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“They throw raves anywhere and this is one of those places that makes no sense at all," the DJ said.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas tore into the social pressure he's experienced for black people to have liberal political views, likening it to segregation.

The Trump admin aims to choke off revenue streams to the Iranian regime by pressuring secondary countries to stop doing oil, energy and business deals with Tehran.

Ariana Grande and Ricky Alvarez shop in London, Naomi Campbell hits the beach and more snaps...

Ariana Grande and Ricky Alvarez shop in London, Naomi Campbell hits the beach and more snaps...

Nvidia Informs Hyperscalers About Incoming Price Hikes As Memory Costs Soar

The AI infrastructure buildout boom could soon enter another inflationary wave. 

Nvidia's largest hyperscaler customers face sharply higher costs next year, with Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell systems expected to jump in price as surging memory costs ripple through the chip stacks.

Bloomberg cited sources familiar with Nvidia's new pricing regime, indicating that hyperscalers will see a 15% increase in prices for Rubin and Grace Blackwell processors next year. They said the size of the increase will depend on the chip generation and memory configuration.

Contract manufacturers serving major data center projects, including Microsoft, Google and Oracle, have started notifying customers about the incoming increases, those people said.

Nvidia's AI accelerators remain expensive and in short supply because production at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has struggled to keep pace with soaring demand. Nvidia generates gross margins of about 75%, but the latest increases suggest that even the world's most valuable semiconductor company is unwilling to absorb rising memory costs.

The coming price shock may intensify pressure on hyperscalers already committing hundreds of billions of dollars to AI infrastructure. Goldman has forecast that AI CapEx among hyperscalers will top $1 trillion next year:

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Meanwhile...

• WSJ Catches Up, Discovers AI's Off-Balance-Sheet Liabilities Are $3 Trillion And Growing By $1.2 Trillion Per Quarter

Higher chip-stack costs have sent the US Producer Price Index for semiconductors and electronic components to uncomfortable levels for the Trump administration as it tries to tame the inflation beast.

Beyond the surging PPI for chips, driven by rising chip-stack costs amid strong demand and a memory chip shortage, the AI race has also put pressure on US Treasuries, as record debt issuance funds CapEx. 

Tyler Durden Mon, 08/24/2026 - 13:20

The daredevil couple who scaled the Empire State Building were high on love outside Manhattan court Monday — wildly making out after prosecutors revealed they could land a plea deal.

The 49ers appear to be adding depth to a linebacker room led by Fred Warner and Dre Greenlaw.

Police responded to a life-in-danger call at the home and the toddler was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

What happened to former Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder after his $6.05 billion sale of the team in July 2023?

Mole Men Return? Weird Manhattan Manhole Crew Spotted At 4AM

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,

The manhole people are back.

Early Saturday morning, just after 4 a.m., a group was filmed exiting a manhole in Manhattan.

The footage, captured and shared by independent New York photographer Viral News NYC, shows the individuals climbing out of the street in the dead of night once again.

The manhole people are back .

They were spotted at 4 am in Manhattan exiting another man hole . pic.twitter.com/F2VUD7DwAE

— Viral News NYC (@ViralNewsNYC) August 22, 2026

A clearer image of one of the men soon followed. Commenters immediately noted the resemblance: "Dude really looks like the Mexican Mario."

At least now we have a face.

Dude really looks like the Mexican Mario pic.twitter.com/w2tUoL0Ubx

— Viral News NYC (@ViralNewsNYC) August 23, 2026

This is the latest odd chapter in a pattern that first gripped the city in late spring.

Groups of men in waders, boots, headlamps, and carrying tools have been repeatedly documented prying open manhole covers, disappearing into New York's vast sewer network for hours, then resurfacing to change clothes on the sidewalk before vanishing in waiting vehicles.

In June, there were a wave of sightings across Brooklyn and Queens.

Those incidents included a group of roughly seven men emerging around 2 a.m. from a manhole on McDonald Avenue in Gravesend after spending hours underground. Another crew entered near Heyward Street and Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg around 1 a.m. and exited more than two hours later. An earlier episode in Astoria, Queens, on May 5 showed three men in hip waders lifting a cover and descending while a vehicle idled nearby.

Surveillance from a local auto shop owner in Astoria captured one of those moments. Aki Jakupovic, who was working late, said the men "acted like I wasn't even there." One witness described the Queens group as looking "like the Ninja Turtles."

Police and the Department of Environmental Protection investigated the spring cases. Emergency Services Unit teams went underground. Officials reported finding no explosives, no damage to infrastructure, and "no known threat to public safety."

The leading explanation offered by sources was scavenging: men hunting for coins, wallets, jewelry, scrap metal, or other valuables that wash into the city's 7,400 miles of sewer pipes.

That theory has history. In 2015, a part-time city worker and two companions were arrested after spending four hours in Brooklyn sewers looking for "gold, jewelry and guns." Then-Police Commissioner Bill Bratton remarked at the time: "God knows what they were looking for. I know damn sure I wouldn't be crawling through the sewers of New York, but these three evidently were up to something down there."

A similar arrest in April 2025 produced a more straightforward confession from one of the men, Willer Green: "The reason we went down there is that people lose their gold down there. We got to sell it to make money."

Urban explorers consulted by WIRED in June largely rejected the idea that the recent crews were part of their scene. One creator put it bluntly: "There's nothing of value down there besides 'doo-doo water and a few needles.' And sewers are pretty risky because there is basically zero cell service down there."

Another observed that the groups appeared "way too sophisticated" and that multiple crews hitting different locations across the city "seems fishy to me. This might be more than just exploration."

The Department of Environmental Protection has been consistent on one point: unauthorized entry is "both illegal and extremely dangerous." Toxic gases, sudden flooding, structural collapse, and the complete lack of cell service make the system a death trap for the unprepared.

Yet the pattern continues. The latest Manhattan sighting comes months after the spring wave, with no public arrests, no named suspects, and no visible escalation.

A NewsNation discussion later examined the broader implications, including whether unauthorized access to critical underground infrastructure raises national security questions beyond simple scavenging.

New York's sewer system runs beneath banks, businesses, transit hubs, and sensitive sites. In a city that has absorbed large numbers of unvetted migrants under sanctuary policies, the repeated appearance of organized teams equipped for prolonged underground work is not a curiosity. It is a vulnerability.

Officials prefer the scavenger narrative. Residents watching the videos see something else: purposeful crews operating with near impunity in the middle of the night. The absence of swift consequences only deepens the skepticism.

When unidentified groups can repeatedly breach a major city's subterranean network and walk away, the "no threat" assurance starts to sound like institutional preference for quiet rather than clarity.

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Tyler Durden Mon, 08/24/2026 - 13:00

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The 1971 plane faith was flying solo on Saturday belongs to his Fort Myers-based aviation company usoarflorida LLC, but said that Faith does not fly commercially for the firm.

It’s a tradeoff they say is worth taking.

Daughter Stormi contributed the plastic crown, of course.

Daughter Stormi contributed the plastic crown, of course.

For six years, Chabad Loft has served as a hub for Jewish life in Greenwich Village, operating from the bottom of a quaint rowhouse at 10 E. Eighth Street. 

The tireless Grammy winner will "Lido Shuffle" into San Francisco's Masonic on Sept. 23.

To make matters worse, the plaintiff received a call days later from American's corporate security department, who accused him of "passenger misconduct."

Swimmers were allowed back in the water Sunday morning, but some beachgoers reported finding further needle plungers and drug paraphernalia, sparking concerns it was reopened too soon.