Market Performance - U.S. stocks traded higher, with the Dow up 0.83% to 46,328.48, the NASDAQ rising 0.45% to 22,484.92, and the S&P 500 gaining 0.62% to 6,645.73 [1] - Energy shares increased by 1.4%, while information technology stocks fell by 0.4% [1] Commodity Prices - Oil prices rose by 1.7% to $66.10, gold increased by 0.9% to $3,805.00, silver was up 1.8% to $45.945, and copper fell by 0.4% to $4.7390 [5] European Market Trends - European shares showed positive performance, with the eurozone's STOXX 600 gaining 0.66%, Spain's IBEX 35 Index rising 1.28%, London's FTSE 100 up 0.71%, Germany's DAX 40 gaining 0.66%, and France's CAC 40 climbing 0.78% [6] Asian Market Trends - Asian markets closed lower, with Japan's Nikkei 225 down 0.87%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng declining 1.35%, China's Shanghai Composite falling 0.65%, and India's BSE Sensex down 0.90% [7] Company News - MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. shares surged 106% to $2.9791 after announcing plans to deploy Orb across 100 Japanese relaxation studios [9] - bioAffinity Technologies, Inc. shares increased by 73% to $5.92 following the release of additional case studies demonstrating the effectiveness of CyPath Lung in detecting Stage 1A lung cancer [9] - Datavault AI Inc. shares rose 55% to $1.2890 after securing a $150 million investment in Bitcoin to build a supercomputer [9] - Pop Culture Group Co., Ltd shares dropped 53% to $0.9718 after entering a registered direct offering to sell 5 million shares at $1.20 per share [9] - Kuke Music Holding Limited shares fell 36% to $0.7507 after acquiring a controlling interest in Naxos Music Group [9] - Lexaria Bioscience Corp. shares decreased by 27% to $1.1187 after pricing a $4 million registered direct offering at $1.50 per share [9] Economic Indicators - U.S. personal spending rose by 0.6% month-over-month to $21.112 trillion in August, while personal income increased by 0.4% to $26.280 trillion [11] - The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index rose 2.7% year-over-year in August, marking the highest reading since February 2025 [11] - The University of Michigan consumer sentiment was revised lower to 55.1 in September from a preliminary reading of 55.4 and down from 58.2 in August [11]

Proof of human in an AI world is one of the world's most urgent issues... so on today's JourneyMan, I sit down with @tiagosada from @worldcoin to discover what this is all about. As ever, I hope you enjoy and find it useful. https://t.co/R6k2lUX28K ...

Proof of Humanity & World ID - The company believes its proof of humanity solution will work and integrate into World ID [1] - The company is not solely focused on orb technology, but sees it as the only way to achieve scale, inclusivity, and function in a world with increasingly powerful AI [1] Competition & Alternatives - The company anticipates competitors emerging with alternative hardware solutions like palm-based or face-based systems [2] - The company views government ID as the only other alternative, but considers it conceptually risky [2]