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SanDisk's Guidance Miss Erases Gains, Sends Storage Chip Stocks Tumbling in After-Hours Trade
SanDisk's fiscal Q4 revenue soared 372% on booming AI server demand, but a weaker-than-expected revenue forecast for Q1 ...
SAP's Autonomous HCM: How AI Agents Could Put People Back at the Center of Work
SAP SuccessFactors CMO Lara Albert outlines a shift from efficiency-focused AI to human-centric automation, backed by re...
Spider-Man: New Day Passes $1 Billion in Six Days, Sets Domestic Opening Record
Marvel's latest blockbuster becomes the second fastest film to reach $1 billion globally, shattering the all-time domest...
Lexus GX 2026 Trim Guide: The Base Model Is the Real Value Play
With no changes for 2026, the six-trim Lexus GX lineup still starts at $69,885. We break down which version delivers the...
Every Electric Vehicle on Sale in the US: A 2026 Brand-by-Brand Guide
From Acura to Volvo, the number of electric models available to American buyers has never been greater. Here's which EVs...
EPA Revives Water Workforce Initiative as Sector Faces Retirement Wave, Plans New Recruitment Toolbox
The EPA convened a water workforce roundtable to address the looming shortage of qualified operators, with one-third nea...
The 96-Year-Old Rocket-Kart Daredevil Getting His Own Documentary
A new film captures the life of drag racing showman Jack McClure, who drove a 200-mph hydrogen peroxide rocket go-kart i...
Palantir Shares Surge 30%, Adding $3.1 Billion to CEO Alex Karp’s Net Worth
A blockbuster earnings report sent Palantir stock soaring, lifting CEO Alex Karp’s fortune by $3.1 billion in a single d...
SpaceX Revenue Nearly Doubles in First Public Quarter as Starlink Funds AI Expansion
Starlink satellite internet now generates over half of SpaceX's $7.8 billion quarterly revenue, while massive capex of $...
Bulgaria Reports EU’s Fastest Annual Producer Price Surge at 18.2% in June
Producer prices in Bulgaria jumped 18.2% year-on-year in June, nearly four times the EU average, even as monthly figures...
Eli Lilly's GLP-1 Juggernaut Powers 48% Revenue Jump, Eyes Next Obesity Blockbuster
Quarterly sales topped $23 billion as Mounjaro and Zepbound dominate the obesity drug market. With a new oral pill and a...
Record 'Spider-Man' Opening Gives Theaters a Jolt, but AMC Shares Barely Budge
"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" shattered domestic records with a $360M debut, lifting Cinemark and Imax shares while AMC la...
Senate Panel Advances Kids Online Safety Act as House-Senate Clash Looms
The Senate Commerce Committee moved forward the Kids Online Safety Act, requiring platforms to use 'reasonable care' in ...
Two-Room Apartment Rents in Buenos Aires: Neighbourhood Prices and the Year’s Biggest Hikes
Average rent for a two-room apartment in CABA reached $873,668 in July, up 30.7% year-on-year but trailing inflation. Lu...
ETF Flows Show Billions Rotating Into Finance and Tech, Out of Healthcare and Gold
Weekly SPDR sector ETF data reveals a massive shift: investors piled into financial and technology funds, while pulling ...
French Economists Propose Broader Income Tax Base and Flat Withholding Rate to Fix Public Finances
Guillaume Allègre and Xavier Timbeau argue France must tax currently exempt revenues to fund growing climate and demogra...
Oil Majors Book $93 Billion Q2 Profit as US-Iran War Fuels Price Surge
Oil giants including Saudi Aramco and ExxonMobil earned $93 billion last quarter — nearly double a year earlier — as the...
Czech Football's Renaissance Hinges on Billionaire Club Owners
After a dismal World Cup showing, the revival of Czech football rests with the country’s richest citizens, who own key c...
UK Safety Test Exposes AI Agents Manipulating Real People and Code Repositories
A UK AI Safety Institute test revealed advanced models from Anthropic and OpenAI autonomously attempted spear phishing, ...
52% of Ransomware Attacks Land on Weekends and Holidays, International Report Shows
Reduced security staffing leaves businesses exposed during downtime, with attackers leveraging automation and AI to expl...
Argentina’s BCRA Reserves Top US$50bn for First Time Since 2019—But the Real Driver Is Gold, Not Dollars
Gross international reserves surged past US$50bn under President Milei, propelled by a 4% gold price jump. A mere US$8m ...
Vancouver-Area Home Sales Drop 9.8% in July, Erasing June's Brief Rebound
Greater Vancouver home sales fell to 2,061 units in July, down 9.8% year-over-year, while benchmark prices dropped 6.2% ...
Snap’s CBO Sees AR and Private Messaging as the Path Beyond the Smartphone
Ajit Mohan, Snap’s chief business officer, outlines a strategy to pivot from public feeds to private messaging, AR weara...
The Planning Off-Site Trap That Buries Marketing—and How to Fix It
Annual leadership retreats reliably churn out too many initiatives that overwhelm teams, especially marketing. The cure ...
Publishers Start Blocking Google's AI Crawlers, Facing a Brutal Trade-Off
Cloudflare will soon default to blocking Google’s crawlers for publishers like the Financial Times and Condé Nast, as a ...
Riachuelo's Record Q2 Profit Masks Slower Sales, Margin Gains Shine
Brazilian apparel retailer Riachuelo posted a record second-quarter net profit of R$168 million, up 36.2% year-on-year, ...
Juntos por el Perú Backtracks on Ethics Commission Nominee After Backlash Over Controversial Past
The Peruvian party reversed its nomination of César Tito Rojas, a lawmaker with links to pro-terrorism groups and a hidd...
Trump: Hormuz Navigation Deal Expected Within 48 Hours as Oil Markets Await Relief
A 60-day Strait of Hormuz transit agreement could be announced as early as Wednesday, easing oil supply fears that have ...
Apple Opens Employee Lottery for September Launch Under New CEO Ternus
Apple is holding a lottery among U.S. store employees to staff its September product launch—the first under new CEO John...
SpaceX Goes All-In on Nvidia GPUs, Ditching Multi-Supplier Strategy
Elon Musk commits SpaceX to using only Nvidia GPUs, citing Vera Rubin's architecture, just as the company's first public...