The U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Middle East oil exports rebounded to 15 million bpd and even topped a 20 million bpd pre-war average on Sunday, but vessel-tracking data show the Strait of Hormuz is at best about half that volume.
Aug 16, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Berkshire Hathaway increased its stake in Delta Air Lines by 44% in Q2 2026 to 57.3 million shares, worth about $5.4 billion at the end of June.
Aug 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
David Tepper’s Appaloosa Management exited 12 positions in its Q2 2026 13F filed August 14, 2026, including complete exits from SanDisk (SNDK) and Corning (GLW).
Aug 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month, with risk assessment and mitigation responsibilities split into areas such as bio and cyber and moved into existing teams.
Aug 16, 2026 ·
The Verge
Android’s Theft Protection features can auto-lock a stolen phone using motion-sensing Theft Detection Lock and an Offline Device Lock countdown when the device goes offline via SIM removal or Airplane Mode, starting on Android 10+ through Google Play Services.
Aug 16, 2026 ·
Engadget
Stripe is reportedly acquiring OpenRouter for more than $7 billion.
Aug 16, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
A BBB Foods director, Sami Gabriel Khouri, disposed of 14,101 Class A Common Shares on August 7 in a fully non-discretionary sale tied to tax withholding after exercising fully vested stock options, at a weighted-average sale price of $40.67 per share and $40.80 based on the August 7 market close.
Aug 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s 6,500-word essay promises “a personal agent” that will “understand” each person’s goals and everything they care about, but TechCrunch hosts argue many people reject the vision because it feels disconnected from Meta’s past and from how consumers experience Meta AI.
Aug 16, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal’s first full-length collaboration, DOOMED!, is their breakup-focused record built around Segal’s more grounded, commanding beats and Eagle’s unusually intimate, personal lyrics.
Aug 16, 2026 ·The Verge
OnePlus said it will exit North America and Europe in July, and for future Android versions users are expected to switch from OxygenOS to Oppo’s ColorOS, which shares the same codebase as of 2021.
Aug 16, 2026 ·Engadget
NVIDIA plans to invest up to $3 billion in Lancium, including $2 billion for roughly a 20% equity stake and an additional $1 billion contingent on securing additional grid interconnections.
Aug 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Stellantis swung to Q2 net profit of €293 million (from a €1.87 billion loss a year earlier) and raised adjusted operating income to €773 million, but the stock fell nearly 10% after results missed a €914 million estimate and days later Unifor said Stellantis is weighing selling its Brampton, Ontario plant amid US tariffs on Canadian goods.
Aug 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Today’s Wordle (Aug. 17, No. 1885) answer is TRIBE, which begins with T, ends with E, has no repeated letters, and has two vowels.
Aug 16, 2026 ·
CNET
Modern Android protection (including Google Play Protect) makes third-party Android antivirus unnecessary for most users, though extra protection can make sense for higher-risk behaviors like sideloading, disabling Play Protect, or using devices without timely security updates.
Aug 16, 2026 ·Engadget
Google unveiled Gemini 3.7 Flash on Aug. 13, pricing it at 75 cents per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens through year-end (half the cost of Gemini 3.6 Flash) while pitching it for coding and automated multi-step business workflows.
Aug 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Pony.ai plans to deploy more than 2,000 robotaxis across Europe through an expanded Uber partnership, starting with Zagreb, Croatia and adding four more European cities (with plans to expand to the Middle East).
Aug 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
IREN shares ended the week about 9% higher after Iren said its first Microsoft (MSFT) cloud deployment under its $9.7 billion, five-year contract is complete and it received Nvidia (NVDA) Exemplar Cloud status for its validated GB300 NVL72 deployment.
Aug 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Elon Musk agreed to a 366-day lock-up on his SpaceX stake, so he can’t sell any shares until June 12, 2027, even though nearly 6 billion additional shares could become available for sale before then.
Aug 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
If Drake’s offer is treated as a taxable dating-show prize, the IRS would generally require Pinkchyu to pay ordinary income tax on the house’s market value at up to 37% federal rates (and 0% state income tax if she remains in Texas).
Aug 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Eight oil majors—Aramco, BP, Shell, Equinor, TotalEnergies, Eni, Chevron and ExxonMobil—reported combined profits of over $90 billion in April–June, more than doubling from just below $50 billion in Q2 2025, as Strait of Hormuz trade disruption drove Brent to nearly $100 a barrel in May.
Aug 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
