Bitcoin rallied past seventy thousand dollars, logging its strongest weekly gain in over three years following a major market intervention by the United States Treasury Department. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the department will double its long term bond buyback operations to at least four billion dollars per issue,...
The CW Network has abruptly canceled the live television broadcasts of the seventy-fifth Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants just one week before their scheduled airdate. Officials confirmed the decision following contractual and production disputes with the Miss USA Organization. Consequently, both competitions will now stream exclusively on the...
Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has hired Amir Salek, the former head of Google's custom silicon infrastructure program, to lead its newly formed custom chip division. Salek, who spent nine years at Google directing Tensor Processing Unit development from version one through four, will oversee Anthropic's internal hardware strategy. The executive...
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has imposed severe suspensions and substantial fines following an on-field altercation after the World Cup final at MetLife Stadium. Spain secured a one-to-zero victory over Argentina in extra time before a physical confrontation erupted between players. Argentina midfielder Leandro Paredes received a ten-match international suspension and...
The Womens National Basketball Association is reviewing an altercation between Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark and Dallas Wings forward Paige Bueckers following their game on Thursday night in Texas. During the second quarter of the matchup, the two players became physically entangled while fighting for position during live play. Clark...
U.S. private sector business activity accelerated in August to its highest level in 52 months, propelled by a robust rebound in the services sector that successfully offset a manufacturing slowdown. S&P Global reported that its flash composite purchasing managers index climbed to 56 from 54.5 in July. Chris Williamson, chief...
TikTok and its parent company ByteDance agreed to pay $400 million to resolve a Department of Justice lawsuit alleging violations of federal children's online privacy laws. The DOJ announced the agreement on Friday, marking one of the largest recoveries ever obtained under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Filed initially...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit granted the NCAA a partial legal victory by staying a lower court order that granted thousands of athletes from the high school class of 2022 an extra year of eligibility. The 2-1 ruling temporarily suspends a preliminary injunction issued by a...
U.S. health officials are investigating a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli and Salmonella linked to alfalfa sprouts produced by Everything Sprouts LLC in Minneapolis. The CDC and FDA said Friday, August 21, that 55 illnesses had been reported across 15 states, including 46 E. coli infections, seven Salmonella...
A federal appeals court has temporarily halted a lower court ruling that would have granted thousands of college athletes an extra season of eligibility. The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a two-to-one decision pausing an injunction from a Colorado district court that favored players from the high school...
