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Larry Page and Sergey Brin smile in front of old Google servers.

Google’s founders didn’t market test Alphabet’s name before launching the now $1.9 trillion juggernaut. Here’s the advice Steve Jobs gave Larry Page

The anniversary of Google’s IPO is on Wednesday, and Fortune looked back at the philosophy behind the founders’ brainchild.

By Sasha RogelbergAugust 19, 2026

Amazon drones attack suburbs nationwide as delivery pilot expanded to nearly 500 cities

Amazon drones attack suburbs nationwide as delivery pilot expanded to nearly 500 cities

By Josh Funk and The Associated PressAugust 19, 2026

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Ex-Google chief scientist tells Gen Z the trick is not to master AI—instead, just ‘skim papers’

By Preston ForeAugust 19, 2026

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Also’s $3,500 e-bike is a $1 billion Trojan horse for autonomous transportation

By Lily Mae LazarusAugust 19, 2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman with Replit CEO Amjad Masad

Exclusive: Replit taps OpenAI’s low-cost Luna model for new ‘Free Mode’

By Emily ForliniAugust 19, 2026

Unitree, famous for its dancing robots, surges by 460% on its trading debut, lifting valuation to $66 billion, far ahead of U.S. competitors

Unitree, famous for its dancing robots, surges by 460% on its trading debut, lifting valuation to $66 billion, far ahead of U.S. competitors

By Nicholas GordonAugust 19, 2026

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Home Depot’s $730 million tariff refund was largely offset by rising costs

Home Depot, Amazon, and Walmart are taking very different approaches to the tariff refunds flowing back to retailers.

By Sheryl EstradaAugust 19, 2026

Nelson Peltz might take Wendy’s private following six straight quarterly sales declines as customers flee its poor franchise models and bad marketing

Peltz spent two decades helping shape Wendy’s into the burger conglomerate it is today. Now he’s considering buying the rest of the struggling chain.

By Tatiana SatauaAugust 19, 2026

Meet the venture capital and crypto billionaires quietly bankrolling the fight against California’s wealth tax

Campaign finance records show at least four billionaires quietly funding the opposition—and the fight is only growing stronger

By Mia OsmonbekovAugust 18, 2026

Exclusive: Accounting AI startup Rillet reaches unicorn status with $1 billion valuation. Its founder says he wants to give CFOs back their weekends

“Our message is not that we’re coming after jobs,” Rillet CEO Nicolas Kopp told Fortune. “That’s just not correct.”

By Nick LichtenbergAugust 18, 2026

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One of the VC world’s biggest stars is doubling down on sports in a big way, and there’s a compelling tax reason behind the strategy

One of the VC world’s biggest stars is doubling down on sports in a big way, and there’s a compelling tax reason behind the strategy

Thrive Capital founder Joshua Kushner’s $12.5 billion deal with former Disney CEO Bob Iger to buy the Los Angeles Lakers vaults him into an elite club.

By Jason MaAugust 19, 2026

Inside the $8 billion cybersecurity acquisition that rescued ServiceNow from the ‘Saaspocalypse’

The deal for Yevgeny Dibrov’s Armis was Israel’s second-largest tech startup exit ever.

By Lily Mae LazarusAugust 19, 2026

AI gets its own “boiler room” scandal

The SEC accuses a Long Island firm of running a $74 million boiler room that sold retirees marked-up shares in Anduril, Anthropic, Perplexity, and SpaceX.

By Allie GarfinkleAugust 18, 2026

OpenAI data center deal with Nvidia comes in $145 billion lower than reported—signaling concerns of artificial demand for chips

Circular financing concerns revolve around the chip-maker’s investment into OpenAI’s data center lease.

By Joshua HongAugust 18, 2026

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Tesla asked Las Vegas for 5,000 robotaxi permits. Sin City gave it 10, capped the speed at 45mph, and banned airport trips

Tesla asked Las Vegas for 5,000 robotaxi permits. Sin City gave it 10, capped the speed at 45mph, and banned airport trips

Nevada capped Tesla’s fleet at a fraction of its request and kept it away from Harry Reid airport.

By Catherina GioinoAugust 19, 2026

Princeton’s ‘AI Snake Oil’ author says the real fear isn’t thinking machines—it’s that AI exposes who already knows how to think

Princeton’s Arvind Narayanan says his students are “in a bind.” How much should they use AI versus resist it to build up their own skills?

By Nick LichtenbergAugust 19, 2026

OpenAI says it paused AI training for two weeks and announces new security protocols following Hugging Face hack

The AI company says its unreleased Astra model presents a “critical” cybersecurity risk and it has put its largest training runs on hold while it tests new safety procedures.

