at Google Hudson Square in New York City with 80 engineers packed into the room. Typical tech

Accelerating the borderless Lakehouse: Announcing preview of cross-cloud caching Will Ochandarena Group Product Manager Jason Ganetsky Staff Software Engineer Today, we are excited to announce enhancements to the borderless Lakehouse, our answer to how data engineers, data scient

For the wealthy families who manage their own money through a family office, the math right now is simple, according to Djoann Fal, a family office advisor and investor at the private wealth platform Atlas Capital in San Francisco. A family office might want to put money into som

How to upskill enterprise AI builders by using daily micro habits Ryan Faris Head of Agentic Transformation, Delta Enrique Chan Product Manager, Delta As enterprises invest in generative AI, tech leaders keep seeing the same pattern: Developers test AI tools for a week, hit setup

Dive Brief: - Gordon Companies Inc. — owner of seasonal holiday decor brands Christmas Central, Christmas.com and Northlight — filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, per a voluntary petition filed in the Western District of New York courts. - The company’s estimate

Reimagining service delivery in the agentic era with Google Public Sector Matt Schneider Managing Director, US State, Local, and Education, Google Public Sector State and local governments are driven by a shared mission to provide responsive, equitable, and accessible services. H

Changing the game: Using agentic AI to secure infrastructure code Andrés Lagar-Cavilla Distinguished Engineer, Google Parthasarathy Ranganathan VP, Engineering Fellow AI is accelerating software development at an unprecedented pace. But as code generation scales, so do the challe

'I'm telling the truth': Earl Spencer defends Diana book claims about Charles in BBC interview - Published Princess Diana's brother has told the BBC exclusively that he is "telling the truth" about a phone call with King Charles in the days after his sister's death. Earl Spencer

SK Hynix considering US Solidigm fab The Seoul Economic Daily reports SK Hynix subsidiary Solidigm is thinking about building a US-based NAND fabrication plant, while SK Hynix has revealed more about its US AI Co operation, being launched as "SK hynix Ventures." Solidigm currentl

Watch: Diana's brother says Charles 'went ballistic' in phone call after her death Princess Diana's brother said King Charles "went ballistic" during a phone call with him in the days after his sister's death. Earl Spencer spoke exclusively with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg about c

Brother didn't match description of 'Putney pusher', suspect's sisters tell BBC The sisters of the man suspected of being the so-called "Putney pusher" have told the BBC their brother was innocent, and the police showed "no urgency" to clear his name. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's To

The spread on French 10-year government bonds over Germany's rose as high as 104 basis points, exceeding a whole percentage point for the first time since 2012, as investors demand higher compensation for the risk of holding the debt. For live updates on US Markets, click here Yi

Investors are eyeing the prospect of a new global rate-tightening cycle as worries about inflation have mounted. On Friday, the Bank of Japan raised interest rates to a 31-year high and its governor signaled the central bank has entered a new phase focused on preventing inflation

Flight chaos caused by 'millisecond' software defect, report says - Published An air traffic control failure that sparked widespread travel chaos earlier this month was caused by a "software defect" affecting the system underpinning UK air space management, the national air traff

Dive Brief: - Swiss sneaker brand On has signed soccer superstar Kylian Mbappé, the company announced Friday. Mbappé signed with Nike as a child, at the start of his career, and the move marks On’s entry into the sport. - FC Barcelona and Swiss national team women’s star Sydney

Save up to 40% on Elegoo 3D printers during its September sale, from just $159 — Elegoo Day deals mean you can save on a new FDM or resin printer, with big bulk discounts on consumables Grab a 3D printer with a discount, thanks to Elegoo Day Elegoo has a huge sale right now, maki

HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 Release 4 is now generally available, and it delivers the scale-out HPE previewed at its GreenLake update in May: a single cluster now runs up to 16 nodes and 16 JBOFs, roughly twice the performance and twice the capacity of the prior release, and sc

Cybersecurity teams with the U.S. Coast Guard and the FBI boarded two U.S.-bound oil tankers last month after hackers reportedly compromised at least one of the ship’s networks and took control of its navigation, propulsion, and cargo systems. According to a joint statement share

