Alphabet’s Q2 Cloud Surge Masks a $514 Billion Revenue Backlog
Google Cloud revenue jumped 82% but the real story is a record contracted backlog that hasn't hit the income statement yet.
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Stripe and Swift Race to Control the Next Generation of Payments
Stripe Swift payments rivalry heats up as the two giants now build blockchain rails, with stablecoins becoming core infrastructure for global distribution.
Compute Exchange Launches GPU Marketplace—H100 and A100 Get a Second Life
Compute Exchange launched a secondary GPU marketplace for used and refurbished Nvidia H100 and A100 hardware, betting AI builders want cheaper GPU compute.
OpenAI’s 5-Step Playbook for Taming AI Spend in the Agentic Era
OpenAI urges enterprises to track 'useful work per dollar' and cost per accepted outcome as agents replace one-off chats with long workflows.
Vertu Launches Alpha Fold — The Luxury Foldable With Native AI Agent
Luxury phone maker VERTU has launched the ALPHAFOLD, a foldable smartphone that embeds the Hermes Agent AI system directly into the device at the…
Replit Gets Visa Investment, Brings Payments to AI Coding Platform
Replit and Visa announced a strategic investment and partnership that brings Visa’s payment infrastructure inside Replit’s AI-native development platform PRNewswire reports. The deal lets…
DuckDuckGo Installs Surge 30%—Users Reject Google’s ‘Force-Fed’ AI
DuckDuckGo installs jumped 30% after Google replaced search with AI agents. The CEO said Google is force-feeding AI with no opt-out option available now.
Starlink Nabs American Airlines Contract—Another Win for SpaceX’s IPO
Starlink will equip over 500 American Airlines aircraft with in-flight Wi-Fi, adding to a streak of airline wins as SpaceX prepares for its $1.7T Nasdaq IPO.
Netherlands Blocks US Tech Acquisition—Fearing DigiD Data Under Trump
The Netherlands blocked Kyndryl from acquiring Solvinity over DigiD national security fears, the latest sign of transatlantic tech and data sovereignty tension.
GitHub’s Own Repos Got Hit—One Poisoned VS Code Extension Was All It Took
A poisoned VS Code extension gave TeamPCP 3,800 GitHub internal repos. Days earlier the same group hit Nx Console (2.2M installs) for developer credentials.