Liquid AI released Quantization-Aware Distillation (QAD) Q4_0 GGUF checkpoints for four LFM2.5 models that retain about 96.5%–97.4% of BF16 baseline accuracy lost to quantization (97.1% for 230M, 96.5% for 350M, 97.4% for 1.2B-Instruct, 96.6% for 2.6B).
Aug 19, 2026 ·Hugging Face
Microchip Technology (MCHP) is rated a 24% Weak Sell by Barchart Technical Opinion and is trading down nearly 3% over the trailing month, with the article citing a median 8.71% lift after similar setups that would put the stock around $85 by the Sep. 18 expiration date.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Home battery leasing prices have dropped sharply in Texas, with homeowners able to lease 27 kWh of Tesla Powerwalls for $35/month or 39.2 kWh of Base Power batteries for $19/month—made possible by cheaper batteries and virtual power plant (VPP) software that coordinates thousands of units on the grid.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
ZDNET names Samsung QN90F as its best TV overall, citing 4K with HDR10+ plus Object Tracking Sound+, Dolby Atmos virtual surround, and gaming support with VRR up to a 144Hz refresh rate (also listed as 165Hz in the tech specs).
Aug 19, 2026 ·
ZDNet
Bose’s QuietComfort Headphones (2nd Gen) improve noise cancellation and design versus the previous QC Headphones while largely undercut the need to pay $90 more for the QuietComfort Ultra (2nd Gen), though the Ultra’s extra features and ports are still the deciding factor.
Aug 19, 2026 ·ZDNet
NVIDIA announced an Aug. 10 partnership with six financial institutions to provide the chipmaker $500 billion in third-party capital for AI infrastructure described as “AI factories.”
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Gemini co-founder Cameron Winklevoss said Bitcoin is trading at a 50% discount and called it an “unprecedented time to buy the dip.”
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says the U.S. should approve tokenized stocks, warning regulators are the obstacle while Robinhood has tokenized more than 190 U.S. stocks for use outside America in 120+ countries.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
More than 7,058 jobs have been affected by recently announced freight, distribution and manufacturing facility closures, with Tyson Foods accounting for more than 3,000 of the cuts and Essendant reporting 1,278 across six states.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Comcast launched Xfinity Shield, a home security platform available free for every Xfinity Internet customer and priced at $15 per month for a tier that adds an indoor camera, door and window sensors, cloud video storage, and 24/7 urgent response.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Eagle Capital Management says AWS, along with Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform, is growing faster and will be “even bigger” than it previously thought, but faces worse industry structure due to intensifying competition that could pressure returns.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Eagle Capital Management says Microsoft’s AWS/Azure/GCP cloud businesses are “highly profitable” and growing faster, and that MSFT should be well positioned to deploy AI across productivity software despite concerns about AI-driven workflow disruption and Copilot lagging Claude’s plug-ins.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Nike shares are down about 78% from their late-2021 peak, falling to their lowest level in 12 years and wiping out more than $200 billion in market value.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
CareCloud confirmed that 3.75 million patients had their medical records and personal information stolen in a March data breach, making it the fifth-largest healthcare data theft reported in 2026 so far.
Aug 19, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Micron Technology said it is now “earning more than Apple or Microsoft,” after DRAM memory prices rose high enough to disrupt consumer electronics and push AI model companies and chipmakers to redesign technology.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
98% of surveyed creators and marketers said they use AI in their work, including 86% for writing copy/captions and 84% for generating content ideas, while the share using AI for graphic design or image editing rose from 38% in 2025 to 61%
Aug 19, 2026 ·
CNET
Google agreed to buy Spirit Airlines’ internal business data for $10 million—outbidding Mercor’s $7.5 million—after stripping customer information before the bankruptcy sale closes at a court hearing.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Nvidia agreed to guarantee up to $105 billion to support OpenAI’s 20-year data-center lease in Pike County, Ohio, at a site that could reach 8 gigawatts of capacity with the first 800 megawatts due online in 2028.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
NVIDIA’s 75–80% gross margin is attributed (by Eagle Capital Management) to marking up TSMC wafers by 4–5x, but Eagle argues NVIDIA could face margin pressure as its largest customers’ internal silicon programs increase competition over time.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Marvell will help develop Google’s custom AI chips and has offered Google a right to buy up to a $12.18 billion stake via a warrant for 58.97 million Marvell shares at $206.58 each.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
