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08-04
Apple Limits Concurrent Vulnerability Reports from Researchers
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Apple has limited the number of vulnerability reports a single researcher can submit simultaneously, due to an influx of submissions generated by AI that report non-existent flaws. Apple states that researchers can request higher limits at any time, and the company i
US AI Hardware Sector Rises, Nvidia Up 2.29%
Odaily Planet Daily report: According to MSX.COM data, the U.S. AI hardware sector rallied collectively, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rising 3.63%, NVIDIA up 2.29%, TSMC up 1.73%, Broadcom up 2.57%, SK Hynix up 4.79%, Micron Technology up 3.87%, AMD up 3.78%, Intel up 3.97%, ASML up 3.0
Anthropic's $1 trillion in revenue could drive compute prices up tenfold.
When AI agents begin to approach or replace human knowledge labor, how should the price of computing power be revalued?In his latest blog post, prominent tech podcaster Dwarkesh Patel presents a bold projection: if AI labs’ revenues continue to grow rapidly—such as Anthropic reaching $1 trillion by
Wintermute Analysts Spot Signs of Crypto Bear Market Bottoming Out
At Wintermute, they believe the crypto market is showing signs that the bearish phase is coming to an end.In their view, leading crypto assets weathered last week’s harsh macroeconomic events relatively well.At the same time, the experts do not expect a rapid start to a new uptrend, but they allow f
Bitdeer subsidiary signs 16-year, $8 billion hosting agreement with Volta in Norway
Bitdeer’s subsidiary, Tydal Data Center AS, has signed a 16-year data center hosting and services agreement with Volta Tydal AS to provide 121 MW of IT load capacity at the Tydal AI/HPC campus in Norway for the deployment of NVIDIA GPUs. The total expected contract payments during the initial term a
U.S. Major Stock Indices Open Higher on August 4
Huoxing Finance reports that on August 4, according to BIT (bit.com) market data, U.S. markets opened higher: the Dow Jones rose 1.17%, the S&P 500 increased 0.4%, and the Nasdaq climbed 0.78%. Palantir (PLTR.N) surged 14.7% after significantly raising its full-year revenue forecast. SpaceX (SPCX.O)
BitGo Switches 7.3B WBTC Cross-Chain Provider to Chainlink CCIP
According to ME News, on August 4 (UTC+8), cryptocurrency infrastructure company BitGo will replace LayerZero with Chainlink CCIP as the exclusive cross-chain service provider for its $7.3 billion in WBTC.
Following the $292 million cross-chain bridge exploit involving Kelp, multiple projects hav
Next Technology Holding Inc. (NXTT) falls 26.34% to $0.28
ME News: On August 4 (UTC+8), according to CoinFound’s cryptocurrency-related stock data, Next Technology Holding Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTT) is currently trading at $0.28, down 26.34% from today’s opening price of $0.38. (Source: CoinFound)
Bending Spoons Acquires Airtable for $1.28B, 89% Below 2021 Valuation
Airtable, the no-code platform once valued at $11.7 billion during the peak-everything era of 2021, just sold for $1.285 billion in cash. The buyer is Bending Spoons, an Italian software company that went public barely a month ago and is already shopping like it got a Costco membership.The all-cash
BitGo Chooses Chainlink CCIP as Exclusive Interoperability Solution for WBTC
BitGo, the institutional custodian behind Wrapped Bitcoin, has chosen Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol as the sole bridge technology for WBTC and any future wrapped assets it issues. The decision effectively hands Chainlink a monopoly over how the most widely used wrapped Bitcoin to
AI stocks surge at the U.S. market open, Palantir rises 18.56%
Odaily Planet Daily report: According to MSX.COM data, at the opening of U.S. markets, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.48%, the S&P 500 increased 0.51%, the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.86%, and the VIX volatility index declined 1.83%. AI-related stocks surged broadly, with Palantir up 18.56%,
Citi Buys 238,538 MSTR Shares for $22M, Total Stake Now $90.5M
Citigroup just added another 238,538 shares of Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) to its portfolio, spending roughly $22 million on the purchase. The move brings Citi’s total position in the Bitcoin treasury company to 961,554 shares, now valued at approximately $90.5 million.The slow and steady accumulationTh
Nvidia, Cisco, and CrowdStrike Develop Independent AI Security Frameworks
Nvidia, Cisco, and CrowdStrike are each rolling out distinct frameworks designed to address the growing security risks embedded in modern AI systems, from autonomous agents to cloud-deployed models. None of them are working together on it.What each company is actually doingNvidia launched the Open S
Microchip and Micron Unveil PCIe Gen 6 Storage for AI Era
At the Future of Memory and Storage Conference on August 4, 2026, Microchip Technology and Micron Technology jointly demonstrated a full end-to-end PCIe Gen 6 storage architecture, combining Micron’s 9650 NVMe SSDs with Microchip’s Switchtec Gen 6 PCIe fanout switches. The result is a system where m
Webull Launches AI Trading Connectors for ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok
Webull just made it possible to ask an AI chatbot to place a trade for you. The online brokerage publicly launched its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server on June 11, giving users the ability to interact with its trading platform through natural language via AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, and G
