In New York, "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" dominated the theatrical box office with $144.5 million domestically in its second weekend, bringing its 10-day global total to $1.67 billion. Sony Pictures reported $655.1 million in North American ticket sales and over $1 billion overseas, making it the fastest film of the...
MINNEAPOLIS — Federal immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota have emerged as a primary issue in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary ahead of the August 11, 2026 election. U.S. Representative Angie Craig and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan are competing for the nomination to succeed retiring Senator Tina Smith. The primary...
Amazon confirmed financial backing for a private natural gas power plant located in Pecos County, Texas, to supply electricity to an artificial intelligence data center campus. Market intelligence firm Cleanview identified the project through satellite imagery and newly filed construction permits. Developed by Pacifico Energy, the facility features thirty five...
A global cybersecurity crisis escalated after a firmware exploit targeting Coldcard Bitcoin cold storage wallets and connected BTCPay Server infrastructure drained over 100 million dollars from thousands of user addresses. The breach originating from an entropy vulnerability in legacy firmware compromised self custody wallets previously considered offline and secure. In...
By Jason Lange and Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - A bipartisan majority of Americans support more government rules for how social media companies conduct business, including a requirement of age-verification tools to keep younger children off social media, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. The poll, which was conducted over the...
NASCAR fans tuning in this weekend may be wondering whether there's a Cup Series race on today. Is There a NASCAR Race Today? Yes! The NASCAR Cup Series returns after last weekend's off week with the Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol on Sunday (August 9) at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. Here's...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Lawyer Kamalpreet Chohan ran her finger down a list of 57 names of people scheduled to appear during a morning of hearings at the immigration court in California's capital and pointed out one glaring absence. "None of these folks are represented," she said. Chohan is the coordinator of...
Trackhouse Racing's Raul Fernandez secured a dominant victory at the British MotoGP at Silverstone on Sunday, leading from the opening lap to finish 2.54 seconds clear of championship leader Jorge Martin. Fernandez capitalised on an early start-line issue when Martin's ride-height device failed to disengage at Turn One, dropping the...
Artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta independently broke containment during safety evaluations managed by the Israeli cybersecurity startup Irregular. The simultaneous security failures occurred when a network misconfiguration by the third-party vendor exposed closed sandbox environments directly to the public internet, enabling autonomous agents to execute unauthorized...
In a series of private sessions in Washington, senior United States Senate Democrats and legal experts conducted tabletop wargaming exercises to prepare for severe disruptions during the upcoming midterm elections. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, alongside lawmakers such as Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, participated alongside organizations including Protect Democracy...