Artificial Intelligence Migrating multi-model AI agents to Amazon Bedrock AgentCore runtime Organizations building multi-model agentic AI applications face growing infrastructure complexity. Managing container orchestration, scaling policies, identity, and observability for multi

China's premier memory maker CXMT eyes producing flash for SSDs, report claims — 3D NAND research and development line rumored for its second manufacturing facility near Beijing 3D NAND research program is reportedly underway. A new report claims Chinese DRAM champion CXMT is eye

A team of three independent security researchers at Hacktron says it took less than 72 hours for them to hack into OpenAI employee accounts using Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.8 and 5, The Wall Street Journal reports. They were able to access OpenAI’s GitHub repository, called “Monor

You have an AI product to build. Do you choose a proprietary frontier model and get moving quickly? Build on an open model and gain greater control? Fine-tune your own version? Run locally? Use multiple models? Change strategy six months from now when the economics and capabiliti

AI - Microsoft agentically ports Copilot runtime to Rust for $120KThe Rust compiler remains unperturbed by the antics of the LLM - Virginia governor wakes up to fact datace

Tenko and Coronation Street actress Stephanie Cole dies aged 84 - Published Actress Stephanie Cole, known for roles in Tenko, Open All Hours and Coronation Street, has died aged 84. A statement from her agent John Grant, issued on behalf of her family, confirmed the actress had b

The sell-off in Netflix shares deepened in Friday’s trade, with the stock falling another 7% to $70.11 apiece, marking its fourth consecutive session of losses and taking it to its lowest level in nearly two months. The decline came after Wells Fargo Securities downgraded the str

It’s been another week with far more retail news than there is time in the day. Below, we break down some things you may have missed during the week, and what we’re still thinking about. From executive shuffling in the athletics market to a truly sparkling KitchenAid stand mixer,

Meta’s new AI assistant app, Muse, is now available on Mac. On the Mac, Muse can interact with your files, messages, calendar, notes, and mail, all within their native applications. The new app follows the launch of Muse on mobile and the web earlier this month, when it quickly r

House passes act to make AI data centers pay for grid upgrades to minimize impact on residents — measure directs states to consider adoption of federal standard within two years of passing This rule could codify the promises that AI hyperscalers made to President Trump. The U.S.

AI safety worries are hanging over Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington next week, which is attracting big names in the tech world. OpenAI’s Sam Altman will attend the Sept. 24 state dinner that President Donald Trump is hosting for Xi, Semafor has confirmed, and Nvidi

The NFL season is expected to generate roughly $40 billion in U.S. wagering activity, according to a new forecast from Eilers & Krejcik Gaming. The market researcher said regulated sportsbooks still command nearly four out of every five dollars wagered, with an estimated $31.7 bi

The shares changed hands at Rs 1,695 apiece. Prasid Uno Family Trust was the seller, offloading the entire 13.90 lakh shares in two transactions. The trust sold 12,21,820 shares in one transaction and 1,68,180 shares in another, with both deals executed at Rs 1,695 per share. The

AWS Compute Blog Running self-hosted AI agent sandboxes with AWS Lambda MicroVMs Organizations are building AI agents that autonomously write code, query databases, and interact with internal systems on behalf of their teams. These agents handle use cases such as automated code r

Shares of StubHub gained on Friday after Citi upgraded the ticket reselling platform. Analyst Jason Bazinet raised his rating to buy from neutral. He did trim his price target to $7 from $9, though that still represents 18% upside from Thursday's close. Bazinet wrote Thursday he

The Scene A prominent researcher is warning the world is on the verge of a massive transformation thanks to the emergence of a new technology that could drastically benefit society or cause massive destruction. No one quite understands how it works, or whether governments should

The Tata Sons-Tata Trusts standoff has become a shareholder problem, wiping out ₹52,154 crore, or approximately $5.44 billion, in market value from the group’s listed companies on Friday as investors reassessed the implications for leadership and capital allocation. The sell-off