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Groq raises $350M to fuel its pivot from AI chips to neocloud

Groq raised $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation as the former AI chipmaker pivots to a neocloud business and expands its Nvidia-powered data center footprint.

2026-08-17 · 16:15 UTC
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Tech

Judge sets framework for Nine PBS to retrieve archival data

2026-08-17 · 16:11
Crypto

Bitcoin Awaits Its Turn as Investors Rotate Into Stocks and AI

2026-08-17 · 16:10

Glassnode data shows Bitcoin missed a rotation into equities and AI even as consumer confidence collapsed to an all-time…

Crypto

Bitmine nears 5% of Ethereum supply despite $8.4B in unrealized losses

2026-08-17 · 16:04

Tom Lee’s Ethereum treasury company keeps buying the second-biggest crypto through the downturn, while more than 5…

Crypto

Bessent Seeks Industry Feedback to Shape New GENIUS Rules

2026-08-17 · 16:03

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Sports

Youthful Pocognoli the brave choice for Scotland job

2026-08-17 · 16:01

The Scottish FA are all-in on Sebastien Pocognoli, 39, showing bravery and ambition - what everybody wanted, writes Tom…

Tech

What Stripe's $7 Billion OpenRouter Deal Actually Means for AI

2026-08-17 · 15:54

Stripe just bought the layer that decides which AI model answers your prompt—and it was already collecting the money for…

Science

Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1T and 114k Lives a Year, Yale Study

2026-08-17 · 15:49

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World

Britain’s only desalination plant remains idle during drought

2026-08-17 · 15:48

Water flow in the river Thames has dropped low enough to warrant the use of England’s only large-scale desalination…

Crypto

Tom Lee’s Bitmine Buys Another $19 Million in Ethereum as Stash Nears 5% of Total Supply

2026-08-17 · 15:47

The firm says it's 96% of the way to owning 5% of Ethereum's total supply, according to Chairman Tom Lee.

Tech

Launch HN: Speko (YC S26) – OpenRouter for Voice AI

2026-08-17 · 15:36

Speko, a Y Combinator-backed startup, launches as an "OpenRouter for Voice AI," providing a unified API that benchmarks…

Crypto

3 Altcoins Showing Strong Momentum Before the Next Crypto Rally

2026-08-17 · 15:35

PUMP: Strong gains, platform upgrades, and token burns support momentum despite fresh unlock risks.

World

Supreme Court again rejects Trump's bid to overturn E Jean Carroll sex abuse case

2026-08-17 · 15:33

The US president has already paid the writer over $5m in damages in the assault and defamation case.

Crypto

Wall Street’s XRP-Based ETF Footprint Grows Much Bigger

2026-08-17 · 15:30

Jane Street’s second-quarter Form 13F showed a roughly 60-fold rise in its Bitwise XRP ETF position.

Crypto

Fidelity Leads $389.7M Bitcoin ETF Weekly Outflow With $153M Exit

2026-08-17 · 15:25

U.S.

Tech

Ahmad on X: "Anthropic's War on open source AI" / X

2026-08-17 · 15:24
Tech

Ask HN: GitHub employees what's going on? Why?

2026-08-17 · 15:19

A Hacker News user asks GitHub employees to explain recurring platform issues.

Tech

Nvidia investing $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project

2026-08-17 · 15:16

Nvidia's investment in SoftBank's data center developer will guarantee its chips power an OpenAI data center.

Crypto

Binance accused of handing user data over to Russia

2026-08-17 · 15:15

Binance reportedly handed over the personal data of Yuri Belenkiy to Russian authorities as well as his transaction…

Tech

Terra Industries closes $52M seed round to build defense infrastructure for the Global South

2026-08-17 · 15:06

African defense tech company Terra Industries announced an additional $18 million in funding, bringing its seed round to…

Sports

Fan knitting, huge hitting and catches galore - The best of The Hundred

2026-08-17 · 15:05

As The Hundred comes to an end for another season, BBC Sport looks back at the best moments from the 2026 men and…

Tech

This sub-$7,000 sportscar might be just what the future needs

2026-08-17 · 15:01

The Gasolini AR1 uses 2-cylinder Honda bike engine, and an EV is underway, too.

Science

Why women with ADHD feel overwhelmingly ‘controlled’ by their hormones

2026-08-17 · 15:00

People with ADHD are unusually sensitive to hormone shifts.

World

Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it 'gets in the way' over Iran issue

2026-08-17 · 14:59

The president also told Fox News the US had a direct backchannel with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - something…