2026-08-20

Mark Zuckerberg buys a 440-acre Irish estate in County Waterford

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have bought Strancally Castle and its 440-acre estate in County Waterford as an Irish base. He is the third tech billionaire to buy a large Irish country estate since 2021, after Stripe’s John Collison and James Dyson. Mark Zuckerberg has bought a castle in Ireland. He and Priscilla Chan have […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-08-20

Apple's smart home springs a leak - here's everything we expect to see in September

We're already waiting for the new gen-AI-powered Siri, but a home hub may be on the way as well. [...]

2026-08-20

Why replacing staff with AI backfires - and 5 ways smart leaders generate real value instead

Three-quarters of organizations have found AI layoffs cost more than they saved, and as many as nine in 10 companies would rethink them given the chance. [...]

2026-08-20

California AG says settling Paramount-WBD merger lawsuit would require structural breakups

Rob Bonta said a negotiated resolution is possible but that any deal would need to address concentration in film and basic cable TV markets [...]

2026-08-20

Par Chadha, Founder, CEO and CIO of HandsOn Global Management – Interview Series

Par Chadha, Founder, CEO and CIO of HandsOn Global Management, is an entrepreneur, investor, and technology executive with decades of experience building and scaling technology-enabled businesses. Since founding HandsOn Global Management in 2001, he has focused on investments in workflow automation, big data, robotic process automation (RPA), cognitive technologies, and artificial intelligence acr [...]

2026-08-20

Google’s Gemma Open Models Pass 1 Billion Downloads as Variants Top 100K

Google DeepMind's Gemma family of open models has passed one billion cumulative downloads, the company said on August 20, 2026, capping two years in which outside developers published more than 100,000 variants built on the models' open weights. The figures, disclosed in Google's official announcement by Clement Farabet, a vice president at Google DeepMind, and product director Oliv [...]

2026-08-20

Private equity firm Arctos is buying a 10% stake in the Atlanta Falcons at a $10.6 billion valuation

The deal, set to close in two tranches over 18 months, would be Arctos' fourth investment in an NFL franchise [...]

2026-08-20

Silicon Valley Doesn't Get Why You Hate AI

Technology leaders don’t seem to understand society’s gripes about AI, but boy, are they posting through it. [...]

2026-08-20

Charter closes its $34.5 billion merger with Cox, creating the biggest U.S. cable giant

The combined company now serves 37 million customers across 45 states, with Spectrum branding set to launch in Cox markets in mid-September [...]