England, Argentina set for World Cup semifinal Wednesday in Atlanta

England and Argentina will meet on Wednesday in one of the most anticipated matches of the 2026 FIFA…

Nvidia halves Asian AI chip buyer list to block China diversion

Nvidia has more than halved the number of Asian customers authorized to purchase its AI chips, creating a…

DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng is now the richest AI founder

Liang Wenfeng, the 40-year-old founder of Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek, has become the wealthiest AI founder in…

ECB selects 36 firms to join digital euro pilot

The European Central Bank on Monday announced it has selected 36 payment service providers to participate in a…

Shein faces Hong Kong IPO hearing Thursday after China regulatory approval

Fast-fashion giant Shein has secured Chinese regulatory approval for a Hong Kong initial public offering, removing the final…

EU begins final negotiations on digital euro launch

The European Central Bank's digital euro project entered a decisive new phase this week as formal trilogue negotiations…

IMF warns Europe’s debt could double by 2040 on ‘explosive’ path

The International Monetary Fund has issued a stark warning that public debt across Europe risks spiraling to unsustainable…

Traders boost BoE and ECB rate hike bets as oil nears $85

The collapse of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire has sent oil prices surging to one-month highs, reigniting inflation concerns across…

SoftBank’s Son says AI will need $5 trillion a year by 2040

Masayoshi Son, the founder of SoftBank Group, has declared nuclear fusion the most realistic long-term energy solution for…

France and Spain meet in first-ever World Cup clash today

Two of European football's heavyweights will meet on Tuesday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, when France take…

China’s June exports jump 27%, fastest since 2021

China's exports surged 27% year-on-year in June in U.S. dollar terms, the fastest pace since October 2021, as…

UAE says Iranian missiles struck two tankers in Hormuz, killing one

Two UAE-flagged oil tankers were hit by Iranian cruise missiles in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, killing…

Saudi Arabia becomes top buyer in Taiwan’s booming drone industry

Saudi Arabia purchased $47.2 million worth of drones from Taiwan in June, the largest single-month UAV export to…

New theory links dark matter to a hidden fifth dimension

Dark matter, the invisible substance that holds galaxies together, may owe its elusive nature to the geometry of…

Bitcoin slides as Trump reinstates Iran blockade, proposes Hormuz cargo fee

Bitcoin fell more than 2% on Monday after President Donald Trump announced the reinstatement of what he called…

xAI’s Grok Build CLI caught uploading full repos and secrets to cloud

When xAI launched Grok Build in May 2026, the company pitched it as a "local-first" coding agent —…

US launches third straight night of strikes on Iran, reinstates naval blockade

The United States military launched a third straight night of strikes against Iran on Monday, further escalating a…

OnePlus to officially exit US and European markets

OnePlus is preparing to officially confirm its exit from the United States and European markets within days, marking…

FIFA removes French referees from World Cup semifinal round

FIFA has confirmed that French referees François Letexier and Clément Turpin will not officiate any further matches at…

Google to sell its AI chips to outside cloud providers

Alphabet's Google is moving to sell its custom Tensor Processing Units to independent cloud providers for the first…

Apple releases iOS 27 public beta with overhauled Siri AI

Apple is releasing the first public betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, and watchOS…

Google search traffic grew 4% in June despite AI rivals’ explosive gains

Google's grip on web search remains firm even as artificial intelligence competitors post explosive growth figures. Global daily…

Jetta, Taycan among 10 models VW may axe, Bild reports

Volkswagen Group announced a sweeping "Future Plan" last week to cut its global model portfolio by up to…

Fusion energy investment hits record $4.5B, industry survey finds

Global investment in nuclear fusion companies surged to a record $4.48 billion in the 12 months ending July…

Apple sues OpenAI alleging systematic trade secret theft

Apple filed a sweeping trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday, July 10, accusing the AI company and…

Sports federations begin readmitting Russian athletes after IOC lifts ban

The International Table Tennis Federation on Monday confirmed the reinstatement of athletes holding Russian passports, while the Union…

Brazil coffee industry warns El Niño could cut harvest by up to 20%

Brazil's record-setting coffee harvest faces a new threat as El Niño takes hold across the equatorial Pacific, with…

Hubble detects first stellar-mass black hole in Omega Centauri

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found the first stellar-mass black hole in Omega Centauri, the largest…

Deutsche Bank and UniCredit sue Linde over Russia sanctions losses

Deutsche Bank, UniCredit, and Commerzbank have filed lawsuits in Germany against industrial gases group Linde in what is…

Over 2,700 died in England and Wales heatwaves, study finds

Western Europe is still counting the dead from an unprecedented June heatwave that sent temperatures above 40°C and…