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Kalshi hit $13.5 million in a single day of World Cup trading fees on June 24, the latest data point in a regulatory contest that the CFTC's July 27 comment deadline has
Spot gold settled near $3,972 an ounce on Friday, its first close below $4,000 since November 2025. The breach came as the May PCE report pushed Fed rate-hike odds higher and Trump's Iran ceasefire framework drained gold's three-year war premium.
Kolkata Knight Riders have been granted long-awaited relief, but not without complication. The Sri Lankan fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana has received clearance from Sri Lanka Cricket to participate in the Indian Premier
For decades, the dominant narrative in evolutionary biology was deceptively simple: human evolution slowed to a crawl after the rise of modern civilization. Culture, technology, and medicine, the thinking went, had insulated
A once-manageable intestinal infection is rapidly mutating into something far more menacing. Across the United States, public health officials are confronting a sharp rise in cases of extensively drug-resistant Shigella infections have
The long-promised breakthrough in Alzheimer’s treatment is now facing a stark and uncomfortable reckoning. A sweeping new analysis of more than 20,000 patients has concluded that drugs designed to remove amyloid plaques
San Francisco, long insulated from the cyclical shocks of vaccine-preventable disease, has reported its first measles case in seven years — a jarring rupture in what public health officials once considered a
In the increasingly crowded universe of wellness advice, a new variable is beginning to eclipse intensity, duration, even discipline: timing. Not how long you exercise, nor how hard—but precisely when. A growing
Amazon launches slimmest Fire TV Stick HD with no power adapter required New ultra-thin streaming device plugs directly into your TV and brings faster performance, Wi-Fi 6, and Alexa Plus upgrades Amazon
Google on Tuesday introduced a native desktop version of its Gemini artificial intelligence assistant for Apple’s Mac computers, marking a significant expansion of its AI ecosystem and intensifying competition with Apple’s own
A new Pew Research Center study is challenging one of the most persistent narratives about social media and young people: that platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat are broadly damaging teen mental
Adobe has taken a decisive step into the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence, unveiling its Firefly AI Assistant — a system designed to fundamentally change how creative work is done by
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