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The 15 best laundry duos of the year: Consumer Reports

Matching washer and dryer sets simplify laundry day. Consumer Reports tested dozens of pairs on cleaning power and efficiency to find dependable picks

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Apple is suing OpenAI, saying it stole trade secrets

The civil suit targets OpenAI's chief hardware officer and a technical staff member, both former Apple employees

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20 things that happen to your body when cold showers become a habit

These 20 effects are the ones that are actually documented — with the mechanisms, the timelines, and the specific claims that don't hold up noted...

10.07.2026 1

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SK Hynix stock opens at $170 on Nasdaq after $26.5 billion ADR offering

The South Korean chipmaker's ADRs priced at $149 and rose 14% on their first day of trading, in the largest-ever U.S. listing by a foreign company

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15 industries where experience pays off more than almost anywhere else

In these 15 industries, the gap between where you start and where you can end up is large enough to change your entire financial picture

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15 companies that owned their industry — and then didn't

These are stories about decisions, blind spots, and the ways that dominant companies misread the threats that eventually replaced them

10.07.2026 2

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Micron is raising its U.S. investment to $250 billion to meet AI memory demand

The chipmaker added $50 billion to its domestic spending commitment and poured the first concrete at its New York fab, ahead of schedule

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Volkswagen is planning to cut its model lineup by up to 50% and shrink production capacity

The German automaker will concentrate on the most attractive market segments as it targets 9 million vehicles per year in capacity

10.07.2026 1

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Abivax CEO says $920M raise lets it launch its bowel disease drug in the U.S. solo

The French biotech plans to use proceeds to commercialize obefazimod in the U.S. through 2029, CEO Marc de Garidel told CNBC

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Microsoft's carbon emissions climbed 25% in 2025 as AI data center boom strains climate goals

The company produced 34 million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent last year, putting its 2030 carbon-negative pledge under pressure

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Kevin Warsh names business titans and academics to lead the Fed's sweeping policy review

Marc Andreessen, former Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, and former Bank of England Governor Mervyn King are among 15 co-leaders tapped by the new Fed chair

09.07.2026 2

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20 things countries made that ended up defining them internationally

Hollywood made America aspirational. K-pop made South Korea cool. Bollywood made India feel global. These are the specific cultural exports that...

09.07.2026 2

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Meta is taking on Anthropic and OpenAI in the AI coding market

The Muse Spark 1.1 model is priced at $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens, with $20 in free credits to start

09.07.2026 4

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Goldman Sachs is banning employees from betting on prediction markets

The bank updated its personal trading policy to prohibit event contracts tied to elections, macroeconomic data, and Goldman itself

09.07.2026 4

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20 things nature does that are worth building an entire trip around

The wildebeest migration, the cherry blossom, the bioluminescent bay — natural phenomena that happen on a schedule and reward the people who plan...

09.07.2026 2

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Lupin Pharmaceuticals is recalling 2.5 million bottles of prescription steroid eye drops over contamination

The FDA classified the recall as Class II, meaning use of the affected product may cause temporary or reversible health effects

09.07.2026 2

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20 knife skills that will make you a faster, better, safer cook

Speed, safety, and consistency all come from technique. These are the 20 knife skills that professional cooks develop first and that home cooks almost...

09.07.2026 5

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Sam Altman says OpenAI's new model is 54% more efficient to run. It's finally available after government approval

The flagship model is 54% more token efficient on agentic coding tasks, CEO Sam Altman told CNBC

09.07.2026 4

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7-Eleven's parent company is raising its profit forecast after gas earnings surge at its North American unit

The Japanese convenience store giant now expects net profit of ¥278 billion for the fiscal year ending February 2027, up from its prior projection of...

09.07.2026 2

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Polestar's second-quarter sales fell 4% as a U.S. market ban closes in

The Swedish EV maker sold 17,296 cars in Q2, down from 18,026 a year earlier, as it prepares to exit the American market

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Starbucks is dropping a pink Bearista cup — members can get it today

Starbucks Rewards Reserve members get early access Thursday; the cup reaches select U.S. locations July 13 at $32.95

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20 countries where food is the point of the trip — not an afterthought

These are countries where the food itself is the sight — where the market, the street stall, and the family table are the itinerary

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OpenAI launched new voice models that can listen and speak at the same time

The company is rolling out GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini globally, replacing the current Advanced Voice Mode in ChatGPT

09.07.2026 4

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Levi Strauss beat earnings expectations and raised its outlook — but the stock sank

The denim company posted adjusted earnings of 28 cents a share on $1.56 billion in revenue, topping Wall Street forecasts on both measures

09.07.2026 4

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20 times the smartest people in the room predicted the future and got it completely wrong

These were confident, considered predictions by experts and world leaders — which is exactly what makes them worth studying

08.07.2026 4

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15 endangered species and exactly what disappears from the ecosystem if they go

Biodiversity arguments are often made in the language of loss and grief. This one is made in the language of function — what each of these species...

