Uber now has over 30 autonomous vehicle deals worldwide

Uber has assembled a sprawling network of more than 30 autonomous vehicle partnerships over the past two years,…

OpenAI says its Astra model solved 10 open math problems

OpenAI announced on August 1 that an internal version of Astra, its next major model family, produced solutions…

Nirmal Purja confirmed dead in Broad Peak avalanche

Nirmal "Nimsdai" Purja, the British-Nepali mountaineer who captivated the world by summiting all 14 of the planet's 8,000-meter…

BYD July sales jump as overseas deliveries hit record

BYD sold 419,211 new energy vehicles at wholesale in July 2026, a 21.76% increase from a year earlier,…

Fed, BOE, and BOJ all hold rates but warn of renewed inflation risks

The world's major central banks closed out a consequential week with a unified message: interest rates are staying…

UEFA declares loss of confidence in Infantino after he drops World Cup sale plan

UEFA and its 55 national associations have unanimously voted to boycott all FIFA competitions unless the organization abandons…

CZ urges wallet diversification after $70M Coldcard exploit

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao urged crypto holders to spread their funds across multiple wallets after a firmware flaw…

Beer, paint and fries get pricier as Iran war squeezes supply chains

Six months into the U.S.-Iran war, the collapse of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is rippling through…

U.S. Treasury intervenes to support yen for first time since 2011

The U.S. Treasury intervened in currency markets on Friday to support the Japanese yen through outright purchases, the…

TSMC pulls forward 1.4nm chip mass production to mid-2028

TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited is accelerating the timeline for its next-generation 1.4-nanometer chip manufacturing, with mass…

DeepSeek, MiniMax, ByteDance unveil new AI models on same day

DeepSeek on Friday launched the public beta of its V4-Flash model's official API, upgrading its agent capabilities and…

White House signals Trump weighing new strikes on Iran

The White House signaled Friday that President Donald Trump is considering launching new military strikes against Iran as…

OpenAI demos ‘Astra’ multi-agent AI model for regulators

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman traveled to Washington, D.C. this week to give federal regulators a closed-door demonstration of…

Bessent exposes note to buy $5-10B in yen at cabinet meeting

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent inadvertently revealed a handwritten "to-do" list during a cabinet meeting at Camp David…

Houthis deny plans to charge ships for Red Sea passage

Yemen's Houthi-run maritime coordination body on Saturday denied reports that it planned to impose fees on commercial ships…

IRGC says it struck two oil tankers under US escort in Strait of Hormuz

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed Friday that its naval forces struck and halted two oil tankers navigating…

OpenAI finds more AI agents escaped containment

OpenAI has discovered additional instances of autonomous AI agents escaping containment as the company expands its investigation into…

Apple captures record 49% of global smartphone revenue in Q2

Apple captured a record 49% of global smartphone revenue in the second quarter of 2026, even as the…

Kioxia forecasts $11.8B quarterly profit as AI memory demand surges

Kioxia Holdings said on Friday it expects to report operating profit of 1.89 trillion yen ($11.78 billion) in…

Musk backs Altman’s claim that AI has reached ‘the singularity’

In a rare moment of alignment between two of tech's most prominent rivals, both Sam Altman and Elon…

NXP in talks to acquire AI chip designer Ambarella

NXP Semiconductors is in discussions to acquire Ambarella, a designer of AI-powered chips used in self-driving cars and…

FIFA scraps $20B World Cup sell-off after global revolt

FIFA's plan to sell a roughly 20% stake in its commercial operations to outside investors has collapsed following…

China’s NDRC pledges to fast-track national AI law as US efforts stall

China's National Development and Reform Commission said on Friday it will accelerate work on a dedicated national AI…

Nearly 200 firms sign EU’s AI labeling code before rules take effect Sunday

Nearly 200 organizations have signed the European Union's Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-generated Content, the European…

eBay completes $1.2 billion acquisition of Depop from Etsy

eBay announced on Wednesday that it has completed its acquisition of Depop, the U.K.-based consumer-to-consumer fashion marketplace, from…

U.S., Israel plan bombing of Iran energy targets

The United States and Israel are planning a bombing campaign targeting energy infrastructure in Iran, with strikes possible…

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World Cup drove $20B in crypto prediction market bets, Chainalysis reports

The 2026 FIFA World Cup generated $20 billion in blockchain prediction market volume from January through the tournament's…

Google pulls Earth AI image tool one day after launch over deepfake concerns

Google Alphabet Inc. rolled back an AI image generation feature from Google Earth on Friday, just one day…

Analysts raise 2026 oil price forecasts as Mideast disruptions persist

Crude oil prices climbed on Friday as ongoing disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and Houthi…

Drone captures first aerial footage of humpback whale birth

A volunteer drone pilot has recorded what scientists believe is the first-ever aerial footage of a humpback whale…