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Startup funding, unicorns, tech innovation from India and Silicon Valley.
Apple has reportedly resumed accepting credit and debit card payments for App Store purchases and subscription services such as iCloud…
Inc42 Media — 2026-07-06When the sovereign AI diagnosis goes prime time Palantir Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Alex Karp went on CNBC this week and delivered what one outlet generously called a “televised nervous breakdo
GUEST COLUMN by Amit Eyal Govrin — 2026-07-06US-China tech race: China bets $14.73 million on Shanghai quantum computing hub The initial cohort consists of 26 firms looking to move their laboratory research into an industrial ecosystem for quant
Ameya Paleja — 2026-07-06In brief remarks to reporters Monday at the White House, President Donald Trump noted that he was shocked to learn how much energy developing artificial intelligence requires and said his administrati
Arcelia Martin; Vernon Loeb — 2026-07-06Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX 0.97%) was an IPO of superlatives. From its unparalleled $75 billion raise to its enormous day-one trading volume, it broke so many records that it probably even b
Emma Newbery — 2026-07-06The Data Center Water Problem Is Soluble Technology exists, and policy instruments are available, to develop a new, state-led model of water governance for data centers and other large industrial user
Robin Gaster — 2026-07-06One of the biggest investing stories over the next two decades may not revolve around artificial intelligence (AI) or cryptocurrency — it could be the historic transfer of wealth from Baby Boomers to
July — 2026-07-06FCC to let ISPs stop listing all passthrough fees, give single "up to" price.
Ars Technica - All content — 2026-07-06If your Prime Day purchases included a new desk, TV stand, bookshelf, or other furniture you still haven’t assembled, Hoto’s PixelDrive cordless screwdriver can help speed up the process. It’s current
The Verge — 2026-07-06Artificial intelligence companies will have to submit to third-party audits in Illinois and develop safety plans to avert potentially catastrophic effects of the burgeoning technology under AI regulat
Mitchell Armentrout — 2026-07-06The token economy: The state of AI mid-2026 Gigawatt factories in the Texas scrub. Thirty trillion tokens a day. A $30 billion storage company, a search engine built for machines, and a continent tryi
SPECIAL REPORT by John Furrier — 2026-07-06