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According to current and former Meta workers, the company is currently testing robots from multiple vendors, including Kinova, ABB, and Watney Robotics, to automate various tasks within its data centers. The robots are being evaluated for power cycling servers, swapping networking cables, and restarting devices remotely. One worker estimates that if successful, the technology could replace up to 80 percent of some workers' physical workloads. Meta is conducting experiments with a Kinova Gen3 rob

According to Newsis, Fed Chair Kevin Powell's hawkish remarks at the Jackson Hole conference on August 28 sparked a sell-off in U.S. semiconductor stocks. Powell signaled potential rate hikes in September if inflation fails to reach the Federal Reserve's 2% target. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index plummeted 3.47%, with Nvidia falling 4.57% and Marvell Technology declining 10.28%. CME data showed the probability of a 0.25% rate increase at the September FOMC meeting surged to 57.5% from 35.4%

South Korea's seasonally-adjusted industrial production grew 0.2% month-on-month in July, falling short of the 0.3% forecast and significantly below the prior month's 6.4% expansion.

South Korea's industrial production expanded 3.6% year-over-year in July, falling short of the forecasted 4.4% and marking a slowdown from June's 5.8%, signaling a recent deceleration in manufacturing activity.

According to HyperliquidNews, Outcomexyz became the first permissionless HIP-4 to surpass $1 million in trading volume, with $894,000 generated in the past 24 hours.

According to Jin10, the platform will release its Gold ETF holdings report on Monday, August 31, 2026.

According to CNBC reporting Evercore ISI analysis, on August 28, the investment firm raised Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) price target from $315 to $355, a 12.7% increase, citing Agent AI as a powerful catalyst for e-commerce revenue growth. The firm maintained its "Outperform" rating and said the new target implies approximately 40% upside from the previous close. Analyst Mark Mahaney cited Evercore's annual e-commerce survey showing that autonomous shopping agents are delivering material sales lift

According to Bitcoin.com News, Solana (SOL) climbed 46% in August, reaching $110.38 on Aug. 27, its highest level since late January. The token traded near $106 on Aug. 30, with its market valuation near $61 billion, snapping ten consecutive monthly declines. U.S. spot SOL exchange-traded funds have collected $1.34 billion in cumulative net inflows since launching in October 2025, while Charles Schwab announced plans to add SOL access across its platform serving roughly 39 million brokerage acco

According to HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs), the UK's tax authority disclosed its first official statistics on taxable crypto asset gains for the 2024-25 tax year on August 30. A total of 240 people each reported more than 1 million pounds in capital gains, collectively accounting for 717 million pounds, representing over half of the 1.38 billion pounds reported by 16,000 filers. The data showed that among all crypto reporters, approximately 87% were male and 13% were female, with an a

According to CME's Fedwatch Tool, odds for a 25-basis-point federal funds rate hike on September 16 surged to 57% as of August 30, up sharply from just 39.9% on August 21, following Federal Reserve official Christopher Warsh's Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium keynote on August 28. Warsh highlighted persistent inflation as a key concern, noting the Fed's preferred 12-month PCE inflation gauge running at 3.7% and six-month reading at 4.1%, both well above the central bank's 2% target. While

According to LS Securities, on August 31, Samsung Electronics' target price was raised 12.5% to 450,000 won, driven by expectations of improved profitability from higher high-bandwidth memory (HBM) contribution. LS Securities analyst Jung Woo-sung noted that HBM4's shipment mix within Samsung's total HBM shipments surged from approximately 5% in Q1 2026 to about 35% in Q2, while yield rates improved more than 5 percentage points quarter-over-quarter, indicating stronger production maturity compa

According to Bizwatch on August 26, Korean Advanced Materials, a KOSDAQ-listed company, completed a small-scale public offering valued at KRW 2.999 billion this week after exploiting a regulatory threshold change. The company set the offering size just below KRW 3 billion to qualify for expedited small-offering procedures that bypass standard Financial Services Commission review. After the company's share price fell from KRW 2,310 to KRW 1,901 during the offering process (August 24-26), it incre

According to Yonhap InfoMax, Nvidia expanded investments and financial support to AI companies and data center operators to $54 billion this year (excluding OpenAI), as of late July. The investments have sparked debate on Wall Street about whether rapid revenue growth in AI firms reflects actual end-user demand. Investor Michael Burry, known for his role in "The Big Short," criticized the circular finance structure, warning that companies' revenue growth rates may be overstated relative to true

According to the Korea Venture Capital Association, the organization welcomed Lee So-young's nomination as the new Minister of SMEs and Startups on August 31. The association praised Lee as a policy expert who led deregulation initiatives in emerging industries and venture promotion legislation. The VC industry expressed hope that Lee will inject new vitality into the venture investment market and push for practical regulatory improvements and capital market advancement policies including IPO an

According to the U.S. National Park Service, flash floods struck Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona on August 29, leaving more than 20 people listed as missing or unaccounted for. As of the morning of August 30, 62 people have been evacuated from affected areas, with additional evacuations planned. Park officials are coordinating with local Arizona agencies to continue evacuation and emergency response efforts.

According to the U.S. National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona was struck by flash floods on August 29, with over 20 people listed as potentially unaccounted for. As of the morning of August 30, 62 people had been evacuated from the affected area, with more evacuations planned. The National Park Service is coordinating with local Arizona authorities to continue rescue and evacuation operations.

According to btcparser.com, 188 dormant Bitcoin transfers totaling 6,427.59 BTC worth $507 million moved during August 1-30, 2026. Wallets created in 2014 dominated the activity, with 94 transfers moving approximately 3,286.26 BTC. The movements coincided with reports of Coldcard firmware exploits that resulted in roughly 2,000 BTC in losses and data breaches at hardware wallet manufacturers Safepal and Trezor.

Over the weekend, Fed Chair Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole speech triggered sharp declines across global markets, with the 2-year Treasury yield surging 12.8 basis points to 4.36% as investors interpreted his 25 mentions of inflation in 28 minutes as signaling an imminent rate increase. Chicago Mercantile Exchange data showed markets pricing in a 57% probability of a September hike. The dollar index reached its highest level in two months near 99, while gold fell to $4,500 per troy ounce and Bitco

According to The War Zone, the Gripen F two-seater combat aircraft developed by Swedish defense contractor Saab and supplied to the Brazilian Air Force completed its maiden test flight on August 28 at Saab's flight facility in Linköping, Sweden. The test flight lasted approximately 40 minutes and was successful. On August 21, the Swedish Air Force also conducted a successful separation test of the long-range Taurus cruise missile from a Gripen C fighter jet, demonstrating the continued expansion