Forecasting experts announce that ‘Super El Niño’ could cause global temperatures to reach unprecedented levels
Forecasters predict the arrival of a potentially extreme El Niño this summer that could push temperatures around the world to unprecedented extremes. Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center announced that there is a 62% chance of an El Niño occurring from June through August. In other words, El Niño […]
How to watch Jensen Huang’s Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote and what it’s about
Nvidia kicks off its annual GTC developer conference Monday in San Jose, Calif., with CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote scheduled for 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET. GTC (short for GPU Technology Conference) is Nvidia’s flagship annual event, running from March 16th to March 19th. Chipmakers typically use the spotlight to announce new products, champion […]
Another deep tech chip startup becomes a unicorn: Flore reaches $1.64 billion
Eight-year-old semiconductor startup Flore Systems has raised $143 million in Series D led by MVP Ventures at a valuation of $1.64 billion, the company announced Monday. Mr. Flore has now raised a total of $340 million, the company said. Furore does not manufacture its own chips. We manufacture liquid cooling systems for them. Founded by […]
Hughes raises $25 million to disrupt aging loan origination system used by U.S. credit unions
In 2023, after three years building their auto financing startup, Fuse co-founders Andres Klaric and Marc Escpapa realized that an LLM could help them modernize something even more important: the loan origination system (LOS), the backbone of the lending industry. Frustrated with the limitations of legacy software, Bolivian native Klaric (pictured left) and Spanish immigrant […]
Dictionary sues OpenAI | Tech Crunch
Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have filed suit against OpenAI, alleging in the complaint that the AI giant has committed “massive copyright infringement.” Britannica, which owns Merriam-Webster, holds the copyright to approximately 100,000 online articles that have been scraped without permission and used to train OpenAI’s LLMs, the publisher alleges in its lawsuit. Britannica also accuses […]
How plants migrated from sea to land and changed the Earth forever
Long before dinosaurs roamed the earth, Earth was very different from the planet we know today. About 500 million years ago, most of the Earth’s surface was bare rock and dry soil. There were no trees, grass, or flowers. Life existed almost entirely in the ocean. Then something amazing happened. Plants began to grow on […]
Antonio Gracias says he admires startups that are “proentropic” — those built to survive disruption.
There are new keywords to know as part of this artificial intelligence revolution, at least according to Antonio Gracias, founder of Valor Equity Partners. While chatting at this year’s Upfront Summit in Los Angeles, he talked about the term he coined, “proentropic.” This represents a startup designed to thrive amid chaos and chaos. These upheavals […]
Shopify’s AI shopping agent is preparing to change everything, executives say
Shopify is gearing up for a lifelong transformation, said Harley Finkelstein, the company’s president. At this year’s Upfront Summit in Los Angeles, the longtime e-commerce veteran talked about how the company is fully committed to agent shopping. Shopify is the second largest e-commerce provider in the United States after Amazon. But Finkelstein says only about […]
A single injection of a therapeutic drug like mRNA could help the heart muscle heal after a heart attack in mice and pigs. Is it also effective for humans?
A single shot of self-amplifying RNA can repair tissue damage caused by a heart attack, a new study in pigs and mice shows. It can take weeks or even months to recover from a heart attack, but a new study has explored a new way to boost the production of natural heart repair hormones with […]
Chrome 0-Days, Router Botnets, AWS Breach, Rogue AI Agents & More
Ravie LakshmananMar 16, 2026Cybersecurity / Hacking Some weeks in security feel normal. Then you read a few tabs and get that immediate “ah, great, we’re doing this now” feeling. This week has that energy. Fresh messes, old problems getting sharper, and research that stops feeling theoretical real fast. A few bits hit a little too […]