Marathon Petroleum (MPC) and Valero Energy (VLO) have both more than doubled in 2026, driven by a sharp surge in global refining margins and tighter gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel supply, and they combined for about $8.8 billion in second-quarter 2026 profits (above expectations).
Aug 26, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
HP signed a multi-year global licensing agreement to use certain Huawei WiFi patents, signaling adoption of Huawei’s technology outside China despite Huawei’s 2019 U.S. blacklisting.
Aug 26, 2026 ·
CNBC
Generalist is valued at $3 billion after raising nearly $200 million led by 8VC, extending its $400 million Series B announced in June at a $2 billion valuation to a total $600 million funding round.
Aug 26, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Venture Global’s Q2 2026 revenue rose nearly 48% to $4.6 billion, while it posted its largest-ever quarterly EBITDA and beat profit estimates despite costs and lower liquefaction fees at Calcasieu Pass pulling it below expectations.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Phillips 66 reported its strongest quarterly profit since 2022, as Q2 refining profitability jumped to record crack spread levels amid Middle East and Russia-related supply disruptions.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Chris Malone, OpenAI’s former head of data centers, left the company last week after overseeing the execution of OpenAI’s data center strategy.
Aug 26, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Sentence Transformers v6.0 adds a new MultiVectorEncoder model type for ColBERT-style late-interaction retrieval and includes a complete training approach for it.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Hugging Face
Global private investment in nuclear fusion hit a record $4.48 billion in 2025, up 69% from 2024.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Mizuho initiated coverage of Talen Energy (TLN) with an 'Outperform' rating and a $405 price target, implying more than 32% upside from current levels.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Centrus Energy CEO Amir Vexler said a US government defense nuclear-fuel contract could be finalized as early as this year, potentially covering fuel for US Navy vessels or SMRs at military bases and possibly tritium production—whose end uses the DoE’s National Nuclear Security Administration will determine.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Perplexity is building a local AI agent called Portable Computer that runs on an Nvidia DGX Spark workstation with locally hosted models (and can fall back to cloud inference) to cut per-token API costs and keep private tokens on-device.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
The Register
Luffu Link is a screenless, 4G LTE health-and-safety wearable for people age 13+ that supports phone-free check-ins, voice logging, and built-in GPS, with US preorder at $250 and expected shipping in early 2027 (then $300).
Aug 25, 2026 ·
CNET
Nike’s dividend yield has risen to about 4% after the stock fell roughly 77% from its November 2021 highs, but its dividend appears pressured by cash-flow shortfalls versus dividends and capex.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
WhatsApp added two account-protection features: users can upgrade from six-digit PINs to passwords (at least 8 characters, including at least one number and one letter) and can add more than one passkey across Android and iOS devices.
Aug 25, 2026 ·CNET
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri testified that it was "news to me" that a company lawyer told Instagram employees to "limit" certain teen-safety data shared with him during work on the app.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
Engadget
Intel’s Diamond Rapids (Xeon 7) platform has been delayed to 2027 and its top SKU will use 256 performance cores per socket instead of shipping with 192 cores.
Aug 25, 2026 ·The Register
A universal travel adapter (like the Ceptics 140W GaN model) lets you plug into outlets from Type A, Type C, Type I, and Type G countries and add USB charging, but it does not convert voltages.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
ZDNet
CRKD is launching three Gibson-licensed Stage Tour guitar controllers for pre-order ahead of the Stage Tour release on December 10: a $130 Gibson Les Paul Oxblood Edition (Xbox edition $130; Android/PC/Switch edition $120), a $130 Gibson SG Midnight Blue Edition (PS4/PS5/PC), and an $130 8K Gibson Explorer: 20th Anniversary Edition (shipping mid-January).
Aug 25, 2026 ·Engadget
Lego Skylines was announced at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live as a blocky city builder published by Paradox Interactive, developed by Iceflake Studios, for Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch 2.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Engadget
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch cadence from Florida is poised to pause, with the next Florida launch scheduled for August 30 after Tuesday’s 37th-flight record for the Falcon 9 first-stage booster.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Ars Technica
