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‘All You Have to Do Is Be Bought’: A SpaceX-Tesla Merger Could Be Musk’s $1 Trillion Payout Cheat Code
Gizmodo.com

The outlandish pay package meant to drive peak performance from Tesla's CEO may be easily within reach. more…

Money problems and broken dreams - why is it so hard to run a cycling team?
BBC News

The Hess women's cycling team was owned by a rich benefactor with a background in high finance - so how did they end up failing to pay riders and staff? more…

8 Snacks and Guilty-Pleasure Foods Chefs Can’t Live Without
CNET

I asked chefs about the snacks, ingredients and guilty pleasure foods they can’t stop buying. more…

AI might be the one reason we're not in a recession, top economist David Rosenberg says
Business Insider

The AI boom is soaking up investor capital, shoring up economic growth, and showing signs of strain, David Rosenberg says. more…

Warren Buffett could wait forever. His successor may not be so patient.
Business Insider

Michael Burry of "The Big Short" fame said his "biggest fear" for a post-Buffett Berkshire may have come true. more…

'History is repeating': Michael Burry says it's time to read about Enron
Business Insider

Michael Burry of "The Big Short" fame recommended "The Smartest Guys in the Room" as he sees parallels between Enron's rise and fall and the AI boom. more…

The hottest thing to do in London today is wait in line for solar eclipse glasses
Business Insider

Some Londoners missed the memo that a rare solar eclipse was going to be visible in the UK on Wednesday. They spent the week racing to find the city's remaining eclipse glasses, and lining up in 90 degree heat. more…

The 4 Seasons of an Entrepreneur’s Journey — and How Each One Changes Your Priorities
Entrepreneur

I'm entering the final season of my career as CEO of a national home services brand. Here’s how age and experience have shaped my priorities. more…

GameStop Raises $325 Million In IPO As Barnes & Noble Bets Big On Video Games
Kotaku

The unit of Barnes & Noble is the single biggest game seller in the U.S. more…

Critics Adore Super Mario Sunshine: ‘My Apartment Is In Shambles. Mario Has Arrived’
Kotaku

Critics adore Mario’s latest jump in 3D, even if it’s not as groundbreaking as they’d have hoped more…

An activist investor says the market has decided Lionsgate is an AI casualty. It wants the studio to prove otherwise or sell.
The Next Web

Activist investor Anson Funds is pressing Lionsgate to redefine itself for the AI era or put itself up for sale, according to a July letter to the board reviewed by Semafor. The argument turns on how the market reads a film library. “The rise of generative AI… more…

Upwork cuts full-year forecast as AI pressures its marketplace
The Next Web

Upwork shares fell sharply after the freelance marketplace cut its full-year guidance, overshadowing a second-quarter earnings beat and reviving concerns that AI is eroding the work it brokers. The stock dropped as much as 21% in after-hours trading on Monday… more…

Megadeals took 87.5% of US venture dollars, and the rest of the market is priced by vintage
The Next Web

PitchBook published its Q2 US VC Valuations report on 10 August. Megadeals took 87.5% of the dollars deployed in the first half of 2026. PitchBook defines those as rounds of $100m or more. AI is the primary driver of that concentration, though the figure desc… more…

Apple trained its own AI model for China, and handed the brain to Alibaba
The Next Web

Apple has trained its own large language model for the Chinese market with Alibaba’s support, a striking break from the company’s usual habit of leaning on other people’s models. According to a Reuters report, Apple is the first foreign firm Beijing has appro… more…

Omdia says phone prices will stay high after the shortage ends
The Next Web

Start with the number, because it is the kind that settles an argument. In the first quarter of 2026, panel makers shipped 298 million displays into the refurbished phone market. They shipped 289 million to the companies that make new phones. The refurbished … more…

Silver Lake is reportedly in talks to take Workday private at $43bn
The Next Web

Silver Lake is in talks to take Workday, the cloud-based HR and finance software company, private in a deal that would value it at roughly $43bn, according to a Reuters report. If it comes off, it would rank among the largest software buyouts ever struck, and… more…

