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A new fleet of AI agents is making its presence felt on the internet. On Sunday, a group of independent researchers posted preliminary findings about the agents, observing that they seem to be running on Tencent’s infrastructure and targeting Alibaba’s map service, Amap. Research

Walmart plans to invest $300 million in a fulfillment center in Turtlecreek Township, Ohio, according to a press release published by the Regional Economic Development Initiative Cincinnati. The new facility will specialize in fulfilling larger, non-sortable items such as televis

Value retailers are seeing their stocks fall sharply amid expectations of a muted second quarter, as restrained consumer spending and inflation weigh on sales growth. On Monday, DMart-operator Avenue Supermarts Ltd fell 6.67%, while V2 Retail Ltd plunged 16.63% and Vishal Mega Ma

Thousands of startups applied. Just 200 made Startup Battlefield. Only 20 will pitch on the Disrupt Stage across all three days. Competition goes from October 13-15 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. It all comes down to one final decision. For our Startup Battlefield finalist judges, w

Today, I’m talking with Sen. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California. Schiff sits on a number of committees with oversight into tech and AI: intellectual property, antitrust, privacy and technology — it’s all there. I really wanted to ask him about how we might regulate anything

AI - Schneider Electric drops $22.6B on PTC as datacenter boom rains money on infra companies Part of a bigger play for smarter power infra - Cohere offers to put agents in lockdown mode with strict ACLs Like OpenClaw but with access control - INTERVIEW Altman-backed Volantis rev

Viceroy Hotels had earlier entered the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process after running up heavy debt under its previous promoter. Creditors were owed more than Rs 1,150 crore, and the company at one point faced the possibility of liquidation. Trading in its shares was also

Indian stock market investors are likely to track several companies on Tuesday, October 6, following key business updates, Q2 FY27 performance announcements, acquisitions, order wins and operational developments. Trent, Godrej Consumer Products, Juniper Hotels, Metropolis Healthc

Amjad Masad announced Replit’s London office the other day. It’s the company’s first international office. Replit was founded in 2016. It has more than 50 million users and is on track for $1 billion in run-rate revenue by the end of this year. The $400M round at $9B was earmarke

The campaign was launched at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on October 5 on the occasion of World Investor Week 2026. The 10th edition of World Investor Week is being observed in India from October 5 to 11 under the theme ‘Samajh Se Investing Simple’. The initiative is being unde

Want to dig deeper into the Top 100 Consumer AI Apps? Watch the companion podcast here, and see the full list here. Three years into tracking consumer AI, the leaderboard is becoming familiar. This is the seventh edition of our Top 100 AI Consumer Apps, where we rank the top web

The biggest stage at TechCrunch Disrupt is where the people building the future come to talk about what happens next in the tech ecosystem. Across three days, from October 13 to 15, at Moscone West in San Francisco, the Disrupt Stage will bring together some of the biggest game-c

There's a simple reason the Nasdaq-100 Index closed at new records Friday: The world's biggest company notched its first record since May. Nvidia, which accounts for 13% of the Nasdaq and 8% of the S&P 500 Index, added 1.3% Friday, ending seven weeks of sideways trading surround

Listen to this article in summarized format The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 32.46 points, or 0.06%, to 51,144.50. The S&P 500 gained 35.44 points, or 0.46%, to 7,758.16, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 189.48 points, or 0.70%, to 27,380.34. Technology heavyweights led ea

The list, provided first to The Associated Press on Monday, includes 19 Republicans and 13 Democrats, with six members getting $1 million in spending each. All 32 supported legislation that was a top priority for the industry. The bipartisan slate pales in contrast, however, to F

Sub-Saharan Africa’s off-grid solar market is due to expand by 450% by 2035, with more than 35% of installations projected to be in Nigeria, according to a new report by global research firm Wood Mackenzie. Across the continent, persistent failures in national grids and growing p

Quoting the findings of Sebi's investor survey, Pandey also said it highlighted a gap between awareness and actual participation in the securities markets. Emphasising the need for investor education, he advised investors not to invest merely because someone recommended it or bec

Three junta-led West African states launched a joint television channel to offer programming in line with their push to de-emphasize Western viewpoints. Tafouk TV, owned by Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, started broadcasting in September, has been praised by Russia’s ambassador i

The company’s revenue for the first half of FY27 rose 21% year-on-year to Rs 11,454 crore, compared with Rs 9,505 crore in the corresponding period a year earlier. Revenue from the sale of merchandise, excluding other operating income, also grew 23% year-on-year during Q2FY27 and

The group made a pitch to London investors in late September for a planned London Stock Exchange listing of the cement unit that is currently worth $13 billion on Nigeria’s stock market. The firm is hoping to raise up to $1 billion, according to a person familiar with the plans.

