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- Alphabet’s SpaceX stake fuels a $98 billion gain, beating estimates
“Our AI investments are redefining what’s possible across every part of our business,” said CEO Sundar Pichai in a statement.
- Justin Bieber’s World Cup halftime song streams jumped 110%
Madonna, BTS and Shakira also saw streaming gains after the debut World Cup halftime show, though nothing matched Bad Bunny's 175% Super Bowl catalog bump.
- Democrats decide 2026 midterm elections are the perfect time for a civil war pitting socialists against moderates
Republicans and Democrats are both battling self-inflicted wounds, with AIPAC spending $30 million in Michigan and Trump's approval at 37%.
- American homicides on track for lowest level in more than a century: ‘one of the most significant public safety developments in decades’
For some reason, murders are surging in Norfolk, Virginia (64%), and San Francisco (55%).
- The Republican-controlled House just passed a stock trading bill — that exempts Trump’s 3,600 Q1 trades
The 232-198 vote bars new stock buys by lawmakers but lets them keep existing holdings — and leaves the president untouched entirely.
Technology
- Supercooled kidneys have been transplanted into pigs in a “landmark achievement”
When it comes to organ donation, time is everything. As soon as an organ has been carefully removed from a donor’s body, it starts to deteriorate. Surgeons have a matter of hours to get it into a recipient. Leave it too long and the organ will become unusable. In most cases, organs will be kept…
- Woman loses vision in one eye after UTI bacteria evolves to invade her brain
The case provides a novel report of the emergence of heterovirulence.
- Google hit with $1 billion in fines as EU braces for Trump battle
Google becomes third tech giant to face huge fines under the Digital Markets Act.
- Sony's decision to ditch discs was practically inevitable, data shows
Circana numbers show US gamers overwhelmingly voting with their wallets.
- Google just had its first negative cash flow quarter due to massive AI spending
Google continues to report big quarterly revenue, but its AI spending has skyrocketed.
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