qz

2026-08-06

Iran, Oman, and the US are nearing a Hormuz deal — and SpaceX's insiders can finally sell

SpaceX's post-IPO lockup expiration and weak results from Sandisk and AppLovin are weighing on tech stocks Thursday [...]

qz

2026-08-06

Block beat earnings expectations after slashing 40% of its workforce for AI

The fintech company posted 25% gross profit growth and a record adjusted operating income margin of 27% in the second quarter [...]

Destination

2026-08-06

Juan Pablo Tejela, CEO and Co-Founder of Metricool – Interview Series

Juan Pablo Tejela, CEO and co-founder of Metricool, is a software engineer and technology entrepreneur who has led the company since 2014, helping develop it into a comprehensive platform for managing and measuring digital content. Before launching Metricool, he spent nearly nine years at Optimyth Software, where his responsibilities included product management, application development, user inter [...]

Destination

2026-08-06

Meteor Showers, Eclipses, and More Are on the August 2026 Astronomical Calendar

Here’s when some of this year’s most anticipated astronomical events will happen and the best way to observe them. [...]

thenextweb

2026-08-06

WindBorne’s AI beats the government’s weather forecasts. Making money from them is the harder problem

WindBorne Systems has raised $37 million to sell something it has already proven it can build: weather forecasts that beat the government’s. The Series B, reported by TechCrunch, was co-led by Khosla Ventures and Galvanize and values the company at $250 million. It takes WindBorne’s total funding past $62 million. The forecasting is the easy […]<br /> This story continues at The Next W [...]

thenextweb

2026-08-06

Berlin’s Moss becomes a unicorn betting on ‘controllable’ finance AI

Another European fintech has joined the unicorn ranks. Berlin-based Moss has raised €30m in a Series C round that values the spend-management company at more than €1bn. The round was led by Portage. The specialist fintech investor headlined the raise, with existing backer Cherry Ventures also taking part, extending its bet on a company it […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

thenextweb

2026-08-06

Kids who join social media early get worse grades, a big study finds

Getting on social media too young may cost children in the classroom. A large new study has found that pupils who joined the platforms early went on to earn worse grades than those who waited. The research is unusually robust. Published in Nature Human Behaviour, it tracked more than 5,000 pupils in northern Italy from […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

Destination

2026-08-06

Meta claims its own AI also hacked into a third-party service during testing

Meta says its AI model accessed the internet during testing and hacked an organization thanks to a blunder by its evaluation partner. [...]

Destination

2026-08-06

Samsung QS90H soundbar review: An all-in-one promise fulfilled

The QS90H actually delivers on the all-in-one soundbar promise thanks to new woofers and a unique driver layout. [...]