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Carboxymethyl Cellulose Market Seen Reaching USD 5.04 Billion by 2030 on Processed Food and Pharma Demand
The global carboxymethyl cellulose market is forecast to grow from USD 3.28 billion in 2025 to USD 5.04 billion by 2030,...
Shopify Says AI Search Tripled Store Traffic — Traditional Search Still Growing
Shopify credits its Q2 earnings beat partly to AI agents, which tripled AI-referred traffic and orders year over year — ...
SpaceX's AI Spending Spree Drags Its Shares While Nvidia Gains
SpaceX beat Q2 estimates but its $18.4B capex sent shares down 7%; Nvidia rose as Musk made it the exclusive AI chip par...
S&P 500 Q2 Earnings Track a 47% Growth Rate as AI Spending Extends the Rally
The S&P 500 is on pace for 47% year-on-year Q2 earnings growth, fueled by AI investment — though one-off gains at Alphab...
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Adds 'Real World AI' Stage for Physical-World AI
The fall conference expands its AI program with a new stage on autonomous hardware, edge AI and de-extinction, featuring...
China's State Council Lays Out IP Rules for AI and Open Source by 2030
China's new five-year IP plan targets algorithms, AI-generated works, data and open-source licensing, shifting policy fr...
Chinese Regions Pay Travel Agencies Cash to Attract More Inbound Tourists
Chongqing, Guizhou and other Chinese regions are paying travel agencies per inbound visitor — with higher rates for emer...
Texas Court Deals Another Blow to Shipper Liability as C.H. Robinson Fights $604M Verdict
A Texas appeals court rejected vicarious liability claims against shipper Atlas Aerospace — the second such setback this...
Amazon's Zoox to launch paid robotaxi service in Las Vegas on Aug. 10
Amazon-owned Zoox will start charging fares for driverless rides in Las Vegas on Aug. 10, its first commercial robotaxi ...
Quantum Experiment Confirms Photons' Negative Dwell Time in Atomic Cloud
Photons can emerge from a rubidium cloud so early they seem to spend negative time inside it — and weak measurements of ...
KIT Runs Compressor-Free Hydrogen Turbine for Record 303 Seconds, Targeting Clean Power and Aviation
Researchers at KIT have generated electricity with a hydrogen turbine powered by detonation waves, running for 303 secon...
Orexin Neurons Help Rats Keep Working Toward Harder Rewards, Nagoya Study Finds
Rats with blocked orexin neurons lost persistence as tasks got harder, while real-time monitoring linked the cells to re...
McDonald's Replaces US Chief After Weak Quarter Blamed on Chaotic Promotions
McDonald's ousted Joe Erlinger as US chief after same-store sales growth of 0.8% missed forecasts, blaming poor executio...
Enlyte Targets Bodily Injury Claims Leakage With Structured Demand Evaluation
An Enlyte webinar argues inconsistent demand evaluation is quietly inflating bodily injury settlements — and pitches str...
More German Retirees Work as Employers Warn on 'Rente mit 63'
Retiree employment in Germany inched up to 14% in 2025, the Mikrozensus shows, as a political fight over scrapping early...
Novo Nordisk's Wegovy Pill Heads to Germany as Shares Slip on Pipeline Setback
Oral Wegovy is coming to Germany, but a CagriSema trial setback and modest pill sales tempered Novo Nordisk's guidance r...
BMW's Spider-Man Ad on Car Displays Angers Drivers — and Breaks Its Own No-Ads Pledge
BMW is showing a Spider-Man film banner on infotainment screens in more than 70 countries. Drivers are calling it intrus...
Cougars Cut Deer-Vehicle Crashes by up to 76%, Study Finds
New research from the Olympic Peninsula shows deer avoid roadsides where cougars hunt, cutting collisions by more than t...
South Carolina Bars Keep $1M Liability Mandate as Budget Relief Fails
A plan to suspend South Carolina's $1 million liquor liability insurance requirement was stripped from the state budget,...
Anthem Pitches Hybrid Care to Colorado Employers as Benefit Costs Bite
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is urging Colorado employers to adopt a hybrid model mixing virtual, digital and in-pe...
Oklahoma Judge Threatens Sanctions as State Farm Hail Claim Case Heads to Trial
A judge ordered State Farm to trial in December over a denied Oklahoma hail claim and threatened sanctions, sharpening s...
Eight Russian Parties Sign Election Observation Pact; Three Major Forces Hold Out
Russia's Public Chamber has signed election monitoring agreements with eight of eleven parties, while the Communist Part...
Duma's Hotel Tender for New Deputies Fails After Only One Bid
The State Duma reopened its search for hotel rooms for ninth-convocation lawmakers without Moscow housing, but the 189.1...
MOEX Index Rises on Geopolitical Hopes While Oil Slide Pressures Ruble
Russia's MOEX index rose 0.29% to 2,269 as geopolitical hopes and dividend flows offset a 4.1% Brent slump that dragged ...
Russian Police Detain Four Over 18.6M-Ruble Electricity Theft for Crypto Mining
Four Veliky Novgorod residents face charges after allegedly running nine mining farms with tampered meters, costing util...
Paramount Skydance defends Warner Bros. Discovery merger as lawsuits mount
CEO David Ellison says the Warner Bros. Discovery deal will close as planned, but the WGA, a shareholder and 12 state AG...
Uruguayan Grill Charrúa Sells Out Madrid Tables Weeks Ahead; Casa Charrúa and Lisbon Next
Madrid's Charrúa serves about 300 covers a day and books out six weeks ahead. Founders Juanvelz and Marchal are opening ...
Xbox Marks 25 Years With Free Badges, Artwork and a Game Pass Nostalgia Push
Xbox is marking its 25th anniversary with free badges and community-created artwork, plus classic titles spotlighted on ...
Why 911 Dispatchers Still Can't See School Cameras During an Emergency
Nearly all US schools have security cameras, yet 911 dispatchers can't view the feeds in an emergency. A security indust...
Karl Ove Knausgaard Takes the MLA Stage: Canon or Fad?
At the Modern Language Association's annual meeting, two sessions on the Norwegian author divided scholars over whether ...