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Dive Brief: - Moody’s Ratings upgraded its outlook for the global retail and apparel sector to stable, reversing its previous negative forecast, on the basis of easing tariff costs and stable labor markets, according to an Oct. 7 report. - The new forecast predicts sector revenue

US inflation rises more than expected - here's what is happening with prices - Published US inflation rose by more than expected in the year to September, according to official figures, in the final data release before the midterm elections next month. The pace of price rises inc

Supermicro announced an expanded line of Open Compute Project Accepted systems, racks, and rear door heat exchangers, all delivered through its Data Center Building Block Solutions (DCBBS) program and on display at booth B4 at the OCP Global Summit in San Jose through October 15.

CSS has evolved a lot in the past few years, letting us build better user interfaces without relying on JavaScript. If you are anything like me, you may have felt a little overwhelmed at some point by all the new features and capabilities that the CSS Working Group and browser ve

Yoav Weiss makes a good point: “WebMCP is Agentic WebPerf”. I’ve seen both pushback to WebMCP in the form of “websites should just be better, or agents should be smarter, there shouldn’t be alternative paths to using them built.” And I’ve seen plenty of excitement for WebMCP in t

Streaming platform Deezer remains steadfast in its intent to help users avoid listening to AI-generated music: The company on Tuesday said it is working on a new toggle that lets users filter out AI-generated music uploaded to its platform. The feature is expected to be available

The first day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 may have concluded, but there’s still plenty more Disrupt programming to come at San Francisco’s Moscone West on October 14 and 15. With just two days left in the event, we’re offering a discount to match: Get two full days of Disrupt for

AI Data Center Land Buying Hits $6B as Power Premiums Rise US data center land spending hit roughly $6 billion in the first half of 2026, as power access now drives land value and pricing more than location alone. US purchases of land for future data centers reached about $6 bill

Jio Platforms Ltd filed its red herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India on Wednesday for an initial public offering (IPO) that is likely to raise around ₹30,200 crore, or about $3.2 billion, at the upper end of the ₹1,069-1,119 price band announced per

Netflix said on Wednesday it will lay off roughly 6% of its employees, or roughly 1,000 workers, according to a memo obtained by CNBC. The job cuts will largely impact the product, tech, legal and HR teams. "Our mission - to entertain the world - is ambitious, and delivering on i

The upcoming initial public offering (IPO) of Jio Platforms has reserved equity shares worth up to ₹500 crore for eligible employees, according to its Red Herring Prospectus (RHP). Large IPOs generally reserve a portion of the issue for eligible employees, allowing them to partic

AI - Linux kernel devs drop obligatory confession of AI tool usage Torvalds says contributors must understand their code, whatever tools they use - Researchers cig-nal their faith in AI by taking up smoking What are they puffing? Tobacco, apparently. Cancer researcher tells El Re

The News Aaron Day’s third-party campaign cost Republican Kelly Ayotte her Senate reelection bid in 2016. Now he’s trying to take his spoiler project national. With several Senate races tight enough for an alternate candidate to make a real difference, whether they’re Libertarian

When it came time to pick which teenagers would receive $100,000 to skip college, Danielle Strachman sometimes relied on a technique she used with fourth graders. In 2010, Strachman was running the K-8 charter school she co-founded. A year later, she was inside the Thiel Foundati

The inflation rate increased in September on the back of higher gasoline and energy prices amid the Iran war, further squeezing households' budgets and perhaps putting pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, economists said. The consumer price index rose by 3.7%

Listen to this article in summarized format At the lower end of the price band, Jio Platforms could raise Rs 28,755 crore. At the cap price of Rs 1,119, the IPO size would rise to about Rs 30,213 crore. Reliance Jio IPO details The anchor investor book is scheduled to open on Oct

Insight and analysis on the data center space from industry thought leaders. Why AI Data Center Cooling Needs to Get Smarter AI is pushing data center cooling to its limits, so the real advantage comes from integrating smart sensing, motor control, and power management into a sin

Veeam stars in inaugural Gartner Privacy user experience MQ Gartner has a new magic quadrant looking at a user’s privacy experience and data protecting, cyber resilience-enhancing Veeam is classed as a leader. This Gartner report defines “defines the privacy user experience (UX)

Listen to this article in summarized format The offer has also set aside shares worth up to Rs 500 crore for eligible employees and up to Rs 2,500 crore for eligible Reliance Industries shareholders. Akash and Isha Ambani's rise in Jio The timing gives the issue a symbolic edge b

Listen to this article in summarized format The IPO comprises a fresh issue of up to 27 crore equity shares, with the proposed fundraise expected to be around Rs 30,000 crore. At the reported valuation of about Rs 10.3 lakh crore, or $106 billion, the offering would surpass Hyund

IT advisory firm Infotech has acquired Bengaluru-based SaaS startup Zluri to add the latter’s application discovery, identity governance and administration capabilities to its offerings stack. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Following the acquisition, Zluri will

The net profit stood at Rs 4,774 crore in the year-ago period. The state-owned lender's net interest margin for the quarter improved to 2.55% from 2.52% in the preceding quarter. Its net interest income rose 20.4% to Rs 11,005 crore, while non-interest income fell 18% to Rs 5,772

TEXAS — Tano Tijerina had a confession to make. "I want to tell you something I never thought I'd have to say from a stage like this," Tijerina, a former minor league baseball player and a Texas GOP congressional candidate, said during a speech at the Republican midterm conventio

Pill, who voted in favour of raising interest rates at the central bank's September meeting, said it was not yet clear whether borrowing costs would need to rise by as much as financial markets anticipate. He made the remarks at an event organised by Citi on the sidelines of the

AI - Linux kernel devs drop obligatory confession of AI tool usage Torvalds says contributors must understand their code, whatever tools they use - Researchers cig-nal their faith in AI by taking up smoking What are they puffing? Tobacco, apparently. Cancer researcher tells El Re

Want to steal a customer from your competitor? 99% of sales reps, 95% of CROs, and 99% of CEOs never ask the one question that would get it done. And it’s so, so simple: “What would it take for you to move over to us? What problem could we completely, 100% solve for you, so you’d

Yields on 2-year Treasuries climbed to their highest levels in more than two weeks after the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said the Consumer Price Index rose 0.6% last month after climbing 0.4% in August. In the 12 months through September, the CPI advanced 3.7% c

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Traditionally, calling your internet provider’s support hotline about an outage went something like this. A robotic voice greeted you as a valued customer, then made you spend several minutes on phone menus (“press 3 for technical support, 2 for internet, then 4 for all other iss

The “What I Wanted to Caption vs. What I Actually Posted” Trend This format shows the gap between the caption someone really wants to write versus the safer version they actually choose to post. Creators show the Instagram caption box and compare: “What I wanted to caption my pos

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has backed its restrictions on Rajesh Exports Ltd and its managing director Rajesh Mehta, directing them to cooperate with an ongoing investigation into the company’s financial disclosures and transactions, while barring Mehta fro

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Ukrainian troops have been caught off guard by restrictions on Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite Internet systems that disrupted frontline operations, while Kyiv received no warning from its partners of a Russian missile attack on its energy facilities for the second day running, ac

Reliance Industries Ltd's (RIL's) technology arm Jio Platforms has filed its red herring prospectus (RHP) with SEBI for its IPO which will open for public subscription on October 21 and close on October 23. Anchor bidding for the issue will take place on October 19 (Monday). The