By 2028, 33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI, up from less than 1% in 2024, enabling 15% of day-to-day work decisions to be made autonomously.
Aug 26, 2026 ·
Computerworld
Applied Materials reported record revenue of $9.12B and non-GAAP EPS of $3.50, with gross margin above 50% for its 13th consecutive quarter of YoY gross-margin expansion.
Aug 26, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
The TCL Nxtpaper 11 Plus tablet can switch between a full-color mode and an E-Ink-like Ink Paper mode with a single button, letting it act as both a color entertainment tablet and an e-reader-style device.
Aug 26, 2026 ·
ZDNet
Climate change has increased heat stress for 560 million children under age 10—adding at least one extra month of heat stress each year—outpacing the 43% share for the 0–9 age group by a threshold defined using WetBulb Globe Temperature above 28°C (82.4°F).
Aug 26, 2026 ·
The Verge
IREN Limited (NASDAQ:IREN) fell about 6% to $39.85 and Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ) dropped about 4% to $17.40 ahead of Thursday’s earnings, where IREN is expected to report a 49-cent-per-share loss.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Tottenham vs. Charlton (EFL Cup second round) kicks off Wednesday, Aug. 26 at 7:45 p.m. BST (2:45 p.m. ET / 11:45 a.m. PT / 4:45 a.m. AEST).
Aug 26, 2026 ·
CNET
Michael Burry shifted his bet from Alibaba (BABA) to JD.com (JD) mainly because he said Alibaba would need to “fall by half” for him to be interested again and he disliked Alibaba’s AI-focused capital raise.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The article argues that a potential reversal in the 30-year U.S. Treasury yield—after it recently reached 5.2% (its highest since 2008)—could make the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) deliver total returns that rival the S&P 500 over the next 5 to 10 years if long-term rates drop.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Better Mortgage and Coinbase moved their token-backed conforming mortgage into general availability for Coinbase One members, expanding a product that had closed its first Bitcoin-backed Fannie Mae loan in June into a broader nationwide offering.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Core Scientific completed the $444 million cash acquisition of Polaris DS to add about 440 megawatts of grid-connected power in Oklahoma and expand its Muskogee campus to 1.5 gigawatts of gross power.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Comcast’s Peacock posted its first quarterly profit of $189 million on revenue of $1.9 billion (+54%), even as Comcast lost 167,000 domestic broadband customers and reported profit of 99 cents per share (down from $2.98 a year earlier).
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Meta reportedly paused/abandoned Project OT’s second wave of AI-focused layoffs after testing AI to take over many daily workforce tasks, with Reuters citing that internal AI efforts hadn’t delivered expected productivity gains and that employee backlash grew.
Aug 26, 2026 ·
Engadget
Apple Maps ads have started appearing on iPhone, including as the first entry in “suggested places” and (Apple says) at the top of search results.
Aug 26, 2026 ·The Verge
Google’s “Advanced Flow” requires you to authenticate, explicitly confirm you’re not being coerced, restart your phone, and wait 24 hours before you can enable sideloading from unverified developers for seven days or indefinitely.
Aug 26, 2026 ·ZDNet
Dollar Tree (DLTR) and Five Below (FIVE) both rose into “buy zones” ahead of upcoming earnings reports.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Investors traded more than 3,000 long-dated HPQ put contracts at the $22 strike expiring June 17, 2027 (about 295 days to expiry), which was over 29 times the prior open interest for that strike/expiry ahead of HP, Inc.’s fiscal Q3 earnings release after the market close today.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Cotton futures were 3 to 8 points higher in the front months as of Wednesday midday, while crude oil rose 28 cents per barrel and the US dollar index was up $0.272.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Soybeans were up about 20–21 cents midday, with the cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price at $12.22 1/2.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The 2025 Porsche 911 GT3 Touring keeps the same 0–60 mph (0–100 km/h) performance as the outgoing model at 3.7 seconds (3.2 seconds with PDK) despite dropping torque by 15 lb-ft to 331 lb-ft after adding two catalytic converters and two gas particulate filters, while horsepower stays at 502 hp and top speed dips from 199 to 194 mph (320 to 312 km/h).
Aug 26, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe improves speech-to-text by automatically detecting more than 85 languages, removing filler words, and converting unstructured speech into formatted text with self-corrections handled cleanly.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Engadget
