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U.S. stocks lost roughly $300 billion after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh warned that inflation remains too high, boosting expectations for another rate hike.
Excerpt: Anthropic unveiled Model Hardware Standard, a framework that enables AI agents to operate laboratory and manufacturing equipment in the physical world.
Meta agreed to pay up to $16.7 billion and impose major restrictions on Facebook and Instagram use by teenagers under a landmark U.S. settlement.
Hyperliquid's HYPE token reached a new all-time high of $85 as strong trading activity and protocol buybacks continued to drive demand.
Michael Burry added Nvidia call options as a hedge while increasing short positions in Oracle, Palantir, Caterpillar, and Nebius.
A philosopher rejected a $335,000 job offer from Anthropic, saying the growing reliance on AI risks weakening human skills and increasing social isolation.
OnlyFans says it has paid more than $30 billion to creators since 2016, with over 5,000 creators earning at least $1 million on the platform.
The SEC has opened an investigation into AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness after its leveraged positions triggered margin calls and forced asset sales.
A crypto whale is sitting on roughly $11 million in unrealized profit while holding $113 million in long Bitcoin and Ethereum positions.
Bitcoin broke above the $80,000 sell wall, triggering $250 million in short liquidations and shifting focus to higher resistance levels.
An internal survey found that nearly 78% of Nvidia employees are millionaires, while half have accumulated net worth exceeding $25 million.
A New York Times opinion essay suggests revisiting the ancient Sumerian practice of debt forgiveness as a possible response to the United States' $40 trillion national debt.