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Dash0 Acquires Polar Signals, Adding GPU-Aware Continuous Profiling to Its Observability Platform
Dash0 buys Berlin's Polar Signals to bring CUDA-aware continuous profiling and a new storage engine into its OpenTelemetry-native observability platform.
Cognition CEO Denies Bloomberg Report That SpaceX Tried to Acquire the AI Coding Startup
Scott Wu says Cognition is "not for sale" after Bloomberg reported SpaceX approached the Devin maker days after closing its $60 billion Cursor deal.
SpaceX Closes $60 Billion Acquisition of Cursor, Completing the Deal It Struck in June
SpaceX completed its all-stock acquisition of AI coding tool Cursor on August 14, giving the startup access to SpaceX's GPU fleet.
AI Code-Testing Startup Blacksmith Raises $45 Million Series B at $550 Million Valuation
Blacksmith's valuation jumped nearly tenfold in under a year as demand for validating AI-generated code accelerates CI workloads.
GitHub Actions Outage Spans Over Eight Hours, Cascading Into Pages, Copilot, and Webhook Delivery
A GitHub Actions failure on August 6 knocked out workflows, Pages, and Copilot for over eight hours, extending a run of dozens of monthly incidents this year.
Hughes Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy as Starlink Competition Erodes EchoStar's Satellite Broadband Business
EchoStar's Hughes satellite broadband unit filed for Chapter 11 after losing 21.7% of subscribers to Starlink and other LEO rivals over the past year.
Honeywell Technologies Posts First Earnings Report Since Aerospace Spinoff, Books $6.6 Billion Gain From Quantinuum's IPO
Honeywell Technologies' first quarterly report as a standalone automation company beat prior guidance and included a $6.6 billion one-time gain from deconsolidating Quantinuum after its IPO.
Ford and Geely Form Joint Venture to Build Multi-Energy Vehicles at Spain's Valencia Plant
Ford will hold 66% and Geely 34% of a new joint venture at Ford's Valencia plant, producing three Ford and two Geely models starting in 2028.
Microsoft Blames Automated Maintenance Bug for Five-Hour Azure and Microsoft 365 Outage in West US
A maintenance-system bug stripped IP routes from Microsoft's West US datacenter on July 23, knocking out Teams, SharePoint, and Azure services for about five hours.
Travis Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7 Billion in Funding Round Led by Andreessen Horowitz, With Uber Investing
Atoms, Travis Kalanick's industrial robotics venture, closed a $1.7 billion round led by a16z, with Uber and Bain Capital among the backers.
Alphabet Discloses $94.1 Billion Stake in SpaceX After Blockbuster IPO, With Most Shares Locked Up Through 2027
Alphabet's quarterly filing values its SpaceX stake at $94.1 billion, an estimated 6% stake rooted in a 2015 bet, mostly locked up until Q3 2027.
Alphabet's SpaceX and Anthropic Stakes Drive a Record $112.1 Billion Quarterly Profit
Alphabet's Q2 2026 net income hit a record $112.1 billion as its SpaceX and Anthropic equity stakes generated a $98.0 billion investment gain.