The S&P 500 fell to 7,691.76 on Aug. 18, with the Nasdaq down 1.33% to 26,289.71 and the Dow down 116 points to 53,343.40, as July payrolls dropped 23,000, retail sales fell 0.6% (first decline in nine months), and housing starts reportedly sank 12.4%.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
A $1,000 investment in NVIDIA in early 2015 is estimated to be worth about $416,700 on Aug. 19, 2026 (about a 41,570% return), versus about $242,760 for Bitcoin (about 24,186%) and about $11,093 for Apple (just over 1,009%).
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
HYPE jumped 17% after President Donald Trump said CFTC Chair Michael Selig is working to bring Hyperliquid’s perpetual futures platform into the U.S. in a “fully compliant and legal fashion.”
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Oral-B iO’s dentist-inspired round brush head oscillates and rotates with micro-vibrations, delivering 29% more whole-mouth plaque removal and a 62% greater reduction in gingivitis versus a leading sonic competitor in an eight-week examiner-blind randomized controlled trial.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
CNET
Five US federal agencies say attackers are using AI-assisted exploitation scripts to compromise internet-exposed Siemens S7 Series PLCs in active intrusions across critical industries, including water and wastewater, with read/write access via the S7comm protocol.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
The Register
HoverAir’s $750 Versa was FCC-approved on August 9, 2025, but the article argues the “not a drone” classification may be challenged because the FCC foreign drone ban also covers “UAS critical components” like cameras with radios.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
The Verge
OpenAI is previewing “Private Safety Processing” for select customers, an automated monitoring system designed to watch for misuse while retaining none of the customer’s data.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
BioMarin will acquire Alesta Therapeutics for $275 million upfront to gain access to ALE1, an oral treatment in early-stage trials for hypophosphatasia (HPP).
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Amazon plans to expand Prime Air delivery drones to nearly 500 cities and towns across the United States by the end of 2026, with service launched in Chicago, Cleveland, Atlanta, Syracuse (New York), and Boise (Idaho) and delivery within about a 175-square-mile area, typically taking half an hour to an hour.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Japan’s 10-year JGB yield is near 3% (2.945% on Tuesday and ~2.89% on Wednesday), raising the risk that borrowing costs will exceed the government’s fiscal assumptions and put PM Sanae Takaichi’s spending agenda in jeopardy.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Intismeran, Moderna’s personalized mRNA melanoma vaccine, met its main goal of reducing melanoma recurrence and also showed benefit in preventing the cancer from spreading when used with Merck’s Keytruda.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Analog Devices reported third-quarter revenue of $4.02 billion (40% year over year) and adjusted EPS of $3.45, and it forecast fourth-quarter revenue of about $4.3 billion with adjusted EPS of $3.86, both ahead of analyst expectations.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Marvell Technology’s fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2026 revenue rose to nearly $8.2B (+42.1%), with net income about $2.7B (reversing prior net losses), and free cash flow of roughly $1.4B while debt-to-equity stayed near 0.3x.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Cognition CEO Scott Wu denied a Bloomberg report that SpaceX tried to acquire Cognition, saying Cognition “is not for sale” and the two companies “haven’t been in talks.”
Aug 19, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Atoms, a robotics company co-founded by Travis Kalanick, raised $1.7 billion in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz with Ben Horowitz joining its board.
Aug 19, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Situational Awareness, the AI hedge fund run by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, held a Sandisk position worth more than $5.6B as of Q2 before selling down heavily after an AI-driven selloff in July
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Coty reported Q4 net revenues of $1.26 billion (up 1%) for the three months ended June 30, topping Wall Street’s $1.19 billion forecast even after losing the Gucci Beauty license.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Morgan Stanley says the institutional-ownership gap vs S&P 500 weights in mega-cap tech—near all-time highs for Nvidia—has historically preceded “technical pull” higher, suggesting potential gains ahead.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Pony AI reported Q2 2026 revenue of $36.2 million (up 69% year over year) and robotaxi revenue of $12.1 million (up 691% year over year), alongside a gross margin increase to 17.5% from 16.1%.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Lowe’s second-quarter EPS rose to $4.27, beating the $4.22 consensus, while sales fell short at $25.96B versus the ~$26.16B estimate.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
