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Claude Opus 5 was Anthropic’s flagship model for coding, agents and complex knowledge work at its July 24 launch. Released on July 24, 2026, it combines a 1 million-token context window, up to 128,000 tokens of synchron…
Garment workers in several industrial areas of Dhaka, Gazipur and Savar took to the streets yesterday (31 October) demanding higher wages, disrupting production and prompting around 30 factories in Ashulia to suspend op…
The most actively traded May cotton contract dipped 0.49 cent to settle at 65.14 cents per pound, although it had hit its highest level since January 29 on Friday. Front-month contracts traded in the upper half of Frida…
The funding round is still in progress and has not closed, so the figures are subject to change, a person directly familiar with the deal told CNBC.
The Colossus data centers and a power plant that SpaceXAI is also building in Southaven, Mississippi, have faced community backlash for years.
A federal judge on Saturday dismissed President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against media baron Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal over the newspaper's reporting on a purported 50th birthday letter to noto…
U.S. grain markets turned mixed on Thursday, Aug. 20, as corn futures advanced, soybeans struggled to extend their rally and winter wheat posted modest gains. December corn moved back above the key $5-per-bushel level a…
“I’m 68, she’s 74, and we’re both in good health. We married later in life and have no children.”
“Before our divorce, my former mother-in-law entrusted him with $20,000 for each of our daughters to invest on their behalf.”
Other tax repercussions crop up down the road because balances build up, and RMDs get complicated
Cryptocurrency groups outpaced online betting and data center development groups in federal corporate political spending this election cycle, according to Public Citizen. Crypto-tied organizations have contributed more …
DETROIT — Automakers including Ford Motor and Rivian Automotive are leaning into a new type of manufacturing line: 3D printing.
Medicare is testing the use of AI to conduct prior authorizations to target wasteful medical spending
The next time someone's supercharged AI agent attempts to make a phone call to negotiate a cable bill, it could be an actual human who haggles with customer service rather than the software.
Binance said Saturday that it has covered up to 90% of the roughly $6.3 billion in token assets stolen from its hot wallets in a record crypto theft announced Thursday.
President Donald Trump promised voters angry about inflation that he would slash gas prices below $2 a gallon within his first year in office.
Within days of its release, several of the company's key partners, including Microsoft, Google and Amazon, reported quarterly results that added fuel to existing market jitters around the artificial intelligence buildou…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s business meetings are routine practice and existing U.S. export controls largely miss the cloud, experts say.
Two high-profile security breaches this week – including the biggest cryptocurrency theft in history – are raising questions on the safety of storing funds in a wallet on a crypto exchange.
They’ve helped turn this year’s midterms into “the most expensive election cycle on record.”
A super PAC called Our Heritage Matters registered with the Federal Election Commission on Oct. 15.
Published April 12, 2024; last updated April 22, 2026. If your looking for a searchable catalog of how Google Cloud customers are using AI, check out our interactive customer site.
Hydraulic fracturing services company Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) reported Q3 2026 results beating Wall Street’s revenue expectations, with sales up 26.3% year on year to $1.20 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.06 per s…
August 6, 2026, 3:59 AM EDT. The Chinese Academy of Sciences achieved a 3.42% conversion efficiency in laser-produced plasma (LPP) EUV lithography, closing in on ASML’s 5.5% commercial benchmark. Although current power …