Tencent’s AI compute bill outgrew its cash flow, and the fallback plan is becoming a landlord
The Next Web

Tencent reported second-quarter revenue of 204.8bn yuan ($30.4bn) on Wednesday, up 11% and ahead of forecasts. Net profit came in at 56bn yuan against the 61.8bn analysts expected, CNBC reports. Capital expenditure rose 176% on the year to 52.8bn yuan, about … more…

SEC settles fraud case against Adit Ventures over fake SpaceX and Klarna pre-IPO shares
The Next Web

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has settled fraud charges against private-fund adviser Adit Ventures Management LLC, its CEO Eric Munson, and three affiliated general partners, in a case that reads like a cautionary tale about the frenzy for pre-IPO… more…

Bumble is letting men make the first move, dismantling the rule it was built on
The Next Web

Bumble is preparing to let men make the first move, a change that unpicks the single rule the dating app was built around. According to Bloomberg a coming messaging update will let men open conversations in opposite-sex matches, though the exact mechanics are… more…

DeepSeek built a Claude Code rival, then quadrupled its prices
The Next Web

Start with the money, because it is the part every developer noticed. From 16 August, a million output tokens through DeepSeek-V4-Pro costs $3.96 at peak, up from $0.87. V4-Flash goes from $0.28 to $1.32, Bloomberg reported. Off-peak rates are half the new pe… more…

The stock market may be doing so well that it’s causing more Baby Boomers and Gen Xers to drop out of the labor force
Yahoo Entertainment

“My hunch is that this is as at least partially attributable to wealth effects from record highs in the stock market.” more…

Bank of America says the midterm elections could be a major turning point for the stock market
Business Insider

Bank of America said voters' concerns about the K-shaped economy could cause an upheaval in markets this fall. more…

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman unveils 6 new stocks he's betting on
Business Insider

Pershing Square took new positions in six stocks last quarter, including Netflix and ICE, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange. more…

Polymarket says traders on the platform saw the Situational Awareness meltdown coming
Business Insider

Polymarket says traders on its platform had been placing bets for the AI trade to run into the kind of trouble that tanked Aschenbrenner's fund. more…

The creator of the 4% rule for retirement savings wants you to spend more
Business Insider

The 4% rule for retirement savings is due for a revamp. more…

Russia rolling out Starlink-style network faster than expected, Kyiv says
Yahoo Entertainment

KYIV, Aug 10 () - Russia is rolling out its own version of the Starlink satellite internet system faster than expected and plans ‌to have nearly 300 satellit... more…

Trump’s media and crypto firm just posted a $238 million quarterly loss—here’s where those losses came from
Yahoo Entertainment

The decline in Bitcoin’s price and merger-related legal costs hurt results, prompting a push into new businesses. more…

Nearly a dozen firms are already paying up to $100,000 per month for early access Trump’s Truth Social posts
Yahoo Entertainment

The release of Truth API has raised concerns about insider trading among economists and legal experts. more…

Apple may scrap its all-glass iPhone. Wall Street hasn’t been this alarmed since Steve Jobs’ death
Yahoo Entertainment

Investment firm Jefferies on Monday downgraded Apple from hold to underperform, cutting its price target from $285.56 to $263.66. more…

netflix has peaked
Sharptext.net

Watching Netflix as the platform exits its prime. more…

Where to Buy the Pokémon First Partner Illustration TCG Collection (Series 3)
IGN

Looking for the Pokémon First Partner Illustration Collection Series 3? Here is where to buy the final TCG box, current stock levels, and retailer prices. more…

The Death of Reliable Immigration Data
The Atlantic

The Department of Homeland Security set up an independent office to provide statistics that lawmakers and the public could trust. Its director just quit. more…

You can't buy 20 pieces of aluminum tube online
Vestalmetals.com

Distributor minimums aren't policy, they're arithmetic. Why quoting cut-to-length tube takes days, and why it's really a bin-packing problem. more…

