• August 14, 2026
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X Opens Up Its Ranking Algorithm, Letting Users Check for Shadow Bans

The black box has a window now. X announced Aug. 13 that it is open-sourcing the ranking code behind its “For You” recommendation feed and launching a transparency tool that…

  • August 14, 2026
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Google Ships Gemini 3.7 Flash Three Weeks After Its Predecessor

The release cadence has become the product. Google announced Gemini 3.7 Flash on Aug. 13, just three weeks after the previous version, Gemini 3.6 Flash, and the company is not…

  • August 14, 2026
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OpenAI’s New ‘Ultrafast’ Mode Runs GPT-5.6 at 14 Times Normal Speed

The complaint from enterprise customers has been consistent for two years: the models are powerful, but they are slow. OpenAI addressed that complaint head-on on Aug. 13, introducing an Ultrafast…

  • August 14, 2026
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Tesla’s Roadster, a Decade Late, May Finally Debut This Month With Rocket Thrusters

The prototype was unveiled in 2017, a sleek two-seater that Tesla promised would be the fastest production car ever made. Nearly ten years later, the car still has not shipped.…

  • August 13, 2026
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Exchanges Race to Build a Futures Market for Computing Power

Two of America’s derivatives exchanges are building futures markets for computing power, and a third has said it will offer a regulated contract of its own. Kalshi and CBOE are…

  • August 13, 2026
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Norway’s Sovereign Fund Posts $185 Billion Gain, CEO Warns of Harder Times

The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, earned $185 billion in the first half of 2026, a gain driven heavily by its holdings in semiconductor companies, CNBC…

  • August 13, 2026
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Enterprise AI Firm Thrive Holdings Raises $2 Billion

Thrive Holdings, a company that brings artificial intelligence into the core operations of large businesses, said it completed a $2 billion funding round on Aug. 12. The company sits squarely…

  • August 13, 2026
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Oracle Plans Another Round of Layoffs as AI Spending Bites

Oracle is preparing another round of layoffs before the start of its next fiscal quarter, The Next Web reported on Aug. 13, citing people familiar with the company’s plans. The…

  • August 13, 2026
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Lovable Raises $400 Million as Tencent Backs European AI

Lovable, the Swedish startup that lets people build software by describing it in plain language, has closed a $400 million Series C round at a $13.3 billion valuation, TechCrunch confirmed…

  • August 13, 2026
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SK Hynix to Break Ground on Indiana Plant as Labor Talks Stall at Home

SK Hynix will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on Aug. 27 for its chip packaging plant in West Lafayette, Indiana, the Korean memory maker said, moving forward with a roughly $3.9…