Poland is preparing for a potential full scale war with Russia, although Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk stressed that this is not a prediction that war is imminent.
German companies invested €4.3 billion in the U.S. in the first half of 2026—nearly two thirds less than a year earlier and the lowest first half total since 2023.
The strongest report is that Apple’s A20 Pro will move to TSMC’s 2nm process, with a leaker claiming 18% higher performance and 30% lower power use versus the A19 Pro—but neither figure has been independentl...
HappyShrimp 1.0, branded in Chinese as “快乐虾米” (“Happy Xiami”), launched in beta on August 17, 2026, on PC web platforms in China and overseas.
BUZZ HPC signed a five year GPU cloud agreement worth approximately $350 million with an unnamed investment grade enterprise customer.
LME copper has approached the January record of $14,527.50 a tonne as inventories fell to 204,975 tonnes and the cash to three month premium reached roughly $545 a tonne on August 17.
Erdoğan says Donald Trump promised that Turkey could return to the F 35 program, but no final agreement exists: U.S.
The yen has given back roughly half of its rally from around ¥163–164 to near ¥155–157, returning toward ¥159 per dollar.
Russia’s August 15–16, 2026 attack on ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih killed two people and injured at least 13 employees and contractors; some local reports counted 14 injured.
Bitcoin’s short term holders are about 6% underwater after 98 consecutive days below breakeven, with an STH MVRV near 0.94 and an estimated cost basis of $67,300 versus roughly $63,200 spot.
Anthropic’s preliminary Q2 revenue exceeded $11.5 billion—more than 14 times its year earlier figure—and the company reported positive adjusted operating income.
On August 17, Russian officials reported six civilians killed and four wounded in a Ukrainian missile strike on Koloskovo, while Ukraine said a Russian attack damaged a Togo flagged civilian vessel near Odes...