Artisan AI, known for 2025 “Stop Hiring Humans” billboards, is now hiring a human for its AI business development representative (Ava) role rather than retiring the slogan entirely
Aug 17, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Android 17 QPR2 beta 3 adds a built-in app lock that requires passcode or biometrics to open selected apps and also disables notifications plus prevents widgets or shortcuts for those locked apps from appearing on the home screen.
Aug 17, 2026 ·
CNET
The 30-year U.S. Treasury yield hit 5.31%—its highest level since June 2007—while the 10-year yield rose to about 4.72% and the 2-year yield stayed near 4.18%, steepening the yield curve amid a bond selloff.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Lucid’s Gravity GT-S is a three-row SUV rated at 1,070 horsepower that can hit 60 mph in 3.1 seconds and seats up to seven.
Aug 17, 2026 ·CNET
Fazoli’s shut down 50 restaurants and fully exited state by state in the wake of its parent FAT Brands’ January 2026 Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Jeanie Buss says the Buss family cannot sell the Lakers stake without her consent and that any vote suggesting the family is selling would be void under a 2017 court order, with no sale of the JAB Trust’s 17.8% ownership interest able to be effectuated without approval by Jeanie, Janie, and Joey Buss.
Aug 17, 2026 ·
CNBC
In the 2025–2026 school year, only 92.4% of US kindergartners were vaccinated with the MMR shot, down from 92.5% last year, while nonmedical exemptions rose to 4% from 3.2%.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global reported a record $184.3 billion profit in the first half of 2026, and CEO Nicolai Tangen warned the fund could become “pretty worthless” in scenarios including an AI-driven stock market collapse—models indicate a 40% to 50% plunge.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Soybeans rose Monday, with the cash bean national average up 24 1/4 cents to $11.75 1/4 and Sep 26 futures up 23 1/4 cents to $12.01.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Automation and AI-enabled freight operations could reduce diesel use by cutting fuel-per-unit demand and other inefficiencies in U.S. freight supply chains.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Nearly 90% of the 5,000 most popular domains (87.2%) violate W3C/WHATWG HTML specs in at least one place, with only 12.8% having fully valid HTML and only 2.6% returning zero errors and zero best-practice warnings.
Aug 17, 2026 ·
The Register
NAND density and falling price-per-gigabyte have made selling 1GB USB flash drives hard to justify, with consumer drives now typically starting around 64GB and reaching 512GB (and up to 512GB on some DataTraveler models).
Aug 17, 2026 ·
Engadget
Relay will shut down access for paying customers on September 14, with free customers losing access on August 15.
Aug 17, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
1872, led by former SpaceX engineers, plans to build a prototype factory by 2027 that can automate most of the steel fabrication process, starting with manufacturing steel skids for AI data centers and small modular nuclear reactors.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Amazon’s updated Conditions of Use require disputes to be resolved by binding arbitration and bar new class-action lawsuits for customers who continued using the service after Aug. 14.
Aug 17, 2026 ·CNET
A K-shaped pattern is emerging in ETFs, with some active segments drawing inflows to higher-fee funds showing strong recent performance while cheaper “vanilla” beta and some factor/ESG funds still attract investors primarily on low cost.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Investors added more than $38 billion to US-listed ETFs during the week ending Aug. 14, bringing year-to-date inflows to around $1.3 trillion.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Fidelity Total Bond ETF (FBND) recorded $772.01M in net inflows, lifting its AUM to $28,181.77M (up 2.74%).
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Invesco’s ETF brand saw $372.69M in net inflows on August 14, 2026 (0.04% of its $994,908.10M AUM), with $70,006.44M in YTD 2026 net flows.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Egypt and Libya have moved into active discussions for a Libya–Egypt crude oil pipeline from Tobruk to Alexandria that is expected to be about 800 km long and cost over $1 billion, but key items like final capacity, financing, and an investment decision are not yet agreed.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
