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AMD Acquires Chip Startup Taalas, Betting on Silicon Hardwired for a Single AI Model AMD announced Thursday, August 6, that it has agreed to acquire Taalas, a Toronto-based startup that builds AI chips physically etched to run a single specific model — a bet that the next phase of the AI infrastructure race will reward … Read more
Drug-Resistant Fungus Candida Auris Now Reported in 27 States — Here’s Who’s Actually at Risk Federal surveillance data show more than 3,400 cases of the drug-resistant fungus Candida auris reported across at least 27 U.S. states so far in 2026, according to the CDC’s most recent figures — though officials and infectious disease experts are … Read more
Dodgers Remain World Series Favorites After Skubal Trade, But Red Sox Surge Into Top Four The dust has settled on Major League Baseball’s trade deadline, and the resulting World Series betting odds tell a clear story: the Los Angeles Dodgers remain the runaway favorites after adding two-time Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal, but a surging … Read more
Senate Confirms Todd Blanche as Attorney General in Nail-Biter 50-49 Vote The Senate narrowly confirmed Todd Blanche as U.S. attorney general in the early hours of Saturday, August 8, by a vote of 50-49 — the culmination of a weeks-long confirmation battle that saw Republican defections, a resolved fund dispute, and a decisive last-minute endorsement … Read more
Senate Report Accuses JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, and Bank of America of Ignoring Epstein’s Suspicious Transactions for Years A four-year Senate investigation released Tuesday, August 4, found that bankers at three of the country’s largest financial institutions — JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, and Bank of America — were aware of suspicious financial transactions made by Jeffrey … Read more
Pentagon Releases 41 New UFO Files, Including “Cold Orbs” That Reacted to Cannon Fire The Pentagon released a new batch of 41 declassified documents, images, and videos related to unidentified anomalous phenomena on Friday, August 7 — the fifth such disclosure since President Trump signed an executive order in January directing federal agencies to declassify … Read more
U.S. Economy Unexpectedly Lost 23,000 Jobs in July, Confounding Forecasts of a Gain The U.S. economy shed 23,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, August 7 — a sharp reversal from economists’ expectations of solid job gains and the first outright payroll decline in months, even as the unemployment … Read more
FDA Approves First Drug to Treat the Full Range of Narcolepsy Type 1 Symptoms The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Orzeyful (oveporexton) tablets on Wednesday, August 5, for the treatment of narcolepsy type 1 in adults — the first medicine ever approved to treat the disorder as a complete condition, and the first to … Read more
State Department to Expand Social Media Vetting to Foreign Journalists Applying for U.S. Visas The U.S. State Department plans to expand its social media vetting requirements to cover foreign journalists applying for visas to work in the United States, along with certain visa applicants from Canada and Mexico, according to an internal memo first reported … Read more
1 in 8 U.S. Teaching Positions Are Vacant or Filled by Underqualified Staff, New Report Finds As the 2026-27 school year begins across the country, a new analysis from the Learning Policy Institute finds that at least 425,412 teaching positions nationwide are either sitting vacant or being filled by teachers who aren’t fully certified for … Read more