How do you sell a CPU design when the instruction set is free?
Siliconimist.com

Fiora5's Darian Domocos on open instruction sets, chip sovereignty, and why credibility is the real barrier to entry in semiconductors. more…

Panic of 1873
Wikipedia.org

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CEO Just Fired 500 People Because He Says Zillow Is More Efficient Without Them
Substack.com

Zillow just posted the best financial year in its two-decade history, then cut seven hundred people. It has not published a single number showing the company works better without them. more…

Italian Bank Stores 400K Wheels of Cheese as Collateral for Farmer Loans
Travelandtannins.com

Collateral is usually something inert. A bank takes a claim on a house, a vehicle, or a piece of machinery, and its job is simply to make sure the asset still more…

Gateway 2000's hilariously bad ads in the 90s (Part II)
Buttondown.com

What started as endearingly bootstrapped marketing descended into soulless corporate sales. more…

When Will AI Take My Job?
Whenwillaitakemyjob.ai

Explore projected AI-driven unemployment across 725 U.S. occupations from 2025 to 2039. more…

Electricity Pricing in the Age of AI
Power2026.ai

Power 2026 is a primer on AI's impact on the US power markets. The short piece is written by Neel Somani, a former quantitative researcher at one of the world's leading hedge funds. more…

Vor Börsengang: Aktie von Robotikhersteller Unitree schon 8300-mal überzeichnet
heise online

Die Aktien des chinesischen Robotikunternehmens Unitree sind begehrt. Vor dem Börsengang ist die Aktie 8300-mal überzeichnet. more…

Apple official refurb store: Save hundreds on our top picks of the week
9to5Mac

The official Apple Certified Refurbished Store is a particularly compelling resource for landing great offers on iPhone, MacBook, Studio Display, Apple TV, and even accessories. This is not some guy in his basement shilling iPhones that fell off a truck at a … more…

Deals: AirPods Pro 3, M5 MacBook Air $270 off, UWB smart lock, Thunderbolt 5 dock, Nomad cases from $17, more
9to5Mac

The 25% price drop on AirPods Pro 3 down at one of the best prices to date is still live, but today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is starting off with these M5 MacBook Air configs at $270 off courtesy of the official Apple Certified Refurbished Store and these 46mm … more…

MacBook Air shortages are getting worse, here’s where to buy one
9to5Mac

As Apple battles ongoing supply constraints, availability of the MacBook Air is dwindling quickly. Here are the latest details on MacBook Air shortages across Apple and third-party retail partners. more…

The Only Thermostat Trick You Need to Save Money in the Heat
CNET

We’ve found the best setting to guarantee savings and comfort. more…

The Tax Credit Is Gone, but Power Outages Aren’t. Why a Home Battery Purchase Is Still Worth It
CNET

Federal incentives for home batteries expired in 2025, but the value of energy independence is higher than ever. Here is how to tell if the peace of mind is worth the price tag. more…

The Best Portable Power Stations Worth Adding to Your Emergency Kit
CNET

We lab-tested more than 140 electric generators and found the most efficient, fast-charging and longest-lasting battery backups to power your appliances and devices during a blackout. more…

7 Best Tech Gadgets of August 2026
Yanko Design

7 Best Tech Gadgets of August 2026August arrives with a lineup that feels genuinely considered. Not every gadget this month is chasing a headline spec or fighting for shelf space. Some... more…

7 Best Japanese Designs of August 2026
Yanko Design

7 Best Japanese Designs of August 2026Japanese design doesn’t arrive loudly. It earns attention through material weight, mechanical silence, or the way a surface catches light in a room you’ve stopped... more…

Reddit Preserved The Part Of The Internet We Broke via @sejournal, @brentcsutoras
Search Engine Journal

Search referrals measure how people reach Reddit. They don't measure why people go looking for it, and that gap is where the value sits. The post Reddit Preserved The Part Of The Internet We Broke appeared first on Search Engine Journal. more…

