CNBC says digital assets are becoming institutionalized as banks, asset managers, and payments companies adopt blockchain infrastructure, with Ripple recognized among firms developing technology for payments, custody, tokenization, and other financial services.
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CNBC and Statista included Ripple among the world’s top fintech companies for 2026.
Digital asset businesses accounted…
Coinbase says a routine infrastructure update disabled a critical network gateway, disrupting transfers, debit card purchases, and onchain services for about 50 minutes. Its new postmortem explains the error and why the company’s normal recovery tools also failed.
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'The court has to intervene now': Indigenous groups and conservationists condemn SpaceX's South Texas land swap
July 23, 2026
The fight continues against SpaceX’s controversial South Texas land swap.
That deal, which the company made with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), gives SpaceX 727 acres (294 hectares) of public land that’s currently part of the Lower Rio Grande Valley…
Swelling from a razor-thin crescent into a cratered world before fading back into the darkness, Mars gave NASA’s Psyche spacecraft both a spectacular view — and a 1,000-mph boost toward its namesake asteroid.
A new time-lapse video released by NASA, stitched from images taken throughout May, captures the probe’s month-long encounter with Mars. On May 15, Psyche swooped within 2,864 miles…
Metal spheres found in Australia show how little we still know about falling space debris, experts say
July 23, 2026
Once again, the “Land Down Under” is on the apparent uptick for falling space debris.
In early July, the Australian Space Agency reported that objects recovered, dubbed “space balls,” are likely pressure vessels from a space launch vehicle. Six spherical pieces of…
Samsung has often reserved the “Ultra” branding for devices that push hardware to its limits rather than simply offering incremental upgrades. With the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, the company is bringing that philosophy to its foldable lineup. Instead of making the Fold larger…
Samsung’s Flip series has always appealed to those select users looking for something different from the sea of conventional foldable smartphones. While the folding design initially grabbed attention, recent generations have focused on making the form factor more practical. With the Galaxy Z Flip8, Samsung appears to be taking that approach further by improving the cover screen experience…
Update 8:00PM IST: Samsung has revealed the India pricing of all the devices.
Samsung has announced the launch of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold 8, and the Galaxy Z Flip 8. The new Fold 8 Ultra and the Fold 8 come powered with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Processor…
Passionfroot, a German startup building a marketplace connecting B2B creators with brands, said on Wednesday it has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Insight Partners.
Rebecca Liu-Doyle, managing director at Insight Partners, said Passionfroot is placed…
Glow emerges from stealth at $1.2B valuation to challenge endpoint security in the AI era
July 23, 2026
Glow, a cybersecurity startup founded by former Meta and Snowflake executives, emerged from stealth as a unicorn, betting that artificial intelligence is reshaping how enterprises secure employee devices.
The Palo Alto-headquartered startup on Wednesday said it raised $180 million in an all-equity Series A funding round that valued it at $1.2 billion, with backing from Sequoia Capital…
