After starring at the 2026 World Cup for Australia, Lucas Herrington is leaving Colorado’s MLS side for the Premier League. The Rapids announced Wednesday that they have transferred Herrington, 18, to Hull City for a club-record transfer fee. Hull City will pay at least $15 million, with add-ons that could push the fee to more….
Quick Read Microsoft’s ~27% OpenAI stake (~$135B) and $3.2B Anthropic investment gain both face margin pressure if Grok 4.6 forces frontier-wide inference price cuts. Grok 4.6 matches frontier benchmarks at 60%+ lower cost than Claude Opus 5, threatening the inference margins Anthropic and OpenAI need ahead of their planned IPOs. Azure grew 43% and crossed…
Hong Kong authorities have charged a woman on suspicion of keeping 136 dogs without valid licences at a shelter previously investigated for alleged animal cruelty, the South China Morning Post has learned. “During the operation, a total of 136 dogs were suspected of being kept without valid licences,” a spokesman said. Authorities have issued a…
JT Markets, the retail and institutional broker services firm established by former iS Prime (now iSAM Securities) co-founder Jonathan Brewer, has announced the launch of the Trader Profile Index (TPI). TPI is a proprietary flow-scoring system designed to give brokers a clear, data-driven answer to one of the industry’s oldest questions: which clients should be…
The SpaceX logo is displayed at a SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California, Aug. 4, 2026. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Short sellers betting against SpaceX are rapidly retreating from the trade, just as the newly public stock rebounds from its post-IPO slump. Short interest in SpaceX fell to about 11% of the company’s publicly traded…
Marvel’s new X-Men would benefit from saving Wolverine for the sequel instead of bringing him in for the first movie. The X-Men are starting to assemble in the MCU. The first confirmed cast member is Sadie Sink, who will play Jean Grey. Sink made her Marvel debut in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. As for who…
That may be the biggest question Mourinho has to answer, with the Real dressing room containing Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr and Jude Bellingham among a collection of elite players. Mourinho’s methods have traditionally relied on establishing strong relationships with key personalities and demanding total commitment. “I think Bellingham will absolutely love Jose,” said Huth. “He…
A school bus driver died in hospital and a passenger was slightly injured after their vehicle, which was carrying nearly 50 children, crashed inside Hong Kong’s Shing Mun Tunnel on Wednesday afternoon. The coach was travelling towards Tsuen Wan when it suddenly went out of control and hit a kerb at around 3.30pm. Emergency responders…
As you read this article on your computer or smartphone, you are almost certainly using open-source technology in some way. It forms the foundation of the global digital economy, from operating systems and web servers to databases and encryption protocols. While the United States and Europe have led the development of open-source technology, China is…
President Xi Jinping’s speech at the recent Shanghai World Artificial Intelligence Conference presented his country as an appealing champion of open, multilateral, accessible AI to benefit all of humanity. For many countries, the US offers something different — closed models, paying for someone else’s computing power, relying on infrastructure located in other jurisdictions and accepting that Washington can change the terms of access…