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Crypto, AI, and online betting firms are driving a record $517 million in corporate election spending
Crypto firms, artificial intelligence companies, and online gambling businesses are behind a $517 million of corporate election spending focused on the 2026 U.S. races. Public Citizen’s data claims that U.S. companies put that sum into House and Senate contests during the 15 months through the first quarter, surpassing the $461 million corporations spent across the...
Thu, Aug 20
Encrypted web page payload turns Grok into a chat history leak
Adversa AI says Grok still leaks user names, location, and full chat history to attackers hiding encrypted commands on a web page. xAI has not yet patched this.
Thu, Aug 20
Researchers tie the arrayref Rust crate hijack to North Korean hackers
Wiz says the supply chain attack that poisoned arrayref, a Rust package present in roughly three-quarters of environments running Rust, has drawn comparisons with recent North Korean operations. The harmful update hid a backdoor that steals login information inside a code designed to run automatically when users compile projects. So, anyone who compiled a project...
Thu, Aug 20
Chamath Palihapitiya warns data center revolt could dent US GDP
Investor Chamath Palihapitiya issued a warning in an X post on Thursday. He argued that the political finger-pointing surrounding the construction of AI data centers could lead to the loss of 200 to 300 basis points of annual US GDP if the fighting continues. Chamath pointed to backlash from states like Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania...
Thu, Aug 20
Meta's new Mac assistant reads business dashboards and feeds ad targeting
Meta launched a beta Mac app with system-wide dictation, screen reading, and Instagram, Facebook, and ad account hookups.
Thu, Aug 20
Australia passes new law to fine tech giants that don't pay for local news
Australia’s parliament has passed the “News Bargaining Incentive” on Thursday, a law focused on top tech platforms like Meta, Google, TikTok and Microsoft, handing them a choice between signing paid deals with Australian news publishers or giving up 2.5% of their local advertising revenue to the government. The levy is set to affect only firms...
Thu, Aug 20
Peter Schiff calls Bitcoin's climb above $72K a fakeout as bulls dig in
Peter Schiff, a longtime Bitcoin critic, said on Thursday that BTC’s rise to above $72,000 is a false breakout built on a one-off Treasury move. Bullish analysts, on the other hand, regard the same week’s data as the start of a fresh cycle for Bitcoin. Will Bitcoin continue rising? Bitcoin traded around $71,447 on Thursday,...
Thu, Aug 20
Alibaba reports 9% rise in quarterly revenue, shares fall 6%
Alibaba grew its revenue 9% last quarter but shares still fell 6% after profit dropped 76% due to a surge in AI spending, the company reported Thursday. Revenue for the quarter ending June 30 reached 268.95 billion yuan ($39.64 billion), up 9% from a year earlier. Net income fell to 10.54 billion yuan ($1.55 billion),...
Thu, Aug 20
Japan exports soar 23% as China shipments surge and AI demand fuels growth
Japan’s exports climbed 23.2% in July compared with the same month last year, with stronger semiconductor equipment sales and much heavier trade with China doing most of the lifting. That was the quickest annual export gain since October 2022. It also meant export growth sped up for a fifth straight month. Economists had been looking...
Thu, Aug 20
Canadian rocket startups race to close the country's G7 launch gap
Canada has seen a growing contingent of homegrown startups step up after the government in Ottawa smartened up to its untenable position as one of the only G7 nations that cannot send a satellite into orbit without extensive help from beyond its shores. With deteriorating United States relations escalating the urgency of the situation, the...
Thu, Aug 20
Privacy blockchain Beldex raises $8M to build encryption tools for AI agents
Beldex, a privacy-focused blockchain infrastructure company, has raised $8 million in a new funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $36 million. The company is working on encryption tools aimed at artificial intelligence agents alongside its existing suite of privacy products. The round was led by Sigma Capital, with participation from NTC, Nxgen, Digital...
Thu, Aug 20
Robots set for ChatGPT moment in 10 years, says Unitree CEO
Humanoid robots could hit a “ChatGPT moment” within two to three years under ideal conditions, and five to ten if progress stalls, Unitree founder Wang Xingxing stated at the World Robot Conference in Beijing on Thursday. His statements come just one day after his company’s Shanghai listing saw the stock surge more than 460% before...
Thu, Aug 20
ACDC flags 556 Polymarket wallets as likely insider traders
A new report from the Anti-Corruption Data Collective (ACDC) has identified 556 Polymarket accounts, which it calls “Orcas.” These accounts reportedly place small, targeted bets on events with low odds and win more than 75% of the time. What did ACDC find out about Polymarket? The Anti-Corruption Data Collective (ACDC) has released a report called...
Thu, Aug 20
Samsung rushes early equipment sign-off for its second Texas chip fab
Samsung Electronics has asked its equipment suppliers to secure safety certification for tools headed to a second chip plant in Taylor, Texas. Samsung is attempting to fast-track the build schedule despite the factory’s specifications not being set yet. The company is willing to run to hit a 2030 production date while AI chip demand continues...
Thu, Aug 20
Hangzhou puts 15 humanoid robots on traffic duty around West Lake
As the 2026 World Robot Conference kicked off in China on August 19 with roughly 3,000 products on display, the humanoid robots that have patrolled the Hangzhou West Lake area have stolen the headlines as a signal that the country is ready to move robots from exhibition halls to the streets. The fifteen-humanoid unit that...
Thu, Aug 20
After taking AI money, Republicans get cold feet on data centers
Data centers have hit peak levels of unpopularity, and Republicans have started to feel the metaphoric heat akin to the literal heat complaints that local residents have raised since the AI boom took off. According to a National Republican Senatorial Committee memo that Axios reports to have seen, the committee warned AI companies that the...
Thu, Aug 20
Bitget rolls out multi-strategy trading expansion on single accounts with CFD Sub-Accounts launch
Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has launched Sub-Accounts for CFD trading, allowing professional traders, proprietary trading teams, and high-net-worth users to run multiple trading strategies across independent MT5 accounts under a single main account. The new feature separates positions and execution between accounts while providing centralized oversight of CFD trading activity. The launch...
Thu, Aug 20
Is Samsung’s $72B payout a vote of confidence in AI?
Samsung Electronics is reportedly planning to give back more than 100 trillion won, which is about $71.75 billion, to investors through its new payout program, which shows the electronics giant believes that the demand for AI products will remain high. In order for the plan to be approved, it will be presented at a board...
Thu, Aug 20
Fractile’s $6.5B talks show how one Anthropic deal reprices AI chips
An agreement with Anthropic has led British chip company Fractile to discussions of a $6.5 billion valuation, indicating investors’ eagerness to re-evaluate companies capable of competing with Nvidia. The larger message is equally significant: frontier AI companies are now influencers in the chip space, as customer commitments may lift company valuations even before chips are...
Thu, Aug 20
CZ hails Trump’s Hyperliquid US push as hugely positive for crypto
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has defended President Trump’s push to bring HyperliquidX into the United States legally. On X, he argued that the White House’s stance on pushing for HyperliquidX would not only benefit the platform but could also have positive implications for the broader crypto industry. Popular content creator Jake Gagain cited his remarks...
Thu, Aug 20
