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DoorDash is in advanced talks to buy Instacart for around $17 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. A deal could be announced in the coming days, assuming it doesn’t fall apart at the last minute, some of the people said. The Information first reported on Friday

OpenAI on Monday unveiled the latest iteration of its GPT-6.1 model, a mid-priced version that the company said is significantly cheaper and more efficient than the version of this tier it released three months ago. According to OpenAI, GPT-6.1 Terra costs up to 50% less per toke

The Scoop DoorDash is in exclusive talks to acquire Instacart, according to people familiar with the matter. A deal is far from certain and the talks could fall apart, the people cautioned. It could not be determined what price was under discussion or how a deal would be structur

Ballon d'Or winner Kane's best Bundesliga goals This content is not available in your location. There was an error Watch Harry Kane's best goals from the 2025/26 Bundesliga season with Bayern, as the England striker is crowned the men's 2026 Ballon d'Or winner. READ MORE: Kan

Trump administration illegally fired James Comey's daughter, judge rules - Published The US justice department illegally fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director James Comey, a federal judge has ruled. Comey, who lost her job as a

The banks, using the easy rupee liquidity created after the inflow of deposits from the diaspora, bought dollars and invested the funds in US Treasury bills to earn higher returns. Also Read: SBI opens cyber CoE, announces training for 1.8 lakh staff in cybersecurity The transact

The launch of the iPhone Duo, Apple’s hotly anticipated foldable phone, is off to a rough start. The phone was announced at this year’s Surprise and Shine event, with Apple promising that it had finally gotten a notoriously tricky form factor right. Now, however, Bloomberg report

The iPhone Duo may be a bit of a risk right now, but there’s a new mid-size Apple touchscreen device that might do the job. Starting at $699, the 8th-gen iPad mini price has gone up, but there are some big changes. Apple says the refreshed 8th-gen iPad mini marks the most signifi

According to the World Gold Council (WGC), September purchases rose 4% from August while volumes touched 1.7 tonnes, 18% above the long-term monthly average. In January-September, digital gold purchases climbed 76% to 16.3 tonnes from 9.2 tonnes in the corresponding period last y

Bristol sign Auvaa following Saracens sacking - Published Bristol Bears have signed Samoan forward Totoa Auvaa, two weeks after he was sacked by Saracens. Auvaa, 21, was involved in a nightclub altercation with England cricketers Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson in June. He was let go

26th October 2026 Because big tech platforms essentially do not have customer support and make it impossible for their users to contact a human, many people experiencing run-of-the-mill tech problems have turned to ChatGPT. And, increasingly, ChatGPT is telling people that have n

The U.S. government has long had an on-again, off-again relationship with the fusion power sector. As of last week, it’s definitely back on. Helion and Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) received awards totaling $260 million from the Department of Commerce under the CHIPS and Scie

Cursor's Agent SDK Lets Developers Build and Version Bots Like Code Cursor's new Agent SDK turns custom bots into versioned repos of Markdown prompts and TypeScript tools, with built-in evals and flexible hosting. - Cursor released the Agent SDK for defining bots as Markdown prom

The ‌voluntary exit offer ‌will ⁠impact key divisions, including ⁠AI experiences, Copilot, finance, human resources, Xbox and Windows + Devices, ​a source ‌familiar with the matter told Reuters

The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged at its upcoming October meeting — even as higher energy costs complicate the inflation outlook and put additional pressure on household budgets. The consumer price index, a broad measure of inflation, rose again in

Hundreds of employees at the US robotics firm Boston Dynamics signed a petition calling for executives to halt a sale of the company’s robot dogs to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement—but executives stood by the deal, while saying the robots would not be weaponized. On Septem

Intel quietly confirms Raptor Lake Next CPUs through internal driver publication — LGA 1700 chips also appear in shipping manifests dating back to August DDR4 support and presumably affordable prices should be a boon for extant Socket 1700 system owners Intel has published an int

Apple's first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, hit store shelves on Friday to considerable lines and long wait times for pre-orders. But some customers who were lucky enough to get the $1,999-and-up phone on its first weekend have been reporting a pretty big problem: The inner scr

Apple's first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, hit store shelves on Friday to considerable lines and long wait times for pre-orders. But some customers who were lucky enough to get the $1,999-and-up phone on its first weekend have been reporting a pretty big problem: The inner scr

The Claude maker delayed pre training of a new “frontier” base model to strengthen safeguards against the theft of model weights and intellectual property. The setback comes as Anthropic prepares for a widely anticipated stock market debut, with the company warning that training

The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that it filed a lawsuit along with 20 states accusing Dollar General of charging customers more than the prices it displays on shelves, price tags and in advertisements. Shares of Dollar General dropped about 4% after the FTC announced the

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Star Trek actor Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Chekov, dies aged 90 - Published Walter Koenig, who played the spirited Russian crewman Pavel Chekov in the original Star Trek TV series, has died aged 90. The US actor was a mainstay on the show as the eager and earnest navigator o

WirelessPress Release Noble Mobile acquires SmartLess Mobile Andrew Yang's Noble Mobile announced the acquisition of SmartLess Mobile, the mobile service venture established by the creators of the SmartLess podcast. #pressrelease 2 Min Read Noble Mobile, the venture founded b

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