On Monday, August 10, 2026, oil surged 5% as Iran demanded sweeping US concessions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but Bitcoin held nearly flat at $65,200.
Russia, via Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin (Aug 10, 2026), categorically rejects any 'freeze' of the war without addressing 'root causes,' meaning Ukraine must cede all four claimed regions, abandon...
Ukraine secured a monthly Patriot interceptor delivery agreement with the US, announced by President Zelensky on August 8, 2026, but he stressed the volumes are "not enough to fully protect against Russian a...
On August 6, 2026, AMD announced a definitive agreement to acquire Taalas, a Toronto based AI inference chip startup.
Shein slashed its Vietnam warehouse from 15 to 6 hectares and cut thousands of jobs after the U.S.
Myspace owners Chris and Tim Vanderhook confirmed in a 2026 documentary that they plan to relaunch the platform, with no target date set and co founder Tom Anderson not involved.
On the night of August 8–9, 2026, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces executed a single coordinated operation destroying five Russian air defense systems — an S 400 near Gelendzhik, a Tor near Pudovyi, a Pants...
Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 series hit 1.44 million pre orders in South Korea during a single week, breaking the Galaxy Note 10's 7 year old record — driven by a radically wider 'passport' design that finally...
Sony (60%) and TSMC (40%) plan a ¥1 trillion ($6.3B) joint venture in Kumamoto, Japan, to mass produce next generation image sensors for smartphones, autonomous vehicles, and robotics, with production target...
On August 10, 2026, Tether minted $1 billion USDT on Tron (routine inventory replenishment) and Ripple minted $10 million RLUSD on the XRP Ledger (regulated stablecoin expansion), while XRP whales accumulate...
On August 10, 2026, the European Commission imposed definitive five year anti dumping duties of 6.1%–13.3% on South Korean purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and 24.1% on Mexican PTA, following a complaint fro...
Bitcoin’s daily active addresses fell to 545,233 on August 9, 2026, the lowest since 2018 and over 30% below the August 2025 peak of 938,600.