Edition #77

The One Thing

• August LMI: Capacity at 40, Yet Prices Soar. Why This Disconnect?

Signals

• The world appears to be entering a higher-rate era. Here’s who will pay the price
• Dutch central bank moves gold bars out of U.S. and Canada, citing ‘crisis preparedness’
• Terminated employee cost company hundreds of thousands of dollars because nobody revoked access
• I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale
• It sure looks like hackers breached a major ID card verification service
• Diesel at 5-Year Highs: Why This Surge Isn’t a Blip
• McKesson confirms data theft in cyberattack involving third-party apps
• Manufacturing growth slows in August as economic concerns loom: ISM
• Ace Hardware adds weather-triggered programmatic ads to retail media strategy
• Quince’s first-ever sample sale sold out 6 hours early
• Why brands are turning to older creators for authenticity AI can’t fake
• Uber to cut over 3,000 jobs in major global restructuring
• UnitedHealthcare cuts prior authorization from 1,700 codes

Watch Your Back

• Researcher Releases FalconFlank PoC Showing Privilege Escalation in CrowdStrike Falcon
• WordPress backup plugin flaw exposes millions of sites to takeover attacks
• Russian national facing 20 years for malware campaign that infected 80,000 freelancers
• Fake Software Installers Disable Windows Update and Weaken Microsoft Defender
• Hackers exploit critical JFrog Artifactory flaw to forge admin tokens

Antics

• If You Have to Explain Startup 101 to an Investor, You’re Not Getting Any Money

What's Being Built

• Monid — OpenRouter for agent tools
• Browzer — Put your technical content on autopilot
• Articos — Launch with confidence, not gut instinct