A hybrid quantum–classical machine learning framework for commodity market crash prediction
Nature.com

Scientific Reports - A hybrid quantum–classical machine learning framework for commodity market crash prediction more…

Towards an equitable future of global photovoltaic waste recycling
Nature.com

Global photovoltaic waste will reach 297–402 million tonnes by 2060, and regionally adapted recycling strategies and international cooperation will be needed to provide equitable and scalable PV waste circularity. more…

Great News for Creeps: Men Can Now Harass Anyone on Bumble They Want!
Jezebel

Bumble, the one and only dating app that didn't allow men to send unsolicited messages to women, will now do exactly that. more…

Herbert Hoover Had One of the Most Unusual Paths to the Presidency
Mental Floss

Hoover built quite a reputation before occupying the Oval Office. more…

10 Monday AM Reads
Ritholtz.com

My back-to-work morning reads: • Mind the Gap 2026: Morningstar’s annual investor return gap study — the difference between fund returns and investor returns, driven by badly timed buying and selling. The behavior gap persists, and it’s still costing investor… more…

10 Tuesday AM Reads
Ritholtz.com

My Two-for-Tuesday morning reads: • The Housing Recession is Over: The vibes remain bad, the recovery is uneven, but recession is now behind us. Conor Sen thought 2026 was the year housing cracked — Florida, Texas and Arizona were carrying 20% to 30% more lis… more…

MiB: Filippo Gori, J.P. Morgan co-head of Global Banking
Ritholtz.com

   On this special, bonus episode of Masters in Business, I speak with Filippo Gori, co-head of Global Banking at J.P. Morgan. Gori shares insights from his climb through the firm’s ranks across London and Hong Kong, plus discuss the current state of banking… more…

The Galaxy Z Fold 8 doesn’t need a Samsung charger — here’s what to buy instead
Android Authority

Skip Samsung's official 45W charger for the Galaxy Z Fold 8. These third-party USB-C chargers offer more power, ports, and flexibility. more…

The Road to the Rent Freeze
The New York Review of Books

On the evening of June 25, minutes after New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board voted to freeze the rent for a million rent-stabilized apartments across the five boroughs, I caught up with a tenant I know named Josie Wells. Standing outside the auditorium in E… more…

'I lost $14,000 in a month': Investors hit by Korean stock market's wild swings
BBC News

Some traders are reeling from heavy losses after a brutal correction in South Korea's stock market. more…

Nvidia gets $500bn from major banks for AI build out
BBC News

The money will be used to develop new data centres to house, operate, and cool miles of stacked computer chips that process AI data and actions. more…

Trump’s media company reports $238m loss
Al Jazeera English

Trump Media & Technology Group earns less than $2m in Q2. more…

Oil prices, stocks surge as Hormuz closure drags on
Al Jazeera English

US petrol prices dropped nine cents last week but could again surge if the strait closure continues, analysts warn. more…

Paramount CEO may remove operations from California over stalled merger
Al Jazeera English

Paramount's CEO David Ellison warns of a California exit if the US state does not agree to talks, according to reports. more…

Paramount Skydance mulls CNN sale amid antitrust merger challenge
Al Jazeera English

Paramount’s legal officer hints at CNN sale as 12 states, led by California, file lawsuit to block merger with WBD. more…

Redmi K100 Pro, Galaxy S27, Pixel 11 specs leak, Week 32 in review
GSMArena.com

Xiaomi revealed the Redmi K100 Pro and K100 Pro Max ahead of their August 11 launch. The K100 Pro gets a redesigned camera island, a 6.59-inch 185Hz display, and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series chipset, while the Pro Max adds a 6.9-inch OLED disp… more…

Smarter stock research starts with Sterling Stock Picker for just $50 today
PCWorld

TL;DR: Sterling Stock Picker uses AI to analyze stocks, build portfolios, and answer investing questions—and a lifetime subscription is $49.97 (MSRP $486) through today, Aug. 9. There’s no shortage of stock opinions online. The hard part is figuring out … more…

