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Beeline Holdings (NASDAQ: BLNE), a technology-driven mortgage lender and fractional equity platform, recently partnered with Emmy Award-winning Loft 100 Studios to produce a 45-minute documentary-style “Bizumentary” examining changes and challenges across the mortgage and housing markets. Having premiered through BizTV, YouToo America, YTA TV and American Forces Network, the program explores mortgage affordability, interest rates, housing inventory, alternative underwriting, automation and access to home equity, while providing Beeline an opportunity to showcase its digital mortgage platform and technology. Beeline operates through Beeline Loans, offering financing to primary homebuyers and real estate investors, with technology including its AI-powered mortgage assistant, Bob, and proprietary mortgage production engine, Hive. The company’s automated platform can provide an initial qualification decision in roughly seven to eight minutes and support closings in approximately 14 to 21 days. Beeline is also targeting younger borrowers as well as homeowners with substantial accumulated equity, reflecting its broader strategy of using technology and alternative mortgage products to address evolving paths to homeownership and access to housing-related capital.

AZIO AI Holdings (NASDAQ: AZIO) was featured in a recent article that discussed its positioning as an integrated AI compute infrastructure company focused on addressing a growing constraint on AI expansion: access to reliable power. Its strategy combines GPU system sales, AI and high-performance computing hosting, and power generation, with a power-first approach centered on a 548-acre South Texas site designed for up to 500 megawatts of behind-the-meter capacity. The company has secured approximately 11 megawatts of natural-gas power at the site, activated about 6 megawatts for an initial workload, and entered a fiber connectivity agreement with AT&T. On the hardware side, AZIO has agreed to sell up to 512 NVIDIA HGX B300 GPU systems to Power Champion Investment Limited in a transaction estimated at approximately $307 million. The company’s strategy focuses on participating across the AI infrastructure value chain amid growing demand for compute and electricity.

Greenland Mines (NASDAQ: GRML; FSE: HK6), a Greenland-focused mineral resource development company, completed its more than two-month 2026 field program at the Skaergaard Project in southeast Greenland. The multidisciplinary campaign included 4,480 meters of diamond drilling across 17 holes, more than 105 tons of bulk material and mining-oriented geotechnical, structural, LiDAR, high-resolution aeromagnetic, ground-penetrating radar and environmental baseline programs. The work is intended to advance Skaergaard toward metallurgical flowsheet development, mine and infrastructure planning, resource evaluation, environmental studies and preparation of an Initial Assessment.

Surging health insurance costs have compelled even healthcare workers to stop getting coverage not only for themselves but also for their staff at private facilities. Premiums climbed 78% between 2011 and 2024, a JAMA study shows.

Earlier this month, AI researcher Jacob Coxon left Anthropic after spending only four months at the company. In a post on X, Coxon warned that many people developing AI genuinely believe the technology could pose an existential threat to humanity before the decade ends.

The price of copper appears to be building the foundation for another potentially significant advance, with the technical picture pointing to possibly higher prices, if the metal can overcome an important resistance level.

Cartilage repair is intended to do more than simply reduce pain. Ideally, proper treatment should also restore the cartilage tissue responsible for the smooth movement and durability of a healthy joint.

Perpetuals.com (NASDAQ: PDC) announced that UpsideOnly, its risk-free paper trading platform, surpassed 600,000 registered users on Sept. 26, doubling its user base after reaching its first 300,000 users in three months. The company said the second 300,000 users joined over 38 days, averaging nearly 7,900 daily sign-ups. As of Sept. 30, UpsideOnly had users in 172 countries, more than 3.8 million simulated fills and more than $95 billion in traded fill notional using virtual money.

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FingerMotion (NASDAQ: FNGR) entered into a binding agreement with BlueFlare Group Holdings Inc. to acquire approximately 20.2 acres in Hanna, Alberta, for development of Hanna Campus #1, an AI inference compute campus. The planned site contemplates 3 MW of local grid supply and 3 MW of behind-the-meter natural gas generation for total capacity of 6 MW. The project is in addition to FingerMotion’s previously announced 99 MW Alberta development program.

