Castelion Raises $1B—but Only $800M Is New Equity
Castelion’s August 19 financing combines $800 million in new equity with $250 million of committed revolving-credit capacity—not $1 billion of equity.
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Apple Replaces Its EU Install Fee With a 5% Transaction Commission
Apple’s August 18 EU terms replace the per-install technology fee with a 5% commission on covered transactions in apps distributed outside the App Store from October 1, 2026.
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Astromech Raises $20M at $3.8B—Its Biology Forecasts Still Need Proof
Astromech raised $20 million at a reported $3.8 billion valuation on August 20. Its platform targets biological forecasting, but public prospective validation remains undisclosed.
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HEIR Can Run Code on Encrypted Inputs—but the Quickstart Is Not One Click
HEIR’s shortest application path uses Python, BGV and OpenFHE to encrypt, evaluate and decrypt a small function. It still requires a native backend and production review.
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Velaura Raises $110M to Attack AI’s Power Bill—Proof Remains Private
Velaura AI announced a $110 million Series A at a valuation above $1 billion on August 18. The financing is public; its hyperscaler work and efficiency results remain private.
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LinkedIn’s AI-Slop Button Hit 1M Uses—but One Report Cannot Demote a Post
On August 20, LinkedIn disclosed that its AI-slop feedback control had passed one million uses in two weeks. A submission is one signal, not an automatic reach penalty.
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THL Takes a Majority Stake in Queue-it—but Keeps the Price Private
THL agreed on August 18, 2026, to take a majority stake in Queue-it through Automation Fund II. The price is undisclosed, and the signed transaction has not closed.
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Benchmark an AWS Agent Without Letting It Touch Production
Run aws-bench from a dedicated non-production management account, confine the agent to disposable member accounts, record a reproducible result, and remove deployed resources afterward.
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Remote Work Tripled in U.S. Job Ads—Employer Choice Still Decides
A new five-country study finds remote offers in U.S. job ads have more than tripled since 2019, but employers recruiting comparable talent still set sharply different terms.
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TikTok Pays $400M—but the Settlement Makes No Finding of Liability
On August 21, TikTok and ByteDance agreed to a $400 million settlement of the U.S. children’s privacy case, split into two payment stages and made without a finding of liability.
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Bossware Shared Worker Data 121 Times—Check What Leaves the App
A nine-platform investigation documented 121 instances of identifying worker data being shared. Workers and employers can audit collection, recipients, retention, deletion and off-hours access.
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Stripe Buys OpenRouter—Model Choice Stays, for Now
On August 19, 2026, Stripe agreed to acquire OpenRouter in a transaction that remains pending. OpenRouter has committed to preserving its model-neutral gateway and existing integrations for now.
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Europe’s Premier FX, Crypto & Fintech Event – Wiki Finance Expo Cyprus 2026 is Coming to Limassol This November!
Limassol, Cyprus – Mark your calendars for WIKIEXPO CYPRUS 2026, taking place on November 6, 2026 at the prestigious Parklane, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa.
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Remote Workers Reported the Best Well-Being—But Productivity Wasn’t Tested
On Aug. 21, new coverage highlighted a July study in which fully remote employees reported the highest well-being; it tracked later turnover but did not measure productivity.
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AI’s Entry-Level Employment Gap Reached 19%—Not an Economy-Wide Collapse
Young workers in highly AI-exposed occupations face a 19% relative employment gap. The result signals concentrated hiring weakness, not a broad collapse or proven AI causation.
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