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USPS is raising the price of a Forever stamp to 82 cents this week

The 4-cent increase, which takes effect July 12, is the sixth time the postal service has raised the stamp price in five years

08.07.2026 4

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Airbus is trimming its 20-year jet demand forecast as Iran war and tariffs stall aviation's rebound

The planemaker now expects 42,060 industry-wide passenger jet deliveries through 2045, down 1% from its previous rolling forecast

08.07.2026 2

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23andMe data breach victims win court approval for a $46.75 million settlement

A bankruptcy judge in St. Louis approved the payout on Tuesday, with $32.46 million still owed to victims of the 2023 hack

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Kailera's oral weight loss pill met its trial goal, but nausea hit 70% of patients

Kailera stock dropped 10% after Phase 3 data showed roughly 70% of patients on HRS-7535 experienced nausea

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Pedigree dog food recalled after cans meant for destruction were fraudulently sold

Mars Petcare says two lots of canned wet dog food failed quality checks, were sent to a vendor for destruction, then diverted and sold in the U.S.

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Daimler Truck's North America sales rebounded 42% in second quarter

The German truckmaker sold 41,687 units in North America in Q2, up from 29,432 in the first quarter

08.07.2026 2

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JPMorgan is building a small-cap M&A team to target companies valued under $500 million

The bank is hiring more than 75 bankers to advise on deals for companies valued between $100 million and $500 million

08.07.2026 2

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Apple is closing in on Nvidia to be the largest company in the world

Wall Street has grown less enthusiastic about Nvidia, while Apple has managed to hold its ground even as questions persist about its AI direction

08.07.2026 2

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Nvidia stock hits cheapest valuation since before the AI boom after shedding $1 trillion

Nvidia stock is trading at 18 times forward earnings — below the S&P 500 — after falling 16% from its May all-time high

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Meta is launching its first in-house AI image generator for consumers and advertisers

Muse Image, developed by Meta Superintelligence Labs, will power image creation across Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta's ad tools

07.07.2026 5

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Things are getting worse in the Strait of Hormuz — again

New attacks, the largest number of such incidents since a U.S.-Iran interim deal took effect, pushed oil prices up more than 3%

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20 industries that charge what they can — not what things cost

The price of a product is a function of what the market will bear, what alternatives exist, and who has leverage. These 20 industries make that...

07.07.2026 5

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25 things that change in your body when you fix your posture

The consequences of chronic postural dysfunction reach further than most people realize, and so do the benefits of correcting it

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15 decisions made by a handful of people that quietly shaped the modern economy

The infrastructure of the global economy was built in specific rooms by specific people making choices that still govern how money moves today

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Ford is recalling more than 110,000 Mustangs over wiper and powertrain defects

Two separate recalls cover windshield wiper malfunctions and a rear differential pinion shaft that may fracture on Mustang Mach-E models

07.07.2026 4

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Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley split on SpaceX stock by $1 trillion

Goldman Sachs set a $205 price target on SpaceX stock while Morgan Stanley set a $300 target, a gap that implies a roughly $1 trillion difference in...

07.07.2026 8

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Meta says 4 states are seeking $1.4 trillion ahead of youth safety trial

The penalty demand, close to Meta's entire market value, comes before an August trial over claims Facebook and Instagram were built to addict minors

07.07.2026 4

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Rivian stock sinks as company launches $1.5 billion share sale

The EV maker is selling 75 million new shares to fund equity contributions tied to a Department of Energy loan

07.07.2026 4

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Nestlé is tweaking food recipes to appeal to people on weight loss drugs

The company's marketing chief says GLP-1 drugs dull taste perception, prompting recipe changes that may include more spices and pepper

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20 things that happen inside your brain when meditation becomes a habit

The neuroscience of meditation has expanded significantly in the past two decades — and the findings are more qualified than most wellness content...

06.07.2026 8

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Trump tells Americans to buy Dell computers, stock jumps 7%

The president promoted Dell during a White House ceremony marking the launch of Trump Accounts, tax-advantaged investment vehicles for U.S. children

06.07.2026 9

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ByteDance and Alibaba are disabling AI companion features ahead of new China rules

Beijing's rules on humanlike AI interaction services take effect July 15, targeting emotional dependence and content harmful to minors

06.07.2026 4

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Publix is recalling frozen blueberries across 8 states after an E. coli outbreak

12 confirmed cases of E. coli O145 have been reported; the recall covers a single lot of 10-ounce GreenWise Organic IQF Blueberries

06.07.2026 9

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SpaceX president is donating her stock to Trump Accounts for 2 million kids

Gwynne Shotwell and her husband are gifting SpaceX stock to children aged 11 to 17 in lower-income areas, worth more than $320 million

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