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Vietnam is weighing the most unusual version yet of the youth social media bans that are sweeping the globe. Instead of kicking kids off platforms entirely, the country wants to let them stay logged in — just muted. Under a draft decree from Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports

The Federal Reserve sets national interest rate policy. But the U.S. central bank isn't the only major player in this arena: Bond investors also have a big influence on consumers' borrowing costs. Many types of consumer loans — such as mortgages and auto loans — often peg their i

Today, Anthropic rolled out Opus 5, the newest update for the model that has recently become a popular choice for coding and other software development tasks, among other things. While this is a noteworthy bump for Opus, it doesn’t seem to be an Opus 4.5-level breakthrough in age

ICC top prosecutor removed over sexual misconduct allegations - Published Members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have voted to dismiss Karim Khan as chief prosecutor for alleged sexual misconduct. Elected the ICC's third prosecutor in 2021, Khan was suspended last mont

Waymo is reportedly looking for a way out of its deal with Uber, which has made the Alphabet-owned company’s robotaxis available on the ride-hailing giant’s network in Austin and Atlanta, according to the Financial Times. Waymo already told Uber that it intends to offer robotaxis

President Donald Trump on Friday defended his Department of Justice's issuance of subpoenas to New York Times reporters, as it was revealed that Google also received a subpoena in the same criminal investigation of the leak of information about the president's new Air Force One p

Investors are getting increasingly uncomfortable with the amount of capital needed to make the artificial intelligence buildout a reality. It's playing out in real time in the bond market, where the biggest names involved in the blitz — Google, Amazon and Meta — are seeing credit

Investors are getting increasingly uncomfortable with the amount of capital needed to make the artificial intelligence buildout a reality. It's playing out in real time in the bond market, where the biggest names involved in the blitz — Google, Amazon and Meta — are seeing credit

The S&P 500 ended close to flat but its biggest weight came from the S&P 500 technology index, which underperformed the broader market as chip stocks fell. While investors wait for results from megacaps Microsoft , Amazon.com, Meta and Apple Inc , their enthusiasm was weakened by

U.S. Treasury yields slid on Friday as oil prices dropped following a report that Pakistan is exploring a way to restart peace talks between the U.S. and Iran. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note — the key benchmark for mortgage and auto loans and credit card debt — was l

Market odds on Kalshi for when the Strait of Hormuz maritime traffic will return to normal are below 50% as of Friday afternoon. Chances that the strait's traffic flow is normal by July 2027 plummeted to 47% from nearly 70% in the past two days. The drop came after the U.S. launc

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two Volkswagen engineers with securities fraud for an alleged insider-trading scheme connected to the German automaker’s joint venture with Rivian. The indictment, unsealed Friday by the U.S. District Attorney for the Southern District o

Insight and analysis on the data center space from industry thought leaders. AI Is Redefining Data Center Ownership: Multiple Assets, Multiple Timelines As AI infrastructure grows more complex, companies are rethinking how they acquire, own, and finance assets that operate on dra

The nation's largest multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis linked to shredded iceberg lettuce has expanded to nine states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. The four newly linked states — Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania – join Indiana, Kentuc

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Roku is raising the prices for its streaming sticks and boxes by up to 60 percent. Roku has updated its website with the new prices. Currently, it is still selling its streaming players at their old MSRPs but lists those prices as sale prices. The new prices are: - Roku Streaming

President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration will launch a trade probe into the European Union that will cancel hefty fines levied against U.S. tech giants and likely result in a "substantial" tariff on the 27-member bloc. Trump, in a lengthy Truth Social post, accuse

President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration will launch a trade probe into the European Union that will cancel hefty fines levied against U.S. tech giants and likely result in a "substantial" tariff on the 27-member bloc. Trump, in a lengthy Truth Social post, accuse

Democrats are poised to start their 2028 presidential primary in South Carolina, after the Democratic National Committee’s rules and bylaws committee recommended keeping the state at the front of their calendar. New Hampshire is likely to hold an earlier contest anyway, as it man

Oil prices dropped Friday on a report that Pakistan is looking for a way to restart talks between the U.S. and Iran. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark, fell nearly 4% to close at $96.78 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures lost 3% to settle at $89.3

PEARC Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Conference Series The upcoming PEARC26 conference scheduled to take place July 26-30 in Minneapolis, Minnesota will be... When ACM PEARC26 happens July 26-30 at the Minneapolis Convention Center, it will mark two firsts at once. The conference

In a widely expected move, a committee organized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted to endorse removing restrictions on the manufacture of peptides for human use. Thursday’s panel meeting saw a sharply divided group recommend lifting limits on four peptides; vote

Midjourney, which has gone from generating AI cat images to full-body ultrasound scans, is getting into a new field: astrology. The AI startup announced on Thursday that it has acquired the personalized astrology app Co-Star, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. Midjourney bought th

The KYY K1302R is a 15.6-inch portable monitor with a 1920×1080 IPS panel, 60Hz refresh rate, dual USB Type-C inputs, and a mini HDMI input. It has an upgraded, integrated kickstand that houses all the ports and built-in speakers. The KYY K1302R jumps right into the market for in

* Fed funds futures price a 36% chance of a Wednesday hike * Futures imply the benchmark rate could reach about 4.20% by April * Fed left rates unchanged last month, signaled a hike later this year By Karen Brettell July 24 - Benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yields dipped from 18-

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(Update to afternoon trading) * Dollar little changed but set for weekly climb * Yen holds at 40-year lows * U.S. Treasury Department calls for BOJ rate hikes By Chuck Mikolajczak July 24 (Reuters) - The dollar was set for its biggest weekly gain since mid-June, buoyed by the ris

President Donald Trump said he will soon make a decision on whether to launch a "massive attack" on Iran after the conflict in the Middle East extended to a new battleground in the Red Sea. At the same time, Pakistan is looking for ways to restart stalled peace talks between the

Oil tankers are increasingly coming under fire on several fronts as economic warfare is deployed as a weapon in the escalating conflicts in the Middle East and Europe. Iran has stepped up its attacks on tankers in and around the Strait of Hormuz this month as it tries to impose i

By Lawrence Delevingne, Shashwat Chauhan and Stella Qiu July 24 (Reuters) - U.S. and European stock markets found some relief from this week's lows as oil prices pulled back on Friday, but global bond yields stayed near multi-decade highs as concerns over inflation and rate hikes

Nvidia and 24 other companies sign open-weights letter as Washington weighs Chinese AI model ban — OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google absent from the list None of the signatories sells access to a closed frontier model. Jensen Huang joined X last month and used his first post Friday t

Off the Wire Press Releases July 24, 2026 — The Genesis Mission is a historic national initiative led by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), which is building the world’s most powerful integrated science discovery platform. By uniting government, industry, academia, and philanth

Off the Wire Press Releases July 24, 2026 – VAST Data has announced an expanded collaboration with AMD to help AI cloud providers and enterprises build and operate high-performance AI factories at scale. The collaboration brings together the VAST AI Operating System with 6th Gen

Off the Wire Press Releases IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, July 24, 2026 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected the Prometheus project to receive a Phase II award of $60 million over three years (subject to appropriations). Prometheus will leverage artificial intelligence (AI) t