Trane Technologies (TT) and Eaton (ETN) teamed up on a reference design for Nvidia’s DSX AI Factory architecture that they estimate could improve energy efficiency by ~15%, cut installation costs by up to ~30%, and reduce copper use by as much as ~80% while also aiming to shorten project timelines by standardizing power and cooling engineering.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Rocket Lab’s Q2 revenue rose 62% year-over-year to $234 million, with Space Systems at $189.5 million versus Launch Services at $44.6 million, signaling rockets are only part of its strategy.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Rillet raised a $100M Series C at a $1B valuation, led by Iconiq, two years after emerging from stealth in 2024.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Google won Spirit Airlines’ auction for a workplace dataset covering nearly the airline’s entire employment record, including about 100 million employee emails, HR and payroll data, and data on employee behavior, activity, and productivity, for $10 million (with an alternative $7.5 million deal contingent on Google failing to complete scrubbing).
Aug 19, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Gwyneth Paltrow is reportedly sending invites for a “private, off-the-record” dinner honoring Sam Altman on August 29 at her home in the Hamptons, according to Puck.
Aug 19, 2026 ·TechCrunch
The 65-inch Hisense U6 Pro mini-LED TV dropped to $598—$502 off from $1,100 (nearly 50% off).
Aug 19, 2026 ·
CNET
The FDA approved Aletta, a standalone robotic device for outpatient blood draws that uses near-infrared light and Doppler ultrasound to find a vein and then automates tourniquet application, needle insertion and disposal, and bandaging.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
Engadget
Offshore sportsbook BetOnline Sports & Casino offered Little League World Series odds and said bettors wagered twice as much on the 2025 LLWS as in 2024.
Aug 19, 2026 ·TechCrunch
SvelteKit 3.0 release candidate adds experimental “remote functions” that let individual Svelte page components update server data directly without a full page refresh, positioning the approach as a type-safe take on RPCs.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
The Register
Forming an LLC is easier administratively, but it does not eliminate the core operational challenges of running a business, including using limited capital, reducing expenses without weakening the business, delegating work, making revenue sustainable profit, and making processes repeatable before growth creates disorder.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.68% this week, down from 6.69% last week but still near a one-year high, with 0.29 total discount and origination points.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Diesel crack spreads hit record highs in both the United States and Europe this week, with the U.S. premium over crude jumping to as high as $102 per barrel on Monday before easing to about $100 on Tuesday.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Nielsen says its co-viewing data, starting Aug. 31, will include information from its panelists’ Portable People Meter (PPM) Wearables—smart-watch–like devices worn at home to detect audio from TV scenes, series, and films.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
The Verge
The FCC said that as of mid-2025 about 94% of Americans had access to fixed wireline broadband meeting its 100/20 Mbps benchmark, 97% with fixed wireless, and 99.7% if satellite is included.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Marvell disclosed in an SEC filing that Google is pursuing custom silicon programs that attach to the TPU ecosystem, including AI inference accelerators, storage controllers, network interface controllers, memory interface controllers, and near-memory compute.
Aug 19, 2026 ·The Register
A developer published an open-source MIT GitHub repo for a macOS printer driver that lets an HP Laser 1008a—unsupported on macOS because it lacks AirPrint/PostScript/PCL drivers—print by patching the SpliX driver for SPL3/SPL2-family printers.
Aug 19, 2026 ·The Register
HIVE Digital Technologies shares jumped 14.13% on Aug. 17 after it announced a $350 million, five-year GPU cloud services agreement expected to generate about $70 million in annualized revenue.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Verbatim Pocket 1TB external portable SSD is $140, down from $150 and matching its lowest tracked price during Labor Day.
Aug 19, 2026 ·CNET
Verbatim’s Pocket 1TB portable SSD is $140 (down from $180), a 22% discount and a $10 beat of the previous best price.
Aug 19, 2026 ·CNET
Verbatim Pocket 1TB external SSD is 50% off at Amazon, dropping from $300 to $150 (a lowest price), with read/write speeds up to 1,000MB/s.
Aug 19, 2026 ·CNET
