2026-08-07

Greg Abel is keeping 63% of Berkshire Hathaway's $355 billion portfolio in just 5 stocks

Apple, American Express, Coca-Cola, Bank of America, and Alphabet together account for $222.3 billion of the conglomerate's holdings [...]

2026-08-07

A Senate Democrat will introduce a bill to strip oil companies' overseas tax breaks

The legislation targets preferential tax treatment for overseas oil and gas extraction income as U.S. pump prices top $4 a gallon [...]

2026-08-07

Trump warned that Congress is trying to regulate the AI industry "out of business"

NIST separately proposed new federal guidelines Friday for evaluating AI systems, asking for public comment [...]

2026-08-07

Some adults use AI for financial advice, but trust is still low, Gallup poll finds

As the use of AI increases, financial experts say consumers should be cautious about fully trusting these tools. [...]

2026-08-07

AMD acquires Taalas, a startup that bakes AI models directly into silicon

AMD is buying Canadian startup Taalas, which hard-codes model weights directly into inference chips. That makes them extremely fast but locks each chip to a single model. A demo chip hit over 16,000 tokens per second per user running Llama 3.1-8B. Google is reportedly working on a similar approach for Gemini.<br /> The article AMD acquires Taalas, a startup that bakes AI models directly into [...]

2026-08-07

Anthropic loosens Fable 5's biology restrictions but keeps the guardrails on for virology and toxicology

Anthropic has cut false positives in its biology safety filters for Fable 5 by about 85 percent. Previously, nearly all biology-related queries got blocked and rerouted to the less capable Opus 5. The restrictions stay in place for sensitive dual-use topics like virology and toxicology.<br /> The article Anthropic loosens Fable 5's biology restrictions but keeps the guardrails on for vi [...]

2026-08-07

This 6-port USB-C charger replaced my ugly power brick - and powers my entire desk

The Satechi ChargeView 240W desktop charger ticks all the right boxes for this charging geek. [...]

2026-08-07

I was loyal to T-Mobile for 10 years, but switching to Mint slashed my bill - by a lot

The inconsistent service, shady upcharges, and uptick in better-valued competitors made the choice easy. [...]

2026-08-07

Mountain Dew is dropping a spicy Baja Blast birthday flavor exclusively on TikTok Shop

The new Baja Leo flavor combines spiced mango, chili lime, and black pepper, and goes on sale Aug. 12 in 13-can bundles for $8 [...]