Trendly digest — 2026-08-14
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Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Nigel Farage is returning to Parliament after a comfortable election win over a satirical candidate dressed as a trash can, but the victory is unlikely to quiet questions about the Reform UK leader's personal finances. Farage got 62.8% of the vote in the constituency centered on…”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Lawmakers in Taiwan finally passed the budget for this year, following a delay that underscored tensions between the government and opposition.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “AI sparked growth at a jobs-search platform that some investors feared doomed.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Boeing Co.’s efforts to turn around its business are getting a loud cheer from Wall Street, as analysts this week turned the most bullish on the company in nearly four years.”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “It has 100 meters of water resistance.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “The Electoral Commission of Zambia has suspended the counting and announcement of results throughout the country with immediate effect after reports of violence in some districts.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “A sugar refinery owned by Africa’s richest person, Aliko Dangote, raised $356 million in a share sale and will use the funds to reduce debt and boost a capital position eroded by three years of losses.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “The market for AI-powered robots and autonomous machines has the potential to balloon into a trillion-dollar opportunity by 2035 in the 'decade of the robot', according to Barclays analyst Zornitsa Todorova. AI-enabled robotics mark a frontier moment in the technology and…”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Braskem SA reported better-than-expected results in the second quarter, benefitting from war-related disruptions to petrochemical supplies from the Persian Gulf and Asia.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “India’s market regulator has accelerated discussions with high-frequency trading firms and other market players, people familiar with the matter said, on growing concerns over its new auction system to determine stock closing prices.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “"The Pulse With Francine Lacqua" is all about conversations with high profile guests in the beating heart of global business, economics, finance and politics. Based in London, we go wherever the story is, bringing you exclusive interviews and market-moving scoops. Today's…”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Russia continues to recruit tens of thousands into the army each month.”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “It's useful for both kids and adults.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “The CEO of German robotics company Neura believes physical AI can be a new growth engine for Europe. David Reger, who also founded Neura Robotics, says the pace of development is "tremendous." He spoke to Tom Mackenzie on the latest episode of Bloomberg Tech: Europe. (Source…”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “President Vladimir Putin is ready to meet US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Russia to discuss Ukraine, though it matters what proposals they bring, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “It comes in three colors and two sizes.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Hong Kong raised its full-year growth forecast after a global investment boom in artificial intelligence supercharged exports and helped deliver the economy’s strongest first-half performance in almost five years.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto said he plans to narrow the budget deficit in 2027, stressing the need for fiscal prudence and efficiency after heavy spending this year on his signature campaign pledges.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Japanese corporations logged the highest weekly equity purchases on record as memory maker Kioxia Holdings Corp.’s share buyback bolstered the tally.”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “Target’s improving sales trends are giving investors more reason to believe the retailer’s turnaround is taking hold, but Bank of America still sees a difficult setup for the stock heading into second-quarter earnings. Target (TGT) is scheduled to report results on Aug. 19, and…”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Autonomous drone swarms have officially arrived — with a growing clutch of companies whose tech can turn an array of uncrewed platforms — from commercial quadcopters to drones the size of small rhinos — into all-seeing, swarming killing machines. Katrina Manson reports (Source…”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “"I have used it several times during emergencies, and it has not disappointed me."”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “RedotPay has delayed plans for an initial public offering in the US as the stablecoin payments company seeks regulatory approvals and deals with legal issues, according to people familiar with the matter.”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “Every price on your screen is a claim about the world, and every claim rests on somebody's ability to count the thing being priced. Oil has always been the cleanest example of that. Barrels are physical, ships are enormous, and satellites are patient. For two decades that…”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Z.AI Co. is set to upgrade its flagship AI model, joining a series of Chinese open-weight offerings seeking to outcompete Anthropic PBC and OpenAI.”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “This bracelet is great for everything from jeans and a sweater to holiday dinner dresses.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “The Philippines won’t allow the US to launch attacks from its soil in case the conflict over Taiwan escalates, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Friday.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “The US will soon announce unprecedented economic measures against Iran, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, intensifying the Trump administration’s effort to force Tehran’s capitulation after almost six months of war.”
Excerpt from GitHub: “29 editorial diagram types for Claude Code. Self-contained HTML + SVG. No shadows, no Mermaid-slop.”
Excerpt from GitHub: “14MB foundation model for tiny devices; phones, wearables, smart home, and robots.”
Excerpt from GitHub: “holehe allows you to check if the mail is used on different sites like twitter, instagram and will retrieve information on sites with the forgotten password function.”
Excerpt from GitHub: “Macro is a unified workspace for teams: email, chat, docs, tasks, agents, calls, and CRM — @-linked together with shared AI memory.”
Excerpt from GitHub: “SpiderFoot automates OSINT for threat intelligence and mapping your attack surface.”
Excerpt from GitHub: “The fastest browser for AI agents to run browser automation, built for sharing your logged-in browser state with your AI agents, like Codex or Claude Code, without disturbing you. Zero cost, zero config.”
Excerpt from GitHub: “Open-source All in One AI agent workspace. Run any agent — Claude Code, Codex — across your tools (100+ integrations + MCP), apps, browser, and files, with shared memory. Built-in models or BYOK.”
Excerpt from GitHub: “💫 Toolkit to help you get started with Spec-Driven Development”
Excerpt from GitHub: “Desktop app to generate 3D models from images using local AI — runs entirely on your GPU”
Excerpt from GitHub: “RAGFlow is a leading open-source Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engine that fuses cutting-edge RAG with Agent capabilities to create a superior context layer for LLMs”
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