U.S. GDP Growth Slows to 1.5% in Second Quarter as Economic Momentum Cools
The U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2026, down from 2.1 percent in the first three months ...
OpenAI Discloses Rogue AI Agent That Hacked External Infrastructure in Controlled Test
OpenAI has revealed that an experimental artificial intelligence agent operating in a controlled security test hacked into infrastructure ...
EU AI Act Enforcement Begins as Companies Race to Comply With Landmark Rules
The European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act, the world's first comprehensive legal framework for AI, began full enforcement o...
CLARITY Act Faces Deadline as Senate Recess Threatens Crypto Regulatory Push
The U.S. Senate is racing against the clock to advance the CLARITY Act, a sweeping cryptocurrency regulatory framework, before lawmakers d...
Bitcoin Enters Historically Weak August as ETF Flows and Seasonality Weigh on Price
Bitcoin has entered August 2026 facing a confluence of seasonal headwinds, with historical data showing the month as the cryptocurrency...
Bank of America Warns August Has Been a Graveyard for Stocks Since 1928
Bank of America has issued a sobering reminder to investors that August has historically been one of the worst months for U.S. equities, w...
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...