By Emily ForliniAugust 18, 2026

David Sacks says Anthropic’s Dario Amodei wants a ‘DMV for AI.’ But plenty of industries thrive despite safety regulation

Amodei took to social media to defend his approach to regulation and his discussion of AI risks following criticism from investor Gavin Baker.

By Jeremy KahnAugust 18, 2026

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Current price of Ethereum for August 19, 2026

Ethereum isn’t just digital money; it’s a decentralized computing platform, meaning users can build and run apps on it without oversight of a company or bank.

By Joseph HostetlerAugust 19, 2026

How the UAE has emerged as a ‘leading light’ for tokenization

Coinbase’s decision to base its global tokenization hub in Abu Dhabi is the latest sign that the emirate’s bet on regulated digital assets is paying off—with $500 billion in GCC assets predicted to move onto blockchain by 2030.

By Melissa HancockAugust 19, 2026

A dropout living in a trailer, he got $1 million from Peter Thiel at 19—now he’s a billionaire who says the American Dream isn’t dead

Billionaire Palmer Luckey sold Oculus to Facebook for $2 billion by 21 years old—and says that kind of break “isn’t happening in China.”

By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 18, 2026

Meet OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Teens, which doesn’t talk about sex or suicide and gives you homework help instead

OpenAI doesn’t verify users’ ages, but it already uses age assurance to estimate if someone is under 18 based on factors such as their types of queries.

By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated PressAugust 18, 2026

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Data center gas plants to boost U.S. power emissions by 20%

Data center gas plants to boost U.S. power emissions by 20%

Ninety-nine proposed gas plants to power AI data centers could lift emissions by up to a third, with Amazon and Microsoft among the developers

By Matt Day, Mark Chediak and BloombergAugust 18, 2026

Meta heads to child safety trial facing financial damages as large as $1.4 trillion

Four states want penalties that approach Meta’s market value, but the lasting threat is a court-ordered overhaul of Facebook and Instagram for young users.

By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated PressAugust 17, 2026

Jimmy Wales: ‘AI can generate answers. It still can’t earn trust’

The leadership lesson of Wikipedia.

By Ioanna ThomaAugust 16, 2026

Tether has the gold. Now, CEO Paolo Ardoino is making a bold push into AI

A KPMG audit appears to establish the legitimacy of Tether’s reserves. Meanwhile, the company’s ambitions are scaling far beyond crypto.

By Jeff John RobertsAugust 17, 2026

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UAE halts all trade with Iran after new missile fire in Gulf, cutting off a key export route for Tehran

UAE halts all trade with Iran after new missile fire in Gulf, cutting off a key export route for Tehran

By David Rising and The Associated PressAugust 19, 2026

From Pennsylvania to Ohio to Texas, the governors’ races are all coming down to data centers

By Marc Levy and The Associated PressAugust 19, 2026

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Multimillionnaire podcaster Mel Robbins says she learned the secret to spotting the most influential person in the room when she was a waitress

By Emma BurleighAugust 19, 2026

Edward P. Lazear, left, congratulates Randall S. Kroszner, center and Kevin M. Warsh, right, at the conclusion of their confirmation hearing held by the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in Washington, DC, February 14, 2006.

Bond traders are testing Kevin Warsh: The Fed chair will heed—but not be ruled by—them, says an economist who spent years sitting next to him

By Eleanor PringleAugust 19, 2026

Hayden Panettiere helped change how women talk about mental health. After her death, consumers aren’t ready to forgive the brand that failed her

By Emma HinchliffeAugust 19, 2026

Afghanistan’s grape harvest is turning into raisins — literally — as exports collapse

Afghanistan’s grape harvest is turning into raisins — literally — as exports collapse

By ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN and The Associated PressAugust 19, 2026

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Even potato-chip tasters are temporary in the economy of 2026 — there’s nearly 57 million of these ‘disposable workers’

By Paul Osterman and The ConversationAugust 19, 2026

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Xi offers AI olive branch to the world, calling for ‘symphony of global cooperation’

By Han Guan Ng, Chan Ho-Him and The Associated PressJuly 17, 2026

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Elon Musk loses trillionaire status as SpaceX stock deflates—and Wisconsin officials want him investigated for election ‘bribery’
By Jim EdwardsJuly 16, 2026

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With a $15 billion net worth, Palantir CEO Alex Karp predicts he will get 20x richer from AI—but that middle-class workers will get just modest raises

By Preston ForeJuly 17, 2026

Netflix stock hits a 52-week low after earnings—but analysts say investors are missing the bigger picture

By Sheryl EstradaJuly 17, 2026

Esther Perel speaks on stage during a panel discussion at SXSW in London.

