• An analysis of the 50 largest bitcoin treasury companies by BTC holdings finds their combined market cap has plunged from $150B in July 2025 to just $67B now (Financial Times)
• Minneapolis-based Yardstik, a provider of workforce monitoring tech, raised a $30M Series B led by Harbert Growth Partners, taking its total funding to $65M (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
• SK Hynix breaks ground for its $4B advanced memory chip packaging facility in Indiana, with mass production of next-generation HBM scheduled to begin in H2 2029 (Bloomberg)
• Xiaomi and CXMT say the Xiaomi 18 Fold smartphone will debut CXMT's LPDDR6 DRAM chips, alongside Xiaomi's in-house 3nm Xring O3 SoC, launching in September (Summer Zhen/Reuters)
• Texas, which didn't join a multi-state case against Meta, negotiated a $1.05B side deal that could reach $1.335B if TikTok and YouTube adopt teen safety changes (Ryan Autullo/Bloomberg Law)
• Meituan reports Q2 revenue up 14.4% YoY to $15.62B and adjusted net profit of $372M, ending a three-quarter losing streak as the food delivery price war cooled (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)
• Jio Platforms, which owns India's largest carrier and counts Meta and Google as investors, gets regulatory approval to float India's largest-ever IPO of ~$4B (Vallari Sanzgiri/The Hindu BusinessLine)
• CXMT sues the Pentagon over its Chinese military company designation, saying it isn't affiliated with the Chinese military and its chips aren't for military use (Reuters)
• OpenAI says it plans to stop providing its models to Cursor from November 12, as "we cannot be confident that SpaceX will use our technology within our ToS" (OpenAI)
• Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders state agencies to pause funding for Flock cameras; an investigation found an agency allocating $30M+ to build Texas' Flock network (Ayden Runnels/The Texas Tribune)
• Metriport, whose tools help doctors retrieve patient data, raised $26M in Series A and seed funding led by Matrix GP TJ Parker, taking its total raise to $28.4M (Ngai Yeung/Endpoints News)
• Z.ai releases GLM-5.3's weights under a new license requiring companies with $10B+ in revenue over 12 months to pass Z.ai's security review to host the model (Frederic Lardinois/The New Stack)
• Shares of French quantum computing company Pasqal closed up 95% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday following a merger with a SPAC (Emily Forgash/Bloomberg)
• An appeals court rules states can regulate prediction markets, finding Kalshi's sports event contracts are bets, not swaps, and subject to state gambling laws (Lauren McCarthy/New York Times)
• A deep dive into Grok Bot, including its architecture, use cases, and alternatives, as xAI adds shareable bot templates and online purchases through Stripe Link (Flavio Copes)
| • Motorola Coupon Code for September 2026
• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Took a Call From Donald Trump in the Middle of an All-Hands
• Milo Yiannopoulos Detained by ICE in Louisiana
• Microsoft Teams Has Become a Haven for Scammers in China
• Mice, a Caved-In Ceiling, and Cloudy Water: The GSA’s New Office Is Falling Apart
• AI Has Human Doctors Asking: What’s Left for Us?
• The 31 Best Deals From the REI Labor Day Sale
• Best Laptops (2026): My Top Recommendations After Testing Hundreds
• He Scraped All of Their Art for AI. Now He’s Collaborating on a Tool to Help Them
• Inside Meta’s Push to Put Robots to Work in Data Centers
• The Easiest Ways to Share Anything Between Android and iOS
• XGIMI Vibe One Battery-Powered Projector Review (2026)
• I Asked 100 Companies for My Data. I Got Deletion Notices Instead
• There Are So Many Conspiracy Theories About Dolly Parton and Vaccines
• How an Atlanta Suburb Ended Up Sharing Flock Data With More Than 2,000 Organizations
• Uber Eats Promo Codes: $15 Off │September 2026
• Hotels.com Coupon Codes for September 2026
• Gametime Promo Code: Save on Tickets in September 2026
• Reebok Discount Code: Save 15%+ in September 2026
• 30% VistaPrint Coupon & Promo Codes | September 2026
• Maytag Promo Codes: 15% Off Appliances
• Chatbooks Promo Code: Save up to 40% on Photo Books in September 2026
• A Judge Has Blocked the Pentagon’s Attempt to Blacklist Anthropic
• 6 Takeaways From the GTA VI Extended Look
• AI Agents Are Hacking Systems. Could That Push the US and China to Cooperate?
• Google Engineer Accused of Polymarket Insider Trading Says He Was Just Gambling
• Labor Day 2026 Deals Got Me a Complete Starter Tool Kit for Under $375
• A Georgia Cop Used Flock to Track 2 Other Cops: His Ex and Her Friend
• This Is How Anthropic Thinks AI Agents Should Navigate the Physical World
• Netflix Failed at Video Games. Now It’s Trying to Promote Them
• OpenAI Is Developing a ‘Persistent’ AI Agent
• Alienware AW3926QW Review: 39 Inches of Gaming Glory
• Best Posture Correctors for Better Body Alignment (2026)
• Submit Your Questions: The Great Data Center Backlash
• Stop Touching Your Keyboard. Use This AI-Powered Microphone Instead
• The Best Google Pixel Phones of 2026: Comparison, Features, and Accessories
• The UK Power Grid Has a Phantom Data Center Problem
• Birdfy Discount Codes: 15% Off Sitewide
• Motley Fool Promo Code: $200 Off on Stock Advisor September 2026
• Therabody Promo Codes: 15% Off September 2026
• Alo Discount Code: 20% Off September 2026
• Starz Promo Codes: $5 Off for September 2026
• Hostinger Promo Code: 79% Off for September 2026
• Design Within Reach Promo Codes: 30% Off | September 2026
• TopResume Packages: Everything You Need to Get Hired
• Litter-Robot Promo Codes: Up to $150 Off
• How to See the Partial Lunar Eclipse and Blood Moon on August 27
• How Rising Temperatures Likely Contributed to Nepal’s Deadly Flood
• Democrats Just Might Win the Senate
• The Meta Settlement Will Put Limits on Instagram for Teens. They’re Still Vulnerable
| • How to use your old Android phone as a Wi-Fi extender
• 20+ things you may have missed in the GTA 6 extended look
• What you need to build your own retro arcade cabinet
• Early leak of NVIDIA's DLSS 5 has an uncanny valley problem
• How long is a new Fire TV Stick actually supposed to last?
• What's the difference between Dolby Atmos and lossless audio?
• There's a new Twitter in town, even though a judge has yet to rule on a trademark injunction
• Panasonic Lumix L10 review: A stylish and capable compact camera
• Microsoft-backed AI data center has been accused of violating federal law
• How to make your Android alarm ring at full volume even when your calls are muted
• Price increases suddenly hit Apple TV and Apple One
• Pokémon Champions review: Peak monster battling
• The pros and cons of flash memory
• How to add an intro to Apple CarPlay using Shortcuts
• Grand Theft Auto VI could take you more than 80 hours to finish
• Stripe-led group is reportedly abandoning its PayPal acquisition
• X claims it found a Chinese bot farm posting anti-AI data center sentiments
• Judge rules that the Pentagon's Anthropic ban was 'illegal and baseless'
• Bluesky has a new setting to help you avoid accidentally going viral
• You won't be able to hot-wire every car in GTA 6
|