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Umar Thariwat

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Thariwat is a Staff Writer and Reporter covering tech news and enterprise trends at TechRobust. Blending daily reporting with her ongoing academic background in economics, she analyzes earnings, digital market, and the commercial strategies powering the global tech sector.

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Lovable Hits $600M Revenue as Fortune 500 Adoption Surges

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Lovable Hits $600M Revenue as Fortune 500 Adoption Surges
Tech Business

24 Sept. 2026

Lovable Hits $600M Revenue as Fortune 500 Adoption Surges

Lovable co-founder Fabian Hedin revealed that the software development platform reached a massive $600M annualized revenue run rate, securing heavy adoption across massive enterprise clients.

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Oracle Delays $165B Data Center Payments Amid Power Fight
Tech Business

24 Sept. 2026

Oracle Delays $165B Data Center Payments Amid Power Fight

Oracle issued a force majeure notice regarding its massive New Mexico artificial intelligence facility, triggering a steep stock drop and raising heavy infrastructure questions.

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Qualcomm Renews Global Patent License Agreement With Apple
Tech Business

24 Sept. 2026

Qualcomm Renews Global Patent License Agreement With Apple

Qualcomm announced the extension of its global patent licensing agreement with Apple, ensuring the iPhone maker maintains legal access to required cellular communications technology.

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Meta Approves $145B AI Budget Outspending Global Militaries
Tech Business

24 Sept. 2026

Meta Approves $145B AI Budget Outspending Global Militaries

Meta will dedicate up to $145B strictly toward artificial intelligence infrastructure this year, surpassing the defense budgets of nearly every sovereign nation on the planet.

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Verizon Dedicates $70M to Nationwide AI Workforce Training
Tech Business

23 Sept. 2026

Verizon Dedicates $70M to Nationwide AI Workforce Training

Verizon announced a massive $70M funding package to train job seekers and small business owners in artificial intelligence through regional non-profit partnerships.

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Apple Takes on Nvidia and Microsoft to Cut Enterprise AI Costs
Tech Business

22 Sept. 2026

Apple Takes on Nvidia and Microsoft to Cut Enterprise AI Costs

Apple is aggressively pushing its upgraded desktop computers to corporate buyers as a cheaper, local alternative to expensive cloud data centers for artificial intelligence.

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Cyera Secures $400M From Goldman Sachs at $12B Valuation
Tech Business

22 Sept. 2026

Cyera Secures $400M From Goldman Sachs at $12B Valuation

Israeli cybersecurity unicorn Cyera extended its latest funding round by securing an additional $400 million from Goldman Sachs to govern autonomous AI enterprise agents.

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ECB Connects Wholesale Financial Markets to Distributed Ledgers
Tech Business

21 Sept. 2026

ECB Connects Wholesale Financial Markets to Distributed Ledgers

European Central Bank officials launched Pontes to settle tokenized market transactions in central bank euros, curbing reliance on private stablecoins.

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SoftBank Targets $11B in Junk Bonds for OpenAI Bet
Tech Business

21 Sept. 2026

SoftBank Targets $11B in Junk Bonds for OpenAI Bet

SoftBank launched an eleven billion dollar high-yield debt offering to finance its expanding OpenAI equity stake, testing credit markets as artificial intelligence spending escalates.

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Starbucks Builds Chennai Tech Hub to Hire 800 Workers
Tech Business

21 Sept. 2026

Starbucks Builds Chennai Tech Hub to Hire 800 Workers

Starbucks, Global Capability Centre, Chennai, India tech hub, retail technology, Tata Consumer Products, software development, enterprise tech

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Google Discover Tests AI Summaries to Keep Users on Platform
Tech news

21 Sept. 2026

Google Discover Tests AI Summaries to Keep Users on Platform

Google is testing an automated topic overview button inside Discover feeds, inserting machine text between mobile audiences and original news publications across the internet.

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Human Error Threatens Energy Grids More Than Rogue AI
Tech news

20 Sept. 2026

Human Error Threatens Energy Grids More Than Rogue AI

National security experts warn that human mistakes and unpatched industrial control systems leave power grids exposed to foreign cyber intrusions long before rogue machine models emerge.

