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How to use your TV as a PC monitor in 3 simple steps (and without buying anything)

You can use your TV as a PC monitor by (1) connecting your PC to the TV with HDMI and selecting the correct TV input, or using a required adapter like USB-C-to-HDMI/DisplayPort-to-HDMI, then (2) reconfiguring your display arrangement on Windows/Mac/ChromeOS/Linux, and (3) matching the TV’s resolution output to your computer (e.g., set TV/PC output to 1080p if your PC is only 1080p) to avoid blurry text or pixelated images.

Aug 20, 2026 ·ZDNet

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No lift for Swift as NASA abandons orbital rescue

NASA and Katalyst Space have abandoned the plan to boost the Swift observatory into a higher orbit; LINK will attempt rendezvous but not grapple or reboost it because of an ongoing commercial spacecraft attitude control issue.

Aug 20, 2026 ·The Register

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American Public Education (APEI) Proves Its Multi-Year Overhaul Finally Paid Off

American Public Education’s Q2 results beat the high end of its guidance on nearly every line—revenue rose 5.5% to $171.7 million and adjusted EBITDA climbed 36.8% to $20.7 million—while it swung to $9.8 million profit from a net loss a year earlier and raised its outlook for the rest of the year.

Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance

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Alibaba profit falls 75% after ramping up AI infrastructure spending

Alibaba’s quarterly net profit fell 75% as capital expenditure rose 75% to 67.68 billion yuan amid heavy AI infrastructure spending.

Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance

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Meet Unitree, the 10-year-old robotics company whose shares jumped 600% in its stock market debut

Unitree’s shares jumped more than 600% on their first trading day after its IPO raised 6.1 billion yuan (about $905 million) on Shanghai’s STAR Market and was oversubscribed more than 8,000 times.

Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance

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Has Iranian Crude Become Irrelevant to Global Oil Supply?

The U.S. reinstated blockade in the Gulf of Oman has effectively stopped Iran from exporting crude, with Kharg Island no longer exporting and McNally saying Iran is no longer a factor in oil market export balances.

Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance

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Binance now lets AI agents trade, but keeping them in check is largely up to users

Binance launched Agent OS, a platform that lets AI agents analyze markets and execute trades on users’ behalf by connecting to Binance APIs, Wallet Agentic Hub, x402 transaction verification and payment facilitator API, and Skill Hub (with support for Model Context Protocol).

Aug 20, 2026 ·TechCrunch

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IBM vs. Accenture: One Trades at a 52-Week Low. The Better Dividend Stock May Surprise You.

IBM has a market cap of about $220 billion and is trading near its 52-week low at about $237.

Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance

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Compass Diversified (CODI): Branded Consumer Growth Masks Industrial Drag in Q2

Compass Diversified reported Q2 gains across its branded consumer businesses while at the same time Altor’s adjusted EBITDA fell by roughly half, despite total debt dropping nearly $300 million since year-end to about $1.6 billion and covenant leverage falling to 4.8x from 5.3x.

Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance

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LG’s new OLED breakthrough can boost display lifespans

LG Display says its FLiPP (FMM-Less innovative Pixel Patterning) OLED manufacturing method can make panels 1.6 times brighter and last 2.4 times longer versus fine metal mask (FMM) OLEDs, while cutting power consumption by 13%.

Aug 20, 2026 ·The Verge

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Bank of America sends message on Capital One stock

Bank of America analyst Mihir Bhatia reiterated a Buy rating on Capital One (COF) with a $253 price objective, implying 11.3% upside from a $227.34 share price used in the note.

Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance

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We're 63 With $1.5 Million in IRAs and $4,500 Monthly Social Security. How Much Can We Spend in Retirement?

A 63-year-old two-person household with $4,500/month Social Security and a $1.5 million IRA balance should set retirement spending based on the overlap of its “needs” and “capacity.”

Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance

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From Yellowcake to Commercial Scale: Can Ur-Energy (URG) Live Up to Its Uranium Hype?

Ur-Energy produced 141,000 pounds of yellowcake at Lost Creek in Q2 2026, up 47% from Q1 2026, and increased shipments 44% quarter over quarter to 150,000 pounds while recording $14.4 million in revenue on 215,000 pounds sold under contract and holding cash costs to $40.20 per pound.

Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance

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12-Hour Lightning Deal: Grab a Portable Monitor for Just $59, Its Lowest Price Yet

A 12-hour Lightning Deal drops the 15.6-inch KYY portable monitor for laptops to $59 (from $70), with the price live Aug. 20 from 4:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PDT.

Aug 20, 2026 ·CNET

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SparkyLinux 8.4 rekindles support for 32-bit PCs

SparkyLinux 8.4 (Debian 13-based, “the Seven Sisters”) brings back install images for 32-bit PCs almost a year after SparkyLinux 8.0 dropped them.

Aug 20, 2026 ·The Register

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Samsung is holding another Galaxy Event on August 27

Samsung scheduled a Galaxy Event for August 27 at 8AM Eastern time to unveil a new Galaxy S26-series phone, which is likely the Galaxy S26 FE.

Aug 20, 2026 ·Engadget

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Flowco’s (FLOC) Growth Story Runs Into a Cost Problem

Flowco reported $236 million in second-quarter revenue (+13% vs. the first quarter) and $93.9 million of adjusted EBITDA (near a 40% margin), but rising fuel and lubricant costs cut into Production Solutions segment margins and management said the cost pressure will carry into the third quarter.

Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance

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AI agent suggested installing a malware package. Engineer almost took its advice

An engineer at Softjourn almost installed an AI-recommended package that turned out to be suspicious, because its source code on GitHub had few downloads and had been created days earlier.

Aug 20, 2026 ·The Register

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China marches towards re-usable rockets with successful first-stage landing

LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 successfully landed its reusable first-stage booster on land on its latest launch, splitting stages 137 seconds into flight and touching down at 7:41 AM after a 7:35 AM liftoff.

Aug 20, 2026 ·The Register

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SK Hynix workers to get 60% of this year's bonuses in stock rather than cash

SK Hynix reached a tentative wage deal under which workers will get at least 60% of this year’s bonuses in company stock instead of an all-cash payout, with employees receiving 40% cash, 40% stock immediately, and 20% stock as deferred compensation (half after one year and the rest after two years).

Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance

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