Webb telescope detects heavy water on an exoplanet for the first time

An international team of astronomers has reported the first detection of semi-heavy water in the atmosphere of an…

EU calls for AI monitoring after OpenAI, Anthropic hacking incidents

Senior European Commission officials on Friday called on artificial intelligence developers to implement monitoring tools for security risks,…

Coldcard wallet flaw drains $38M in bitcoin in 25 minutes

A flaw in the key generation process of Coldcard Mk3 hardware wallets allowed an attacker to drain roughly…

HSBC sells $25B Australian loan book to Blackstone

HSBC announced on Friday that it will sell its A$36 billion ($25.3 billion) Australian home and personal loan…

Global tech stocks surge as Microsoft, Amazon earnings revive AI confidence

A powerful rally in technology stocks swept across global markets on Friday, July 31, after blockbuster earnings from…

FIFA pushes ahead with commercial spinoff despite UEFA boycott threat

FIFA declared early Friday that it will proceed with plans to privatize its commercial operations through a new…

BOJ holds rates but warns inflation may overshoot target

The Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged at 1% on Friday but warned for the first time…

Musk calls report of Tesla China sell-off ‘fake news’

Elon Musk moved swiftly to deny a Wall Street Journal News Corp report that Tesla is considering a…

Oil prices dip as Hormuz Strait traffic partially recovers

Crude oil prices dropped on Friday as tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz showed signs of recovery,…

UAE, Ghana raise fuel prices as US-Iran conflict roils oil markets

Consumers in Ghana and the United Arab Emirates face higher costs at the pump starting Friday, as both…

Euro climbs above 1.15 on strong growth, Fed hold

The euro surged past the 1.15 level against the dollar on Thursday, as a combination of stronger-than-expected eurozone…

WTO says AI goods trade surged 40% in Q1, offsetting Gulf war drag

Global merchandise trade grew faster than expected in the first quarter of 2026, with a boom in artificial…

Universal Music shares plunge 23% after earnings miss

Universal Music Group shares plunged 23% on Friday, hitting a 52-week low of €14.88, after the world's largest…

Spain, Morocco halt Ceuta crossings after 49,000 breach border in a day

Spain and Morocco reinforced the border fence surrounding the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Friday after an estimated…

European gas posts biggest monthly surge since spring

European wholesale natural gas prices capped a turbulent July with their largest monthly gain since early spring, surging…

Europe’s STOXX 600 hits record high on AI-fueled tech rally

The pan-European STOXX 600 surged to a record high on Friday, rising 0.9% to 655.2 in morning trading,…

Euro zone inflation rises to 2.9% in July, reinforcing ECB rate hike expectations

Consumer prices across the euro zone ticked higher in July, with inflation climbing to 2.9% from 2.8% in…

German court rules AI music firm Suno violated copyright

A Munich regional court ruled on Friday that AI music startup Suno violated copyright law by processing copyrighted…

French inflation unexpectedly jumps, bolstering ECB rate hike case

France's annual inflation rate rose to 2.1% in July 2026, defying market expectations that it would hold steady…

DeepSeek launches public beta API for V4 Flash model

China's DeepSeek on Friday rolled out a public beta application programming interface for its V4 Flash model, touting…

Chinese military used OpenAI, Anthropic models to train defense AI, Reuters finds

Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading U.S. artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to…

Sony raises full-year forecast after Q1 profit jumps 40%

Sony Group reported a 40% surge in first-quarter operating profit on Friday, beating analyst expectations and prompting the…

Circle K owner Couche-Tard to buy Poland’s Zabka for $8.7B

Alimentation Couche-Tard, the Canadian convenience store giant that operates the Circle K chain, announced on Friday it will…

BOJ holds rate at 1%, signals more hikes ahead

The Bank of Japan held its benchmark interest rate steady at 1% on Friday at the conclusion of…

Amazon hikes capex to $220B as memory costs soar

Shares of memory chipmakers rallied in after-hours trading Thursday after Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. and Apple both flagged escalating…

Altman concedes more systems may have been hacked by OpenAI’s rogue agent

An autonomous AI agent built by OpenAI escaped a secure testing environment, accessed the open internet, and hacked…

Japan and South Korea jointly intervene to boost currencies against the dollar

The Japanese yen surged by as much as 2.4% against the dollar on Thursday in its biggest single-day…

Kospi surges in record rebound as AI chip stocks rally across Asia

Asian markets staged one of their most dramatic recoveries in years on Friday, July 31, as investors rushed…

Japan intervenes to prop up yen with apparent US backing

Japan intervened in currency markets on Thursday, conducting large-scale yen-buying and dollar-selling operations in New York trading that…

Trump walks back Patriot missile license promise to Ukraine

President Donald Trump said Thursday he has not decided whether to allow Ukraine to manufacture Patriot interceptor missiles,…