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finance decision
Oracle Posts Higher Full-Year Revenue, Operating Income, Net Income and Diluted EPS as Cash Generation Strengthens
ORACLE CORP filed the periodic report summarised below from its SEC evidence. Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax was $67,357,000,000 for the twelve months ended May 31, 2026, up from $57,399,000,000 a year earlier. Revenues was $67,357,000,000 for the twelve months ended May 31, 2026, up from $57,399,000,000 a year earlier. Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent was $17,087,000,000 for the twelve months ended May 31, 2026, up from $12,443,000,000 a year earlier. Operating Income (Loss) was $20,606,000,000 for the twelve months ended May 31, 2026, up from $17,678,000,000 a year earlier. Earnings Per Share, Diluted was $5.83 per diluted share for the twelve months ended May 31, 2026, up from $4.34 per diluted share a year earlier.
finance decision
ONEOK Posts Higher Revenue, Operating Income, Net Income and Diluted EPS Year-Over-Year in Interim Filing
ONEOK INC /NEW/ filed the periodic report summarised below from its SEC evidence. Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax was $21,667,000,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up from $15,930,000,000 a year earlier. Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent was $1,740,000,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up from $1,477,000,000 a year earlier. Operating Income (Loss) was $3,021,000,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up from $2,651,000,000 a year earlier. Earnings Per Share, Diluted was $2.75 per diluted share for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up from $2.38 per diluted share a year earlier. Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities was -$1,115,000,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up from -$1,557,000,000 a year earlier.
finance decision
Realty Income Posts Higher Quarterly Revenue, Operating Cash Flow and Resumed Buybacks in the three months ended March 31, 2026 Filing
REALTY INCOME CORP filed the periodic report summarised below from its SEC evidence. Revenues was $1,548,727,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2026, up from $1,380,505,000 a year earlier. Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities was $1,711,580,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2026, up from $374,558,000 a year earlier. Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities was -$2,578,864,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2026, down from -$1,313,631,000 a year earlier. Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities was $874,502,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2026, up from $787,516,000 a year earlier. Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock was $101,909,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2026, up from $0 a year earlier.
generators decision
OpenAI outlines inference chip, new admin controls, and faster reasoning model in one day
On August 25, 2026, OpenAI published three separate releases: an announcement that o3 Mini will roll out in September, a new custom inference chip called Jalapeño, and an Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex. The same day's headlines included Anthropic watermarking all Claude-generated content globally under EU AI Act pressure, and Perplexity launching a fully local AI agent with Nvidia. Together the moves reshape the cost stack and provenance rules that govern generative workloads.
dev decision
Lambda adds managed Node.js 26 and Python 3.15 runtimes as GraalVM and Flower ship runtime changes
AWS opened a public preview of managed runtimes on August 26, 2026, beginning with Node.js 26 and Python 3.15. Oracle GraalVM's innovation release improved its runtime bytecode interpreter, and Flower 1.35 moved its Runtime API to HTTP. Elsewhere the Linux Foundation accepted a new specification for AI runtime evidence, and Azul Payara cut five release lines.
games decision
Gamescom Opening Night Live delivers co-op and strategy surprises while PlayStation faces fresh digital backlash
Gamescom Opening Night Live on August 26, 2026 unveiled co-op, strategy, and 2-player reveals including Nodus Fall, Rainbow Six Tactics, Acornia: Mirror Worlds and Age Twisters, alongside pre-showed heavyweights like Final Fantasy VII Revelation, Gears of War: E-Day, The Witcher 3 and Metro 2039. Coverage notes that several showcase segments under-served their games, while a separate Sony wave tied to a digital games update and surprise leak has drawn community pushback.
video decision
Instagram ships First Draft auto-editing for Reels as Higgsfield brings generation into Premiere Pro and After Effects
On August 26, 2026, Instagram rolled out First Draft, an editing tool that automatically trims selected clips and removes pauses to assemble a first Reel cut that remains fully reversible. On the same day, Higgsfield released plugins for Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects that put AI generation directly inside professional post timelines, signalling a split between consumer-facing auto-cut features and pro-grade generative plug-ins.
audio decision
Soundplate buys Stemmer, opens improved AI mastering suite to independents
Independent music company Soundplate has acquired Stemmer, the audio technology company behind several popular online mastering services, and launched a redesigned AI mastering suite on August 26, 2026. The deal consolidates the underlying mastering engine under one indie-focused owner and changes how independent artists pay for and export finished masters.
productivity decision
Microsoft folds Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Dataverse into single AI at Work roadmap
On August 25, 2026, Microsoft renamed the Microsoft 365 Roadmap to the AI at Work Roadmap and confirmed that Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Dataverse content will move onto that same roadmap starting in September 2026, replacing the separate Release Planner and per-product release waves with one consolidated delivery view.
encoding decision
GSA, Treasury and Singapore's CSA move post-quantum cryptography from policy to procurement deadlines
On August 26, 2026, three independent agencies — the US General Services Administration, the US Treasury, and Singapore's Cyber Security Agency — pushed post-quantum cryptography from planning into active procurement timelines, while a maintainer shipped the Python cryptography library on August 25, 2026, and an embedded SDK included OpenSSL 3.5.x with native NIST-standardized PQC algorithms.
