Lando Norris grabs F1 Hungarian GP pole while Hamilton and Antonelli are penalised
Lando Norris secured pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix with a margin of 0.012 seconds over Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton and Andrea Antonelli each received three-place grid penalties, dropping Hamilton from second to fifth place.
Pogacar set for Tour de France glory in shortened finale as Carapaz wins stage 20
The final stage of the Tour de France was shortened to 89 kilometers due to wildfires in France, requiring redeployment of security forces. The stage will start on the Champs-Élysées with two laps followed by circuits of the Butte Montmartre.
A single dose reversed autism-like symptoms in adult mice within hours
A single dose of rapamycin reversed autism-like symptoms in adult mice within approximately two hours, including brain overactivity, sensory sensitivity, and repetitive behaviors. The improvement was temporary but demonstrated that adult brain circuits retain greater adaptability than previously understood.
Hong Kong Eases IPO Rules In Push To Strengthen Listing Hub Status
Hong Kong lowered IPO thresholds for weighted voting rights structures and expanded confidential filing arrangements. These changes aim to attract more listings and strengthen the city's position as a financial hub.
Coinbase Enables Businesses to Accept Payments from AI Agents
Coinbase released tools enabling businesses to accept payments from autonomous AI agents. The releases target three groups: businesses, individual users, and developers.
Binance Data Shows How Crypto is Using AI Stocks to Attract Gen Z Investors
Nvidia represents 20% of first stock trades among Binance's youngest users with accounts under $2,000. These Gen Z investors in emerging markets are making Nvidia their most common initial equity purchase on the platform.
The Universe can outrun light without breaking Einstein’s rules
Distant galaxies can recede faster than light through cosmic expansion without violating Einstein's relativity because space itself expands. Eventually, acceleration will push nearly every galaxy beyond the Local Group out of observable range.
Nvidia is pouring $1 billion into South Korea’s AI infrastructure through Naver and SK Group
Nvidia is investing $1 billion in South Korean internet company Naver to expand an AI data center from 55 megawatts to 200 megawatts of capacity. US private equity firm Brookfield is also participating in the financing of the facility under construction in South Korea.
Waymo to end Uber exclusivity in Austin and Atlanta, launching its own app in January 2028
Waymo will launch its own autonomous vehicle app in Austin and Atlanta starting January 2028, ending its exclusive partnership with Uber in those cities. The move allows both companies to operate independently and lets Uber deploy its own robotaxi service in these markets.
$7 Trillion Wall Street Giant is Watching This Key Bitcoin Metric
Long-term investors now hold an all-time high supply of Bitcoin, according to Fidelity Digital Assets research. The firm considers this metric a key indicator of investor conviction and notes it aligns with on-chain metrics approaching past-cycle bottom levels.
Oral GLP-1 drugs may quiet the brain’s food craving circuit
Oral GLP-1 drugs reduced pleasure-driven eating in mice by suppressing deep brain reward circuits. The discovery suggests these medications may help treat food cravings and potentially substance use disorders.
OpenAI hit by another outage as ChatGPT, Codex, and APIs stumble together
OpenAI experienced elevated error rates across ChatGPT, Codex, and APIs on Saturday, displaying 503 errors labeled "biscuit_baker_service_me_circuit_open." This marked the fourth service disruption in four days for the company.
A daily fiber supplement reduced knee arthritis pain and improved strength
A prebiotic fiber supplement decreased knee osteoarthritis pain and improved grip strength over six weeks in a trial. The supplement also reduced pain sensitivity while suggesting a connection between gut health and muscle function.
Robinhood Chain's real-world assets jump fivefold as tokenized stocks start trading in bigger size
Robinhood Chain's real-world assets increased fivefold, with twelve tokenized stocks each trading over $500,000 daily. The chain has tripled in size since mid-July, though memecoins and stablecoins remain the dominant asset categories.
Wall Street Money is Flowing into Ethereum ETFs and Out of Hyperliquid
Ethereum spot ETFs received $103.9 million in inflows during the week ending July 24, marking their third consecutive week of positive flows and the largest weekly inflows among all spot crypto ETFs. Other major spot crypto ETFs also drew fresh capital during the same five trading days, though most inflows were small in size.
