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MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Robinhood Markets, Inc. (“Robinhood”) (NASDAQ: HOOD) today reported select monthly operating data for August 2026.Funded Customers at the end of August were 28.6 million (up approximately 120 thousand from the end of July 2026, up approximately 1.90 million year-over-year).Total Platform Assets at the end of August were $384 billion (up 8% from the end of July 2026, up 26% year-over-year).Net Deposits were $4.0 billion in August, or a 14% annualized growth rate relative to July 2026 Total Platform Assets.Over the last twelve months, Net Deposits were $74.1 billion, or an annual…

Three central banks decide in 72 hours. The Fed hike is about 85% priced, so the dot plot and the press conference carry the week.

This past sum­mer, the Unit­ed States of Amer­i­ca cel­e­brat­ed 250 years of inde­pen­dence. But for a great many Amer­i­cana-lovers around the world, this year also brings anoth­er, even more res­o­nant date: the 100th anniver­sary of the estab­lish­ment of Route 66. In the months lead­ing up to Novem­ber 11th, the offi­cial birth­day of what John Stein­beck dubbed the “Moth­er Road,” tourists both for­eign and domes­tic have seized the occa­sion to make the 2,448-mile dri­ve of which they’ve long dreamed. Run­ning from Grant Park in Chica­go to the San­ta Mon­i­ca Pier, Route 66 reveals a great swath of Amer­i­ca’s big cities, small…

Brianna Cronin, an ecologist from Australia, suffered several fractures in the fatal incident in Bali, Indonesia, on Sept. 12Brianna CroninCredit: LinkedinNEED TO KNOWBrianna Cronin, an ecologist from Australia, was found dead after falling off a beach cliff in Bali, Indonesia, on Sept. 12Cronin, 30, was stranded on the beach cliff before she fell“A young woman on the trip of a lifetime, active, enjoying herself, and to have her life taken away in a heartbeat like that, it’s just incredibly, incredibly sad,” Queensland Premier David Crisafulli said in a statement about the fatal incidentBrianna Cronin was on the “trip of a…

This year’s Centerpiece and Special Presentations section of the Toronto International Film Festival featured a striking postwar drama from Danish-Egyptian director May el-Toukhy, a tender narrative debut from documentarian Kim Bartley, and the follow-up film from last year’s breakout star Chase Infiniti.  Venice Film Festival Golden Lion winner “Woman Unknown,” the latest from writer-director May el-Touky, immerses you directly in the psyche of a woman doing her best to survive post-WWII Danish society. Before we meet Marie (Mathilde Arcel, who also took home the Volpi Cup at Venice for her shattering performance), we’re introduced to the haunting specter of the…

Some off beat reads for the long weekend: BRICS New Delhi Declaration (MEA) The Delhi Declaration (FP) India & China are talking again (RT) How Houthis won (Drop Site) Thread: Marathas had captured Hormuz in 1708 (HPS) AfD will keep winning in Germany (Prospect) Why Iceland said No to EU (Spiked) My Journey through Depression (Anil Tulsiram) The Strange Grammar of Indian Male Friendships (Anup Rau) Nasadiya Sukta, Rig Veda (Yadu) The struggle to get Health Insurance (R Balu) The Battle of Saragarhi (KBS Sidhu) Drinking in Prague (BBC) Who are 84% more likely to die in next decade? (Anish…

Team India got off to a dream start in the first T20I against Afghanistan as Jasprit Bumrah struck with just the second ball of the innings to remove dangerous opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz. The early breakthrough not only put India on the front foot but also helped Bumrah reach a significant milestone in his T20 career.Abhishek Sharma takes a brilliant catch to get rid of Rahmanullah GurbazIndia wasted no time making their presence felt with the ball, with Bumrah producing the breakthrough on just the second delivery of Afghanistan’s innings. The experienced pacer bowled a back-of-a-length delivery that climbed slightly more…

The Columbus Blue Jackets and Adam Fantilli continue to talk daily, and they may need to bring in a goaltender Mark Scheig: The Columbus Blue Jackets and RFA forward Adam Fantilli are talking to each other daily. The Blue Jackets are still confident that a deal will get done before the start of training camp. It’s looking like this deal will got down to the wire. Aaron Portzline: The Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins’ having a shoulder injury, one name to keep an eye on is 39-year-old free agent Cam Talbot. He played with the Detroit Red Wings the past…

The hardest question to answer, according to Coxon, was what an AI apocalypse would look like.One of the risks outlined in Amodei’s comments was of a swarm of bots acting like a supercomputer that could take over the internet.Coxon said this scenario could be realistic in six months to a year.In response to Coxon’s departure, an Anthropic spokesperson told BBC News: “We have always been transparent that AI will bring both enormous benefits and unprecedented risks.”To address these risks, we continue to build models with some of the strongest safeguards in the industry.”The firm has been a pioneer in studying…

The UK government suffered a defeat in the House of Lords on Wednesday as peers backed an amendment requiring the Treasury to draw up a national strategy for regulating digital assets. The upper chamber approved the measure by 194 votes to 138, with Conservative and Liberal Democrat peers combining against a near-solid bloc of Labour votes. Baroness Neville-Rolfe, a Conservative former Treasury minister, moved the amendment to the Financial Services and Markets Bill. The new clause, titled “Digital assets strategy,” would require the Treasury to prepare, publish and consult on a strategy for regulating and developing digital assets and related…