2026-07-09

Rubrik pledges more than $500m for the UK and makes London its European base

Rubrik, the US data-security company, said it will invest more than $500m in Britain over the next five years and make London its headquarters for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The commitment, announced on Wednesday and worth about £375m, lands as governments across the region press companies to keep sensitive information closer to home, […]<br /> This story continues at The Next W [...]

2026-07-09

Quant fund Qube is hiring human stock pickers to sit beside its algorithms

Qube Research & Technologies, one of London’s largest quantitative hedge funds, is doing something that would once have looked heretical for a firm built on code: it is hiring humans to pick stocks. The move, reported by Business Insider, places the fund alongside a small group of systematic managers that have begun to blend algorithms with […]<br /> This story continues at The Next [...]

2026-07-09

SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, its first built with Cursor's help

SpaceXAI has rolled out Grok 4.5, the first model it trained with Cursor. [...]

2026-07-09

Payloads used to dictate the terms of launch. That's finally changing.

"The Starship Pez dispenser demonstrates very smart industrial design and scale." [...]

2026-07-09

This shapeshifting Dreo fan can be a pedestal fan, a desktop fan or an air circulator — I made full use of its extensive customization options in the recent heatwave

The Dreo Smart TurboPoly 765S is one versatile fan. [...]

2026-07-09

Analysts say that 'digital is just too lucrative' for Sony and that PlayStation 'will not reverse' its decision to end physical disc production even in the face of fans cancelling PS Plus subscriptions

Sony plans to end physical disc production in 2028, but despite pushback from fans, analysts suggest the PlayStation company won't reverse its decision. [...]

2026-07-09

'Samsung's first true PCIe 5.0 drive is the best there is:' 2TB 9100 Pro SSD gets a huge price cut at Amazon

The 2TB Samsung 9100 Pro delivers some of the fastest read and write speeds available from any consumer PCIe 5.0 SSD, and Amazon just cut the price. [...]

2026-07-09

Anthropic's secondary market valuation has soared to $1.2 trillion — but almost no one is selling

The AI company's implied value has risen 550% year over year, yet a shortage of willing sellers is keeping deals rare [...]

2026-07-09

Trump said the ceasefire was "over" — then said Iran called to make a deal. Chip stocks are bouncing. Markets don't know what to believe

S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures pointed higher Thursday after Trump said Iran reached out, even as U.S.-Iran fighting continued overnight [...]