Worldcoin Crashes 10% After the Project Sells 217 Million Tokens for Funding
World Foundation sold 217 million Worldcoin tokens for $52.5 million, with each token subject to a 12-month lockup period. The proceeds will fund integration of World ID into enterprise platforms, consumer applications, and AI agents.
Building Self-Evolving AI Agents with OpenSpace Using Skills, MCP, Lineage, and Low-Cost Reuse
The OpenSpace framework enables creation of self-evolving AI agents through custom skill development, MCP integration, and SQLite-based lineage management. The tutorial covers environment setup through agent system building with mechanisms for tracking lineage and enabling cost-effective component reuse.
‘What the hell just happened?’: Ryan Fox on his Open triumph and famous sporting family
Ryan Fox won the 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on Sunday, claiming the Claret Jug. Fox, a New Zealander previously known as the son of Grant Fox, said he still cannot believe the victory and feels he has finally established his own sporting reputation.
AI may finally make ‘women’s work’ valuable. But will women benefit?
AI is expected to automate technical work while preserving caregiving, teaching, and mentoring roles where women predominate. Historical research shows that when women enter occupations in large numbers, pay often declines for that same work men previously performed.
AI surveillance is destroying the workplace
Companies use AI surveillance to monitor 61% of workforces through keystroke tracking, mouse movement analysis, email sentiment evaluation, and Slack tone assessment. These automated systems flag employees for keyboard inactivity duration and analyze facial expressions during video calls.
Prize honors discovery of altermagnetism as a third fundamental class of magnetism
Researchers discovered altermagnetism, a third fundamental class of magnetism joining ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism. The 2026 Europhysics Prize was awarded to Jairo Sinova, Libor Šmejkal, and Tomas Jungwirth for identifying this previously unknown magnetic classification.
China Fines Trip.com $765 Million for Market-Dominance Abuse
Chinese regulators fined Trip.com 5.18 billion yuan for abusing its market dominance as the country's largest travel booking platform. The fine concluded a monthslong investigation into the company's practices.
Datalab’s Marker 2 vs MinerU, Docling and LiteParse: 76.0 on olmOCR-bench at 5× MinerU’s Throughput
Marker 2 achieved a 76.0 score on olmOCR-bench and processes 2.9 pages per second on one B200 GPU, exceeding MinerU's throughput by over 5 times. The rewritten three-mode pipeline surpasses both Docling and LiteParse in accuracy and speed metrics.
Edenred Upgrades Forecast as Tech-Heavy Strategic Plan Delivers Early Gains
Edenred upgraded its EBITDA guidance for the year based on early results from its Amplify 25-28 strategic plan. The company operates digital solutions for employees, fleet managers, and corporate payments across 44 countries.
Flex Seeks Bank Charter to Scale Flexible Rent Payments
Flex Finance submitted applications to the FDIC and Utah Department of Financial Institutions to establish Flex Bank, a state-chartered industrial bank. The company aims to use the bank charter to expand its Flex Rent product, which offers flexible rent payment options.
This Week in Stablecoins: Visa, Goldman and Samsung Raise the Stakes
Visa launched a new Stablecoin Platform that enables financial institutions, FinTechs, and crypto companies to participate in stablecoin issuance and settlement. Goldman Sachs and Samsung also entered the stablecoin market this week, signaling traditional corporations' growing interest in the business.
SpaceX Starship Deploys Starlink Craft During Post-IPO Test
SpaceX's Starship deployed upgraded Starlink satellites and returned to Earth largely intact during a test flight. The deployment advances plans to scale the rocket business into satellite communications and artificial intelligence capabilities.
World Foundation Raises $52 Million as AI Drives Demand for ID Solutions
World Foundation raised $52.5 million by selling WLD tokens with a one-year lockup to strategic investors. The funding will expand World ID technology access to organizations, consumers, and AI agents.
Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF Nearly Notches $400M in Assets
Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF has accumulated nearly $400 million in assets despite investor outflows from other Bitcoin ETFs. The fund received fresh cash while the broader Bitcoin ETF market experienced withdrawals this week.
Meet the New Claude Opus 5: Frontier-Class Agentic Coding and Computer Use at Unchanged Opus Pricing
Anthropic released Claude Opus 5, replacing Opus 4.8 as its flagship model while maintaining pricing at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens. The new model approaches Claude Fable 5's intelligence capabilities at half the cost and became the default model on the platform.