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Aug 18, 2026 ·
ZDNet
Incogni’s annual Standard plan is 58% off via code ZDNET, dropping to $6.79/month ($81.48 billed yearly) through Aug. 31, 2026.
Aug 18, 2026 ·ZDNet
The odds of a Sept. 16 Fed hike fell from nearly 100% in late July to roughly one-third, while the 30-year Treasury yield climbed from about 5.09% to 5.31%—its highest level since 2007.
Aug 18, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Grounded closed a $5 million seed round to expand its modular van customization platform from electric models to both electric and combustion-powered vans after major EV program cancellations.
Aug 18, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Only a few commodities showed overnight “Turnaround Tuesday” trade activity, with diesel (distillates) down 2.75 cents and near its session low but trading volume light (2,000 spot-month contracts and 3,000 first deferred contracts).
Aug 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
An Oregon man who won PCH’s $5,000-a-week prize for life in 2012 saw his annual $260,000 checks stop after PCH filed for bankruptcy in 2025, and he’s now treated as an unsecured creditor likely to recover nothing.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The UK Department for Transport is funding a 30-month trial that uses Met Office weather forecasts plus Google AI to predict where persistent contrails will form over the North Atlantic and suggests route or altitude changes to avoid them, with £2.6 million in funding.
Aug 18, 2026 ·
The Register
Wendy’s reported US traffic down 12.5% and US same-restaurant sales down 7.0%, while systemwide sales fell 6.5% and it pulled its full-year outlook entirely.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
SelectBlinds’ motorized smart blinds and shades let you control custom, made-to-order window treatments via the SelectConnect Bridge (Bond Home app for schedules, grouping, and voice assistants like Alexa/Google Home) or via phone/remote, with multiple shade styles (Roman and roller) and separate app support for Roman shade positioning (Tuiss SmartView).
Aug 18, 2026 ·ZDNet
Social Security COLA set to be announced in October 2026 could increase 2027 benefits by about 3.2%–3.3%, up from a 2.8% increase in 2026.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Attribution decay means that as diffusion models are trained on larger datasets, generated samples become less (and at sufficient scale, sometimes effectively not) traceable to any specific part of the training data, including after removing images like the Mona Lisa or all of Leonardo da Vinci’s work via ablation.
Aug 18, 2026 ·The Register
Prime Video will release Reacher Season 4 weekly, starting Aug. 12 with Episodes 1–3 and ending Sept. 16 with Episode 8, with Episode 4 dropping Aug. 19 at 12 am PT (3 am ET).
Aug 18, 2026 ·
CNET
AdvanSix reported Q2 sales of $421 million, up about 3% year over year, despite adjusted EBITDA falling $24 million to $32 million and adjusted EPS dropping $1.50 to $0.19 as a $72 million raw-material cost jump was offset by pricing while volume declined 15%.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
U.S. 30-year Treasury yields jumped to 5.3264%, the highest in almost 20 years, as Middle East escalation fears revived inflation concerns and pressured stocks.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Overseas worker visa applications for UK tech fell 7% to 34,936 in 2025, down from 37,376 in 2024 and below the 53,729 peak in 2022, marking a third consecutive annual decline.
Aug 18, 2026 ·The Register
Sylvamo’s Q2 2026 adjusted EBITDA rose to $60 million (up from the prior quarter) but free cash flow remained negative at -$23 million and adjusted operating earnings were $0.03/share as planned maintenance outage costs reached $24 million.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Traders cut their odds of a Fed rate hike in September to 35% from 52% a week ago, while the dollar index edged 0.1% higher to 99.62 as Iran conflict risks kept sentiment fragile.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Construction Partners’ Q3 2026 revenue rose 28.2% year-over-year to $999.4 million and the quarter closed with a record $3.36 billion project backlog, while adjusted EBITDA increased 24% to $163 million.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
China exported 4.65 million tons of refined fuel last month, up 6.7% from June but down 12.9% year over year.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
GitHub restored services about 8 hours after an outage began Aug. 17, with error rates peaking at ~20% for web/API traffic and ~50% for archive and raw repository content downloads.
Aug 18, 2026 ·
Computerworld
Petrobras reported $20 billion in adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2026 and $12.3 billion in operating cash flow, supported by pumping 2.7 million barrels of oil per day—up 15% year over year and 200,000 barrels per day above its 2.5 million target.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
