Trendly digest — 2026-08-16

Excerpt from TheStreet: “The world's biggest pool of investment money now owns a part of SpaceX (SPCX). Norway's Government Pension Fund Global, valued at about $2.3 trillion, disclosed a stake in Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company for the first time this week. The fund is famous for owning a…”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Malaysia’s Democratic Action Party voted on Sunday to remain in Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s cabinet, giving him a reprieve after a string of electoral setbacks and turmoil within his own party.”

Excerpt from TheStreet: “Every company eventually learns that the cheapest solution and the acceptable solution are two different things. That gap is where corporate strategy actually lives. You find the efficient answer, you run it past the people who can veto it, and you discover efficiency was never…”

Excerpt from TheStreet: “"I bought it in 2025, and it's still going and looks barely used."”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “A governor in Nigeria’s southwestern Osun state fended off a challenge from the ruling party to secure another four-year term, giving the fractured opposition a morale-boosting victory ahead of national elections in January.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “A Wildberries warehouse near Moscow caught fire after a Ukrainian drone strike, the regional governor said, part of one of the largest recent attacks on the broader capital area.”

Excerpt from TheStreet: “It's perfect as a coffee bar, kitchen pantry, or bathroom storage.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “India has directed its state companies and private refiners to prepare for a sharp increase in cooking gas production, seeking to bolster domestic supplies as the Iran war prolongs uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz, the key waterway for about 90% of the country’s liquefied…”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Hong Kong’s airport passenger traffic jumped 11.7% on year in the first half, as the Asian financial hub hosted a variety of events and attracted more visitors, according to the city’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan.”

Excerpt from TheStreet: “"Absolutely love the sparkle in this bracelet."”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “China is accelerating the establishment of rules governing the recycling and reuse of wind and solar equipment and aims to set up a closed-loop system for waste from the industry before 2030, China Central Television reported on Sunday.”

Excerpt from TheStreet: “"These chairs are worth the money."”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “China revised the release time for its July economic data to 3 p.m. Monday, breaking with recent practice.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella asked US President Donald Trump to temporarily suspend tariffs on Colombian goods as the country grapples with the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that killed nearly 300 people.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “The news doesn’t stop when markets close. Hosts Joe Mathieu, Carol Massar and Lisa Mateo bring clarity, context and a bit of humor to the weekend’s biggest headlines, LIVE from New York. Joined by Natalie Oliverio, Navy Veteran & Military Journalist, Nathan Bomey, Axios Business…”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Joining Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss the war in Ukraine one year after the Trump-Putin Alaska summit, Former Republican Congressman and current CEO of RIIG Technologies Denver Riggleman also spoke with hosts Joe Mathieu and Carol Massar about the role of private companies…”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Zambia’s president maintained an early lead in elections in which he’s seeking to extend his rule of the copper-rich southern African nation.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the US is getting ready to squeeze Iran with unprecedented economic pressure, a claim critics greeted with skepticism given the country is already subject to a naval blockade and thousands of sanctions.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Iran and Oman appear to be edging closer to a deal on how the Strait of Hormuz should be managed, agreeing on routes through the key waterway that’s proved a major stumbling block in efforts to end almost six months of war between the Islamic Republic and the US.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “More ships have come under attack in the Strait of Hormuz as talks to end the war in the Middle East remain stalled and the US readies new economic measures to force Iran to capitulate.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “One of the biggest reforms in Germany’s pension system since Chancellor Otto von Bismarck founded it in the late 19th century is about to hand modern fund managers a new empire of cash to deploy.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Bally’s Corp. warned investors of “substantial doubt” that it will be able to continue as a going concern as the company risks running afoul of agreement with lenders.”

Excerpt from GitHub: “Meta-Framework of Spatiotemporal Composability”

Excerpt from GitHub: “29 editorial diagram types for Claude Code. Self-contained HTML + SVG. No shadows, no Mermaid-slop.”

Excerpt from GitHub: “Cursor plugin specification and official plugins”

Excerpt from GitHub: “14MB foundation model for tiny devices; phones, wearables, smart home, and robots.”

Excerpt from GitHub: “Local UI to run and train LLMs and diffusion models, including Qwen3.8, Kimi K3, MiniMax-H3, Gemma 4, DeepSeek-V4, FLUX and more.”

Excerpt from GitHub: “A collective list of free APIs”

Excerpt from GitHub: “Fine-tune LLMs from one YAML. Layer streaming trains an 8B model on a 4 GB laptop GPU.”

Excerpt from GitHub: “💫 Toolkit to help you get started with Spec-Driven Development”

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: “Fastest and only macOS Dictation app with on-device STT and custom trained AI enhancement model. A local Wispr Flow alternative. DM us on X for an easter egg 😉 -https://x.com/fluidvoiceapp”