2026-08-05

Desktop Linux just cracked 10% market share - and Windows 11 is mostly to blame

Windows is in decline, and both Macs and Linux are gaining ground at its expense. [...]

2026-08-05

IHOP's sales rebound helped Dine Brands post higher revenue even as Applebee's struggled

Dine Brands posted $240.9 million in revenue for the second quarter, up from $230.8 million a year earlier, as the two chains moved in opposite directions [...]

2026-08-05

Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners has completed its $55 billion takeover of EA Sports

EA stockholders received $210 per share in cash; the company's stock has been delisted from Nasdaq [...]

2026-08-05

Shake Shack's sales climbed but profits slipped as food costs mounted

Net income fell to $15.7 million from $17.1 million a year earlier, even as total revenue hit $417.6 million [...]

2026-08-05

Kraft Heinz is raising its annual sales forecast after beating earnings expectations

The packaged-food company now expects organic sales to fall 0.5% to 2.0% for the year, an improvement from its prior outlook [...]

2026-08-05

Private sector hiring slumped to its 2026 low in July, falling short of forecasts

The monthly gain was the smallest so far in 2026 and fell well short of the 75,000 consensus estimate [...]

2026-08-05

AI is flooding bug bounties. Microsoft paid a record; Apple slammed the door

AI has learned to find software bugs faster than people can, and the programmes that pay for them are straining. In a single week, the three biggest went three different ways. Microsoft paid out a record sum. Apple slammed the door on how many bugs a researcher can file. Google quietly repriced the whole thing. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-08-05

LegaBot launches the first football league run entirely by AI agents. It never stops playing.

LegaBot launches on Saturday with the first football league operated entirely by AI agents, running 24 hours a day with no predetermined outcomes. The inaugural season features 20 original city-based clubs, including New York Nythrix, Paris Luxe, Berlin Steel, and Tokyo Neon, each with full rosters of AI-generated players. The opening match is London Veldrith […]<br /> This story continues [...]

2026-08-05

Black Forest Labs makes FLUX 3 Video generally available and claims it beats Seedance 2.0

Black Forest Labs has launched FLUX 3 Video, which generates Full HD clips up to 20 seconds long with native audio and lip-synced dialogue in more than 14 languages. It can also render typography directly in scenes. BFL's own Elo rankings put it ahead of Gemini Omni Flash and Seedance 2.0.<br /> The article Black Forest Labs makes FLUX 3 Video generally available and claims it beats See [...]