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USDA’s August WASDE: Near-Record U.S. Corn Crop but Tighter Corn and Wheat Supplies

USDA's August WASDE projects a near-record U.S. corn harvest for 2026-27 but tightens corn and wheat supplies and lifts farm-price forecasts. ...Read more

#agriculture, #corn, #wheat, #wasde, #commodities

Google DeepMind Brings Sign-Language-to-Text to Gboard and Live Transcribe, Says It’s for Low-Stakes Use

Google DeepMind is adding SL2T sign-language-to-text to Gboard and Live Transcribe, aimed at everyday accessibility but not for medical or legal use. ...Read more

$GOOGL, $GOOG, #accessibility, #signlanguage, #google, #deepmind

Google unveils Pixel 11 Pro Fold: slimmer design, sign-to-text and HiLight alerts

Google's Pixel 11 Pro Fold is slimmer, lighter and more durable, adds HiLight LED alerts and ASL sign-to-text, runs Tensor G6; preorders open, ships Aug. 20. ...Read more

$GOOGL, #google, #pixel, #foldable

Home Depot CEO Ted Decker to Take Temporary Medical Leave; Leadership Split Announced

Home Depot said CEO Ted Decker is taking a temporary medical leave; Ann-Marie Campbell and CFO Richard McPhail will share interim leadership while Decker recovers. ...Read more

$HD, #homedepot, #ceo, #governance, #retail, #management

U.S. Consumer Inflation Rises 0.1% in July; Shelter Costs Account for Most of Gain

Headline CPI rose 0.1% in July (3.4% y/y); core CPI up 0.2%. Shelter costs accounted for roughly two‑thirds of the monthly increase as energy fell. ...Read more

#inflation, #cpi, #federalreserve, #consumerprices

Special counsel indicts former South Korean president Yoon over messages to U.S., allies after Dec. 3, 2024 martial-law declaration

Special counsel indicts former president Yoon Suk Yeol, alleging he ordered officials to send messages to the US and allies defending his Dec. 3, 2024 martial‑law move. ...Read more

#southkorea, #yoon, #indictment, #martiallaw

Harmony Says Exploit Minted About 4 Billion ONE Tokens, Token Drops 26%

Harmony confirmed an apparent exploit that minted roughly 4 billion ONE tokens, prompting a ~26% price drop and consideration of a chain rollback. ...Read more

#cryptocurrency, #blockchain, #harmony, #one, #security

Nvidia Teams with Six Wall Street Firms to Mobilize Over $500 Billion for AI Infrastructure

Nvidia is partnering with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman and KKR to create financing platforms aiming to mobilize more than $500 billion for AI infrastructure. ...Read more

$NVDA, #nvidia, #ai, #finance, #wallstreet

CFTC uses emergency powers to keep Kalshi exchange operating amid New York suit

The CFTC invoked emergency authority to keep Kalshi operating under federal derivatives rules while New York pursues a lawsuit alleging the exchange is illegal gambling. ...Read more

#cftc, #kalshi, #derivatives, #regulation

CFTC Sues Goliath Ventures and CEO Christopher Delgado in $397 Million Crypto Ponzi Case

CFTC sued Goliath Ventures and CEO Christopher Delgado, alleging a $397M bitcoin/ether Ponzi that victimized about 1,600 customers. ...Read more

#cftc, #crypto, #ponzi, #sec, #fraud

Adley Rutschman to Debut for Red Sox in Toronto, Slotting into No. 3 Spot After Trade

Newly acquired Adley Rutschman was activated and will catch and bat third for the Red Sox in Toronto, joining an injury-hit lineup seeking offense. ...Read more

#redsox, #adleyrutschman, #mlb, #trade

Google Says Gemini App Surpasses 1 Billion Monthly Users

Google announced Aug. 11 that its Gemini app has exceeded 1 billion monthly users, marking rapid growth and deep integration across Google products. ...Read more

$GOOGL, $GOOG, #google, #gemini, #ai

California, Nine States Sue to Block OCC Rule Letting National Banks Avoid Interest on Mortgage Escrows

Ten states sued the OCC seeking to overturn rules that would let national banks avoid paying interest on mortgage escrow accounts. ...Read more

#banks, #escrow, #occ, #consumerprotection, #regulation

U.N. Investigators Find Myanmar Military Carried Out Deliberate Aerial Attacks on Civilians in 2025–26

U.N. investigators say Myanmar’s military systematically targeted civilians from the air in 2025–26; probe says it has begun identifying units and commanders. ...Read more

#myanmar, #humanrights, #un, #warcrimes

Study finds structured-output decoding can enable 'control-plane' jailbreaks in LLMs

Researchers find constrained-output grammars can be exploited to jailbreak LLMs; DictAttack hit up to ~99% success on flagship models, paper says. ...Read more

#ai, #security, #llm, #jailbreak