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Startups worldwide raised a record $510 billion in the first half of 2026, according to a new report out today from market intelligence company Crunchbase Inc. The figure was more than investors put into venture deals across all of last year, when the total came to $440 billion. The first half also
Investors poured more than $200 billion into startups globally in the just-ended quarter, making Q2 2026 the second-largest quarter on record, our data shows. And, with IPOs and acquisitions returning in force, the second quarter notched one of the strongest periods for venture-backed exits in years
Visa's 'Payment Passkey' solution, launched in India, aims to enhance digital payment security beyond passwords and OTPs. Leveraging device biometrics like fingerprint and facial recognition, it offers a more seamless and secure authentication experience. This move aligns with India's evolving digit
B2B agritech soonicorn Ninjacart has raised $6 Mn in the first tranche of a larger funding round. This tranche was…
German semiconductor giant Infineon opened a five-billion-euro ($5.7 billion) microchip plant Thursday, as Europe seeks to bolster its high-tech autonomy. "We all want to further strengthen Europe's position as a semiconductor hub," Infineon CEO Jochen Hanebeck said at the opening ceremony.
While the overall investment sentiment remained largely stable in the first half of 2026 (H1 2026), investor appetite for late…
The artificial intelligence (AI) boom is entering a new phase where the biggest challenge is no longer demand for AI chips but shortages of critical components needed to build AI infrastructure, according to a Nomura Report, which said supply constraints across the hardware ecosystem are likely to i
Opera has introduced a new safety feature that protects against malicious 'ClickFix' clipboard attacks.
A long-defunct developer returned from the dead promising to revive the 3DO, but quickly pulled its pledge when it became apparent it didn't have the right to.
His new film is called 'Water Park Shark,' and, yes, it's about sharks in a water park.
There are now enough Amazon Leo satellites to launch the service, but its constellation is still tiny compared to Starlink's.
Anime Expo arrives in Los Angeles today and we've put together a handy guide to all the panels and screenings you won't want to miss.
Taiwanese court has ordered the detention of two Super Micro employees as part of a widening investigation into whether AI servers built with Nvidia chips were illegally routed to China. The Keelung District Court detained the pair, identified in Taiwanese press as managers surnamed Wang and Lin, on
SoftBank has gone back to lenders with a $10bn loan proposal secured against its OpenAI stake, and this time it is offering to personally guarantee the debt, according to Reuters, which cited people familiar with the discussions. The concession gives banks recourse to SoftBank itself if the pledged
The US government is negotiating voluntary standards with AI companies covering how new models get released, according to the Financial Times, with an announcement said to be possible within the next week. The standards would reportedly set benchmarks and timelines for advanced models, while clarify
Oxmiq Labs has closed a $35m Series A to scale OxCore, a licensable GPU architecture the startup says lets chipmakers build custom AI silicon without running a full, multi-year design programme of their own. The round brings the company’s total capital raised to $60m since its founding by veteran ch
Microsoft has joined a consortium led by Singapore-based Lightstorm to build a new subsea cable connecting India with Singapore and Malaysia, the companies announced on Thursday. T he I-2SEA system will run 3,600 kilometres and is intended to support the AI, cloud and hyperscale workloads that have
India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has ordered WhatsApp not to launch its planned usernames feature in the country until further consultations are complete, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The ministry, known as MeitY, has given Meta three days to explain why regulator
Your comments on a dangerous rule putting politicals in charge of science can matter.
Ben Guez has "a bunch of potential international wives in [his] DMs," thanks to an automated script he set up using OpenClaw, Claude code, and Instagram trials.
