Marqeta’s second-quarter earnings call on Tuesday, Aug. 4, highlighted embedded finance, multinational issuing, stablecoins, and commercial payments as primary strategic growth initiatives. The company also saw a 90% increase in deal size, reflecting its enterprise push, while overall growth is expected to moderate in the coming period. Source: pymnts.com

Former WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens made a surprise return at SummerSlam 2026. He secured a significant victory right away. This return happened just before Sami Zayn and Finn Balor were about to have a singles match for the top contender spot in the WWE. Owens' comeback was unexpected and immediately impactful in the championship picture. Source: Heavy.com

This week's curated architecture and design competitions include four calls for submissions. They seek videos reflecting on different ways of relating to places, outstanding contributions to architectural education, innovation in climate adaptation, and more. The competitions are featured by Bustler, a platform known for highlighting new opportunities in architecture and design. Source: Archinect

This week's curated architecture and design competitions include four calls for submissions. They seek videos reflecting on different ways of relating to places, outstanding contributions to architectural education, innovation in climate adaptation, and more. The competitions are featured by Bustler, a platform known for highlighting new opportunities in architecture and design. Source: Archinect

This news reel covers a report from Digitimes about the AI infrastructure race. It explains that access to silicon is no longer the only constraint, and that as compute demand grows to multi-gigawatt projects, financing hardware and data centers becomes a second bottleneck. The report highlights Broadcom's debt push as a signal that AI compute is turning into a Wall Street asset class. Source: Digitimes

Christopher Imumolen, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Accord, has declared support for the APC governorship candidate in Osun State, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, ahead of Saturday's governorship election. Source: Vanguard

A news report highlights how soaring beef prices are affecting American shoppers, using the example of Aaron Kaufman, who recently moved from Brooklyn to Manhattan. To manage his higher rent, he now spends more on groceries instead of buying ground beef as before. This piece relies solely on the provided source excerpt. Source: Biztoc.com

In Tuesday's Democratic primary elections in Wisconsin and Minnesota, progressives and moderates face off again as the party decides its future direction after significant losses to Republicans in 2024. The primaries will help shape the big midterm races ahead. Source: Biztoc.com