• July 19, 2026
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Databricks Raises Strategic Round at $188 Billion Valuation

The round was confirmed quietly, the way Databricks has done these things since it stopped needing to shout. The company, which sells software that helps enterprises organize data for AI,…

  • July 19, 2026
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Facebook and Instagram Go Dark for Two Hours in Meta’s Worst Outage of the Year

Just after midnight on Sunday, the feeds stopped. Facebook users trying to refresh saw error screens; Instagram opened to blank timelines. Within minutes, complaints were flooding DownDetector, and on X,…

  • July 19, 2026
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TSMC Adds $100 Billion to U.S. Plans, Lifting Total to $265 Billion

The White House made it official on Thursday: TSMC will pour another $100 billion into American semiconductor manufacturing, on top of the $165 billion it had already pledged, for a…

  • July 19, 2026
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Apple Names Ternus Chief Executive; Cook Stays as Chairman

The announcement arrived in a week that gave Apple four storylines at once. John Ternus, the hardware engineering chief who has become a fixture on Apple’s product launch stage, was…

  • July 17, 2026
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Micron and Qualcomm Team Up on AI Chips for Cars

Micron Technology Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. have signed a cooperation agreement to develop AI-driven automotive chipsets, Reuters reported, pairing the world’s largest memory maker with the dominant supplier of chips…

  • July 17, 2026
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ASML Raises 2026 Outlook and Expands Capacity as AI Demand Strains Lithography

ASML Holding NV raised its revenue forecast for 2026 and outlined plans to expand production capacity after reporting second-quarter results, a move Reuters said should ease worries that shortages of…

  • July 17, 2026
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Founders Fund Hires Former OpenAI Executive, Signaling Talent War Reaches VC

Founders Fund, the venture firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, has hired Ryan Beiermeister, a former OpenAI executive, to its investment team, according to TechCrunch. The move is the latest sign…

  • July 17, 2026
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Intel and Alphabet Earnings Set Up as Referendum on AI Spending

Intel Corp. and Alphabet Inc. report earnings next week, and investors are treating the two results as the first real test of whether the money flooding into artificial-intelligence infrastructure is…

  • July 17, 2026
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Ex-DeepMind Researcher Raises $55 Million With No Product and No Customers

A former DeepMind researcher has raised $55 million in a pre-seed round that values the company at $300 million, according to TechCrunch, before the startup has shipped a product, signed…

  • July 17, 2026
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Uber to Buy Delivery Hero for $14.8 Billion, Nearly Doubling Food-Delivery Reach

Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to acquire German food-delivery company Delivery Hero SE for $14.8 billion, a deal that would expand Uber Eats’ footprint from 45 countries to more than…