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Lyft delivered numbers that on the surface look impressive. Gross bookings climbed 23 percent to a record $5.5 billion in the second quarter. Active riders reached an all-time high of 30.5 million, up 17 percent. Rides totaled 262 million. Revenue hit $1.84 billion. Yet the market focused on what comes next. The ride-hailing company expects

Cloudflare has taken a notable step with the open-sourcing of its internal AI workspace. The company calls it Cloudflare OS. Built directly on its existing infrastructure of Workers, Access and the AI Gateway, this browser-based system gives employees company-specific AI agents. They handle research, generate documents and apps, and run automations. No terminals required. No

The Pentagon has fired a blunt warning shot at America’s defense industry. Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg has given contractors just 21 days to deliver concrete plans for faster weapons production and delivery. The reason sits in plain sight. U.S. munitions stockpiles sit dangerously low after months of conflict with Iran. Feinberg’s memo, obtained by

Design software leaders Figma and Canva poured resources into artificial intelligence features over the past year. They promised faster creation, smarter suggestions and broader accessibility. Yet fresh data shows the pivot carries real trade-offs. Both companies now face higher expenses than anticipated. Growth projections have come down. And users sometimes bypass the new tools for

BEIJING — China’s top internet regulator has opened a formal cybersecurity review of products sold by Palo Alto Networks. The move, announced August 6, adds fresh friction to already strained technology ties between Washington and Beijing. The Cyberspace Administration of China didn’t name specific offerings. It gave no examples of flaws. Officials simply pointed to

Bank of America has put the Federal Reserve on notice. Its economists see danger in the central bank’s current approach to communication and policy signals. The lack of clear forward guidance from Chair Kevin Warsh leaves markets guessing. That guesswork carries a price. Higher Treasury yields act like a tax on growth. Mortgages cost more.

Researchers have taken a striking step toward reading the music inside people’s minds. A team at Seoul National University recorded brain signals from epilepsy patients as they imagined familiar tunes. The work shows that patterns in those signals can reveal the relative pitches of notes the subjects never sang aloud. The study, published in eNeuro,

More than 550 communities across the U.S. have now paused or banned new data center projects. The tally climbed from roughly 300 in late June to over 550 by early August 2026. New York and Texas, once eager hosts for tech investment, joined the fray. Their moves mark a sharp turn in the battle over

A parasitic fly once pushed to the brink of eradication from North America has roared back with a vengeance. New World screwworm larvae now bore into living flesh across Mexico, leaving painful, expanding wounds in their wake. Human infections have climbed past 2,360 according to the latest tally from U.S. health authorities. And the numbers

Retired Gen. Paul Nakasone didn’t mince words at DEF CON this week. “We have to have higher standards,” the former NSA director said. “These PLCs should not be connected to the internet.” His blunt assessment came as federal agencies confirm cyberattacks on water and wastewater systems have now reached at least a dozen states. The