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15.08.26 - 12:18
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Smart glasses controversy sidelines the benefits for disabled people | Letter (The Guardian)
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Guardian readers reflect on the ableism rife in the debate about Ray-Ban Meta eyewear, despite the life-changing difference they can makeYour editorial on Meta's smart glasses acknowledges their value to blind and visually impaired people, then asks that this “not be allowed to distract” from the harms (The Guardian view on Meta's smart glasses: regulators must get on the front foot, 10 August). As an optometrist who owns a small independent practice, I'd suggest that it is visually impaired people who are being treated as the distraction.I was reluctant to stock Ray‑Ban Meta, having no fondness for Meta or Luxottica, but colleagues persuaded me of the benefits for people with sight impairment. The reality has surpassed that. The majority of our buyers have a visual impairment or learning difficulty. One man, practically illiterate, now has the world read to him. Continue reading......
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15.08.26 - 12:06
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Liverpool owner FSG seals £1.65bn sale of 30% stake to consortium including Jeff Bezos (The Guardian)
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Confirmed deal values club as a whole at £5.5bnAmit Bhatia will become club's new vice-chairmanLiverpool's owner, Fenway Sports Group, has confirmed it has agreed the sale of 30% of the club to a consortium including Amit Bhatia, the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and the Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. The deal is understood to be worth £1.65bn, valuing Liverpool at £5.5bn, and will see Bhatia become the club's new vice-chair on an expanded board.Bhatia, the son-in-law of Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, initiated and led talks with FSG on behalf of the 1892 Holdings consortium, a reference to Liverpool's founding year. The former co-owner of Queens Park Rangers has received financial backing from the Mittal Family Trust, the K5 Sports fund, of which Bezos is the lead investor, and EE Capital, the family office of Elaine and Eduardo Saverin. Continue reading......
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14.08.26 - 20:12
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OpenAI′s Explosive Growth Continues | Bloomberg Tech 8/14/2026 (Bloomberg)
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Bloomberg's Tim Stenovec takes a look at OpenAI, which is on track to generate annualized revenue of more than $40 billion, roughly doubling its run rate from the end of 2025. Plus, how a New York City bill backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani could force Amazon to directly employ its delivery workers, and Meta's former chief AI scientist joins a new venture firm to invest in early AI startups. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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14.08.26 - 17:45
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Does Mark Zuckerberg really believe AI is ‘for everyone’? (TechCrunch)
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Meta released Glimmer this week, an open-weight AI model anyone can download and run on their own hardware — a contrast to Muse Spark, the company's more powerful model that stays locked behind its own APIs. The release landed alongside a letter from Mark Zuckerberg arguing AI should be “for everyone” rather than controlled by a handful of labs, but as Equity's […]...
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14.08.26 - 14:06
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Stocks Set To Post Fresh All Time High As Tech Euphoria Returns (ZeroHedge)
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Stocks Set To Post Fresh All Time High As Tech Euphoria Returns
Futures are fractionally higher, as they have been much of this supercharged week which pushed stocks to new all tim ehighs, amid quiet news flow this morning. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are up 0.1% after the index closed at a record on Thursday. Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 0.2%, with the tech benchmark set for a 1.2% gain in the week. Momentum darling Sandisk rallied almost 6% in premarket trading after surging double digits yesterday and is now up 60% from its lows less than two weeks ago; Mag 7 stocks mostly unchanged with MSFT and META showing some modest declines as investors continued to focus on OpenAI's plans for a Wall Street debut. Bond yields are 1-2bp higher, led by 30y. A Reuters article reported that BOJ is eyeing September rate hike and faster pace of tightening, affirming the recent hawkish bias: OIS now sees 81% probability of a September hike (vs. ~65% last Friday). Commodities are modestly higher: oil m...
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