CMS ended the Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration on July 28, 2026, and the program cost the federal government $9.8 billion in 2025 and 2026, leaving millions potentially facing higher stand-alone Medicare drug plan premiums in 2027.
Aug 17, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Synchrony will let shoppers buy items directly inside ChatGPT using Synchrony store cards tied to retailers including Amazon, Walmart, and Lowe's.
Aug 17, 2026 ·
CNBC
Rocket Lab backlog stood at $2.36 billion at the end of Q2 2026, and management expects 45.5% of it (about $1.07 billion) to convert into revenue within the next twelve months—more than its $0.77 billion trailing-twelve-month revenue.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Firefox for iOS is adding an optional, experimental ad blocker that blocks some ads before they load using an EasyList-based filter list but does not block ads in search results or sponsored content on Firefox Home and the New Tab Page.
Aug 17, 2026 ·
The Register
More than 912 million SpaceX shares became eligible to sell earlier this month, and the stock rose about 6% on August 6 and 16% the next day while disclosing over 1,500 investors and 23 owners holding 80%+ of the shares.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Bitmine Immersion Technologies increased its Ethereum holdings to 5,815,164 ETH (about 4.8% of Ethereum’s 120.7 million circulating supply) after buying 9,926 more ETH worth roughly $19 million, putting it at 96% of its “Alchemy of 5%” target to own 5% of circulating supply.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Greenhaven Road Capital reported an approximate 11% net return in Q2 2026 and said it took short-term gains in Liquidia (LQDA) after the shares appreciated more than 30% before a verdict, planning to revisit the investment after the patent dispute decision.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
HIVE Digital Technologies shares rose 11% to $2.98 after signing a five-year, $350M GPU cloud services contract for BUZZ High Performance Computing, expected to add about $70M in annualized revenue and bring BUZZ HPC’s annualized revenue to $180M, nearing the $200M target.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Rocket Lab’s revenue rose 62% year over year to a record quarter, and its backlog hit an all-time high of $2.36 billion, driven by Space Systems growth and new defense/government contracts rather than Neutron (which hasn’t launched yet).
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A one-day B&H deal cuts the 16-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Pro (48GB/1TB, nano-texture) from about $3,749 to $3,099, a $650 discount, but it only applies to the Space Black finish.
Aug 17, 2026 ·
CNET
Greenhaven Road Capital says AppLovin generated about $5.48B revenue in 2025 (~70% year-over-year) with ~$3.95B free cash flow, and that its shares trade at sub 20X 2027 FCF.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he is “not in favor” of Apple buying Chinese-made RAM from CXMT and Yangtze Memory Technologies for devices sold in the US, and the US also restricts trade by US firms with those companies so Apple must obtain a license to share product information with them.
Aug 17, 2026 ·
Computerworld
Uber and Zipline aim for one million drone deliveries per day by the end of 2029, with first Uber Eats drone deliveries launching later this year in Zipline’s existing US markets including Pea Ridge, Arkansas and the Dallas–Fort Worth metro.
Aug 17, 2026 ·
Engadget
Cable One lost 17,000 residential broadband subscribers in Q2 and total revenue fell to $348.9 million (down from $381.1 million a year earlier).
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The iPhone 17e is positioned as a better-value buy than the iPhone 15, beating it in nearly every relevant area while sometimes costing about the same or even more for the iPhone 15 on carriers like T-Mobile.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Engadget
Greenhaven Road Capital’s Q2 2026 investor letter says Lifecore Biomedical’s core thesis is monetizing excess manufacturing capacity, citing seven new customers in the past nine months and implied “at least two large customers.”
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Greenhaven Road Capital’s Q2 2026 investor letter says KKR “remains a great business” and argues that a “private credit scare will pass” and that AUM will rise as strategies mature and the high-net-worth channel develops.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Apple says a macOS Screen Sharing vulnerability can be exploited from the network to let attackers view a user’s screen, access files, and gain root access, and it has been seen in the Netherlands on multiple systems with crypto-mining software uploaded.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Engadget
Greenhaven Road Capital said it still owns PAR Technology (NYSE:PAR) and believes it has a long runway for growth after inflecting to EBITDA profitability, while analysts are underestimating 2027 EBITDA and PAR’s chances of winning McDonald’s.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
UBS increased its direct BlackRock IBIT holdings to 407,890 shares (up 12%) and its IBIT call exposure to an equivalent 1.95 million shares as of June 30, while its IBIT put exposure fell 53% to 143,300 shares.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
