Sanders Tells Top AI CEOs to Stop Building or Congress Will Step In
Senator Bernie Sanders is urging top AI company executives to voluntarily pause the development of artificial intelligence, warning that Congress will intervene if the industry fails to act on its own. The move signals growing concern among lawmakers about the rapid pace of AI advancement and suggests that federal regulation could be on the horizon if tech leaders don’t self-regulate.
Japan’s Nikkei Surges While Oil Climbs on Hormuz Uncertainty
Global Markets Split as Tokyo Leads and Oil Pressures Persist Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 leading advances after stocks rose on Wall Street, ending last week with gains. The divergence told a familiar story: enthusiasm for technology driving one…
A 125-Year-Old Maine Shipbuilder’s Home Is Yours for $1 — If You Can Move It
A Dollar Gets You the House, But Not a Free Ride General Dynamics Bath Iron Works is selling a historic home in Bath, Maine, for just $1 — but there’s a significant catch: you have to move it. It’s the kind of deal that sounds…
European Stocks Surge to Records as Blockbuster Earnings Drown Out War Fears
A Market Defying the Odds For months, the US-Iran war cast a long shadow over European financial markets. Oil prices spiked, inflation fears returned, and investors quietly retreated. But something has shifted. Driven by a wave of corporate earnings that few predicted would be this…
Elon Musk’s Terafab Will Be the Biggest Building Ever Built on Earth
A Factory Unlike Anything the World Has Seen SpaceX has announced that its planned semiconductor plant, expected to become the largest building in the world at more than 100 million square feet, will be built in Grimes, Texas, outside of Houston. The project, called Terafab,…
Trump Launches Second Bid to Remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook After Court Setback
A New Push to Oust a Federal Reserve Governor The White House isn’t giving up. Less than six weeks after the Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s first attempt to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, the administration has formally restarted the process — this…
Senate Punts Landmark Crypto Bill to September as Ethics Fight Stalls Deal
A Last-Minute Push Falls Short The most ambitious attempt to regulate the U.S. cryptocurrency market in history has been pushed back — at least for now. The Senate failed to vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act before heading into its August recess, a…
The Yen Is Already Giving Back Its Historic Intervention Gains
A Historic Move That Markets Are Already Testing The US and Japan carried out their first coordinated yen-buying intervention in nearly three decades, stepping into currency markets after the yen weakened to a 40-year low against the dollar. It was a dramatic, headline-grabbing moment —…
America’s First mRNA Flu Shot Gets FDA Approval After a Rocky Road
The FDA has approved a new mRNA-based flu vaccine from Moderna, marking a significant shift in how influenza shots are developed and manufactured. However, the approval is already facing controversy, as the agency’s former top vaccine regulator declined to review the shot, and it is expected to encounter resistance from allies of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Asian Chip Stocks Tumble Hard But Analysts Say AI Boom Is Still Intact
A Sharp Selloff Ripples Across Asia’s Tech Markets Asian technology stocks fell on Thursday, tracking U.S. peers that pulled back in overnight trading, underscoring the heightened volatility in tech names globally. The selloff was swift and broad, sweeping from Seoul to Tokyo to Taipei and…
