Microsoft’s Designed for Xbox 25th Anniversary collection for Halo includes translucent “OG Green” versions of Razer Basilisk V3 Pro 35K, Razer BlackWidow V4 75% and Razer Hammerhead V3 X HyperSpeed earbuds, plus a translucent green 8BitDo Ultimate charging dock and a translucent green GameSir X5 Lite controller
Aug 25, 2026 ·
The Verge
Backrooms will stream exclusively on HBO Max starting Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, with a premiere the following day on HBO’s linear channel at 8 p.m. ET.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
CNET
SQM’s Q2 revenue rose 136.7% year over year to $2.47 billion and net income climbed to $660 million ($2.31 per share), while management lifted its 2026 global lithium-demand forecast to more than 2.1 million metric tons from roughly 1.9 million.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Southwest Airlines said Sound Shore Fund estimates Southwest’s “earnings power of $6 or more per share” after management changes aimed at boosting margins through premium services (increased legroom, preferred seating) and charging for checked bags.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Analyst consensus calls for Nvidia Q2 revenue to rise 97.2% to $92.2 billion and adjusted EPS to nearly double from $1.05 to $2.09 after the Aug. 26 report.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A senior manager at Nvidia’s Taiwan plant, named in reports as Zhang, faces up to 5 years in prison for allegedly smuggling AI server products into China as part of a scheme involving nine people.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Alphabet raised about $3.9 billion (A$5.5 billion) in its first Australian-dollar bond offering on Aug. 19, with orders totaling more than A$18 billion and a 6.9% coupon on the 20-year tranche.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Lowest-price windows for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 end at 11:59 pm PT Tuesday, August 25, with savings of up to $300 on a pass (or larger discounts via group pricing) ending then.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Android is rolling out Motion Assist, which shows moving visual shapes that track your phone’s movement in a car via its accelerometer and gyroscope, helping reduce motion-sickness symptoms.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
ZDNet
Aegon’s first-half operating capital generation was €416 million versus a €376 million median consensus, prompting it to raise its second-half share buyback to €350 million from €200 million.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Morgan Stanley expects spot gold to break above $5,000 per ounce in 2027, after spot gold is around $4,700 and is up over 17% in August 2026 so far.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Starbucks filed a WARN notice for 224 job separations tied to its Seattle headquarters, covering about 104 organizational changes and about 120 employees who declined transfers to Nashville, with the process scheduled to run Oct. 19 to Nov. 1.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Gatik raised a $200M Series D to expand its fully driverless freight operations from dozens of trucks to thousands over the coming years.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Spectrum is offering eligible low-income families and seniors on Spectrum Internet Assist a free Amazon Prime subscription on any Spectrum internet tier, where Prime typically costs $14.99 per month.
Aug 25, 2026 ·ZDNet
Anthropic merged Claude’s chat and Claude Cowork memory systems so Claude will carry knowledge learned in one experience into the other without requiring rebriefs, and users can view, edit, or delete what Claude has retained across topics.
Aug 25, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Snowflake (SNOW) is scheduled to report its next quarter on September 2, 2026, after the market closes, with shares at $322.78 and up 47.15% year to date near a $341.95 52-week high.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Bitcoin surpassed $81,000 on Aug. 25, its highest level since mid-May, as $240 million in Bitcoin short positions were liquidated within 24 hours.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
AirPods 5 open earbuds are expected to arrive this year alongside the iPhone rollout, with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman saying they’ll be an update to Apple’s entry-level earbuds, while a camera-equipped AirPods version is expected to launch next year rather than this year.
Aug 25, 2026 ·CNET
37% of respondents say they attribute at least some EBIT impact to AI use, while only 6% meet McKinsey’s criteria for “high performers” (at least 5% of EBIT attributed to AI and a “significant” impact), and that share has stayed flat since last year.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
The Register
Google acquired Spirit Airlines’ trade-secret dataset in Spirit’s bankruptcy auction for $10 million, including more than 100 million internal emails, 500 million Teams messages, 7.5 billion de-identified passenger records, 7.2 billion competitor pricing observations, and 30 million lines of code.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
