Moving $150,000 of a $600,000 traditional IRA into a QLAC scheduled to start paying at 85 is expected to reduce future RMDs by roughly 25% because the IRS excludes QLAC assets from the RMD calculation during the deferral period.
Aug 31, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
NASA’s $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched Sunday on a mission that will deliver a field of view 100 times wider than Hubble and conduct a survey of 12% of the sky from the Sun-Earth L2 point.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Citi maintains a “Buy” rating on Oracle (ORCL) with a $330 90-day upside catalyst watch after the stock’s selloff, with Oracle positioned to benefit from accelerating AI infrastructure demand in its cloud business.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
You can use the free Remote Gamepad iPhone app plus the companion PC software to turn your iPhone into a Wi‑Fi-connected gaming controller for Mac, Windows 10/11, and Linux by scanning a QR code in the PC app.
Aug 31, 2026 ·
Engadget
Instagram will require profiles that “feature an AI-generated person” to use a new “AI-generated profile” label, or else have their reach reduced.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Engadget
Instagram will limit the reach of accounts that don’t self-label as “AI-generated profile” by preventing their posts from being recommended to non-followers in Reels and Explore.
Aug 31, 2026 ·
The Verge
RedMagic Astra 2 delivers CNET Lab–measured peak performance with a 30,855 score on the 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited stress test, plus a brightness rating over 1,000 nits—the brightest Android tablet CNET has tested to date.
Aug 31, 2026 ·
CNET
Nvidia (NVDA) trades at 217.55 above the 50 EMA and 215.00 horizontal level, while the 200 EMA trends upward near 196.34 and the earnings-call gap has been about half filled.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Circleback is adding a free subscription tier that lets users transcribe an unlimited number of meetings but only access transcript history from the last 30 days.
Aug 31, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Sandisk’s revenue surged 371% year over year in the recent quarter, after shifting over the last 18 months from quarterly price negotiations to long-term customer agreements that add visibility and reduce cyclicality.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Silver December futures opened at $66.80 per ounce on Monday, August 31, 2026, down 1.4% from Friday’s close, and later rose to $67.84 by 8:39 a.m. ET.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Occidental Petroleum’s thesis is that oil prices could face near-term downside (Brent just below $90/bbl) while the company expects a $4B improvement in annual sustainable cash flow by 2030 versus 2025’s $65/bbl oil price, driven by lower new-well costs, higher-margin volume growth, ongoing debt reduction, and the 2029 redemption of Berkshire Hathaway’s preferred equity investment.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Satechi’s Mac Mini hub and stand is available for $64 (with an on-screen coupon, down from $100), adding two 10Gbps USB-A ports, a 480Mbps USB-A port, an SD card reader, and a built-in NVMe SSD enclosure (up to 4TB) for use with M4/M5/M6 Mac minis.
Aug 31, 2026 ·CNET
Gold December futures opened at $4,483.20 per troy ounce on Monday, August 31, 2026, down 1.0% from Friday’s close and down 3.3% versus a week ago.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Aon will buy USI Insurance Services in a $17 billion deal funded with new debt, with the merger expected to close in Q4 pending regulatory approvals.
Aug 31, 2026 ·
CNBC
Windows XP’s release to manufacturing (RTM) set up OEM machines to start reaching consumers on September 24, with retail availability following on October 24.
Aug 31, 2026 ·
The Register
Wheat prices started the new week with sharp losses, even after the winter wheat rally to 3-year highs into the weekend.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Cotton futures are up Monday morning by 168 to 207 points across contracts, following Friday losses of 19 to 114 points and with December still holding a weekly gain of 303 points.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Soybean futures opened Monday AM with 4 to 5 cent losses after Friday’s move higher, while September soybean futures were up 19 3/4 cents on the week to $12.76 1/4 before trading down 4 1/4 cents in the current session.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Corn futures are ending August with modest losses early Monday after settling the prior session 1 to 4 cents higher, with September corn that rallied 28¼ cents last week still marked down about ½ cent versus current activity.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
