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'Avoid disaster': Sanders urges Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic to freeze AI development

[AI acronym floating over futuristic circuit board] Yuliya Taba/iStock via Getty Images Senator Bernie Sanders has urged leading AI companies to freeze development, warning that firms have lost control over models that could trigger disastrous consequences for millions. In a letter [https://www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/AI-Pause-Letter-FINAL.pdf] to the …

Riot Platforms (RIOT) Stock Jumps As AI Leases Eclipse Mounting Losses

What Is Riot Platforms (RIOT) Becoming With Its $9.1 Billion AI Lease?

Why Riot Platforms (RIOT) Is Down 6.1% After Striking a $9.1 Billion AI Data Center Deal

In August 2026, Riot Platforms reported second-quarter 2026 results showing revenue of US$174.24 million but a net loss of US$237.17 million, driven in part by almost US$27.97 million of impairment charges, while bitcoin production rose to 1,587 coins. On the same day, the company …

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RIOT Stock Pops As Massive AI Data Center Deal Follows Earnings Beat

Riot Platforms, Inc. (RIOT) Reports Q2 Loss, Tops Revenue Estimates

Riot Platforms, Inc. (RIOT) reported a Q2 loss of $0.68 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a $0.39 loss, but exceeded revenue expectations with $174.24 million. Despite outperforming the market year-to-date, the company currently holds a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) due …

Sociedad Comercial del Plata S.A. presenta sus resultados del segundo trimestre y del primer semestre de 2026

Meta Platforms (META) Opens AI Models As $1 Billion Fund And Lawsuits Add Pressure

Track your investments for FREE with Simply Wall St, the portfolio command center trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. Meta Platforms (NasdaqGS:META) is pushing to open source superintelligent AI models and has launched Muse Glimmer as part of this effort. Mark Zuckerberg …

Meta Stock Jumps 2.3% as Open-Weight AI Strategy Returns

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META), the social-media and AI powerhouse behind Facebook and Instagram, advanced roughly 2.3% Tuesday as investors got another look at Mark Zuckerberg's open-AI playbook. Meta released Muse Glimmer under an Apache 2.0 license, putting the weights …

AI firm Manus to resume 'independent' operations after China blocks Meta deal

China has been cracking down on a practice known as "Singapore-washing," which is when companies leave the country to take advantage of looser regulations and funding opportunities (GREG BAKER) AI startup Manus said Tuesday it would resume "operating as an independent company," months after …

Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms Could Rally 80% as AI Deal Creates 'Clear Scale Up Path:' Bernstein

Bernstein analysts raised their price target for Riot Platforms to $35, maintaining an Outperform rating, following the company's $9.1 billion data center agreement with an AI lab, reportedly Anthropic. This deal is projected to generate significant annual recurring revenue and net operating income, signaling …

Riot Platforms inks $9B lease in Milam County with Anthropic

Riot Platforms has signed a 20-year lease agreement worth $9 billion with Anthropic in Milam County, Texas, at the former Alcoa Corp. site. This deal could extend to $16.1 billion if two five-year extensions are exercised. The location is attracting big tech companies due …

Manus returns to independence after China blocks Meta acquisition

Manus announced Tuesday that it will resume operating as an independent company, as it works to comply with Beijing's order to reverse Meta's $2 billion acquisition of the startup. Manus is an AI agent startup that originated in China in 2022 and later moved …

Why Anthropic’s $9 Billion Deal With Riot Is a Watershed Moment for Bitcoin Miners

Riot Platforms, the Bitcoin miner-turned-data center operator, has struck a $9.1 billion compute supply deal with Anthropic, a source tells Barron’s. Continue Reading

Riot Platforms $9.1B AI deal fuels speculation around Anthropic IPO

Riot Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:RIOT) shares rose about 4% on Tuesday after the bitcoin mining company announced a 20-year data center lease with a leading frontier AI lab in a deal valued at approximately $9.1 billion over its initial term. The tenant was not identified …

RIOT Q2 Earnings Call Centers on AI Leasing and Funding

Riot Platforms, Inc. RIOT used its Q2 earnings call to frame 2026 around data center execution, led by a new 191-megawatt Rockdale lease with a leading frontier AI lab and a full-site Corsicana letter of intent. Financially, RIOT posted a loss of 68 cents …

Meta Faces Thousands of Social Media Addiction Lawsuits

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Meta Platforms Inc. (META, Financials), the parent of Facebook and Instagram, suffered another legal setback after a U.S. appeals court allowed thousands of lawsuits over alleged social media addiction to move forward. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 2 Warning …

Platt Nera Sets Board Meeting to Approve 2026 Interim Results and Consider Dividend

Riot Stock Soars. What Its $9 Billion Anthropic Cloud Deal Means For the AI Boom.

