双语科技快报 | 2026-08-20 | 21:40 速览
## 1. Circana: US video game hardware spending fell 29% YoY in July to $282M, the lowest since COVID; unit shipments fell 39% as average console prices hit $542
来源: Vlad Savov / Bloomberg
时间: 9:25 AM
Circana：7 月份美国视频游戏硬件支出同比下降 29% 至 2.82 亿美元，为新冠疫情以来的最低水平；由于游戏机平均价格达到 542 美元，单位出货量下降 39%
## 2. Anthropic-backed enterprise AI venture Ode is acquiring four-year-old AI consultancy Casper for an undisclosed fee; Ode has 100+ staff after buying Fractional
来源: Julia Hornstein / The Information
时间: 9:15 AM
Anthropic 支持的人工智能企业 Ode 正在收购成立四年的人工智能咨询公司 Casper，费用未公开；收购 Fractional 后，Ode 拥有 100 多名员工
## 3. Study: 150+ Polymarket wallets may have traded on inside US military information, attracting copycat bets and making $8M overall, with a 97.2% average win rate
来源: Douglas Gillison / Reuters
时间: 8:50 AM
研究：超过 150 个 Polymarket 钱包可能利用美国军事内部信息进行交易，吸引了模仿赌注，总共赚取了 800 万美元，平均胜率高达 97.2%
## 4. GTA 6 leaker CyberLeek releases more footage, including a video of a character spelling “leek” with bullet holes in a wall, suggesting direct access to the game
来源: Robert Purchese / Eurogamer.net
时间: 8:35 AM
《GTA 6》泄密者 CyberLeek 发布了更多片段，其中包括一个角色在墙上有弹孔的地方拼写“韭葱”的视频，表明可以直接访问游戏
## 5. Slack launches Slack Code, adding dedicated, project-specific channels that let teams collaborate with AI coding agents “like teammates” across all Slack plans
来源: Jess Weatherbed / The Verge
时间: 8:20 AM
Slack 推出 Slack Code，添加专用的、特定于项目的渠道，让团队在所有 Slack 计划中与 AI 编码代理“像队友一样”协作
## 6. Source: Meta is spending hundreds of millions per year on Azure to consume trillions of AI tokens weekly, becoming one of Microsoft's largest AI customers
来源: Brody Ford / Bloomberg
时间: 7:40 AM
资料来源：Meta 每年在 Azure 上花费数亿美元，每周消耗数万亿个 AI 代币，成为微软最大的 AI 客户之一
## 7. Sources: Trump officials expect Elon Musk to spend $100M to $200M in the November midterm elections, with a focus on voter turnout in key races, including Texas
来源: Hugo Lowell / Wired
时间: 7:30 AM
资料来源：特朗普官员预计埃隆·马斯克将在 11 月中期选举中花费 1 亿至 2 亿美元，重点关注包括德克萨斯州在内的关键竞选的选民投票率
## 8. Australia passes the News Bargaining Incentive, which will tax tech giants 2.5% on their Australian ad revenue unless they strike deals with local news media
来源: Christine Chen / Reuters
时间: 7:15 AM
澳大利亚通过新闻讨价还价激励措施，科技巨头除非与当地新闻媒体达成协议，否则将对其澳大利亚广告收入征收 2.5% 的税
## 9. PitchBook: California-based startups have raised ~$366B in 2026 so far across 4,000+ companies, more than triple the total of all other 49 states combined
来源: Paul Kiernan / Wall Street Journal
时间: 7:00 AM
PitchBook：截至 2026 年，加州初创公司已在 4,000 多家公司中筹集了约 366B 美元，是所有其他 49 个州总和的三倍多
## 10. Muon Space, which is building a spacecraft platform for orbital data centers and AI computing, raised a $250M Series C, with participation from Google
来源: Yash Roy / Bloomberg
时间: 6:45 AM
Muon Space 正在为轨道数据中心和人工智能计算构建航天器平台，在 Google 的参与下筹集了 2.5 亿美元的 C 轮融资
## 11. Stripe's OpenRouter deal, its largest-ever acquisition, is a bet on a future where users turn to a mix of AI models and gives it a foothold in the token market
来源: Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal
时间: 6:30 AM
Stripe 的 OpenRouter 交易是其有史以来最大的一笔收购，是对未来用户转向混合人工智能模型的押注，并使其在代币市场中站稳脚跟
## 12. Alibaba reports Q1 revenue up 9% YoY to ~$40B, meeting est., and net income down 75% to ~$1.6B due to heavy AI spending and weak domestic retail consumption
来源: Luz Ding / Bloomberg
时间: 6:20 AM
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## 13. Binance launches Agent OS, a platform that lets AI agents analyze markets and execute trades on users' behalf; users set limits on AI agents' access and trades
来源: Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch
时间: 6:15 AM
币安推出 Agent OS，这是一个让人工智能代理代表用户分析市场并执行交易的平台；用户对人工智能代理的访问和交易设置限制
## 14. South Korea media: SK Hynix and its union reach a tentative deal on a 6.3% wage hike and paying out 60% of profit-sharing bonuses in shares and 40% in cash
来源: Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg
时间: 6:10 AM
韩媒：SK海力士与工会达成暂定协议，工资上涨6.3%，并以股票形式支付利润分享奖金的60%，以现金形式支付40%
## 15. Uber, Verne, and Pony.ai launch autonomous rides in Zagreb, making the Croatian capital the first European city where users can book such rides via Uber's app
来源: Anzar Mehraj / Reuters
时间: 5:55 AM
Uber、Verne 和 Pony.ai 在萨格勒布推出自动驾驶乘车服务，使克罗地亚首都成为第一个用户可以通过 Uber 应用程序预订此类乘车服务的欧洲城市