South Africa’s foreign minister Ronald Lamola has publicly questioned whether US ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III should be in the job at all, the latest sign of how little goodwill is left between Pretoria and the Trump administration. The deterioration in ties has simmered for n

The currency opened 10 paise up at 96.2150 a dollar, supported by the overnight drop in Brent crude prices that lifted investor sentiment. It depreciated half a percent last week. It traded in a narrow 10 paise bank throughout the day as traders are waiting for fresh direction fr

Getting some extra storage space on your Mac could be as easy as deleting Apple’s AI features with a new open-source command line tool called RemoveMacAI. There used to be a single Settings toggle for disabling Apple Intelligence, but that was removed in macOS 27. Now, the models

Almost half a trillion dollars sucked up by memory industry Nearly half a trillion dollars has been earned by the memory industry in the past 12 months as demand for AI servers has gone hypersonic. The enormous rise in purchases by hyperscalers, neoclouds and large enterprises of

IBM using Everspin MRAM in 5th gen FlashCore Modules IBM’s gen 5 FlashCore Modules use Everspin MRAM instead of capacitors to protect against data loss from power failures. FlashCore Modules (FCMs) are IBM’s proprietary SSDs, with the gen 5 version being computational SSDs as the

At the end of last year, David’s Bridal noticed something curious in the company’s data. Rush orders for alterations had doubled. “This is somebody who's waited because they are on GLP-1s or on a fitness journey, and now they're scrambling trying to get their dress very, very qui

Norway has become the first major country to propose a temporary ban on the use of AI glasses in selected public places amid growing privacy concerns over wearable technology. The rich Scandinavian country’s center-left government said on Monday that it would introduce a law to p

Cerebras stock climbed 9% on Monday, rebounding from last week's decline, after OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman reassured investors that the firm is a "close partner." The AI hardware firm, which made its debut on the Nasdaq in a monster IPO in May, saw its stock plummet 20% to its lowes

Cerebras stock climbed 9% on Monday, rebounding from last week's decline, after OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman reassured investors that the firm is a "close partner." The AI hardware firm, which made its debut on the Nasdaq in a monster IPO in May, saw its stock plummet 20% to its lowes

Ethiopia said it had recaptured the capital of Tigray, dealing a major blow to the military alliance that launched an offensive against government forces last month. Experts fear a renewed conflict between Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front could lead to a severe h

Gross advances rose 8.8% from Rs 12.729 lakh crore at the end of June 2026. The bank’s total deposits increased 20.7% year-on-year to Rs 14.521 lakh crore as of September 30, 2026, from Rs 12.035 lakh crore a year earlier. Deposits grew 5.8% from Rs 13.729 lakh crore at the end o

AI - Schneider Electric drops $22.6B on PTC as datacenter boom rains money on infra companies Part of a bigger play for smarter power infra - Cohere offers to put agents in lockdown mode with strict ACLs Like OpenClaw but with access control - INTERVIEW Altman-backed Volantis rev

RBI MPC Meeting October 2026: As major global central banks have shifted towards monetary tightening amid rising inflationary pressures, attention has now shifted towards India's central bank policy decision this week, with investors closely watching how the central bank will res

Walmart-owned Flipkart picked up a minority stake in Delhi-based B2B travel tech startup TravClan to bolster its international travel offerings, expand holiday packages offered by subsidiaries Cleartrip and Flipkart Travel as well as enhancing on-ground support across. The ecomme

Tencent scores 100,000 offshore AI chip deal with Oracle for $7 billion despite climbing prices — per-hour costs estimated to be 43% under standard H100 rental rates Neither company has said which chips Tencent is renting. Oracle has reportedly made a deal with Tencent for a five

Average net advances stood at Rs 5,46,963 crore, up 22.1% year-on-year and 10.5% sequentially. The bank’s total deposits increased 23.2% year-on-year to Rs 6,51,491 crore as of September 30, 2026, from Rs 5,28,776 crore a year earlier. Deposits were up 13.7% from Rs 5,72,820 cror