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China Rebuffs US Calls to Slow Frontier AI Development
Tech Business

20 Sept. 2026

China Rebuffs US Calls to Slow Frontier AI Development

Beijing rejected American proposals to pause advanced computational development, viewing Western safety calls as an attempt to preserve Washington technical dominance ahead of bilateral summits.

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China’s CXMT Starts Mass Production on 5th-Gen DRAM
Tech Business

20 Sept. 2026

China’s CXMT Starts Mass Production on 5th-Gen DRAM

ChangXin Memory Technologies initiated commercial mass production on its fifth-generation platform, narrowing physical fabrication spacing to eleven nanometers despite ongoing Western semiconductor tool embargoes.

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Apple iOS 27 Speeds Up iPhones Across Thirty System Areas
Tech news

20 Sept. 2026

Apple iOS 27 Speeds Up iPhones Across Thirty System Areas

Apple packed more than thirty performance enhancements into iOS 27, slashing app launch delays and speeding up tasks across Safari, Photos, and wireless networking.

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Manus Seeks $4B Valuation in $500M Post-Meta Round
Tech Business

18 Sept. 2026

Manus Seeks $4B Valuation in $500M Post-Meta Round

Singapore based agent developer Manus opened talks to raise $500M at a $4B valuation, doubling its prior valuation after regulators blocked its sale to Meta.

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US Federal Registry Website Caught Using Alibaba Qwen Model
Tech news

18 Sept. 2026

US Federal Registry Website Caught Using Alibaba Qwen Model

Federal administrators pulled an online regulatory search feature after disclosures revealed the National Archives deployed Alibaba open weights accused of illicitly scraping American competitors.

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Why America Cannot Escape the Electric Vehicle Future
Tech Business

18 Sept. 2026

Why America Cannot Escape the Electric Vehicle Future

American drivers remain hesitant about pure battery power, but falling manufacturing costs and global regulatory demands mean the electric transition will happen regardless of political debate.

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Meta Copyright Systems Weaponized Against Albanian Crowds
Tech news

18 Sept. 2026

Meta Copyright Systems Weaponized Against Albanian Crowds

Coordinated networks abused Instagram automated intellectual property reporting systems to silence independent journalists, opposition leaders, and civic activists documenting civil demonstrations across Albanian city centers.

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SK Hynix in Talks With Intel for US Memory Chip Plants
Tech Business

16 Sept. 2026

SK Hynix in Talks With Intel for US Memory Chip Plants

South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix entered talks with Intel to produce advanced memory chips in Ohio as Washington threatens foreign imports with steep tariff penalties.

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OpenAI Mulls Private Funding at Staggering $1.2T Valuation
Tech Business

15 Sept. 2026

OpenAI Mulls Private Funding at Staggering $1.2T Valuation

OpenAI opened preliminary investor talks for a fresh private financing round at a $1.2T valuation, delaying public markets to fund compute burn and model scaling.

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Factory Triples Valuation to $5B in $200M Funding Round
Tech Business

15 Sept. 2026

Factory Triples Valuation to $5B in $200M Funding Round

San Francisco startup Factory raised $200M backed by Blackstone and Sequoia, lifting its valuation to $5B as businesses automate complete programming pipelines.

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Altera Files for US IPO Backed by Silver Lake and Intel
Tech Business

15 Sept. 2026

Altera Files for US IPO Backed by Silver Lake and Intel

Chipmaker Altera submitted confidential paperwork for a Wall Street listing seeking over $2B, testing public investor appetite for programmable hardware.

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Temporal Raises $550M Series E at $12.55B Valuation
Tech Business

15 Sept. 2026

Temporal Raises $550M Series E at $12.55B Valuation

Temporal doubled its valuation to $12.55B in seven months through a $550M investment round led by Lightspeed, powering fault recovery across enterprise software.

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Microsoft Rushes Emergency Patch for Windows 11 Update
Tech news

15 Sept. 2026

Microsoft Rushes Emergency Patch for Windows 11 Update

Redmond deployed an out-of-band update after its record September security release broke remote desktop access, virtual machines, and audio hardware across corporate networks.

