VGW hit A$7.3 billion and half of casino ads, but user surveys and state laws now treat dual-currency platforms as unlicensed gambling, forcing exits.
Apple trained a proprietary China LLM with Alibaba help for Apple Intelligence, creating a dual-track system that other tech firms will now have to copy under.
Trump says no US-Iran talks and claims Hormuz open while Iran says closed; oil stays high yet Bitcoin grinds higher on Strategy pause and crypto meeting.
Ripple Prime closed an upsized $275 million senior unsecured notes deal at BBB from KBRA, funding multi-asset prime growth as the CLARITY Act waits.
The SEC’s August 18 Reg Crypto proposal delivers $5 million and $75 million offering exemptions plus a conditional safe harbor that tracks Hester Peirce’s.
Peacock lifts Select to $8.99, Premium to $12.99 and Premium Plus to $19.99 just weeks after posting its first quarterly profit and 48 million subscribers.
Metaplanet commits 2100 BTC and cash for 95.7% of Nasdaq-listed Super League, renaming it Superplanet to run twin Bitcoin treasury engines that lift BTC per.
Trump-backed World Liberty partners with WorldClaw so users pay USD1 for dozens of Chinese AI models under US scrutiny, feeding family reserve income.
Ibrahim Al Jarwan notes Venus at greatest eastern elongation near the crescent over Sharjah, a naked-eye pair that feeds UAE public astronomy interest.
Best Buy’s 60th Anniversary Sale runs through Aug 23 with solid Apple, TV and laptop cuts, plus overlooked member rewards and Aug 22 in-store exclusives.
LIV Golf scraps its Michigan Team Championship so Indianapolis closes the season, freeing resources for a player-owned 2.0 model after PIF funding ended.
Spotify’s Playlist Notes let users and editors add context to songs, podcasts and audiobooks, rolling out with Editor Profiles after the July User Notes launch.
Luke Wilson describes a studio note calling a joke imperialistic and how careful executives helped empty theaters of Old School-style comedies while the form.
Jeonbuk Bank deploys Ripple Payments as Korea’s first regional user, completing a three-deal stack, while XRP falls under $1 on unconfirmed settlement assets.
Astute closes an oversubscribed $1.2M pre-seed and launches dual AI agents that automate B2B partnerships with newsletters.
Fixed Focus Digital says iPhone Ultra stock will be extremely limited while the A20 Pro delivers 18% speed and 30% efficiency on TSMC 2nm as the...
Apple’s macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate embeds active image streams, homeOS strings and a Visual Intelligence demo that pull the entire fall product slate.
Purple membrane on BiOCl nanosheets yields over five times more hydrogen peroxide under ambient light while upgrading ethylene glycol.
Ohio State and Oregon open 1-2 in the AP preseason poll for the first Big Ten sweep in 65 years, with defending champion Indiana at No.
Lovable’s $400M and Cambridge Aerospace’s $300M rounds dominated last week’s €763 million European tech funding.