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According to a new survey conducted by NFID (National Foundation for Infectious Diseases), the vast majority of American adults, 77%, support vaccines. However, there is widespread uncertainty regarding which specific vaccines people need.

Electric vehicles may have a longer working life than many traditional gasoline-powered cars, according to a study that compared the durability and reliability of the two types of vehicles.

Beeline Holdings (NASDAQ: BLNE), an expanding digital mortgage platform offering a quicker and easier path to homeownership, has now introduced a $3,000 lender credit for qualifying Bank Statement mortgages, seeking to expand a business line aimed at self-employed borrowers as the company reports continued momentum in its shift toward higher-margin Non-Qualified Mortgage products.

Gold is displaying unusual strength despite a combination of market conditions that would traditionally be expected to weigh heavily on its price. The greenback has strengthened, the Fed remains restrictive, and the 10-year Treasury yield has climbed toward 5.2%, a level not seen in roughly two decades.

President Donald Trump is ending the Biden-era electric vehicle mandates, announcing revised mileage standards that he says will make new cars cheaper to buy. Manufacturers, he contends, will respond by building more vehicles in American factories.

China and the U.S. have reached an agreement to lower tariffs on roughly $30 billion worth of products while establishing a new channel for discussions on AI, according to statements from both governments.

Polymath, a provider of enterprise-grade infrastructure for regulated digital securities and tokenized financial instruments, announced a collaboration with CineCity Studios to explore development of a technology-enabled investment platform for film and entertainment investors. Under the proposed structure, Polymath would serve as technology partner for a tokenized film investment vehicle, providing infrastructure for digital securities issuance, investor onboarding, compliance workflows, investor management and administration of tokenized interests.

On Tuesday, President Trump hosted leaders of major tech companies at the White House. The luncheon resulted in the signing of a voluntary pact in which the firms promised to implement a set of “robust” safeguards while developing AI models.

Power generating stations built onto ships and barges are emerging as a dependable electricity source for islands, harbor towns and crowded cities that have little room to spare. Backers say the vessels sidestep the complaints about space and scenery that dog large solar and wind farms, because they feed a shore-side grid directly from the water.

October is shaping up to be an active month for the XRP ecosystem, with a major industry gathering in South Korea, several network amendments, and Ripple-related events scheduled over the coming weeks.

Bitget temporarily suspended customer withdrawals after detecting the unauthorized movement of approximately $351.6 million in cryptocurrency. The exchange said the incident did not affect the balances displayed in customer accounts and that it would use its own protection reserves to cover the loss.

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HealthLynked (OTCQB: HLYK), a healthcare technology company focused on AI-powered patient engagement, care coordination and provider connectivity, selected DRCARE247 as its telemedicine partner. The partnership will integrate virtual care into the HealthLynked mobile application and website, allowing users to move from AI-powered health guidance to provider discovery, appointment scheduling, virtual consultations and medical record management within a single platform.

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China mines more than two-thirds of the world’s rare earth elements and processes up to 90% of them. That concentration concerns Western governments and manufacturers alike. Export controls from Beijing have already pushed up prices and disrupted supply chains for the magnets used in cars, wind turbines and defense systems. Analysts project a 36% global shortfall in neodymium and praseodymium supply by 2030, even accounting for new production outside China. Greenland Mines’ (NASDAQ: GRML) wants to be part of the answer. In a newly released podcast, Greenland Mines president Dr. Bo Møller Stensgaard laid out how Greenland Mines plans to develop two large mineral deposits outside China’s reach.

Lantern Pharma (NASDAQ: LTRN), a clinical-stage, AI-native biopharma company using artificial intelligence and genomic data to develop precision oncology therapies, announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering of 3,669,725 shares of common stock, or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof, at $1.09 per share. The offering generated approximately $4 million in gross proceeds before fees and expenses. In a concurrent private placement, Lantern issued unregistered warrants to purchase up to 3,669,725 shares at an exercise price of $1.09 per share, potentially providing an additional approximately $4 million in gross proceeds if fully exercised for cash.

