New Jersey asked the Supreme Court to rule that sports markets offered on Commodity Futures Trading Commission-registered exchanges are still “sports bets” that states can regulate, arguing Dodd-Frank does not preempt state sports-gambling laws for Kalshi’s products.
Sep 3, 2026 ·Ars Technica
The 10-year Treasury yield reached 4.814% this week (its highest level since November 2023) before easing, while the 30-year Treasury yield was about 5.12% and also down from earlier in the week.
Sep 3, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
The dollar index (DXY00) fell to a 1.5-week low and finished down 0.67% after Fed Governor Christopher Waller said he would support keeping interest rates steady at the Sept. 15–16 FOMC meeting if next week’s inflation data shows continued progress toward the Fed’s 2% goal.
Sep 3, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
TikTok backed out of a House Select Committee on China “public roundtable” set for this month, with the chair John Moolenaar (R-MI) saying it refused to appear to avoid broader scrutiny of its child safety practices.
Sep 3, 2026 ·
The Verge
A £2 billion ($2.7 billion) lawsuit alleges Apple imposed stricter App Tracking Transparency rules on third-party app developers than on Apple’s own services, giving Apple’s advertising ecosystem an advantage.
Sep 3, 2026 ·
Engadget
The CFTC asked a federal judge to dismiss CME’s lawsuit over the agency’s approval of Kalshi’s Bitcoin perpetual futures, arguing CME failed to show financial harm or greater competition from the decision.
Sep 3, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The Trump administration imposed a 100% tariff on imported drones with thermal imaging or over 55 pounds, alongside 25% tariffs on “nonsensitive” drones starting Thursday and smaller tariffs on allied countries, which critics say will raise costs and strain US public-safety operations that rely heavily on DJI.
Sep 3, 2026 ·Ars Technica
The 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes will honor studies including devising a more precise evolutionary definition of kissing, finding evidence that upper-class people are more likely to steal candy and behave unethically in seven studies, and discovering that milk proteins from viviparous cockroaches pack more than three times the energy of cow milk proteins.
Sep 3, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Stocks rose and Treasury yields fell after Fed Governor Christopher Waller signaled the Fed could hold in September if inflation data supports disinflation, with the S&P 500 up just over 1% and the 10-year Treasury yield easing to about 4.75%.
Sep 3, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
NASA says Dragonfly’s Titan landing area will be Ahmakiq Undae, after the IAU approved the name.
Sep 3, 2026 ·
The Register
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order making local community support a legal prerequisite for construction permits for new data center sites, amid growing nationwide “pushback,” according to Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel.
Sep 3, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Anyone born in 1960 or later has a Social Security full retirement age of exactly 67, and under current law it does not go any higher.
Sep 3, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Between March and August, De Nederlandsche Bank moved 86 tonnes of gold from New York and Ottawa into London as “crisis preparedness,” citing “increasing geopolitical unrest.”
Sep 3, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Zoox will begin Thursday hailing robotaxi rides to and from Harry Reid International Airport, adding airport trips to its already-running commercial service in Las Vegas.
Sep 3, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Uber abruptly wound down operations in Nigeria and Uganda on September 2, cutting off rides users said were still underway.
Sep 3, 2026 ·The Register
Ray Dalio says the U.S. “debt supply and demand problem” is nearing a point where debt will be harder to finance, warning that the next “Big Debt Cycle” could lead to another global financial crisis.
Sep 3, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
China’s Commerce Ministry accused other G20 nations of “promoting protectionism” after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said 19 of the G20 members agreed to address an “unsustainable equilibrium” caused by a “stream of cheap exports.”
Sep 3, 2026 ·
CNBC
Google Gemini told a group of climbers Mt. Shasta would take an eight-hour trek, but they took 16 hours just to reach the summit and were later rescued after wandering off-route due to inadequate planning and a dead phone with AllTrails.
Sep 3, 2026 ·Engadget
The US 30-year Treasury yield has climbed back toward its highest level since 2007, with Japan’s rise in rates (10-year yields around 3% for the first time since 1996) increasing the risk that Japan could reduce demand for Treasurys and, via yen support, sell Treasurys to obtain dollars.
Sep 3, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Children told Dame Rachel de Souza the UK's Online Safety Act has "made absolutely no difference" to their ability to avoid harmful content more than a year after key child duties took effect.
Sep 3, 2026 ·The Register
