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OYO parent PRISM gets Sebi nod for ₹6,650-crore IPO, eyes next filing | IPO

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Global hospitality technology company PRISM, which is the parent firm of OYO, has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for its proposed initial public offering (IPO) worth ₹6,650 crore, according to people aware of the development.   The company had filed its confidential Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) […]

I held the next-gen handheld

Intel couldn’t catch a break. Layoffs. Shakedowns. Crashing CPUs torpedoing its reputation, sending desktop gamers fleeing to AMD. Apple and Qualcomm pushing Intel out of multiple flagship laptops. A gaming graphics card going MIA. But its Panther Lake laptop chip, the first on its all-important 18A process, turned out excellent — and a handheld version […]

Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in four months

Popular AI virtual assistant apps on an Apple iPhone: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, and Poe.

AI is getting expensive, and some companies are cutting back on usage in an attempt to moderate costs. That cohort includes Uber, which recently instituted internal usage caps as a way to cut down on its exorbitant AI spend. Bloomberg reports that the company has instituted a new rule that places a monthly $1,500 cap […]

Microsoft Build 2026: the 7 biggest announcements

Microsoft just kicked off Build 2026 with a keynote from CEO Satya Nadella and other company leaders. As expected, it was filled with announcements, ranging from new Surface hardware to an always-on personal assistant and updates across Microsoft’s in-house AI models. If you didn’t watch the event live, you can catch up on all the […]

Focused Energy raises whopping $240M Series A for laser-powered fusion tech

Illustrated lasers shoot into a fusion reaction chamber.

Focused Energy recently raised an oversubscribed $240 million Series A round, one of the largest early-stage rounds for a fusion power startup.  The new round, announced last week, brings the company’s total private capital raised to $300 million, the company told TechCrunch. The startup has also received $200 million in grants, collectively making it one […]

Trump signs narrower executive order on AI oversight after industry objections 

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday designed to give the government a chance to review powerful AI models before they are released.  The order asks certain AI companies to voluntarily submit their new models to the government for testing or evaluation 30 days before releasing the products to the public. A previous […]