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TruGolf (NASDAQ: TRUG) announced the first installation of its indoor range platform, TruGolf Range, featuring the company’s new TruGolf AI Coach experience at Lucid Golf in New Albany, Indiana. TruGolf Range allows up to five players to practice simultaneously on a single cinematic screen, with each hitting bay providing slow-motion replay of club and ball interaction, ball flight data and integrated AI analysis of swing tendencies.

Quantum BioPharma (NASDAQ: QNTM) Co-Founder and Executive Co-Chair Anthony Durkacz returned to The BioMedWire Podcast to discuss the company’s Lucid-MS drug candidate, which is advancing to a Phase 2 trial in multiple sclerosis patients, as well as the development and commercial opportunity surrounding unbuzzd(TM). Durkacz said Lucid-MS targets myelin and that the upcoming trial will mark the first time the drug is tested in patients with multiple sclerosis. He also highlighted clinical results for unbuzzd(TM), which is designed to accelerate alcohol metabolism, and said Quantum BioPharma owns approximately 20% of the company behind the product and has a 7% royalty stream up to $250 million.

Nano-X Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: NNOX) today announced that recent SEC Form 4 filings disclosed open-market purchases of the company’s ordinary shares by Chief Executive Officer Erez Meltzer and Board Director Dan Suesskind.

Every hotel guest who has tapped a card to open a door, ridden an elevator to a top floor or called the front desk from a room has benefited from technology that once seemed radical. The history of hospitality is also a history of practical innovation, and the next chapter may already be rolling quietly down hotel corridors. Nightfood Holdings, doing business as TechForce Robotics (OTCQB: NGTF), is building that chapter with service robots designed to work alongside hotel teams rather than replace them.

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares rose about 2% to $344.03 Wednesday morning as investors weighed Google’s participation in a voluntary AI safety accord, according to a GuruFocus article by Khac Phu Nguyen. The accord calls for internal controls, independent audits and safeguards intended to prevent AI systems from accessing technical infrastructure in unintended ways, while board committees would oversee audit findings. The article noted that the commitments remain voluntary and could provide greater policy clarity while adding compliance costs.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Synopsys Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) entered a multiyear strategic agreement to accelerate Amazon custom silicon innovation and the development of AI-powered products and cloud infrastructure. The agreement expands Amazon use of Synopsys silicon IP, electronic design automation (“EDA”), simulation and analysis and agentic AI technologies, with Amazon becoming the lead customer for Synopsys application-optimized silicon IP. The companies will also work to accelerate multiphysics solutions on Amazon Trainium and Graviton chips.

Stocktwits announced that its flagship Stocktoberfest 2026 event will be held Oct. 5-7 at locations across New York City, with Tradr ETFs serving as title partner. The two-and-a-half-day conference expects more than 300 attendees and will feature more than 40 speakers across keynotes, panels and fireside chats focused on topics including market signals, trading strategies, corporate strategy, retail investor education, agentic trading and investing and the evolving financial media landscape.

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The price of gold recovered modestly on Tuesday to claw out of the near two-month low it had sunk to during the previous trading sessions. Investors are currently studying the Middle East situation while also watching out for a number of economic data releases that are due in the U.S. starting Tuesday afternoon.

Chemicals suspected of raising the risk of breast cancer entered America’s air by the billions of pounds within one recent year, settling into a pattern that stretches across daily life. The exposure shows up in outdoor air, tap water, food, and the products sitting on household shelves, all traced back to the same body of research.

Silo Pharma (NASDAQ: SILO) announced that its wholly owned managed AI agent subsidiary QwikAgents expanded its platform with support for customer-supplied NVIDIA API keys and the addition of Hermes agent runtime. Customers can use their own NVIDIA API keys to access NVIDIA Nemotron models, making NVIDIA the fifth supported bring-your-own-key provider alongside Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and DeepSeek.

