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Sziget Festival 2026: Beer at HUF 1,850 After 6pm, Budget Meals Capped at HUF 3,500
Sziget 2026 introduces time-of-day drink pricing, with half-liters of beer rising from HUF 1,590 to 1,850 after 6pm. Foo...
Cadbury’s Gold ‘Conundrum’ Egg Sells for Record $235,000 at Auction
A 22k gold egg from Cadbury’s 1980s Creme Egg treasure hunt sold for £123,500 at auction in England, more than 18 times ...
How AI Is Killing the SaaS Playbook and Reshaping Venture Capital
AI is dismantling the old SaaS investment model, pushing venture capital toward enormous bets on winners and tiny cheque...
Nolan's 'Odyssey' Grosses Over $1.1 Billion, Breezing Past 'Dark Knight Rises' Record
Christopher Nolan's Homer adaptation has generated $1.104 billion worldwide, already quadrupling its $250 million produc...
Promised Government Rescue Fails to Save 70-Year-Old Mályi Brick Factory
Former owner Stark Gábor alleges the Orbán government reneged on rescue promises, conditioning help on political loyalty...
DOE Commits $100M to Train Critical Minerals Workforce, Aiming to Double Graduates
The PROSPECT initiative will fund scholarships and new programs to fill a projected 6,000-engineer gap in mining and mat...
Kevin O'Leary Admits Messaging Failures on Utah Data Center, Vows Transparency to Win Over Community
The 'Shark Tank' investor says his team 'really screwed this up' in communicating the mammoth Stratos project to Box Eld...
Meta Releases Muse Glimmer, an Open-Weight Model for Consumer Devices
Meta launches a new open-weight AI model small enough for a PC, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlines a pro-open-source visio...
Dietitians Say This One Daily Habit Is Uniquely Tied to Cancer and Heart Risk
More than half of Americans drink sugary beverages daily, a habit dietitians call uniquely harmful. New insights link li...
Why This Mother Says No to Sleepovers—and Why More Parents Are Listening
A personal account of one family’s blanket ban on sleepovers, driven by safety concerns and expert advice, as parental a...
How a Move from Arizona to Serbia Cut One Consultant's Costs by 60% and Raised Her Income
Daria Ershova left a $42,000 job in the US to freelance from Belgrade, where her rent is $650 and she now earns $54,000....
Laid-Off Workers Trade Corner Offices for Adventure Parks and Gig Apps
Facing a sluggish job market and AI disruption, professionals are pivoting to ski instruction, substitute teaching, and ...
Global Yatırım Holding’s H1 Revenue Surges 37% on Ports and Gas Growth
Turkish conglomerate reports 13.8 billion TL in revenue and a 39% EBITDA jump in H1 2026, driven by booming cruise port ...
AfCFTA Seals $3.1 Billion Pact to Digitise African Customs
The African Continental Free Trade Area has signed a 20-year, $3.1 billion concession with Bergmans Security to deploy d...
Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs: What They Mean for Your Portfolio
With levies now on 60 trading partners and forced labor cited as the trigger, inflation fears are on the rise. Here’s ho...
Aviation Grapples with Cross-Border Parts Verification as Supply Chain Complexity Grows
As aircraft parts pass through multiple jurisdictions, procurement teams are adopting new due-diligence frameworks to cu...
Indian Founders Launch Ventures Across Education, Tech, Wellness, and Hospitality
From AI wellness companions to integrated business operating systems and portion-controlled honey, a wave of Indian entr...
ADNOC Gas Q2 Net Income Tops Guidance at $665 Million, Lifts 2030 Growth Target on Expansion Spree
ADNOC Gas posted net income of $665 million, beating the upper end of its own guidance, and raised its 2030 EBITDA growt...
VA Misses Brain Injury Evaluations for 142,000 Veterans, Watchdog Finds
An inspector general report uncovered that over 142,000 post-9/11 veterans who agreed to comprehensive TBI evaluations n...
Baly Brasil Surpasses Red Bull in Energy Drinks, Eyes Monster for Market Leadership
With affordable PET-bottle formats and a blitz of flavored zero-sugar drinks, the Brazilian company captured a 27% volum...
Zuckerberg Defends Open-Source Superintelligence, Pledges $1B Community Fund
Mark Zuckerberg outlines Meta’s vision of widespread superintelligence access, proposes government collaboration on AI s...
EU Gas Reserves Plunge to 2009 Low as Ormuz Stranglehold and Russian Halt Bite
Europe’s gas storage levels have slumped to just 57% — the lowest August level since 2009 — as the blockade of the Strai...
Spain’s Cyber Fraud Hotline Doubles Calls in First Half of 2026, Government Tightens Call and SMS Rules
The 017 helpline fielded 95,064 inquiries in H1 2026 – almost all of 2024 – as impersonation scams, fake investments and...
Space Stocks Climb 37% in 2026, but SpaceX’s IPO Reverberates Through the Sector
The S&P Kensho Space Index has tripled the wider market's gains this year, fuelled by the satellite boom and reusable ro...
Revolut Secures French Banking Licence, Shifts Western European Hub to Paris
The fintech will migrate clients from six major Western European markets to a new French entity, moving away from its lo...
Momentum, Legal Acumen, and Flexibility: What AI Talent Actually Wants
Analysis of over one million interactions on talent-matching platform CoffeeSpace shows that AI professionals prioritize...
Buckle Up: RBA Rate Pause May Be Brief as Housing Market Braces for Turbulence
While the RBA is widely expected to hold rates steady this week, economists caution that another hike is likely before y...
Australia's record-low fertility rate of 1.5 reignites war over family tax benefits and income splitting
As the fertility rate hits a historic low, leading demographer Peter McDonald calls the family tax system "unfair" and p...
Westpac Flags Sharp Slowdown in Investor Home Loans After Tax Changes
Average monthly mortgage applications fell 20% since May, and the bank expects investor loan growth to more than halve t...
Yucatán Breaks Ground on Mexico’s First Wind Farm Under Sheinbaum’s 2025 Energy Policy
The Tizimín II project marks the first private wind farm to move from permit to construction under Mexico’s newly opened...