Inflation Ran a Little Hotter Than Expected in July
July inflation ran hotter than Wall Street expected, with financial services and insurance up 1.2% as the biggest single mover in the report.
Aug 26, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
July inflation ran hotter than Wall Street expected, with financial services and insurance up 1.2% as the biggest single mover in the report.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
IKEA and Xbox’s new nine-piece YXSTABY furniture collection will go on sale in the US starting September 30, including the $50 thumbstick stool in black or green.
Aug 26, 2026 ·
Engadget
Ring will make its TAKE (Throw Away the Key Encryption) standard the default for video encryption and user control worldwide, using rotating encryption keys that it deletes within 24 hours after processing.
Aug 26, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Bill Gates argues for a “robot tax” to discourage employers from replacing workers with AI-linked machines by limiting immediate write-offs and funding retraining and a safety net, alongside creating “Human Reserved” job categories that would bar AI from being used in certain tasks.
Aug 26, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Microsoft pushed the deletion date for legacy Azure-based Whiteboard files to October 16, 2026, with the standalone Whiteboard app deprecated on November 30, 2026.
Aug 26, 2026 ·
The Register
CISA said it has observed cyberattacks targeting over 100 internet-exposed U.S. water and wastewater systems during July, largely aimed at programmable logic controllers (PLCs).
Aug 26, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Xbox will let players digitize supported physical Xbox One and Xbox Series X disc games by inserting a disc to claim a disc-tied digital entitlement on their console account.
Aug 26, 2026 ·
The Verge
Hyundai says it will add 500,000 units of annual capacity in North America by 2030, raise its US local-parts sourcing target to 80% from 60%, and launch its Santa Fe midsize SUV extended-range EV (EREV) in the first half of 2027 with more than 600 miles of range.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
International air ambulance costs are estimated at $30,000 to $250,000, and emergency medical evacuation (medevac) insurance helps pay for and coordinate transportation if you become seriously ill or injured abroad (including potentially return to the U.S. once stable).
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Applied Nutrition raised its revenue outlook for the year to July 31, 2026 to about £160 million (about $217 million), up 50% from £107 million a year earlier, and expects adjusted EBITDA of about £43.3 million (+40%).
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Stocks opened unevenly as investors weighed new inflation data and looked ahead to Nvidia earnings, with Tech (XLK) showing muted gains and semiconductors rising slightly while Big Tech lagged.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Hochschild Mining shares jumped more than 7% after its six months to June 30, 2026 earnings beat, with revenue up 62% to $844.4 million and profit before tax up to $365.8 million from $109.3 million.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Helium-3 from the Sun’s solar wind has been striking the Moon’s regolith for billions of years and gets mixed slightly below the surface by meteorite impacts, making the isotope potentially mineable for uses like ultra-low-temperature cooling and neutron detection.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Western Digital’s stock is down 45% from its recent high, but fiscal 2026 performance showed revenue up 36% to $12.9B, gross margin up 970 bps to 49.1%, operating margin up 1,290 bps to 37.3%, EPS more than doubled to $10.22, and free cash flow reached $3.5B.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Microsoft’s 25th anniversary special-edition translucent green Xbox is priced at $899, with preorders starting August 27 at 10AM ET / 7AM PT and a November 13 launch.
Aug 26, 2026 ·The Verge
Japan plans to launch a national blockchain-based settlement infrastructure for tokenized stocks and Japanese government bonds, starting development in early 2027 with onchain operation likely in early 2030s.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Stocks edged higher with the S&P 500 up +0.04%, the Dow up +0.02%, and the Nasdaq 100 up +0.01% after mixed US data and core PCE inflation matching expectations.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
December oats (ZOZ26) futures are in an uptrend and have hit a four-week high, with MACD turning bullish as the blue MACD line crosses above the red trigger line and both trend higher.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A class-action lawsuit alleges Oura’s ring can’t accurately track sleep stages because it doesn’t measure brainwaves directly and instead relies on AI-based inference, with the complaint claiming it’s no more accurate than a “coin flip.”
Aug 26, 2026 ·The Verge
SoundCloud will let US-based Artist Pro subscribers buy music directly from artists via profile pages starting with a beta involving 200 subscribers, expanding to more creators sometime this fall.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Engadget
