A $604 million verdict in a Dallas County case tied to a 2021 accident has pushed freight brokers to treat carrier vetting as a “defensible standard,” with plaintiff attorneys increasingly seeking “true vetting” beyond verifying operating authority and insurance.
Aug 31, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Telegraph’s Market Consist Report forecasts national carload coal volumes will grow year over year by under 1% in Q4, a reversal from more than a decade of decline.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
OpenClaw 2.0 is the “largest update” to the open-source, device-running AI agent, with changes spanning installation, messaging, memory, skills, browser, plugins, security, and numerous fixes.
Aug 31, 2026 ·
CNET
Music publishers, including Sony, EMI, and Warner Chappell, sued Anthropic alleging it admitted to pirating more than 7 million books and later paid authors a $1.5 billion settlement—while they argue the damages are too small to stop ongoing infringement tied to Claude AI and music-rights markets.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Ars Technica
McKesson said hackers broke into several cloud-hosted accounts earlier in the week and exfiltrated data, with the company expecting “intermittent service degradation” from the incident.
Aug 31, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Baird upgraded Deere to Outperform with an $800 price target and upgraded AGCO to Outperform with a $150 price target on a forecast for 2027 North America row crop demand recovery, lifting both stocks about 4% in Monday trading.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The author says their biggest hedge is a bond ladder built around nearly a 5% yield, which they expect to be a competitive return over the next many years even if interest rates rise again.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Marvell raised fiscal 2027 and 2028 revenue guidance to $12.0B and $18.0B (from $11.5B and $16.5B), with fiscal 2028 data-center revenues expected to rise 60%.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Tesla raised Cybertruck starting prices in the U.S. by $5,000 for both the Dual Motor AWD and the Premium AWD model.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
India cut Russian crude imports to 2.08 million b/d in August from 2.8 million b/d in July, as Russia’s seaborne crude exports fell to 3.7 million b/d from 4.1 million b/d and a key Black Sea route shrank (Novorossiysk shipments to India dropped to 616,000 b/d from 800,000 b/d).
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Subwoofer direction matters far less than placement because low-frequency bass waves spread nearly omnidirectionally and room acoustics dominate sound quality.
Aug 31, 2026 ·
Engadget
APAC dealmaking declined for four straight years after 2021, but 2026 is set to be the first year in which investment rose, even though startups funded in the 2020–2021 boom are still showing weaker follow-on and exit outcomes.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Google Gemini Notebook can now use selected Google Play Books you purchased as sources, so you can ask questions and get responses grounded in those books and generate Infographics, Audio Overviews, Quizzes, or other materials from them.
Aug 31, 2026 ·
ZDNet
Nothing Ear 3A noise-canceling earbuds are $79 at Amazon, down from $99 (20% off), with active noise cancellation rated up to 45 decibels.
Aug 31, 2026 ·CNET
Microsoft 365 says an authentication component issue is affecting Exchange Online, with a remediation being tested first on part of its infrastructure before a broader rollout.
Aug 31, 2026 ·CNET
OpenAI says AI-enabled cyber attacks will become far more widespread and sophisticated in the coming months, and urges “cyber defense at local, national, and international levels.”
Aug 31, 2026 ·ZDNet
US PlayStation 5 owners can stream free, ad-supported FAST TV channels starting today via the PS5 media tab, with more than 100 live channels from Sony Pictures Television plus on-demand options.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Engadget
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Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Nvidia reported a latest blockbuster quarter and is trading at about 24.3 times forward earnings with a PEG ratio near 0.6, with gross margin at 75% in the latest quarter and management expecting some margin pressure as newer AI systems ramp.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Corn futures broke from the usual “harvest price weakness” pattern, with December contracts pushing above $5.30–$5.40 and posting strong monthly gains after USDA’s August WASDE cut U.S. corn yields more than expected and Pro Farmer’s tour painted a tighter picture.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