How to change up Windows 11’s Widgets panel—or disable it altogether
PCWorld

By default, Windows displays so-called widgets at the far left of the taskbar. These include, for example, current weather information or stock market prices. Clicking on the widget currently displayed opens a window where you can remove individual widgets fr… more…

Apple Earnings, More on Amazon’s Earnings
Stratechery.com

Apple's earnings (and stock) are limited not by memory but rather chip shortages; then, more on Amazon's earnings and Andy Jassy's market analysis. more…

Nvidia’s Risky Business
Stratechery.com

Nvidia is finding new ways for its customers to raise money, and it's expanding the risk of the AI buildout significantly. more…

The Intercept Sues Trump for Selling Premium Access to TruthSocial Announcements
The Intercept

A lawsuit filed with two legal advocacy groups argues the president is restricting First Amendment-protected information in a scheme to enrich himself. The post The Intercept Sues Trump for Selling Premium Access to TruthSocial Announcements appeared first on… more…

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman unveils 6 new stocks he's betting on
Business Insider

Pershing Square took new positions in six stocks last quarter, including Netflix and ICE, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange. more…

An economist flags a worrying sign of 'cracking' home prices with parallels to the 2008 meltdown
Business Insider

Veteran economist David Rosenberg says many measures of home prices are "cracking," even as inflation fears linger. more…

Lionsgate Stock Falls To 4-Month Low After Activist Investor Pushes AI Agenda
Deadline

Shares in Lionsgate extended their losses Wednesday after an activist investor expressed restlessness with the company’s stance on AI. On above-average trading volume, the stock ended the day at $11.73, down 1% to its lowest level since April. It fell 4% on T… more…

National CineMedia To Acquire Captivate For $275M, Expands From Movie Theater Ads To Offices, Apartment Buildings
Deadline

National CineMedia has agreed to buy Captivate Holdings, a leading operator of digital video elevator and lobby advertising in North America, from PE firm Generation Partners for $275 million. Combining NCM’s cinema advertising with Captivate’s footprint will… more…

The entire U.S. economy is basically a giant betting app
Salon

Senators oppose gambling on wildfire outcomes, but the financial sector rewards amoral wagers more…

Ad Tech Briefing: More take-private deals are on the horizon, here’s what to look out for
Digiday

As DoubleVerify and LiveRamp exit the public markets, mixed Q2 earnings reactions suggest more will follow. more…

Media Buying Briefing: How Instrument won Croc’s business in a day
Digiday

The agency’s calling card is applying technology-driven creative solutions for clients to get them to think far beyond the parameters of what they're comfortable with. more…

Nothing Phone (4b) Review
AndroidGuys

Nothing Phone (4b) DEALS Nothing $399 VIEW Nothing recently released the Phone (4b) and it brings a unique flair to the budget market. This device serves as the first entry in the new budget friendly “b” series from the company. It takes some inspiration from… more…

One Compound In BerriesWas Linked To 26% Lower Cardiovascular Risk
mindbodygreen.com

Stock up on color at your local market. more…

Ready For A Probiotic That Actually Relieves Bloat? Try This
mindbodygreen.com

Not all probiotics help with bloat. But this one does. more…

Beyond the headline number: What India’s Rs 1.3 lakh crore MTF book really tells us
The Times of India

India’s MTF book has surged nearly five-fold to over Rs 1.3 lakh crore, reflecting rising retail participation and deeper cash-market activity. Unlike leverage-driven volatility overseas, India’s regulatory safeguards, margin requirements, position limits and… more…

Vedanta, Vedanta Aluminium post strong Q1 gains as metal prices lift earnings
The Times of India

After their demerger, Vedanta and Vedanta Aluminium Metal have reported robust financial outcomes for the first quarter, primarily due to rising commodity prices. Both companies are eyeing substantial capital investments to propel their growth strategies. Wit… more…

