Dreame is reportedly shutting down its automotive division “Project Starry Sky” after government funding dried up, leaving only a handful of legal and HR staffers to wind down operations.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
The Verge
SpaceX will invest $100 billion to build a second Starbase spaceport in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, with construction starting in 2027 and its first Starship launch planned for 2029 (Louisiana Economic Development expects initial operations by 2030).
Aug 25, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Google acquired Spirit Airlines’ trade-secret dataset in Spirit’s bankruptcy auction for $10 million, including more than 100 million internal emails, 500 million Teams messages, 7.5 billion de-identified passenger records, 7.2 billion competitor pricing observations, and 30 million lines of code.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Two unvaccinated people died of measles in Pennsylvania, according to officials, prompting a call for residents to get vaccinated.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Waymo plans to open commercial robotaxi ride-hailing to the public in Munich toward the end of 2027, after mapping, testing with human safety drivers, and regulatory approval.
Aug 25, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited reaffirmed its goal to reduce locomotive well-to-wheel emissions intensity by 36.9% by 2030 while deferring a new SBTi-validated 1.5°C-aligned target due to the absence of a finalized intensity-based freight-rail methodology from SBTi.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
SGA’s Q2 2026 investor letter says Yum! Brands’ planned workforce retention efforts for Pizza Hut’s strategic review included broad-based retention bonuses and targeted retention awards, after which Yum! announced the sale of Pizza Hut.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
EPA’s proposed rule would remove federal minimum requirements for public notice and comment on minor New Source Review (NSR) air pollution permits in state plans under the Clean Air Act, leaving public participation decisions to state and local regulators.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
The Register
Apple is walking back a planned change to Hide My Email that would have routed new masked addresses through the @private.icloud.com domain, which could have let websites identify masked addresses and effectively defeat the feature’s privacy benefit.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
Engadget
Polestar said the US Department of Commerce denied its Bureau of Industry and Security request to keep selling its China-linked electric vehicles in the US, and it will stop US sales starting with the 2027 model year under the rule banning vehicles with connected software from hostile countries including China.
Aug 25, 2026 ·The Verge
$40 trillion in US national debt cannot be eliminated through economic growth alone without an unrealistically high scenario—Fiscal Lab says real GDP would need to average about 4.31% annually for the next decade, far above the Congressional Budget Office’s 1.8% baseline growth projection through 2036.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Microsoft is retiring the current Exchange Connector in Excel Power Query, and workbooks using Exchange Mail/Calendar connections won’t automatically move to the new Exchange Mail and Calendar connectors—those workbooks must be manually reconnected and may require upgrading to Microsoft 365 or Office 2024.
Aug 25, 2026 ·The Register
Texas, Pennsylvania, and New York have paused or banned new data center projects, reflecting political backlash that Palihapitiya says could tighten AI infrastructure funding.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
JPMorgan’s James Sullivan said Treasury’s plan to fund a $4B bond buyback by issuing shorter-term bonds is like “paying your mortgage with your credit card,” deferring—but not solving—the maturity mismatch problem.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
OpenAI banned accounts it said were part of a Russia-linked influence operation that used ChatGPT to generate social media posts and comments promoting a purported fake Israeli think tank, and said the operation’s immediate audience impact was limited despite more elaborate infrastructure.
Aug 25, 2026 ·The Register
A jury convicted 71-year-old former Philips engineer Chih-Yee Jen of stealing X-ray tube trade secrets from Philips and transferring them to a Chinese competitor Kunshan GuoLi Electronic Technology to develop X-ray tubes.
Aug 25, 2026 ·The Register
Ray Dalio said the U.S. could face a major government debt crisis in “three years, give or take two.”
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Coinbase shares rose about 10% after Bitcoin reclaimed around $68,000, but Coinbase’s Q2 revenue fell 19% to $1.22 billion and the company posted a $359.5 million net loss, including a $209.5 million loss on crypto assets held for investment and $52.4 million of restructuring expense.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
WTI crude oil fell more than 3% and the 10-year T-note yield dropped 4 bp to 4.66%, helping the S&P 500 gain 0.40% (Nasdaq 100 +0.94%).
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Bloom Energy shares rose 5% to $214.98 after Nancy Pelosi’s household disclosed owning Bloom Energy stock worth $4.25M to $14.5M from late July; FuelCell Energy stock rose 4% to $19.45.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
