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Prediction market platform Kalshi in a regulatory filing on Tuesday revealed it is seeking to launch perpetual futures tied to equity indexes. The filing with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is the latest move by the company to expand beyond just its prediction markets o

There's something telling in how the smart money on Wall Street has started to think about socialism. The moral of the story isn't really about socialism, though, but about the very real pain in store for American households from the bond market if the actually-in-charge capitali

Liz’s view You don’t worry about bad ideas on Wall Street. Those burn themselves out quickly. You worry about good ideas because eventually someone will come along, execute them badly, and ruin the party for everyone. Few ideas on Wall Street have been better than the reinvention

US single-family homebuilding nosedived in July, falling 16% year-over-year as higher mortgage rates kept the market frozen. High mortgage rates and a dire supply shortage have sidelined potential buyers. While those would-be buyers stay put, many are now relying on buy now, pay

For the fourth time in four years, Peacock has raised its prices. The Select plan, which has ads and doesn’t include sports, movies, or Peacock originals, went from $8/month to $9/month. The monthly fee for the standard ad plan (Premium) went from $11/month to $13/month, and the

Root's great challenge to finish captaincy story - Published Of all the places for England to begin a new era, Headingley is the most difficult to shake off the memory of Ben Stokes. In the city of Stokes' greatest miracle, the home side must plot a future without a captain, all-

Comcast has rolled out a new motion-sensing technology to its latest home routers, allowing homeowners to receive notifications about activity detected inside their house while they are away. The free feature, called Wi-Fi Motion, turns newer Xfinity gateways into motion sensors

Off the Wire Press Releases Deepens Colorado investment with new global headquarters and celebrates alongside government and community leaders LOUISVILLE, Colo., Aug. 18, 2026 — Infleqtion is celebrating the grand opening of the Colorado Quantum Innovation Center (CQIC), its new

There are generally two schools of thought in the Western space community when it comes to the prospect of China landing humans on the Moon in the next few years and very possibly beating NASA and the United States in its efforts to return astronauts there. Many people will ask w

A fintech app from the makers of the crypto exchange Kraken is launching a cashback U.S. debit card, vying for a place in consumer wallets as crypto evolves from an asset class into infrastructure for mainstream financial products. The card, called the Krak Card and issued by the

A fintech app from the makers of the crypto exchange Kraken is launching a cashback U.S. debit card, vying for a place in consumer wallets as crypto evolves from an asset class into infrastructure for mainstream financial products. The card, called the Krak Card and issued by the

Artificial Intelligence How Axonius built secure multi-tenant AI agents on Bedrock AgentCore Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) are expanding their offerings and adding AI agents. Common considerations for organizations when adding agentic workloads include security, scalability

Atlanta Electricals, one of the leading manufacturers of power transformers, has received a Letter of Intent (LOI) from Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited (APTRANSCO). The order involves the design, manufacture, testing, and supply of 12 units of 160 MVA, 220/132

Camera-equipped AI wearables today have developed a bit of a reputation problem. Devices like Meta’s Ray-Bans raise concerns about people being recorded without their consent. So the idea that Apple is reportedly preparing to release AirPods with cameras in them seems to conflict

The country's ongoing cyclospora outbreak is changing a familiar part of corporate America: eating salad for lunch. In July, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration linked a multistate cyclospora outbreak to iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico and distributed by fruit and v

Vijay Shekhar Sharma-owned Resilient Asset Management, acting on behalf of Alibaba Group affiliate Antfin, has offloaded 1.92 Cr shares in fintech major Paytm in a block deal worth around ₹2,948.9 Cr. As per NSE data, Resilient sold 1.92 Cr shares in Paytm parent One97 Communicat

Nvidia's massive head start in artificial intelligence turned the chipmaker into the world's most valuable company. Now, almost four years into the generative AI boom, competitors like Advanced Micro Devices and Google have chipped away at Nvidia's technology lead, pushing the co

Nvidia's massive head start in artificial intelligence turned the chipmaker into the world's most valuable company. Now, almost four years into the generative AI boom, competitors like Advanced Micro Devices and Google have chipped away at Nvidia's technology lead, pushing the co

Target and Ulta Beauty’s shop-in-shop partnership came to an end Sunday, but that isn’t the end of Target’s efforts to win market share in the beauty sector. The separation was a year in the making, with both retailers issuing a joint statement about the decision last August. Acc

Dive Brief: - The Home Depot’s Pro customer cohort continues to outperform DIY customers, with the segment posting positive comps in the second quarter. - The home improvement retailer in Q2 saw strength in categories popular among Pros, including portable power, decking, dimensi

As smartphone designs have become more refined, they’ve also become less repairable. Fairphone bucks that trend, offering devices that can be fully disassembled and serviced using a single screwdriver. But its devices were a pain to get in the US until now. The Dutch company has

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Off the Wire Press Releases Aug. 18, 2026 — Webster University has been awarded a three-year grant for $746,008 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund the Connect-HPC project. Led by Webster University Professor Xiaoyuan Suo, who teaches in the George Herbert Walker Sch

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Building cost-effective, high-throughput gen AI workflows in Google Dataflow Reza Rokni Group Product Manager Danny McCormick Software Engineer, Google Cloud Real-time streaming pipelines are the operational backbone of modern enterprises, continuously processing everything from

Governance on autopilot, minus the turbulence Sai Charan Tej Kommuri Product Manager, Data Analytics Akanksha Bhagwanani Customer Engineer Every data team knows the moment. Someone opens a table, sees a column called cust_seg_flg, and has to go ask around to find out what it mean

How Box is unlocking multimodal enterprise agents with Gemini Embeddings 2 Sandhya Patil Agentic Product Consulting Lead, Google Darryl Sladden Staff AI Product Manager, Box Enterprise content management is experiencing its biggest architectural shift since the cloud migration er

Social networking site Bluesky says its recent day-long disruption was caused by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that flooded the site with junk traffic. The social network confirmed the incident in a post on Monday, confirming the attack had taken place over the pr

Workers who are eligible for a federal tax break related to their overtime pay may have an easier time claiming it for the 2026 tax year than they did on their 2025 returns. The IRS has updated its frequently asked questions about the "no tax on overtime" deduction to clarify and

Dive Brief: - Foot Locker and Nike are teaming up on a neighborhood location in Los Angeles’ Crenshaw area, according to a joint press release Monday. Dubbed The Crenshaw Rec by Foot Locker, it’s the first of a new concept aimed at providing neighborhood-level localization. - The

Agrippa by Robert Harris. Harris dials back the clock a few thousand years from his novel-turned-Academy Award-winning film Conclave, delving into a topic to satisfy the curiosity of those with the Roman Empire frequently on their minds. Agrippa is a lesser-known plebeian “meathe

The car that Ford hopes will return it to overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans made its unofficial debut this week. Ford sent us some pictures of the still-unnamed car conducting its first track test at the colorful Paul Ricard circuit in Provence, France, where drivers Mat

Episode details Available for over a year Today, Russia has warned of "consequences" for the UK, after is was confirmed that British-made drones were used by Ukraine to strike Russia. The Russian embassy in London earlier accused Britain of "deliberately opting for an escalation

Brunswick Corp., a global leader in boat manufacturing and recreation on the water, is counting on advanced technology to help with stalling sales. The parent company of Sea Ray, Boston Whaler and other boat brands, says advanced navigation technology and autonomous docking can t