Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be attorney general, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 15, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse ripped FBI Director Kash Patel in a question dripping with contempt to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche…
Iraqi authorities have seized more than 825 pounds of gold and ten of millions in cash in a series of anti-corruption operations that led to the arrest of at least 21 people, including dozens of government officials and several former and current members of parliament. The seizures were connected to the arrest in May of…
Drone view of oil tanker HELGA berthed at one of Iraq’s southern offshore oil terminals near Basra as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, April 24, 2026. Mohammed Aty | Reuters Oil prices rose in choppy trading Wednesday as U.S. forces…
ASML on Wednesday raised its guidance for the second time this year and reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results as its customers continue to ramp up production of AI chips. The Dutch semiconductor-equipment maker said it now expects full-year sales to come in between 43 billion euros ($49 billion) and 45 billion euros, and a gross margin…
SK Hynix Inc. signage at the company’s office in Seongnam, South Korea, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images SK Hynix led a broad rally in Asian technology shares on Wednesday, tracking a rebound in U.S. semiconductor names after a sharp sell-off earlier this week. The South Korean memory chipmaker…
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images PayPal jumped in premarket trading Wednesday after Stripe and Advent International reportedly made a joint offer to acquire the payments firm in a $53 billion deal. Payments firm Stripe and private equity company Advent are planning to buy PayPal for $60.50 per share, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing two…
Taco Bell is taking a more aggressive approach to protecting against cyclospora than federal health officials currently recommend, temporarily pulling some ingredients from select restaurants while the CDC investigates a multistate outbreak. The fast-food chain told Business Insider on Tuesday it has “voluntarily and temporarily” removed certain ingredients from menus at select restaurants as a…
It was just my husband and me at our kitchen table. All of the IVF supplies were out. Somehow, there were too many instructions, but also not enough. How do we know we’re mixing the medicine correctly? What if there’s an air bubble in the needle? What if there’s a really big air bubble? I…
Canva cofounder Cameron Adams said there’s one way to get your employees to stop caring about AI: forcing them to use a specific AI tool. Speaking in an interview with Rapid Response, released on Tuesday, Adams said his staff can choose whichever AI tool they want. The interview was filmed during the Cannes Lions festival…
Christopher Nolan may be at the top of his game, but he still gets nervous every time one of his movies is about to be released. On Tuesday’s appearance on “The Daily Show,” hosted by Jon Stewart, the “Oppenheimer” director said that releasing a film is always daunting because he devotes so much of himself…