Payments firm Stripe to buy marketplace OpenRouter in AI push
Stripe agreed to buy OpenRouter in a deal valued at slightly more than $8 billion, and the purchase deepens Stripe’s push into the AI industry.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Stripe agreed to buy OpenRouter in a deal valued at slightly more than $8 billion, and the purchase deepens Stripe’s push into the AI industry.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
More than 7,000 Merck put contracts traded at the $135 strike—about 10% below MRK’s ~$149.83 price—expiring Nov. 20 (93 days away), nearly 70x the prior number outstanding.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Silicon Data raised a $30 million Series A to create a reference price for GPU rental and a compute index, with plans to launch compute futures trading on the CME on October 5 pending regulatory approval.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
T-Mobile identified a Salt Typhoon intrusion in 2024 and avoided a wider network breach by physically cutting the cable to a compromised system in a Bellevue, Washington, data center.
Aug 19, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Sony’s Inzone gaming earbuds are $153, down from $240 (36% off), the lowest price yet.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
CNET
Tencent Music’s Q2 2026 revenue rose to RMB 8.9 billion (+6% YoY), with adjusted EBITDA up 5% to RMB 3.3 billion and RMB 44.2 billion in cash, deposits and short-term investments—up from RMB 41.0 billion three months earlier.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
MainstreamOS combines Arch Linux with a customized Hyprland desktop, aiming to make both “easy” for first-time Linux users while letting Hyprland run with mouse support.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
ZDNet
Venture Global reported $2.5 billion in consolidated adjusted EBITDA for Q2 2026, up 79% year over year from $1.4 billion, while raising full-year 2026 EBITDA guidance to $8.7 billion–$9.1 billion.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Comcast added an opt-in “Wi‑Fi Motion” feature to Xfinity Gateway routers that detects changes in a home’s radio-frequency signal between the gateway and Wi‑Fi devices and alerts users via the Xfinity app, without recording video or identifying individuals.
Aug 19, 2026 ·ZDNet
Corn futures were trading 6 to 7 1/4 cents higher across most contracts on Wednesday, while the CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price fell 1 3/4 cents to $4.35 1/2.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
OpenAI said it has paused reinforcement learning training for models intended for deployment for two weeks and delayed its “largest planned frontier RL run,” while it tightens security and safeguards and conducts broader development only on a “pacing” basis rather than a full stop.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
The Verge
Wildwood is set to open in theaters on October 23, 2026, as a darkly magical adventure in which a young girl enters a dangerous hidden forest to rescue her brother.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Expedia generated $4.5 billion in trailing-12-month free cash flow (up from more than double two years ago), and repurchases plus the dividend delivered a 4.4% shareholder yield covered about 2.1 times by free cash flow, with buybacks in the June quarter averaging $226 a share after a $1.9 billion spend over the prior trailing twelve months.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Arabian Drilling Company secured an offshore contract in Oman for two firm wells plus two optional wells, with operations expected to start before the end of Q3 2026.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Three leaked GTA VI clips show Jason Duval gameplay, including a six-star Wanted system and a sequence of driving, punching people, using a taser, and stealing a truck, with two clips pulled after copyright claims and one remaining live with “CyberLeek” watermarking and crypto/QR links.
Aug 19, 2026 ·The Verge
Meta is launching a Mac app for its AI chatbot that can share your screen to give suggestions, answer questions, or create content based on what’s on your display.
Aug 19, 2026 ·The Verge
ASML Holding stock is down among chip stocks, set for a second straight decline after a two-week rally from a recent low.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
mRNA cancer vaccine intismeran reached success in a Phase 3 melanoma trial, Moderna and Merck said, positioning it as an individualized “neoantigen therapy.”
Aug 19, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Best Buy’s 60th anniversary sale cuts Beats Studio Pro navy wireless headphones to $150 from $350 ($200 off) with the deal running until the end of Aug. 19.
Aug 19, 2026 ·CNET
Cardinal Health’s non-GAAP diluted EPS rose 40% year over year to $2.91 in fiscal 2026 Q4, but about $0.31 of that figure (roughly 15 percentage points) came from a one-time $100 million net benefit tied to IEEPA tariff refunds.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