FingerMotion (NASDAQ: FNGR) entered into a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire 100% of Newbit Technology Inc. for $2.3 million in cash. Newbit holds the surface tenure, permits, pipeline and metering infrastructure, environmental approvals, Alberta Utilities Commission Rule 007 registration and related rights associated with FingerMotion’s previously disclosed 9.9 MW behind-the-meter Brooks Campus #1 in the County of Newell, Alberta. FingerMotion previously paid a $230,000 deposit, with another $230,000 due upon execution and approximately $1.84 million payable at closing, which is targeted to occur no later than Oct. 29, 2026.

American Fusion(TM) (OTCBQ: AMFN), a developer of next-generation fusion energy technologies, is putting the testing of its Texatron(TM) Fusion Engine(TM) at the center of a potential strategy to supply electricity to artificial-intelligence infrastructure and other power-intensive customers, according to Executive Chairman Brent Nelson in a new AGORACOM interview ( https://ibn.fm/GZmxG ).

Perpetuals.com (NASDAQ: PDC) an AI-powered financial services company, announced that Chief Strategy Officer and Director Matthew Nicoletti will present live at the AI & Technology Virtual Investor Conference on Oct. 1, 2026. The interactive online event will allow investors to ask questions in real time, with an archived webcast available afterward.

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SKYX Platforms (NASDAQ: SKYX) signed an agreement to supply its patented safe advanced and smart home technologies to Trump Towers Hyderabad, a 2.2 million-square-foot luxury residential development in Hyderabad, India. During development, SKYX is expected to supply tens of thousands of units of its plug-and-play technologies for the project, which will feature two 65-story towers connected by a suspended sky bridge and more than 450 residences.

Stocktoberfest 2026 by Stocktwits goes beyond the traditional investor conference, offering a Full Experience + Golf package as one of the available options. The package combines a complete two-and-a-half-day event with an 18-hole round at the famed Century Country Club in Purchase, New York, along with the core investor event and variety of additional perks.

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BOXABL (NASDAQ: BXBL) recently commenced trading on the Nasdaq following approval of its SPAC merger, marking its transition to the public markets at an implied valuation of approximately $3.5 billion. The company has raised more than $230 million from over 50,000 investors and has produced more than 800 modular homes as it develops a technology-driven, factory-based approach to residential construction. BOXABL manufactures standardized housing units at its Las Vegas facility, emphasizing automation, standardized production and AI-enabled manufacturing to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Its flagship 361-square-foot Casita is complemented by the smaller Baby Box, while larger modular formats are being developed for residential, multifamily, hospitality and commercial applications. The company’s manufacturing campus spans roughly 400,000 square feet, and production costs have declined 43% since 2022 through expanded automation and purchasing efficiencies.

VERAXA Biotech (NASDAQ: VRXA) has advanced its VXA-222 bispecific antibody-drug conjugate (“ADC”) program beyond the initial discovery phase following the completion of its collaboration with OmniAb, with the company now planning to engineer the final candidate using its antibody-engineering, linker and conjugation technologies and conduct in vitro and in vivo preclinical studies. VXA-222 employs an “AND-gate” design intended to recognize two tumor-associated antigens simultaneously, potentially increasing selectivity for cancer cells, while VERAXA continues developing a broader oncology pipeline spanning ADCs, T-cell engagers and other engineered antibody formats. The company has also filed its first patents covering its BiTAC-TCE and BiTAC-ADC platforms and related payload, click-chemistry and conjugation technologies, adding to an intellectual-property portfolio that includes more than 50 granted patents across 26 families in 14 countries.