Riot Platforms, the Bitcoin miner-turned-data center operator, has struck a $9.1 billion compute supply deal with Anthropic, a source tells Barron’s. Continue Reading

Riot Platforms stock surges on $9.1 billion data center deal with Anthropic

What happened: Riot Platforms (RIOT) stock surged 17% in pre-market trading on Tuesday. What's behind the move: The bitcoin mining company, which has pivoted toward selling data center capacity, signed a deal with a major AI developer, widely reported to be Anthropic, in a …

Riot Platforms Stock Surges on $9.1 Billion AI Compute Supply Deal With Anthropic

Riot Platforms, the Bitcoin miner-turned-data center operator, has struck a $9.1 billion compute supply deal with Anthropic, a source tells Barron’s. Continue Reading

Riot, NIQ surge, On Holding tumbles premarket

Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were little changed on Tuesday, as fading hopes for a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz kept oil prices elevated, while investors looked ahead to key U.S. inflation data for fresh clues on the Federal Reserve's interest rate …

Riot Stock Soars as It Lands a $9.1 Billion AI Cloud Deal

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Riot Platforms (NASDAQ:RIOT), a Bitcoin miner that has moved into selling AI data-center capacity, rose 18.87% premarket after striking a 20-year deal to supply 191 megawatts of computing to Anthropic from its Rockdale, Texas campus, according to Bloomberg, …

How Nvidia’s Huang and Meta’s Zuckerberg Are Combating the AI Backlash

Intel increases stock offering to $20 billion, SpaceX stock rises after first lockup ends, Archer Aviation to absorb Boeing’s air taxi business, and more news to start your day. Continue Reading

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Leggett & Platt bedding profit nearly triples to $37m as mattress market plunges 10%+

Leggett & Platt's Bedding Products business significantly increased its adjusted EBIT to $37 million in the second quarter of 2026, despite a more than 10% decline in the overall US mattress unit market. This profitability was driven by stronger metal margins, a favorable sales …

Riot stock surges after securing 20-year Anthropic AI infrastructure agreement

Riot Platforms saw its shares surge over 20% in pre-market trading after announcing a 20-year, $9.1 billion agreement with Anthropic to provide AI computing capacity. This deal highlights an industry-wide shift from bitcoin mining to offering AI infrastructure, leveraging existing power-rich data centers. The …

Riot Platforms reports Q2 results

* Riot Platforms press release [https://seekingalpha.com/pr/20607036-riot-reschedules-second-quarter-2026-earnings-conference-call] (RIOT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/RIOT]): Q2 GAAP EPS of -$0.68 misses by $0.39. * Revenue of $174.2M (+13.9% Y/Y) beats by $21.32M. * Data Center revenue of $23.2 million for the quarter, comprised of $4.9 million in operating lease revenue and …

Meta Platforms: Additional AI Revenue Preferred, But Not Essential (NASDAQ:META)

Leggett & Platt (LEG) EVP Lindsey Odaffer granted additional common stock

Lindsey Nicole Odaffer, EVP - Chief HR Officer at Leggett & Platt (LEG), was granted 89.7554 shares of common stock on August 7, 2026, valued at $8.1770 per share. Following this transaction, her direct holdings increased to 86,825.5583 shares, and she also holds 25.2350 …

Platinum Industries makes Q1FY27 earnings call recording available online

Riot Platforms, Inc. 2026 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation (NASDAQ:RIOT) 2026-08-11

Riot Platforms Inc (RIOT) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Strategic Pivot to AI Data ...

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Total Revenue: $174 million, a 14% increase year-over-year. GAAP Net Loss: $237 million, or $0.68 per diluted share. Adjusted EBITDA Loss: $70 million. Data Center Segment Revenue: $23 million, including $4.9 million in operating lease revenue. Operating Lease …

Platinum Industries Q1FY27 net profit falls 14.9% to ₹111.3M