2026-08-03

Marriott's pipeline hit a record 629,000 rooms and Q2 profit rose to $844 million

The hotel company lifted its 2026 global RevPAR growth target to 3%–3.5%, up from a prior range of 2%–3%, but its third-quarter profit outlook missed Wall Street estimates [...]

2026-08-03

Tyson Foods is slashing its annual profit forecast as beef losses widen

The meatpacker now expects a beef operating loss of up to $650 million for fiscal 2026, up from a prior forecast of $500 million [...]

2026-08-03

d-Matrix Buys Wallaroo to Orchestrate Inference Across Chips

d-Matrix has acquired Wallaroo.ai, a maker of software for deploying and orchestrating AI inference, in a deal the Santa Clara chip company announced on August 3, 2026. The purchase brings Wallaroo's platform, intellectual property and engineering staff into d-Matrix, and it is the chipmaker's second acquisition in four months. The reasoning follows from how d-Matrix sells silicon. Its C [...]

2026-08-03

How NTT DATA AIVista closes the last mile of agentic AI for enterprise agents

Presented by NTT DATA AIVista At VB Transform 2026, NTT DATA AIVista CEO Bratin Saha joined VentureBeat CEO and editor-in-chief Matt Marshall to discuss the last-mile challenge of operationalizing frontier models in regulated production, where reliability, context, guardrails, and security determine whether AI delivers enterprise value. The conversation centered around the question facing every en [...]

2026-08-03

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra review: Nice upgrades, but not quite ultra

The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra's new processor, brighter screens and chassis tweaks are nice, but the updates don't do enough to earn the 'ultra' tag. [...]

2026-08-03

China's MiniMax H3 is the first open model to top an AI video ranking

MiniMax releases H3 video model weights, putting an open model at the top of a video ranking for the first time.<br /> The article China's MiniMax H3 is the first open model to top an AI video ranking appeared first on The Decoder. [...]

2026-08-03

How to watch The Sky at Night for *FREE* – stream the long-running astronomy show from anywhere

Presented by Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Pete Lawrence, Chris Lintott and George Dransfield, here's how to watch The Sky at Night free from anywhere. [...]

2026-08-03

Why serious AI builders are skipping third-party evals

Why top AI companies are bypassing external dashboards to treat evaluation as the product. [...]

2026-08-03

Geekom IT13 Max review: An Ultra 9 mini PC held back by its own configuration

Superb for office and light creative work, and better suited to a workshop than a design studio. [...]