Qualcomm plans September chip price hike as Samsung debuts AI glasses co-developed with Google
Qualcomm's planned September processor price increase and Samsung's new AI glasses built with Google and Qualcomm highli...
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Nintendo Pursues Extended Palworld Patent Case While Cutting Switch 2 Output
Nintendo is pursuing an extended patent suit against Pocketpair over Palworld while cutting Switch 2 output to four mill...
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Coca-Cola deploys Adobe-built AI brand system across 200 markets as Fairlife unit hit by ransomware
Coca-Cola rolled out an AI brand-governance system built with Adobe for more than 200 markets, while its Fairlife milk b...
Warner Bros. Discovery Sues Amazon Over Executive Poaching
Warner Bros. Discovery has sued Amazon for allegedly inducing HBO Max executive Pia Barlow to breach her fixed-term cont...
Alphabet logs first negative free cash flow on surging AI capex, expands Gemini Spark and signs EU AI transparency code
Alphabet's first-ever negative quarterly free cash flow, as 2026 AI capex is raised to $195–205 billion, sends shares lo...
Samsung and Broadcom Sign $200 Billion AI Chip Supply Partnership Through 2030
Samsung Electronics and Broadcom signed a $200 billion memorandum of understanding covering AI accelerator memory, found...
Apple lobbies White House to permit Chinese memory chips as Micron pushes back
Apple is lobbying the Trump administration to permit CXMT and YMTC memory chips for non-US devices, while Micron CEO San...
Netflix faces Ethiopia rollout talks, UK licence dispute, Kalshi cease-and-desist and Enola Holmes 3 viewership slide
Netflix faced multiple fronts: Ethiopia talks with Ethio Telecom, UK TV licence pushback, a Kalshi cease-and-desist, and...
Berkshire Hathaway's Next Chapter: Abel's Cash Strategy and the Post-Buffett Portfolio
Greg Abel is positioned to deploy Berkshire Hathaway's record cash hoard as Warren Buffett's successor, while analysts w...
Microsoft joins open-weight AI push as lawmakers weigh restrictions
Microsoft, Nvidia and other tech firms urged US lawmakers on July 24 to avoid "premature restrictions" on open-weight AI...
SpaceX's Starship completes Flight 13 with first intact splashdown since IPO
SpaceX's Starship completed its 13th test flight on July 24, achieving the first intact splashdown of a Starship vehicle...
Qualcomm notifies customers of double-digit chip price hike, deepens Galaxy AI work with Samsung
Qualcomm told customers it will raise smartphone chip prices by a double-digit percentage due to rising costs, according...
Oracle wins 10-year, $6.99B Pentagon software deal as S&P downgrade flags OpenAI credit risk
Oracle secured a 10-year U.S. Defense Department enterprise software contract worth up to $6.99 billion while S&P downgr...
Warner Bros. Discovery Files Lawsuit Against Amazon Over Alleged HBO Talent Poaching
Warner Bros. Discovery has sued Amazon for allegedly inducing contracted HBO employees to break their agreements, includ...
AMD-Samsung HBM4 Supply Deal Nears Completion as Helios AI Rack Launch Looms
AMD nears a final HBM4 supply contract with Samsung Electronics, with the memory set to power AMD's Helios AI server rac...
Broadcom signs $200 billion AI chip partnership with Samsung Electronics
Broadcom signed a memorandum of understanding with Samsung Electronics valued at up to $200 billion through 2030, spanni...
Intel Q2 revenue tops $16B with 25% growth, company reaffirms 14A production for 2028
Intel posted second-quarter revenue above $16 billion with 25% year-over-year growth, its fastest in 15 years, and reaff...
Netflix in Talks to Acquire Movie Social Platform Letterboxd
Netflix is negotiating to acquire Letterboxd, a film-focused social network with more than 30 million users, embedding c...
Microsoft Joins Nvidia, Meta Against Open-Weight AI Curbs and Pressures LG Over Windows 11 McAfee Pop-Ups
Microsoft joined Nvidia and Meta in opposing premature restrictions on open-weight AI models and pressed LG to halt McAf...
NVIDIA and SK Group expand strategic partnership, with SK Hynix locking in memory supply for $500 billion AI push
NVIDIA and SK Group expanded their partnership July 25, 2026, with SK Hynix locking in memory supply for a $500 billion ...
SpaceX Pushes Starship Flight 13 to Friday as Short Bets Climb to $25 Billion
SpaceX delayed Starship Flight 13 to Friday due to Tropical Storm Bertha, while short positions on the company climbed t...
Samsung Set to Unveil Long-Term Memory Chip Deals With US Tech Firms as AMD HBM4 Pact Nears
Samsung Electronics prepares long-term memory chip contracts with US tech firms, nears an HBM4 deal with AMD, and has fo...
Qualcomm picks Viettel as first 6G early-access partner, opening a route into markets led by Huawei and ZTE
Qualcomm has named Vietnam's Viettel as the first participant in its 6G Early Access Program, giving the US chipmaker an...
Coca-Cola raises Diet Coke prices in India over 10% as Iran conflict disrupts aluminum can supply
Coca-Cola raised Diet Coke prices in India by more than 10%, replacing 300-ml cans at 40 rupees with 330-ml cans at 50 r...
Pentagon Awards Oracle Up to $7 Billion Software Consolidation Deal
The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Oracle a up-to-10-year, nearly $7 billion agreement to consolidate on-premises so...
AMD unveils MI455X accelerator, Venice CPUs and Helios racks in push against Nvidia
AMD unveiled its MI455X AI accelerator, Venice CPUs and Helios rack-scale server at Advancing AI 2026, claiming the line...
Intel lifts 2026 capex above US$20bn as Q2 revenue jumps 25% on AI CPU demand
Intel reported Q2 revenue of $16.13bn, up 25.4% year-on-year, beating estimates and prompting a raise of 2026 capex to $...
Apple's OpenAI trade secrets suit moves to district judge as Siri class action wins preliminary approval
Apple's trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI was reassigned to U.S. District Judge Edward Davila, while a $250 million S...
Netflix Eyes Letterboxd Acquisition and Hires First Betting-Ad Lead
Netflix is reportedly in talks to acquire film-discovery platform Letterboxd and hired its first betting-advertising exe...
TSMC raises 2027 wafer prices 5–10% as Arizona expansion accelerates with $100 billion AI push
TSMC has notified Apple, Nvidia, and AMD of 5–10% wafer price increases for 2027 while committing an extra $100 billion ...