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PayPal's Stripe Talks, Anthropic's $200 Billion Bet and More: This Week In Tech

As the week wraps up, here’s a quick look at some of the top stories that made headlines.

Benzinga · Aug 16

Critical macOS Screen Sharing flaw gives attackers remote root access — CISA bumps bug to 9.8 severity following active Monero cryptojacking attacks

The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL) says that attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2026-65400, an authentication bypass in macOS Screen Sharing.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 16

Google reportedly taps AMD to design next-generation TPU — hybrid AI ASIC could integrate on-package CPU cores for reinforcement learning

Google may be building a TPU with on-package CPU cores specifically for agentic and reinforced learning workloads, according to a rumor.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 16

This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: August 14, 2026 — Testing the BC-250, our interview with Intel's Robert Hallock, and a big week for optical

This week, we tested AMD's BC-250 in gaming workloads, published an unredacted interview with an AMD executive, and published a slew of articles surrounding a new flashpoint in the ongoing AI buildout: optical interconnects.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 15

I just tested Lenovo’s Legion OLED 4K 240Hz gaming monitor — and it’s just a step away from being perfect

The Lenovo Legion Pro 32UD 4K 240Hz is a fantastic gaming monitor. Though its HDR is somewhat dim, its features and affordability make it worth considering.

Tom’s Guide · Aug 15

Intel says PC market is ‘a tale of two kingdoms’ with mainstream ‘taking a beating’ — VP suggests a split between mainstream and enthusiast sockets across the industry

Intel VP Robert Hallock suggests the PC industry is going to see a split between mainstream and enthusiast sockets if current market conditions don’t let up.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 15

We've been tracking graphics card prices for exactly one year and it's never been worse than this

And I don't know where we go from here. Any positive thoughts welcome.

PC Gamer · Aug 14

NVIDIA's $500 Billion GPU Financing Deal Fuels Path Toward $270

NVIDIA lines up over $500 billion in third-party capital, backed by BlackRock, Apollo, Brookfield, and Goldman Sachs, to finance AI GPU capacity through securitized loans.

MarketBeat · Aug 14

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 6 is officially available but with some bad news for AMD Radeon users

The latest big update for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is here with Sim Update 6 bringing back Bush Trips, adding lighting improvements, and more. But there's a change of plan for AMD Radeon graphics users.

Windows Central · Aug 14

Cerebras Sells Off After Earnings: Is This a Market Disconnection?

Cerebras shares fell after Q2 results, but strong RPO growth past $25 billion, analyst Moderate Buy ratings, and expanding inference demand suggest the pullback may be overdone.

MarketBeat · Aug 14