Samsung’s record second-quarter earnings were powered almost entirely by its semiconductor business, masking losses in the division that includes smartphones, televisions and home appliances. With the mobile business under pressure from higher component costs, Samsung is relying on the newly launched Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8 and Flip8 to lift premium sales and improve the…
Key Takeaways Saylor identified the reported $5 billion authorization as old news. The June framework permits bitcoin sales but requires none. Earlier sales funded preferred dividends and rebuilt cash reserves. Saylor Pushes Back on Viral Bitcoin Sale Claim Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor pushed back Aug. 1 on reports that Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) had…
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A testnet is a separate blockchain network that mirrors a production chain’s rules and functionality but uses tokens with no monetary value. It is where developers break things, test upgrades, and discover bugs before those bugs can cost anyone real money. Summary A testnet is a blockchain network that runs the same software as a…
Because retired batteries retain economic value, they seldom go directly to landfills. In principle, batteries that remain in good condition can be repurposed for less demanding uses, while others can be recycled into raw materials for new batteries. Repurposing, however, requires recyclers to test and grade batteries, modules, and sometimes individual cells. It is a…
Key Takeaways Strategy held STRC’s dividend rate at 12% for August 2026, its highest rate since the July 2025 launch. STRC closed at $89.46 on July 31, about 10-11% below its $100 par value. Experts have warned the ratchet mechanism creates “a structure with a finite number of cycles.” A Rate That Keeps Climbing but…
XRP has dropped below $1.05 for the second time in the past several days. Perhaps due to the quickly re-escalating tension in the Middle East, the cryptocurrency market has posted fresh losses over the past few hours, with BTC dropping to $62,000 after failing to reclaim the $63,000 support during the day. XRP was…
Hank Green, a novelist, comedian, and YouTuber with 3.2 million subscribers, recently apologized to his audience for his growing reliance on AI chatbots. The controversy started when, in the middle of a video posted on the educational channel Complexly, Green incongruously used the phrase “I appreciate the pushback,” leading viewers to speculate that he’d written…
A mainnet is the production version of a blockchain network where transactions carry real economic value and are permanently recorded. When a cryptocurrency project launches its mainnet, it moves from concept to reality, and every line of code becomes a financial commitment. Summary A mainnet is a fully operational blockchain network where tokens have real…
Meta AI can now connect to calendars and email, build plans, and complete multistep tasks — an early move toward the personal agents CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed during the company’s July 29 earnings call. Meta’s network of social and messaging services could make those agents more useful by supplying personal context. In Europe, the same…
