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Industrial smokestacks representing carbon emissions from AI data center expansion by Google and Amazon

Google and Amazon’s AI Buildout Is Breaking Their Climate Pledges

Google's carbon emissions rose 25 percent in 2025, Amazon's rose 16 percent, both attributed to AI data center expansion. Their own sustainability reports now show the industry's net-zero pledges are incompatible with

July 3, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Business·Climate·News·Technology

A doctor consults with a patient on cancer treatment options

An Immune Cell Meant to Fight Cancer Gets Reprogrammed by Tumors to Help Them Instead

Tel Aviv University researchers found that macrophages, the immune cells that clear dead cancer cells, get reprogrammed to stimulate tumor blood vessel growth instead of fighting cancer. The Effero-seq technology used to

July 3, 2026

Health·News·Science

A Bitcoin ATM machine at Northgate Mall in San Rafael, California, February 2026

California’s Crypto Licensing Law Is Now in Force. Unlicensed Platforms Risk $100,000 a Day.

California's Digital Financial Assets Law took full effect July 1, activating a licensing regime that requires every cryptocurrency exchange, stablecoin issuer, and Bitcoin ATM operator serving California residents to hold a state

July 3, 2026

Business·Crypto·News

Iran Gulf military crisis oil tankers Strait of Hormuz June 2026

A Qatari Died From Iranian Shrapnel Three Days Before Qatar Hosted the ‘Positive Progress’ Talks.

Iran struck US military installations in Kuwait and Bahrain on June 28, killing one Qatari citizen and wounding another. Three days later, Qatar hosted the US-Iran talks in Doha and released a

July 3, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Chinese AI drug-design platforms driving global pharmaceutical licensing surge in 2026

Chinese AI Biotech Licensing Surges to $75 Billion While US Scrutiny Mounts

Chinese biotech firms struck $75 billion in out-licensing deals in the first five months of 2026, an 87 percent year-on-year increase in deal volume. The Metis TechBio and Boulevard Bio deal, worth

July 3, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Business·News·Technology

Illinois Senate President Don Harmon speaks at an executive committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield

Illinois Senate President Took $50,000 From Illegal Online Casino Operator. He Plans to Give It to Charity.

Don Harmon, the Illinois Senate President who has positioned himself as a skeptic of online gambling expansion, received a $50,000 campaign contribution from ARB Interactive — parent company of Modo, an online

July 3, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Person holding a statin pill close up for Oxford muscle risk study

For Most People Who Avoid Statins Over Muscle Fears, the Risk Is Smaller Than They Think

A new study from the University of Oxford finds that more than 98 percent of statin-eligible patients face very low risk of serious muscle disorders. The STRATIFY-StatinMD calculator, built from 5.6 million

July 3, 2026

Health·News

CITIC Tower Beijing after pilot Liu crashed a light aircraft into the building on June 28 2026

Beijing Pilot Who Crashed Into CITIC Tower Had Anxiety and Wrote About Ending His Life

Chinese authorities identified the man who crashed a light aircraft into Beijing's CITIC Tower on June 28 as a 66-year-old freelancer who had suffered from anxiety for years and written about ending

July 3, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Iran supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei Assembly of Experts fracture over Islamabad MoU

Sixty-Three Clerics Told Iran’s New Supreme Leader He Approved the Wrong Deal. Then State TV Cut the Feed.

Iran's Assembly of Experts — the body authorized to appoint and remove the supreme leader — publicly broke with Mojtaba Khamenei over the Islamabad MoU. State television then cut a senior negotiator

July 3, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals celebrates 22nd NHL season signing

Ovechkin Signs for Season 22, Joining Gordie Howe in Hockey’s Rarest Company

Alexander Ovechkin signed a one-year contract to return to the Washington Capitals for a 22nd season, becoming the fifth player in NHL history to spend 22 years with one franchise, joining Gordie

July 3, 2026

News·Sports

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Google and Amazon’s AI Buildout Is Breaking Their Climate Pledges

An Immune Cell Meant to Fight Cancer Gets Reprogrammed by Tumors to Help Them Instead

California’s Crypto Licensing Law Is Now in Force. Unlicensed Platforms Risk $100,000 a Day.

A Qatari Died From Iranian Shrapnel Three Days Before Qatar Hosted the ‘Positive Progress’ Talks.

Chinese AI Biotech Licensing Surges to $75 Billion While US Scrutiny Mounts

Illinois Senate President Took $50,000 From Illegal Online Casino Operator. He Plans to Give It to Charity.

For Most People Who Avoid Statins Over Muscle Fears, the Risk Is Smaller Than They Think

Beijing Pilot Who Crashed Into CITIC Tower Had Anxiety and Wrote About Ending His Life

Sixty-Three Clerics Told Iran’s New Supreme Leader He Approved the Wrong Deal. Then State TV Cut the Feed.

Ovechkin Signs for Season 22, Joining Gordie Howe in Hockey’s Rarest Company

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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