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Einride and Lidl Launch Cab-Less Truck in Germany
Tech Business

15 Sept. 2026

Einride and Lidl Launch Cab-Less Truck in Germany

Freight operator Einride and grocery titan Lidl introduced the first driverless cab-less transport vehicle onto public German thoroughfares under federal regulatory clearance.

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Apple Appeals App Store Contempt Finding to Supreme Court
Tech news

14 Sept. 2026

Apple Appeals App Store Contempt Finding to Supreme Court

Apple submitted its opening merits brief to the Supreme Court, arguing a district judge overstepped judicial authority by punishing its 27% external web transaction commission.

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OpenAI Acquires Glass Imaging in $300M Hardware Push
Tech Business

14 Sept. 2026

OpenAI Acquires Glass Imaging in $300M Hardware Push

The ChatGPT creator bought compact optical startup Glass Imaging for over three hundred million dollars, signaling serious intent to manufacture consumer physical computing devices.

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Superhuman Acquires Fathom to Power Autonomous Workflows
Tech Business

14 Sept. 2026

Superhuman Acquires Fathom to Power Autonomous Workflows

Productivity software developer Superhuman acquired Y Combinator-backed meeting recorder Fathom, folding spoken audio records directly into automated enterprise worker pipelines to trigger real-time actions.

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Viasat and Space42 Commit $1B to Direct-to-Device Venture
Tech Business

14 Sept. 2026

Viasat and Space42 Commit $1B to Direct-to-Device Venture

American satellite veteran Viasat joined forces with United Arab Emirates firm Space42 to build a shared orbital telecom network designed to connect consumer phones directly.

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Tesla Sets October 1 Date for Second Generation Roadster
Tech Business

13 Sept. 2026

Tesla Sets October 1 Date for Second Generation Roadster

Nine years after revealing its original sports car concept, the automaker scheduled an autumn presentation promising rocket hardware, while production remains distant.

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Trump Blasts Exaggerated AI Safety Fears and Doomers
Tech Business

13 Sept. 2026

Trump Blasts Exaggerated AI Safety Fears and Doomers

Former President Donald Trump dismissed mounting artificial intelligence safety warnings, accusing specific detractors of intentionally stifling American technological dominance through coordinated fearmongering campaigns.

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Sam Altman Calls 2026 OpenAI IPO Plan Ill-Advised
Tech Business

12 Sept. 2026

Sam Altman Calls 2026 OpenAI IPO Plan Ill-Advised

OpenAI leader Sam Altman ruled out a Wall Street public debut this year, citing severe software hazards and mounting friction with federal regulators.

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Nvidia Weighs $10B Stake in Anthropic's Record $2T IPO
Tech Business

12 Sept. 2026

Nvidia Weighs $10B Stake in Anthropic's Record $2T IPO

The semiconductor giant is negotiating an anchor position in a public offering that could assign the artificial intelligence laboratory a massive $2T corporate valuation.

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Stiglitz Warns of Economic Collapse From AI Investment
Tech Business

12 Sept. 2026

Stiglitz Warns of Economic Collapse From AI Investment

Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz argues that tech corporations racing to automate white-collar jobs risk destroying the consumer purchasing power needed to sustain their profits.

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AI Tools Lower Barrier to Entry for Advanced Cyberattacks
Tech news

12 Sept. 2026

AI Tools Lower Barrier to Entry for Advanced Cyberattacks

Security researchers warn that commercial reasoning software is enabling less-skilled operators to orchestrate sophisticated network intrusions and automated phishing campaigns.

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Revolut Data Breach: Fake Government Requests Expose Users
Tech news

12 Sept. 2026

Revolut Data Breach: Fake Government Requests Expose Users

A sophisticated social engineering attack utilizing fraudulent government data requests has compromised user information at Revolut, raising urgent questions about digital banking defenses.

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Wipro AI Push Frees Output Equal to 20,000 Workers
Tech Business

11 Sept. 2026

Wipro AI Push Frees Output Equal to 20,000 Workers

Wipro announced its internal software systems freed work capacity matching twenty thousand employees, redeploying engineers while upending the classic Indian billing formula.

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