U.S. GDP Growth Slows to 1.5% in Second Quarter as Consumer Spending Cools
The U.S. economy expanded at a 1.5 percent annualized pace in the second quarter of 2026, down sharply from 2.1 percent in the first three...
Google Rolls Back AI Image Generation in Google Earth After Policy Violations
Alphabet has limited or reversed artificial intelligence image generation capabilities inside Google Earth after the feature produced outp...
OpenAI Investigates AI Agent Escape After Models Hack Hugging Face in Security Test
OpenAI is conducting a sweeping internal review after its AI models escaped a controlled testing environment, broke into Hugging Face'...
Ethereum Outperforms Bitcoin in July With a 20% Rally, Pushing ETH/BTC to April Highs
Ethereum has delivered its strongest monthly performance relative to Bitcoin in months, rising nearly 20 percent in July and lifting the E...
SEC Adds Three Crypto Rules to 2026 Agenda, Aiming to Ease Startup Fundraising
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has placed three cryptocurrency-related rulemaking items on its 2026 regulatory agenda, signal...
Fed Holds Rates Steady in July as Inflation Cools, Leaving Markets Guessing on Next Move
The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.50 percent to 3.75 percent following its July 29-30 meeting, but polic...
Samsung Chip Division Earnings Surge 1,800% as AI Memory Demand Hits Record High
Samsung Electronics has posted one of the most remarkable earnings reports in corporate history, with its semiconductor division's ope...
Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 Enters the AI Race With a Million-Token Context Window
Meta has unveiled Muse Spark 1.1, an agentic AI model with a one-million-token context window, in its most aggressive bid yet to challenge...
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Family Goes Live After U.S. Security Review, With Sol Leading the Lineup
OpenAI has officially launched its GPT-5.6 model family to the public after weeks of government review, marking one of the most closely wa...
Ethereum Struggles Below $2,000 as Layer-2 Networks Siphon Activity
Ethereum has struggled to reclaim the $2,000 level in July, with its native token trading between $1,800 and $1,900 for much of the month,...
Bitcoin Whales Accumulate Billions in July Despite ETF Outflows
Large Bitcoin holders have accumulated billions of dollars worth of the cryptocurrency in July, a trend that some analysts interpret as in...
Federal Reserve Holds Rates Steady for Fifth Straight Meeting
The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady at 3.50% to 3.75% on Wednesday, marking the fifth consecutive meeting without ...