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Esther Perel has a warning for executives: your workforce is suffering from social atrophy and AI is making it worse

By Sam BirchallJuly 17, 2026

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Former Obama official on AI anxiety and the depression nobody remembers — and the training model that gives him hope

By Jim SheltonJuly 17, 2026

Startups & Venture

The VC betting $5.4 billion that Suno is the future of music

By Lily Mae LazarusJuly 17, 2026

Asia
Klook cofounder Ethan Lin thinks the U.S. can help grow one of Asia’s largest travel platforms
By Angelica AngJuly 15, 2026

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on July 13, 2026. (Photo: John Thys/AFP/Getty Images)

Europe has two new rules for Google that will change the way AI assistants work on Android devices

By Andrew NuscaJuly 17, 2026

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Tech stocks lead steep global sell-off as investors lose faith in AI chip trade

By Jim EdwardsJuly 17, 2026

Kevin O’Leary claimed opposition to his Utah data center was fueled by Chinese money. Now he and Fox News are being sued for defamation

Kevin O’Leary claimed opposition to his Utah data center was fueled by Chinese money. Now he and Fox News are being sued for defamation

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 17, 2026

Moonshot’s Kimi K3 pushes Chinese AI into Fable-level territory

Moonshot’s Kimi K3 pushes Chinese AI into Fable-level territory

By Nicholas GordonJuly 16, 2026

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Netflix used AI to produce 17 minutes of a documentary ‘twice as fast and at half the cost’—as streaming competition drives up content spending to $20 billion

By Amanda GerutJuly 16, 2026

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‘We did not adapt and move quickly enough’: IBM CEO’s admission of weakness fails to prevent historic 25% stock crash
By Tatiana SatauaJuly 15, 2026

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky’s X account was hijacked in an AI slop hack pushing crypto tokenization

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky’s X account was hijacked in an AI slop hack pushing crypto tokenization

By Rachel VentrescaJuly 16, 2026

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The cholesterol shot you couldn’t afford is now a pill

By Matthew Perrone and The Associated PressJuly 16, 2026

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Runaway Tesla that crashed into a grandmother’s living room was actually being steered by a human, investigators find

By Bernard Condon and The Associated PressJuly 16, 2026

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Buffett says AI giants are ‘playing a game they don’t want to play’ in the AI race, reveals he was behind Berkshire’s $31 billion bet on Google

By Mia OsmonbekovJuly 16, 2026

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‘I want to cry, I want to vomit’: Meet a 43-year-old who lost $90,000 to an online boyfriend she never met

By Juliet Linderman and The Associated PressJuly 16, 2026

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Big Tech’s top executives warn enterprises are giving away too much to AI labs

By Beatrice NolanJuly 16, 2026

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84% of students use AI for homework. Only 3 in 10 schools have rules for it

By Brett DeJager and The ConversationJuly 16, 2026

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Morgan Stanley is riding high on the IPO boom with 70% of the top 100 unicorns in its pipeline, CFO says

By Sheryl EstradaJuly 16, 2026

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Meta Oversight Board study: AI chatbots may be the most perfect propaganda machine ever invented

By Didi Tang and The Associated PressJuly 16, 2026

Pascal cofounders Matthew Downey (left) and Ivo Crnkovic-Rubsamen (right) stand side by side against a brick wall.

Exclusive: Prediction market startup Pascal raises $9 million to challenge heavyweights Kalshi and Polymarket

By Camila Grigera NaónJuly 16, 2026

EU orders Google to share search data with rivals by 2027; search giant complains about ‘unfamiliar companies’ in your grill

By The Associated PressJuly 16, 2026

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Startups & Venture

Exclusive: Marc Lore says Wonder is gearing up for an IPO after raising $650 million at a $9 billion valuation

By Lily Mae LazarusJuly 16, 2026

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Taiwan’s chip superpower just pledged another $100 billion to help the U.S. get its act together

By Chan Ho-Him and The Associated PressJuly 16, 2026

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Genesys CEO: We can see firsthand how AI is changing — not replacing — work

By Tony BatesJuly 16, 2026

‘Japan’s excellence is a philosophy, a way of life’: Jensen Huang wants robots to take care of an aging society with a labor shortage

By Yuri Kageyama and The Associated PressJuly 16, 2026

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Meet the AI employee that convinced Sequoia to invest $45 million in Sable

By Lily Mae LazarusJuly 16, 2026

Bunkerhill Health raises $55 million to put AI agents to work inside hospitals

Bunkerhill Health raises $55 million to put AI agents to work inside hospitals

By Allie GarfinkleJuly 16, 2026

Southeast Asia ‘has not really moved up the value chain’ and risks missing the AI boom, says Standard Chartered’s chief ASEAN economist

Southeast Asia ‘has not really moved up the value chain’ and risks missing the AI boom, says Standard Chartered’s chief ASEAN economist

By Angelica AngJuly 16, 2026

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Why Stripe might want to acquire PayPal

By Andrew NuscaJuly 16, 2026

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