Browsing: August

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Decart, which offers real-time generative video and GPU optimization technology, raised $300 million at a valuation of approximately $4 billion, up from $3.1 billion after raising $153 million in August 2025 (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 18, 2026

Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal: Decart, which offers real-time generative video and GPU optimization technology, raised $300 million at…

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Nintendo’s stock price has fallen about 45% since August 2025 as rising memory chip costs spark investor concerns about Switch 2 profit margins (David Keohane/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 3, 2026

David Keohane / Financial Times: Nintendo’s stock price has fallen about 45% since August 2025, as rising memory chip costs…

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Have I been pwned: ShinyHunters’ ADT breach exposed personal data of 5.5 million people; ADT has already disclosed data breaches in August 2024 and October 2024 (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 27, 2026

Sergiu Gatlan / BeepComputer: Have I been pwned: ShinyHunters’ ADT breach exposed personal data of 5.5 million people; ADT has…

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Apple’s revenue from GenAI applications increased from about $35 million in January 2025 to a high of $101 million in August 2025, with 75% coming from ChatGPT and only about 5% from Grok (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 19, 2026

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: Are startup HR teams doing well? A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly by Angela Du,…

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Translucent, a healthcare financing startup that helps hospitals improve their cash flow management, raised a $27 million Series A led by GV, following a $7 million seed in August 2024 (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 11, 2026

Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: Translucent, a healthcare financing startup that helps hospitals improve their cash flow management, raised a $27…

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OpenAI hires Arvind KC as Chief Human Resources Officer, replacing Julia Villagra who left in August 2025; KC has held leadership roles at Roblox, Google, Palantir and Meta (Agnee Ghosh/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 25, 2026

Agnee Ghosh / Bloomberg: OpenAI hires Arvind KC as Chief Human Resources Officer, replacing Julia Villagra who left in August…

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Peter Thiel and Founders Fund have exited ETHZilla entirely, down from their 7.5% stake in August 2025; ether is down 60% from its August 2025 peak (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 18, 2026

Featured Podcasts Invest like the best: Josh Kushner – Focus and Conviction The leading destination for learning about business and…

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xAI co-founder Tony Wu said he had “stepped down”, following the departure of co-founder Igor Babuschkin in August 2025; Wu was in charge of reasoning and reported to Elon Musk (Juro Osawa/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 10, 2026

Featured Podcasts Invest like the best: Alex Behring and Daniel Schwartz – Inside 3G Capital The leading destination for learning…

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GitHub claims that TypeScript overtook Python and JavaScript in August 2025 to become the most used language among its more than 180 million developers; India added 5.2 million developers in 2025 (The GitHub Blog)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 30, 2025

The GitHub blog: GitHub claims that TypeScript overtook Python and JavaScript in August 2025 to become the most used language…

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More than $10 billion moved via stablecoins in August, up from $6 billion in February and more than double year-over-year, following President Trump’s signing of the Genius Act (Judy Lagrou/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 26, 2025

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “You and Frank Sinatra”, with Dan Moren The director’s commentary track for…

China’s maritime outposts could distract Taiwan’s allies in the event of an invasion from Beijing – Radio Free Asia

The Dalai Lama undergoes left knee surgery in New Delhi – Radio Free Asia

Satellite photos reveal Vietnamese construction boom in controversial Spratly channel – Radio Free Asia

Can ASEAN’s green goals survive the data center boom? – The diplomat

Hong Kong’s Victoria Park remains silent on anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown – Radio Free Asia

Pandemic car shortages still drive up new and used car prices

GM eyes new type of battery to expand data center and energy storage business

LIV Golf CEO says to take PIF ‘at its word’ as funding cliff approaches

Rivian is betting that R2 EV can make it a household name like Tesla

The bank will deploy more powerful agents this year

Republicans go off the rails and say they don’t need proof to say the election is rigged

Top House Democrat demands answers about Trump’s health after he falls asleep during NBA Finals

BBC Scares Trump of His Own Defamation Lawsuit

Mike Johnson ceded his power as Speaker of the House to Trump

Hakeem Jeffries goes on Fox News and calls them out for ignoring GOP bigots

Aryon Security, whose platform allows companies to define a security strategy, which it translates into actionable policies that cannot be ignored, raised a $29 million Series A (Chris Metinko/Axios)

A look at Unitree’s growth strategy, which mimics those used by BYD and DJI, and leverages its dominance of quadruped robots to create and lead the humanoid market (SemiAnalysis)

AI will increase productivity in the short term, but only two expect job creation (Wall Street Journal)

Trump administration officials have asked CAISI to stop publishing its assessment models pending implementation of an EO signed by President Trump last week (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

Seattle City Council votes 9-0 to enact a one-year moratorium on new large data centers and study their impact; Mayor Katie Wilson is expected to sign the bill (Greg Kim/The Seattle Times)

Browsing: August

Decart, which offers real-time generative video and GPU optimization technology, raised $300 million at a valuation of approximately $4 billion, up from $3.1 billion after raising $153 million in August 2025 (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal)

Nintendo’s stock price has fallen about 45% since August 2025 as rising memory chip costs spark investor concerns about Switch 2 profit margins (David Keohane/Financial Times)

Have I been pwned: ShinyHunters’ ADT breach exposed personal data of 5.5 million people; ADT has already disclosed data breaches in August 2024 and October 2024 (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Apple’s revenue from GenAI applications increased from about $35 million in January 2025 to a high of $101 million in August 2025, with 75% coming from ChatGPT and only about 5% from Grok (Wall Street Journal)

Translucent, a healthcare financing startup that helps hospitals improve their cash flow management, raised a $27 million Series A led by GV, following a $7 million seed in August 2024 (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)

OpenAI hires Arvind KC as Chief Human Resources Officer, replacing Julia Villagra who left in August 2025; KC has held leadership roles at Roblox, Google, Palantir and Meta (Agnee Ghosh/Bloomberg)

Peter Thiel and Founders Fund have exited ETHZilla entirely, down from their 7.5% stake in August 2025; ether is down 60% from its August 2025 peak (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)

xAI co-founder Tony Wu said he had “stepped down”, following the departure of co-founder Igor Babuschkin in August 2025; Wu was in charge of reasoning and reported to Elon Musk (Juro Osawa/The Information)

GitHub claims that TypeScript overtook Python and JavaScript in August 2025 to become the most used language among its more than 180 million developers; India added 5.2 million developers in 2025 (The GitHub Blog)

More than $10 billion moved via stablecoins in August, up from $6 billion in February and more than double year-over-year, following President Trump’s signing of the Genius Act (Judy Lagrou/Bloomberg)