Google Pays $10M for Spirit Airlines’ Internal Data in Bankruptcy Sale
Google won a bankruptcy-court auction for Spirit Airlines' internal business records — 100 million emails, 500 million Teams chats, 30…
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UBS, FactSet Back Finster AI’s Series B — Deal Size Undisclosed
Finster AI, an AI-native workflow platform for investment banking, announced a Series B round on August 10, 2026 with strategic…
OptionMetrics, Alteryx Join Snowflake Marketplace as Ecosystem Bulks Up
OptionMetrics' options data and Alteryx One's no-code analytics landed on Snowflake's Marketplace this month, reported by simplywall.st on August 16,…
Resistant AI Finds Bank, Crypto Logins Selling for $344 on Account Farms
Resistant AI's threat-intel team logged more than 100 websites and 50 Telegram channels selling verified consumer and business accounts —…
Reddit’s AI Licensing Revenue Hit $43M, Up 24% — And That’s the Problem
The Motley Fool reported August 17, 2026, that Reddit's data-licensing revenue grew 24% to $43 million with OpenAI and Google…
Amazon’s VGT3 Warehouse Slices Up Rare Books to Train Its Nova AI Models
A 404 Media investigation, reported by TechCrunch on August 17, 2026, used a hidden AirTag to trace a rare-book shipment…
Nvidia Puts $1.5B, $105B Credit Line Into OpenAI’s Ohio Data Center
Nvidia will invest $1.5 billion in SoftBank's SB Energy and guarantee up to $105 billion in credit for OpenAI's Ports-Pike…
Equifax Says U.S. Consumer Debt Steadies at $18.25T — Other Bureaus Disagree
Equifax's Q2 2026 Market Pulse report puts total U.S. consumer debt at $18.25 trillion, up just 0.32% from Q1's $18.19…
Nasdaq Agrees to Acquire ATS LeveL Markets; Deal Terms Undisclosed
Nasdaq said on August 11, 2026 that it has struck a deal to buy alternative trading system LeveL Markets, according…
S&P Global Buys datacenterHawk, Terms Undisclosed, in Power-Data Push
S&P Global agreed on July 28, 2026 to acquire datacenterHawk, adding asset-level data-center intelligence to its infrastructure data stack, according…