Earth Science Tech (OTC: ETST) recently continued its expansion in the healthcare, pharmacy and telemedicine sectors with the acquisition of Meduvo LLC, a California-based compounding pharmacy operating from a 2,000-square-foot facility in La Verne. The acquisition expands ETST’s pharmacy network to 34 U.S. jurisdictions and gives the company a West Coast operational hub, complementing its existing compounding pharmacy subsidiaries, RxCompoundStore.com and Mister Meds. The company plans to upgrade Meduvo’s facility to meet sterile-compounding requirements, with management targeting regulatory certification by the end of 2028. The acquisition fits ETST’s broader strategy of expanding its geographic reach, integrating telemedicine with pharmacy fulfillment and improving the operational efficiency of its healthcare businesses.

Law enforcement and public safety personnel rely on a wide range of skills to perform their jobs safely and effectively. Communication, de-escalation, conflict resolution, critical thinking, situational awareness, and medical response are among the capabilities that can become critical in high-pressure situations.

Earth Science Tech (OTCQB: ETST) is a strategic holding company that brings together innovative businesses across the healthcare, pharmacy, technology and telemedicine, real estate, and consumer products spaces. The company employs a dedicated IT infrastructure department, led by Chief Technology Officer Chris Rose, that has enabled it to leverage new technology to cut costs, improve operational efficiencies, and expand profit margins across its pharmacy and telemedicine platforms. These benefits, according to Rose, stem from the company’s strategy to build instead of buy and leverage AI to augment the process.

Secondhand electric vehicles with high mileage are proving more dependable than comparable gas-powered cars, according to new research examining nearly 50 million UK roadworthiness test results. Looking specifically at cars driven between 90,000 and the 120,000-mile mark, the failure rate for EVs came in at 16.5% against 22.1% for equivalent fossil-fuel models. That puts EVs at roughly a quarter lower risk of failing at that stage.

A CT scan ordered to answer one clinical question may capture additional anatomical information beyond the original indication. In certain cases, routine CT imaging can include information related to the spine, coronary arteries, liver and other areas, creating an opportunity to support clinical evaluation of findings that may otherwise go unnoticed.

Nutriband (NASDAQ: NTRB) announced that CEO Gareth Sheridan is featured in a new documentary by independent journalist and filmmaker Nick Shirley examining the opioid crisis in the United States. Sheridan discusses pharmaceutical innovation and technologies including Nutriband AVERSA (TM) abuse-deterrent platform, which is designed to reduce the risk of abuse, misuse, diversion and accidental exposure associated with high-risk medications while preserving access for patients with legitimate medical needs.

NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE American: NNVC) reported results for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2026, highlighting regulatory and clinical progress for broad-spectrum antiviral candidate NV-387. The company received regulatory approval in the Democratic Republic of Congo for Phase II trials evaluating NV-387 Oral Gummies for the treatment of Mpox and Ebola, with both trials beginning enrollment at the end of September 2026. NanoViricides also received U.S. Food and Drug Administration Orphan Drug Designation and Rare Pediatric Disease Drug designation for NV-387 as a treatment for measles.

Europe’s effort to shift away from fossil fuels is facing a problem that would once have seemed unlikely: electricity is sometimes becoming so plentiful that producers have to pay to sell it. During the first three months of 2026, electricity traded below zero for 1,223 hours across European Union day-ahead markets, according to the International Energy Agency.

Chainalysis’ seventh annual Geography of Crypto report describes a crypto market that behaved very differently from previous downturns during the year ending June 2026. Bitcoin reached a record price before suffering its deepest dollar decline, dropping $67,000 between its high and subsequent low.

U.S. President Donald Trump has reported a large number of investment transactions involving some of the world’s most important technology companies. The latest financial disclosure covers trading activity from July and includes companies working in artificial intelligence, software, electric vehicles and space technology.

In July 2026, electricity demand in Texas shot past the existing record of 85.5 gigawatts previously set and reached 91.1 gigawatts due to the intense summer heat. ERCOT, the utility firm in the state, “effortlessly” handled this demand without having to appeal to the public to conserve energy. This feat was attained thanks to battery storage, wind and solar installations .

