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Bond Yields Rose And U.S.-Iran War Escalated Again. Stocks Fell.
Stocks dropped on Tuesday as bond yields continue to rise globally and hostilities between the U.S. and Iran escalate again. The S&P 500 fell 0.71%, while the Dow Jones Industrial…
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The Platform That Just Put Stocks, Crypto And Gold Under One Roof Is Changing Retail Investing
For years, investors generally had to use different providers for different parts of their portfolios. Stocks and ETFs were held through traditional brokerages, cryptocurrencies were purchased through crypto exchanges, and…
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Ox Alpha Emerged as a Powerful OpenAI Rival—Then China’s Z.ai Was Revealed as Its Creator
Ox Alpha appeared on OpenRouter on 20 August as an anonymous AI model, initially leaving developers without a clear indication of who had created it. The model was listed as…
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Microsoft Is Significantly Behind Its Own Targets For AI Chip Deployment: Report
A Guardian investigation published this week has cast fresh doubt on the pact of enterprise AI adoption, finding that Microsoft is significantly behind its own targets for AI chip deployment…
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Russian Hackers Used SpaceX’s AI Coding Assistant To Conduct Attacks: Report
A Russian hacking group active since April has been using SpaceX’s AI coding assistant, Cursor, to conduct cyberattacks. Reuters reported that the group used Cursor to break into a Belgian…
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Nvidia’s Results Beat Expectations, But Its Stock Still Struggled
Nvidia reported results that beat expectations in the second quarter. Nvidia reported results that were better than expected in the second quarter, but its stock still struggled as it faces…
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CIA Director Ratcliffe Unexpectedly Traveled To Moscow For Meetings: Report
CIA Director Jim Ratcliffe made an unexpected trip to Russia to hold a series of meetings, according to a new report. CBS News detailed that a U.S. Air Force Boeing…
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Broadcom Could Raise Up to $80 Billion As Anthropic AI Buildout Drives Massive Financing Push
Broadcom is in talks to raise as much as $70 billion to $80 billion in debt to finance chips and computing infrastructure for artificial intelligence companies, including Anthropic, in another…
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‘Human Printer’ Natalie Harp Reportedly Eyed to Replace Karoline Leavitt Amid Donald Trump Favouritism Row
President Donald Trump is weighing whether to elevate close aide Natalie Harp to White House press secretary in Washington as early as the end of August, according to CNN, potentially…
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Bessent’s Plan To Increase The Amount Spent On Buybacks Of U.S. Debt Didn’t Reassure Investors. Stocks Dropped.
Stocks dropped on Thursday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s plan to increase the amount of funds spent on accelerated buybacks on government debt failed to reassure investors on Thursday. The…
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Removed a Popular Defense Minister Last Month. He’s Now Calling For Wartime Elections.
Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for presidential elections, saying the democratic process must be restored despite the ongoing war. Getty Images Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov called…
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XRP at a 52-Week Low: Is the $3 Price Prediction Dead for 2026?
XRP trades near $1.02 on August 14, and this week it did something it hadn’t done all year: it printed a 52-week low of $0.9923, briefly losing the $1 line…
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Mexican Drug Cartel Sought To Buy Weapons And Pay For Them With Meth, Fentanyl
A Mexican drug cartel tried to use fentanyl and methamphetamine to acquire a slew of weapons from Europe, the U.S. Justice Department alleges in an unsealed indictment. Factions of the…
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NATO Country Believes Russia Will Stage a False Flag Attack Against Critical Infrastructure
NATO countries said they are taking measures to protect critical infrastructure against a false flag attack from Russia. Different NATO countries said they are taking measures to protect critical infrastructure…
