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Is QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM) Set to Acquire a Startup?
QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) is one of the 10 Best Semiconductor Stocks to Buy According to Billionaires. Reuters reported on June 24 that QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) is set to acquire AI startup Modular in an all-stock deal worth…
Only three AI models finished above starting capital in a 500-day startup survival test
Nano Banana Pro prompted by THE DECODER Researchers at Princeton University built CEO-Bench, a test where AI agents have to run a fictional software company for 500 simulated days. Most current models go broke, and a simple rule-based heuristic…
AI-Native Firms Are Flatter, Leaner, And More Valuable: Threat Or Opportunity?
A graph showing how AI native startups consistently have fewer active employees than non-AI native startups in the Y-Combinator sample. Figure 4: AI Native Firms Analysis HBS Working Paper 26-090 A new Harvard Business School/INSEAD study of over…
The hottest new real estate marketing tactic: accepting IPO stock
Luxury-home sellers are finding a new way to stand out in a sluggish market: telling buyers they'll accept startup stock. Listings from Brooklyn to the Bay Area have begun advertising that sellers are willing to consider accepting shares in…
Donald Trump Jr. Got A Kalshi Stake For Free- Now It Could Be Worth Billions As Prediction Market Platform Eyes $40 Billion Valuation: Report
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Donald Trump Jr. is reportedly sitting on a sizable paper gain after prediction market platform Kalshi handed him equity worth roughly $300,000…
IPO Market For AI Freezes Up While The Nuclear SPAC Market Runs Hot
While it looks like OpenAI's IPO has been put on ice as they try to paint SpaceX as the scapegoat, there's still one sector that simply can't launch the IPOs and SPACs fast enough. After an announcement earlier this year that saw nuclear industrial…
TechCrunch Mobility: All eyes on Tesla FSD
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility ! A quick heads-up to…
From protein coffee to CBD soda: How brands are cashing in on the functional beverage boom
Drink giants from Starbucks to Coca-Cola are introducing functional beverage products like protein coffee and prebiotic sodas. The $160 billion functional drinks market reflects demand from health-conscious young consumers. Social media has also…
In Idaho, the next generation of US nuclear reactors nears reality
A new generation of small nuclear reactors is up and running — or nearly so — in the United States, in what backers are calling a turning point for the industry. The milestone, made possible by billions in private and government…
Five Impact Investing Trends Driving Regulation Crowdfunding in 2026
You can advertise in Superpowers for Good. Click to learn more about our affordable options. A decade ago, the idea that an everyday retail investor could fund the next breakthrough in climate technology or take a meaningful stake in a local…
The housecleaning is free-but it will cost you your most intimate data
In our digital age, services and devices are constantly gathering our data. Exactly how that information is harvested and used, and how transparent a company is about those practices, may not always be obvious. Shift, an AI training startup, is…
Microsoft (MSFT): One of the Best Cloud Computing Stocks to Buy According to Hedge Funds
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is one of the Best Cloud Computing Stocks to Buy According to Hedge Funds. On June 22, the company announced one of the largest single capacity additions in its history. In Pecos, Texas, Microsoft Corporation…
Israeli life sciences investments fell 40% in 2025, report found
The Israel Health-Tech and Life Sciences Industry Report for 2025-26, published ahead of IATI's MIXiii Health-Tech.IL conference in Jerusalem, found that private investments in the sector fell to their lowest level in five years, following a year…
We Are Extremely Skeptical of MidJourney's Weird Device That It Claims Submerges Your Entire Body and Scans It With Ultrasound
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech In February 2024, scientific journal Frontiers was forced to retract a paper by a team of Chinese and Indian researchers after finding that their study contained nonsensical…
I don't hide my use of AI. I want my kids to see how I use it to make life easier.
It is the bottom of the third inning, and I am on my phone. My boys play travel baseball, and I have spent about 4,000 hours on the bleachers watching nothing happen for long stretches. I have also, during those hours, written code for my AI…
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