Ukraine’s military intelligence says about 8,500 North Korean personnel are now in Russia, including 400 drone operators and 1,000 engineers and deminers.
Kaito Pulse launched on August 18 to overlay verified Polymarket and Hyperliquid activity on X, but a same day code review alleged device fingerprinting and detailed X telemetry.
Sony’s current position is AI assisted development, not AI authored storytelling: human creators will continue writing narratives for The Last of Us and God of War, while studios may use AI for repetitive te...
Asian stocks opened lower on August 21: the Nikkei fell about 0.86%, the Kospi 0.99% and the ASX 200 0.18%.
Released globally on 21 August 2026, Mondo Duplantis’s “Gold” is the official anthem of the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship, held in Budapest from 11–13 September with a $10 million prize fund.
Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume says the automaker’s situation is “more than critical,” with up to 50,000 additional worldwide job reductions used as a measure of the savings required—not a finalized layoff quota.
The Met Office forecasts an exceptionally strong 2026–27 El Niño, with equatorial Pacific sea surface temperatures potentially exceeding 3°C above normal and the event peaking around the Northern Hemisphere...
As of August 21, 2026, Meghan Markle is reportedly discussing a possible role in The Gentlemen Season 3, but there is no confirmed casting, character, deal or official Season 3 renewal.
At least 15 people were killed and about 130 wounded, including 23 children, in the August 21 strike on Kryvyi Rih’s largest shopping centre.
Anthropic is expanding Claude Mythos 5 through Claude Security’s public beta for Enterprise customers and partner integrations, but users receive vulnerability findings and suggested patches—not unrestricted...
Xiaomi’s Q2 2026 revenue fell 6.1% year over year to RMB108.9 billion, while adjusted net profit plunged 42.6% to RMB6.22 billion; both missed analyst expectations as memory costs pressured smartphones.
Apple paid $17.1 billion in Irish corporate income tax during the fiscal year ended September 2025—about 40% of its $43.2 billion global total—but roughly $12.3 billion came from the one off recovery of the...