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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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A Home Depot store in Atlanta, Georgia.

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

Multimillionaire podcaster Mel Robbins

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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By Danny BakstAugust 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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Elon Musk loses trillionaire status as SpaceX stock deflates—and Wisconsin officials want him investigated for election ‘bribery’

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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Elon Musk’s dream of colonizing Mars could come sooner than fixing the ‘broken’ workplace, CEO says—as worker disengagement costs $10 trillion a year
By Preston ForeJuly 14, 2026

Klook cofounder Ethan Lin thinks the U.S. can help grow one of Asia’s largest travel platforms

Klook cofounder Ethan Lin thinks the U.S. can help grow one of Asia’s largest travel platforms

By Angelica AngJuly 15, 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

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Why IBM just suffered its worst stock crash of all time—and what it says about the market’s two bubbles

By Nick LichtenbergJuly 15, 2026

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YouTube appeals verdict, argues it isn’t a social media platform

By Kaitlyn Huamani and The Associated PressJuly 15, 2026

A woman at a police commission meeting stands behind a podium speaking animatedly.

LAPD was one of Flock Safety’s biggest government customers. Now it’s renegotiating its partnership over ‘serious concerns around civil liberties’

By Sasha RogelbergJuly 15, 2026

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Exclusive: Delaware proposes testing the AIC, a new legal entity for agents in a regulatory sandbox
By John Nay and Charuni Patibanda-SanchezJuly 14, 2026

OpenAI wants its speaker to feel alive. Apple says it’s a stolen idea

OpenAI wants its speaker to feel alive. Apple says it’s a stolen idea

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 15, 2026

Murati’s Thinking Machines releases first AI model for broad use

Murati’s Thinking Machines releases first AI model for broad use

By Shirin Ghaffary and BloombergJuly 15, 2026

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The $21 billion company behind Eventbrite, Vimeo, and AOL has just revealed how it picked 286 out of 800,000 job applications

By Emma BurleighJuly 15, 2026

FedEx CEO says we are in the middle of the biggest supply chain shift he’s seen in 35 years: ‘We are the referendum’

FedEx CEO says we are in the middle of the biggest supply chain shift he’s seen in 35 years: ‘We are the referendum’

By Fortune EditorsJuly 15, 2026

19 of Cyclops' members stand smiling at the camera from their offices in Vienna, Austria.

Exclusive: Cyclops raises $20 million to help payment companies settle faster with stablecoins

By Camila Grigera NaónJuly 15, 2026

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SpaceX and Amazon look like tech twins—but their financials tell a very different story
By Sheryl EstradaJuly 14, 2026

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26 Meta employees accuse Mark Zuckerberg of using AI to target 8,000 layoffs against workers on medical, parental or family leave

By Barbara Ortutay, Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressJuly 15, 2026

Bank of America CFO Alastair Borthwick

Bank of America’s AI bet is starting to pay off, its CFO says

By Sheryl EstradaJuly 15, 2026

Is your AI really working? Why productivity isn’t the same as progress

Is your AI really working? Why productivity isn’t the same as progress

By Jamie GarverickJuly 15, 2026

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Kleiner Perkins, John Doerr, and UCSF Health think healthcare AI has been built all wrong

By Lily Mae LazarusJuly 15, 2026

Salar al Khafaji stands while Sebastiaan Visser sits on a stool in front of a robotics warehouse

He sold his last company to Palantir. Now he’s betting $32 million that robots can fix construction’s labor crisis

By Lily Mae LazarusJuly 15, 2026

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Current price of Ethereum for July 15, 2026

By Joseph HostetlerJuly 15, 2026

Kevin Ryan’s AlleyCorp raises new $335 million fund, all in on early-stage bets

Kevin Ryan’s AlleyCorp raises new $335 million fund, all in on early-stage bets

By Allie GarfinkleJuly 15, 2026

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2026. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

We may have just witnessed the biggest share drop in the modern history of IBM

By Andrew NuscaJuly 15, 2026

New experimental Alzheimer’s drug shows potential after study shows slower cognitive decline

New experimental Alzheimer’s drug shows potential after study shows slower cognitive decline

By Lauran NeergaardJuly 14, 2026

U.S.-Russia space crew arrives at the ISS despite bitter space race past

U.S.-Russia space crew arrives at the ISS despite bitter space race past

By Vladimir Isachenkov and The Associated PressJuly 14, 2026

NYS Gov. Kathy Hochul standing at a podium

‘New York will lead the way’: NYS Gov. Hochul’s data center moratorium includes a new model for funding AI infrastructure

By Tatiana SatauaJuly 14, 2026

The secrets of an unheralded AI success story

By Jeremy KahnJuly 14, 2026

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A new FCC proposal could spell the end of the burner phone

By Catherina GioinoJuly 14, 2026

The AI boom drove China’s 27% export jump in June as AI and the Iran war reshape global trade

The AI boom drove China’s 27% export jump in June as AI and the Iran war reshape global trade

By The Associated Press and Chan Ho-HimJuly 14, 2026

Golfer at a bay.

Topgolf’s CEO thinks the sport’s next star could get their start at one of its driving ranges

By Catherina GioinoJuly 14, 2026

‘Those who condemn AI are themselves spitting upward’: SoftBank’s CEO estimates $5 trillion needed annually to meet AI demand

‘Those who condemn AI are themselves spitting upward’: SoftBank’s CEO estimates $5 trillion needed annually to meet AI demand

By The Associated Press and Mayuko OnoJuly 14, 2026

Ramp’s billionaire CEO ignores résumés and Ivy League degrees—he’s more interested in engineers who built Minecraft servers as teens

Ramp’s billionaire CEO ignores résumés and Ivy League degrees—he’s more interested in engineers who built Minecraft servers as teens

By Sydney LakeJuly 14, 2026

Goldman economist offers a reality check on AI adoption: it took 15 years for computers to really show up in the data

Goldman economist offers a reality check on AI adoption: it took 15 years for computers to really show up in the data

By Nick LichtenbergJuly 14, 2026

New York, a state without nearly any data centers, becomes first to ban their construction

By Anthony Izaguirre and The Associated PressJuly 14, 2026

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