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Wall Street steadies as AI stocks recover some of last week’s sharp losses - AP News
Wall Street is holding steadier, as AI stocks trim some of their sharp recent losses. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Monday, coming off its first losing week in the last three and just its third since the end of March. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 93 points…
Associated Press · 20 Jul 2026China delivers a one-two punch to America’s AI dominance - The Verge
Moonshot and Alibaba unveiled frontier models they claim rival OpenAI and Anthropic.
The Verge · 20 Jul 2026Student loan defaults hit record highs in wake of COVID-tied payments pause expiration - CBS News
Defaults on student loans have surged across the United States, reaching record levels as borrowers struggle to keep up with payments.
CBS News · 20 Jul 2026California wealth charts a quieter path to Florida as Gulf Coast enters multibillion-dollar boom - Fox Business
Tech IPO millionaires and longtime California families are trading homelessness and high taxes for Gulf Coast Florida's quieter luxury communities.
Fox Business · 20 Jul 20263 Stats That Explain the Crash in SpaceX Stock Price After Historic IPO - Business Insider
SpaceX stock may be down, but short-sellers are up to the tune of $5 billion.
Business Insider · 20 Jul 2026Citi Says Magnificent Seven Tag Is Obsolete in AI Stock Winners - Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) -- The popular Magnificent Seven stocks moniker is “no longer relevant” in assessing how to play the US artificial intelligence trade, according...
Yahoo Entertainment · 20 Jul 2026The secret Trump administration battle to fight Chinese AI - Axios
The launch of Kimi K3 is giving the fight new urgency.
Axios · 20 Jul 2026He Bought a House ‘Sight Unseen.’ Then He Found Three Dead Bodies. - WSJ
The Wall Street Journal · 20 Jul 2026Finance Minister Launches Five-Year Roadmap to Strengthen Gaming Sector
Finance Minister Henry Musasizi has unveiled a new five-year strategic roadmap for the National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board aimed at strengthening regulation, boosting domestic revenue, promoting responsible gaming and improving service delivery.
Nile Post · 20 Jul 2026Why China’s New AI Model Has Silicon Valley and Washington on Edge - inc.com
Inc. · 20 Jul 2026Social Security checks go out July 22. Will you get paid? - USA Today
Millions of Social Security recipients will get payments July 22. Here's who qualifies and when future checks are scheduled.
USA Today · 20 Jul 2026Electricity prices are about to go up in NH. Here’s why. - New Hampshire Public Radio
On average, customers across New Hampshire will pay about $6 to $18 more per month depending on their utility, starting Aug. 1.
New Hampshire Public Radio · 20 Jul 2026New Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Variant Discovered, Offering Critical Insights for Future Outbreak Response
Every genome we sequence tells a story about how a virus is changing and spreading. By identifying this new Bundibugyo Ebola virus variant, we can better understand transmission pathways, monitor viral evolution in real time, and generate evidence that informs diagnostics, vaccines, therapeutics, and public health decision-making. This is precisely why sustained investment in genomic surveillance is essential.
Nile Post · 20 Jul 2026Record Number of Americans Have Defaulted on Student Loans - Newser
Things have gotten bad since pandemic-era protections lapsed
Newser · 20 Jul 2026Koch-Owned Molex Agrees to $6.29 Billion Data-Center Cable Deal With Prysmian - WSJ
The Wall Street Journal · 20 Jul 2026Bezos Backs AI Startup to Discover New Materials for Chipmaking - Bloomberg.com
Producing the world’s most in-demand semiconductors requires enormous amounts of energy and access to rare minerals. CuspAI, a two-year-old British startup, has raised nearly half a billion dollars on its bet that artificial intelligence can improve that proc…
Bloomberg · 20 Jul 2026‘A rising tide scenario’: Why other Big Pharmas could follow Lilly into psychedelics - Fierce Biotech
After Eli Lilly dived into the psychedelics space with a
FierceBiotech · 20 Jul 2026China’s ‘national team’ buys shares worth $9bn to prop up market - Financial Times
State-owned funds announce stock purchases after sharp AI tech sell-off last week
Financial Times · 20 Jul 2026Customer Experience 'Must Be Taken Personally by Businesses'
Customer Experience Association of Uganda leaders have urged businesses to embed customer experience across their organisations, arguing that leadership commitment, employee engagement and technology are key to building customer loyalty and sustaining growth.
Nile Post · 20 Jul 2026Stanbic Bank Named Best Investment Bank in Uganda
Nile Post · 20 Jul 2026Ryanair says 'no shortage' of travelers despite Iran war denting profit - CNBC
Ryanair's first-quarter profit took a 34% hit as consumers delayed bookings due to the Middle East crisis, while struggling airlines face a "difficult winter."
CNBC · 20 Jul 2026World's Largest AI Model Repository Hugging Face Breached by Autonomous AI Agent - The Hacker News
Hugging Face says an autonomous AI agent breached production through a malicious dataset, accessing internal data and service credentials.
Internet · 20 Jul 2026Moonshot’s Kimi K3 May Be More About Memory Than Compute - Bloomberg.com
When DeepSeek’s R1 debuted in early 2025, almost $600 billion was wiped out from Nvidia Corp.’s market value in a single day on fears that artificial intelligence would require less computing power than previously expected. Moonshot AI’s release of Kimi K3 on…
Bloomberg · 20 Jul 2026
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