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Sprake: Markets Punch-Drunk on AI Capex Spend
Source: BloombergAugust 5, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Brent crude held below 80 dollars a barrel on hopes for progress towards a Hormuz deal, while Treasury yields remained lower as easing oil prices reduced pressure on the Federal Reserve. AG Capital's Market Strategist Casey Sprake spoke to Bloomberg’s Abeer Abu Omar on Horizons…

Sutcliffe: Markets Closely Watching Oman-Iran Talks
Source: BloombergAugust 5, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: The prospect of an interim deal focused on the Strait of Hormuz gained traction after Qatar said a proposal had been drafted and both American and Iranian officials sounded hopeful about reopening the crucial waterway. President Trump told reporters in Los Angeles on Tuesday…

Oil Normalization to Take 'A Long Time,' Ashford Says
Source: BloombergAugust 5, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Emily Ashford, head of energy research at Standard Chartered, discusses energy markets as hopes rise for a US-Iran deal to open the Strait of Hormuz. "The market's hoping that we see maybe just a short-term pressure release valve," she tells Bloomberg Television. Ashford adds…

Yann LeCun Joins New AI Investing Firm 224 Ventures
Source: BloombergAugust 5, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Meta Platforms Inc.’s former chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, often called one of the “godfathers of AI,” is joining a new venture firm to invest in artificial intelligence startups.

Lula’s Lead Over Bolsonaro Narrows as Brazil Race Gets Underway
Source: BloombergAugust 5, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s lead over Flávio Bolsonaro narrowed ahead of Brazil’s October election, a new poll found, suggesting the conservative challenger is gaining traction as the official campaign gets underway.

Hyperscaler Debt Risks Europe’s Allure Morgan Stanley IM Says
Source: BloombergAugust 5, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: European investment-grade credit’s relative appeal over the US would diminish if the region absorbs a lot more bond issuance from hyperscalers, according to a Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. strategist.

Shein Is Said to Plan Gauging Investor Demand for Hong Kong IPO
Source: BloombergAugust 5, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Fast-fashion retailer Shein Global Holdings Ltd. is planning to start gauging investor demand for its Hong Kong initial public offering as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter.

Sandisk Earnings Give Dip Buyers an Opening After Stock’s Plunge
Source: BloombergAugust 5, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Sandisk Corp.’s high flying stock tumbled back to Earth last month. Its earnings after the market closes Wednesday will test whether strong results are enough to entice investors to buy in again.

Barclays, HSBC Say Warsh Makes Inflation-Linked Debt Appeal
Source: BloombergAugust 5, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Barclays Plc and HSBC Holdings Plc say concern the Federal Reserve is dragging its feet on inflation is giving investors another reason to buy bonds that offer protection from accelerating price growth.

Pentagon Removes Decades of Weapon Test Reports From Public View
Source: BloombergAugust 5, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: The Pentagon has quietly removed decades of weapons testing publications from its public website, saying adversaries could exploit the data with artificial intelligence even as critics said the move raised transparency concerns.

Philippine Court Dismisses Duterte Plea to Void Impeachment
Source: BloombergAugust 5, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: The Philippine Supreme Court dismissed petitions questioning the House of Representatives’ impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte, removing a legal challenge against efforts to oust her.

China Targets US With Tighter Drone Export Curbs, Sanctions
Source: BloombergAugust 5, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: China tightened its exports controls on drones to the US and sanctioned multiple American companies, in a series of retaliatory measures against Washington’s widening tech curbs.

Trump Fuels Hopes of Hormuz Opening With Hints Deal Is Close
Source: BloombergAugust 5, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: US President Donald Trump said a deal on the Strait of Hormuz is possible as early as Wednesday, as expectations build for an arrangement that allows for the reopening of the critical waterway.

T. Rowe Price, Warren Buffett warn against common retirement mistake
Source: TheStreetAugust 5, 2026business

Excerpt from TheStreet: A retirement portfolio takes years to build, but one emotional decision during a market downturn can wipe out a significant portion of those gains permanently. T. Rowe Price and Warren Buffett have both identified the same mistake that costs retirees more than almost any…

Glencore Profit Jumps on Trading Boom and Record Copper
Source: BloombergAugust 5, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Glencore Plc reported a steep jump in profits after a surge in the price of its most important commodities and a near-record period for its trading unit as the Iran war sent energy prices soaring.

Allianz to Buy UOB Asset Management Unit as CEO Targets Asia
Source: BloombergAugust 5, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Allianz SE agreed to buy the asset management unit of Singapore’s United Overseas Bank Ltd., marking the German insurer’s second major deal in recent days as Chief Executive Officer Oliver Baete pursues growth in the region.

EQT-Run Scaleup Europe Fund Invests in Satellite Startup Iceye
Source: BloombergAugust 5, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Europe’s new €5 billion ($5.8 billion) technology fund has disclosed that its first investment is in Finnish satellite company Iceye Oy, part of the bloc’s push to cultivate startups working on strategic technologies.

SpaceX investors have a new, unexpected liability to worry about
Source: TheStreetAugust 4, 2026business

Excerpt from TheStreet: As is the case with some of Elon Musk's other companies, SpaceX investors are looking towards the future. But that future comes with some added liabilities as the company's rockets get bigger and the traffic up there gets more congested. Low Earth orbit satellites travel at…

Stock Rally Wavers as Oil Rises on Shipping Threat: Markets Wrap
Source: BloombergAugust 4, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: A four-day rally in US stocks lost some momentum as investors assessed the latest earnings from technology megacaps, while oil rose as a fresh threat against Middle East shipping tempered optimism over US-Iran talks.

huangruiteng/loopx
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: Lightweight loop engineering state kernel for long-running AI agent teams. Agent-loop agnostic across Codex, Claude Code, and other coding agents, with durable goals, quota-aware auto-wake, executable todos, evidence logs, and verifiable handoffs.

TencentCloud/TencentDB-Agent-Memory
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: TencentDB Agent Memory is a team-level memory hub for AI Agents — turning conversations, docs, and code into four reusable memory assets (Chat Memory, Skill, LLM-Wiki, Code-Graph) that are governed, shared, and equipped across agents and frameworks.

donnemartin/system-design-primer
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: Learn how to design large-scale systems. Prep for the system design interview. Includes Anki flashcards.

firecrawl/pdf-inspector
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: Fast Rust library for PDF inspection, classification, and text extraction. Intelligently detects scanned vs text-based PDFs to enable smart routing decisions.

esengine/DeepSeek-Reasonix
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: DeepSeek-native AI coding agent for your terminal. Engineered around prefix-cache stability — leave it running.

addyosmani/agent-skills
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: Production-grade engineering skills for AI coding agents.

obra/superpowers
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works.

roboflow/supervision
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: We write your reusable computer vision tools. 💜

vercel/next.js
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: The React Framework

tailwindlabs/tailwindcss
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.

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