The Guardian

Former US Olympian pleads not guilty to damaging reflecting pool amid Trump’s renovation

David Hearn is accused of destroying ‘American flag blue’ lining material on the bottom of the reflecting poolDavid Hearn, a former Olympic canoe racer, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to damaging Washington’s reflecting pool after a $14.7m renovation project.Hearn, a three-time US Olympian, was indicted last week on a single felony count of property destruction. He appeared in local superior court in Washington DC, to enter the plea after he was criminally charged over the incident in mid-June.

general  Jul 9, 2026

NY Times Business

A $3.2 Trillion Deal-Making Frenzy Is Spurred by the A.I. Economy

This year’s boom represents the most spent on global deal-making in a six-month period in a decade. But questions persist about whether it can continue.

business  Jul 9, 2026

TechCrunch

Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX are bigger than the last 25 years of tech exits

Three big AI IPOs are set to generate more value than all the U.S. VC backed exits since 2000.

technology  Jul 9, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX are bigger than the last 25 years of tech exits

business  Jul 9, 2026

Yahoo Finance

MARA jumps 18% as Bitcoin miner acquires Texas powered land site for $600 million

business  Jul 9, 2026

Yahoo Finance

While Wall Street Worries, This Cheap Warren Buffett Consumer Stock Is a Screaming Buy

business  Jul 9, 2026

Yahoo Finance

PayPal Expands PYUSD to Polygons $2.6T Stablecoin Settlement Network

business  Jul 9, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Are we Paying too Much for Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)?

business  Jul 9, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Intel Stock Is ‘Too Good to Ignore’ as HSBC Sets a New Street-High Price Target

business  Jul 9, 2026

Ars Technica

Conspiracies and regrets abound in Dune: Part Three trailer

"You promised me that you would never take power in your name."

technology  Jul 9, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Why More Retirees Are Keeping 2 Years of Cash Alongside Dividend Stocks

business  Jul 9, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

TeraWulf Eyes $3.5 Billion for Anthropic-Leased Data Center

TeraWulf Inc. is preparing to raise about $3.5 billion in debt to build a data center campus in Kentucky, including its first-ever foray into the leveraged loan market.

business  Jul 9, 2026

Yahoo Finance

China’s Zhipu AI and DeepSeek Are Beating Big Tech at Its Own Game. They’re Spending Big.

business  Jul 9, 2026

BBC World

Traffic through Strait of Hormuz falls steeply after new US-Iran strikes

Data shows a decline in the number of ships - many carrying oil and gas - going through the waterway after attacks this week.

general  Jul 9, 2026

NY Times Tech

New York Times and Other Publishers Ask Court to Penalize OpenAI

The Times, The New York Daily News and other media organizations accused OpenAI of withholding evidence in a lawsuit.

technology  Jul 9, 2026

BBC Sport

Jamie Murray answers your Wimbledon questions

Our Ask Me Anything team put your tennis questions to former Wimbledon mixed doubles champion Jamie Murray.

sports  Jul 9, 2026

Yahoo Finance

BofA Says AI Is Fueling Figma’s Next Growth Phase

business  Jul 9, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

CFTC Blocking CME Plan to Offer 24/7 Oil Futures Trading

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is blocking CME Group Inc.’s bid to start offering 24/7 trading in oil futures.

business  Jul 9, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Meta business model in trouble from $1.4 trillion lawsuit

business  Jul 9, 2026

The Guardian

US air force cancels promotions over grading error in security test

‘Highly unprecedented anomaly’ meant 135 people given incorrect scores and wrongly informed of promotionsThe air force has canceled the promotions of dozens of service members after discovering what it said was a grading error in a test of their security knowledge.The “isolated and highly unprecedented anomaly” was announced in a press release on Tuesday, which said 135 airmen and women had been awarded incorrect scores on the security forces specialty knowledge test (SKT) and been wrongly infor

general  Jul 9, 2026