On August 6, 2026, President Trump signed a Section 232 proclamation imposing a 15% ad valorem tariff plus minimum import prices on polysilicon and derivative products (ingots, wafers, cells, and modules) to...
On August 11, 2026, Spotify announced a new policy requiring AI generated artist identities to carry an "AI Persona" badge starting in mid September.
A multinational study published in Nature Medicine found that the 2026 Congo Uganda Ebola outbreak was caused by a new animal to human spillover of the Bundibugyo virus (BDBV), not from a previously known hu...
A one time triple drug combination—standard antiretroviral therapy, broadly neutralizing antibodies, and the experimental monoclonal antibody leronlimab—given within 72 hours of birth permanently cleared SHI...
Dark matter makes up roughly 85% of all matter in the universe, yet no one has ever directly detected it.
iOS 27 introduces daily usage caps on server intensive Apple Intelligence features like Image Playground, with higher caps unlocked by paid iCloud+ tiers.
BBC Sport's 11 August 2026 tally shows 124 of 210 eligible FIFA member associations oppose Gianni Infantino, 73 support him, and 13 are undecided — a dramatic reversal from the widespread endorsement he clai...
Amazon's market capitalization surpassed $3 trillion for the first time on August 3, 2026, driven by a Q2 2026 earnings beat that featured AWS revenue growth of 37% — its fastest rate in 18 quarters — and a...
In the week of August 10–11, 2026, the James Webb Space Telescope revealed two major discoveries: water vapor and silicate dust forming just 0.55 light years from the Milky Way's central black hole, and a pr...
European natural gas prices surged roughly 50% over the past month to €61 62/MWh, driven primarily by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the U.S.
In August 2026, researchers demonstrated that encrypted 'thinking' blocks from frontier models by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google can be replayed into weaker sibling models to recover hidden reasoning in plain...
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan expects Bitcoin to finish 2026 'significantly higher,' arguing that institutional demand is rising toward 4–5% allocation and that the Coldcard hardware wallet exploit is driving a sh...