Rupee ends modestly higher on RBI intervention
The Times of India

On Wednesday, the Indian rupee experienced a modest increase, managing to withstand the upward pressure of crude oil prices. Support from the Reserve Bank of India's dollar sales played a crucial role in maintaining a stable trading environment, with the rupe… more…

Cupid shares jump nearly 9% in two days post Q1 earnings
The Times of India

Cupid shares gained 8.8% in two days after the company reported a threefold rise in Q1 FY27 net profit to Rs 44 crore, while revenue surged 159% YoY to Rs 155 crore. Strong operating performance, margin expansion and a higher FY27 guidance have strengthened t… more…

Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35mm f/1.4 lens for Nikon Z-mount review by Fred Miranda
Nikonrumors.com

Fred Miranda published his review of the Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35mm f/1.4 lens for Nikon Z-mount. Here is the conclusion and pro/cons list (read the full detailed review here): The Voigtlander 35mm f/1.4 Nokton Z-mount (tested here) occupies a unique pla… more…

Future of Marketing Briefing: The public ad tech era is over
Digiday

Gone are the days when investors got themselves in a tizzy over ad networks, demand-side platforms and supply-side platforms on their own merits. more…

By the numbers: Wall Street’s tough assessment of ad tech
Digiday

The rise of advertisers' appetite for convenience over ad tech innovation fuels hardship and an exodus from Wall Street. more…

The AI Boom Runs on an Even More Dangerous Machine (Part 1)
Nakedcapitalism.com

How AI runs on a flawed, decades-old corporate operating system that redirects gains away from workers. more…

Links 8/9/2026
Nakedcapitalism.com

Our strategic daily links: Limbo queen, dry England, starving Cuba, Mideast horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched excess more…

Layoffs Tied to AI Hurt Worker Productivity – and the Reason May Surprise Managers
Nakedcapitalism.com

AI routinely fails to increase corporate productivity. Using it to get rid of workers is a big reason why. more…

Links 8/11/2026
Nakedcapitalism.com

Our fidgety daily links: Denver temp whiplash, diesel prices spike, Trump wants Ian reparations, China canal link, Cuba invasion warning, EU shrinking banks, Ukraine sinking, Flock backlash, Zuck meltdown, Somali pirates, moar Japan worries, data centers as A… more…

The $535,000 TLD: Could .ai dethrone .com?
TechRadar

.ai domains just hit an all-time high, beating .com for the first time. more…

Tokenomics: AI Has an income statement - it’s time to read it
TechRadar

Boards should treat AI like any major investment, balancing costs with measurable business returns. more…

Bad news: your AI application isn't that special
TechRadar

The AI massacre is coming, and knowing which side of the stack you're on will decide whether you survive it. more…

The RAM crisis just hit a new low — here's my advice on what to do based on 30 years of writing about GPUs, memory and PC components
TechRadar

There are certain components and devices that you should be considering buying sooner rather than later, at least in my view. more…

TSMC reportedly has $1 billion of Apple chips awaiting delivery of DRAM — will this be what powers the iPhone 18 Pro?
TechRadar

A billion dollars of Apple's 2nm chips are stuck at TSMC because the memory has not arrived, with Apple's own packaging choice the reason why they cannot just be stockpiled and finished later. more…

Why is gaming giant Roblox losing tens of billions in market value?
CBC News

Roblox isn’t getting the high financial scores that it used to, as the popular gaming platform has lost approximately $70 billion US in market value over the last year. The company says the steep drop-off is partly because of changes in the games its users pl… more…

N.L. has a hard bread shortage — but why do we eat it in the first place?
CBC News

Grocery stores across Newfoundland and Labrador have been struggling to keep hard bread in stock since a fire at the Purity factory in March put a crimp in the company’s baking operations. more…

How optical interconnects and silicon photonics emerged as AI's next hot commodity — looming US-China summit puts photonics into the crosshairs
Tom's Hardware UK

The U.S. wants Chinese optical transceivers out of future AI data centers, but China’s current dominance of the rapidly evolving photonics supply chain could make a ban complicated more…