GoKawiil - Tech News

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Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-09 | by Anthony Ha | tags: awareness, billion, founded

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TechCrunch Mobility: Zoox prepares for launch and Uber’s AV empire (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-09 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: autonomous, billion, million

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Elon Musk’s Efforts to Cut Spending in the Government Were So Incompetent That It’s Shocking, Internal Analysis Finds (futurism.com)

2026-08-09 | by Frank Landymore | tags: billion, claimed, contracts

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Jeff Bezos Harshly Criticized for $200 Million Pledge to Protect the World’s Most Endangered Species (futurism.com)

2026-08-09 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: amazon, bezos, billionaire

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Selling the Dream of SpaceX Was the Easy Part. Now Elon Musk Has to Hang On. (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-09 | tags: biggest, biggest ipo, billion

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Scientist Reveals Plan to Save Earth From Destruction by the Sun (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: billion, billion years, earth

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‘If trust breaks, your business breaks’: How Alphonzo Terrell is building Spill to be a different kind of social platform (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: acquisition, acquisition led, alphonzo

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‘The Odyssey’ Will Soon Be Christopher Nolan’s Highest-Grossing Film (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: billion, billion dark, crossed

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Trump administration spends another $1.2 billion to kill offshore wind farm projects (engadget.com)

2026-08-07 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: administration, billion, energy

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Whatnot valued at $20 billion as live shopping continues to boom (cnbc.com)

2026-08-07 | by Ian Thomas | tags: billion, million, million series

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SpaceX’s Terafab will rely on natural gas power plants, not Tesla solar panels (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-07 | by Tim De Chant | tags: billion, gas power, natural

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How Amazon Built a Data Center in a California Town Without Anyone Noticing (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-07 | tags: began, began locals, billion

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Airbnb stock soars 9% on earnings and revenue beat, strong guidance for third quarter (cnbc.com)

2026-08-06 | by Ari Levy | tags: airbnb, airbnb said, billion

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Nintendo's Switch 2 sells over 23 million units in its first year, outpacing the original's 17 million (techspot.com)

2026-08-06 | by Daniel Sims | tags: billion, million, nintendo

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Defense tech Hadrian raises $1.37B at $8B valuation (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-06 | by Julie Bort | tags: billion, defense, defense tech

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SpaceX stock could face further pressure as first batch of shares unlock since IPO (cnbc.com)

2026-08-06 | by Lora Kolodny | tags: bates, bates said, billion

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Startup Raises $700 Million to Replace Data-Center Wires With Light (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-06 | tags: ai servers, billion, billion new

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Apple, Sony, and Nintendo pocketed their tariff refunds, this PC cooling company won't (techspot.com)

2026-08-06 | by Daniel Sims | tags: arctic, billion, estimated billion

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Hadrian valued at nearly $8 billion after fresh funding as money pours into defense tech (cnbc.com)

2026-08-06 | by Samantha Subin | tags: billion, defense, funding

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SoftBank gets $8.2 billion boost from Intel as OpenAI takes a backseat (cnbc.com)

2026-08-06 | by Arjun Kharpal | tags: billion, gain, intel

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Nintendo's fiscal first-quarter profit and revenue beat estimates, despite Switch 2 sales slump (cnbc.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jenny Lee | tags: billion, billion yen, nintendo

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Uber stock sinks 5% after weak guidance despite revenue growth (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Lora Kolodny | tags: billion, bookings, cents

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AI Sends Global Crime Syndicates Into Fraud Nirvana (darkreading.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: ai enabled, automated, automated translation

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Uber stock sinks 7% after weak guidance despite revenue growth (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Lora Kolodny | tags: billion, bookings, cents

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Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-05 | by Sarah Perez | tags: billion, finkelstein, merchants

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SpaceX spooks investors with debut earnings report (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: billion, earnings, expectations

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AMD sinks 5% despite earnings beat, strong data center revenue (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | tags: ahead, billion, central

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SpaceX Shares Sink on AI Spending Plans (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-05 | tags: ai projects, billion, billion ai

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SpaceX Shares Sink 12% on AI Spending Plans (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-05 | tags: ai projects, billion, billion ai

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AMD sinks 7% despite earnings beat, strong data center revenue (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | tags: ahead, billion, central