Chinese memory giant CXMT has overtaken Tencent Holdings as the most valuable public company in China, underlining the speculative frenzy around memory companies at the moment. The chipmaker debuted on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on July 27, and its shares surged 467 percent on their first day of trading. CXMT’s market capitalization later reached $524…
The Moon is starting to reappear more each night as we work through the lunar cycle. We’re still in the waxing Crescent phase, which means the illuminated portion is growing a little more each night. What is today’s Moon phase? As of Monday, Aug. 17, NASA’s Daily Moon Guide tracker tells us the Moon phase…
The total solar eclipse on August 12 produced some of the most spectacular images of this phenomenon in recent years. But the mini golden age of eclipses in Europe is just beginning. The so-called “Iberian eclipse trio” still has two events to go—and both promise to be even more incredible than the one that just…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500 word essay this week declaring that “The Future is for Everyone” and painting an optimistic picture of a future powered by AI, where “everyone will have an exceptionally capable personal agent that understands you, your goals, and everything you care about.” On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity…
Singapore has decided that one way to teach people how not to fall for scams is to let them experience one first. A simulated one, thankfully. Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency is running a six-month National Simulated Scams Exercise, in which volunteers receive simulated robocalls designed to mimic government impersonation scams. The pilot runs through Aug….
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One of the oddest things about macOS is the installation dance. Dealing with disk images, dragging and dropping—it’s the main way of installing software from outside the Mac App Store, and it’s annoying. You download a DMG file, open it to mount a virtual disk, and drag the application from there to your Applications folder….
Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire OpenRouter, according to a new report in Bloomberg. OpenRouter helps customers to select different AI models to perform different tasks, depending on their specific needs and budget. The company announced in May that it had raised a $113 million Series B, at a reported $1.3 billion valuation. (Investors…
Seven billion unwanted notifications a day is a lot of noise to cut from Android devices. Google says Chrome reduced unwanted notifications by more than 7 billion per day in the first quarter of 2026 by combining permission revocation, abuse detection, sender rate limits, and on-device machine learning. The company is now using several defenses…
Disney‘s 2026 D23 expo was chock-full of massive film and TV news, from X-Men casting to first looks at highly anticipated Pixar sequels. SEE ALSO: Marvel unveils first ‘VisionQuest’ trailer, reveals Ultron’s return to the MCU But those announcements were just the tip of the iceberg for the House of Mouse, which shared what you…