American Fusion (OTC: AMFN) announced that Chief Technology Officer Dr. John E. Brandenburg completed a technical analysis describing the proposed plasma-formation, compression and confinement approach underlying the company proprietary Texatron (TM) Fusion Engine (TM). The analysis outlines a theoretical framework in which a powerful magnetic pulse compresses plasma within a rifled toroidal chamber, with the goal of achieving the temperature, density and confinement required for fusion.

TruGolf Holdings (NASDAQ: TRUG) is a technology company further cementing its leadership in the technology sector by advancing a strategic expansion into digital asset infrastructure through its pending acquisition of Polymath Research Inc., a developer of enterprise-grade infrastructure for regulated digital securities and tokenized real-world assets. Announced in August 2026, the proposed combination is intended to unite Polymath’s tokenization platform with TruGolf’s established, revenue-generating golf technology business under a single Nasdaq-listed company.

Xeriant (OTCQB: XERI) provided an update on ongoing production of NexBoard (TM) at its contract manufacturer, reporting that the company achieved nearly a 25% reduction in panel weight while maintaining the same dimensions. Xeriant said the manufacturing process is being used to establish material compatibility, equipment capabilities, cycle times and product consistency as it prepares for future production scaling.

Lantern Pharma (NASDAQ: LTRN) announced a definitive agreement for the purchase and sale of 3,669,725 shares of common stock, or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof, at $1.09 per share in a registered direct offering expected to generate approximately $4 million in gross proceeds. In a concurrent private placement, the company will issue unregistered warrants to purchase up to 3,669,725 additional shares at an exercise price of $1.09 per share, potentially generating approximately $4 million in additional gross proceeds if fully exercised for cash.

Apimeds Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. (NYSE American: APUS) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, MindWave Innovations Inc., signed a 12-month software development and technology services agreement with Flash Sports & Media Holdings, Inc. to build and operate FlashChain, a blockchain designed to track digital broadcasting rights, video assets and match ticket inventory. MindWave will deploy a dedicated FlashChain subnet on its MindChain Layer-2 infrastructure, operate validator nodes and develop software connecting Flash streaming and ticketing platforms and gate-scanning hardware to the network.

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Greenland Mines (NASDAQ: GRML) (FSE: HK6) announced that it raised over $17 million through a registered direct offering of common stock at $13 per share, bringing its total capital raised over the past week to more than $59 million. The company said the financing strengthens its balance sheet and provides capital for planned exploration and development programs and its 2027 milestones across its Greenland portfolio.

Uranium Energy (NYSE American: UEC) announced results for its fiscal year ended July 31, 2026, highlighting its expansion from one producing uranium mine in Wyoming to two mines in two states, the start of production at Burke Hollow in South Texas and continued development of a third mine at Ludeman in Wyoming. The company reported fourth-quarter production of 65,392 pounds of uranium at Christensen Ranch at a total cash cost of $28.38 per pound and 17,352 pounds at Burke Hollow at a total cash cost of $36.13 per pound. UEC also said it enters fiscal 2027 debt-free and continues to advance its planned uranium conversion facility through United States Uranium Refining & Conversion Corp.

TruGolf (NASDAQ: TRUG) announced that Chairman and Interim CEO Brenner Adams and Polymath Research Interim CEO and CFO Natalie Hirsch will present at The ThinkEquity Conference on Oct. 15, 2026, at the Mandarin Oriental in New York. Management will discuss TruGolf golf technology business, including the TruGolf Links franchise model, and the company expansion into tokenized financial infrastructure through its acquisition of Polymath. Adams and Hirsch will also hold one-on-one meetings with investors throughout the day.

Stocktwits brings the Stocktoberfest gathering to New York City from October 5–7, 2026. This multi-day experience brings traders, investors, public company executives, financial professionals, and content creators together in a shared, interactive forum.

For much of the last three decades, treatment of degenerative knee disease has centered heavily on managing symptoms with anti-inflammatories, activity modification, lubricants and injections, while structural intervention was often reserved for more advanced disease. Focal cartilage defects had surgical options, but those came with their own tradeoffs in durability, complexity, and cost. That balance is shifting.