UPDATED AUGUST 21, 2026 · 1163 STORIES ON THE WIRE

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01REGULATORY

Bueckers grabs Clark's arm before halftime, draws technical in Wings' 91-85 win over Fever

A deliberate arm-grab with less than 10 seconds left in the first half produced the sharpest moment yet in the growing on-court rivalry between Paige Bueckers and Caitlin Clark on Thursday night. A "foul to give" is when a team can commit…

AUGUST 21, 20262 MIN

02CRYPTO

Small XRP ETF inflows met a big market during three sessions below $1

Spot XRP exchange-traded funds, products that let investors buy exposure to the token through a brokerage account rather than a crypto wallet, pulled in $5.81 million in net inflows on August 18, 2026, the same day XRP dipped below $1 for…

AUGUST 21, 20262 MIN

03REGULATORY

Coty names Soraya Benchikh chief financial officer, effective September 1

Capital allocation is the job of deciding where a company's money goes next. That decision changes hands at Coty Inc. (NYSE: COTY) on September 1, 2026, when Soraya Benchikh assumes the chief financial officer role. She su

AUGUST 20, 20262 MIN

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04CRYPTO

Fake crypto conference used to deliver malware to security researchers

A hacker posing as a staff member at a leading cryptocurrency news website used Google Docs to plant malware on the machines of several cybersecurity professionals. Malware, software built to infiltrate or damage a system without t

AUGUST 20, 20261 MIN

05WORLD

Father of drunk-driving victim named to lead ICE's office for crime victims

A father who lost his daughter to an undocumented drunk driver will now run the government office created to support people in his position. That office, VOICE, short for Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement, is a unit inside U.S…

AUGUST 20, 20262 MIN

06ENERGY

Oil climbs after Trump sharpens Iran rhetoric

Economic pressure means sanctions and financial restrictions designed to cut a government off from international markets and hard currency. Applied to Iran, an oil-producing country, that k

AUGUST 20, 20261 MIN

07WORLD

At least 16 dead as Russia strikes Kyiv with missiles and drones

At least 16 people were killed when Russia launched missiles and drones at Kyiv. A Patriot interceptor is a surface-fired missile designed to destroy an incoming warhead before it reaches the ground. Ukraine is struggling with a shortage…

AUGUST 20, 20261 MIN

08TECH

The AI attacks that followed the rules

Trained behavior, meaning outputs an AI system produces because of what it learned during development, is driving recent cyberattacks. The safeguards built to block those outputs are fallin

AUGUST 20, 20262 MIN

09TECH

Nvidia bets its balance sheet on AI's next phase

A company that uses its balance sheet (the ledger of what it owns against what it owes) to seed markets that do not yet generate returns is making a different bet than one that simply sells more of what already works. Nvidia, the world's…

AUGUST 20, 20261 MIN

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