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On August 13, 2026, Amazon and AutoStore announced a global strategic supply agreement that establishes commercial terms for AutoStore to provide its robotic warehouse automation systems to Amazon worldwide...
The U.S. dollar drifted lower on Thursday, August 13, after a benign July inflation report curbed expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike in September, though the greenback remained on track for a modes...
The Strait of Hormuz closure, following the U.S. Israel air war against Iran that began in late February 2026, removed roughly 2 million tonnes of aluminium supply from global markets, sending LME prices to...
Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum L2 built on Arbitrum, reached an estimated $1.3 billion in total value locked within six weeks of its July 1, 2026 mainnet launch, making it the fastest growing blockchain by tha...
The two genetic edits are knockout (loss of function) of P2RY8 and GNAS , discovered through the first ever genome wide CRISPR screen performed in human T cells inside living mice bearing solid tumors.
China exported over 1 million vehicles in July 2026 for the second consecutive month, with new energy vehicle (NEV) exports surging 147% year on year to 553,000 units—now over half of all exports.
Microsoft's August 2026 Patch Tuesday addressed roughly 400 vulnerabilities, including one actively exploited zero day (CVE 2026 68820 in WinSock) and two publicly disclosed zero days [1][2][5].
The WFP projects the 2026 2027 super El Niño could push an additional 49 million people into acute food insecurity by end of 2027, bringing the global total to 274 million across 45 vulnerable countries.
Panama Canal auction fees hit a record average of $1.1 million per transit slot in August 2026 — more than 16 times the average from the same period in 2025 — due to the Strait of Hormuz closure diverting U.S.
Stablecoins now dominate both on ramp and off ramp crypto transactions: they accounted for 60% of purchase value (up from 43% in H2 2025), 47% of first time crypto buys (up from 33%), and 57% of off ramp tra...
Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov told the BBC in August 2026 that Vladimir Putin cannot claim victory in Ukraine: 'You can destroy it, but you cannot conquer it,' he said, warning that continued escal...