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apnews.com
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they attacked two Saudi oil tankers as U.S. strikes against Iran entered a 12th night and diplomatic efforts showed little progress.
newsroom.ibm.com
IBM has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HRL Laboratories, adding silicon-spin qubit engineering and related research capabilities to its quantum program.
apnews.com
European shares mostly declined while Asian markets advanced as intensifying war with Iran pushed Brent crude above $98 a barrel and investors reassessed AI stocks.
apnews.com
Gulf oil producers are advancing pipeline projects to redirect exports toward the Red Sea, Suez Canal and Gulf of Oman as Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz continues.
newsroom.ibm.com
IBM reported second-quarter 2026 results, updated its full-year revenue outlook and outlined investments in AI, open-source security and quantum computing.
nasdaq.com
Nasdaq and more than 30 firms participated in a DTCC test that converted production trades into tokens while retaining existing market infrastructure and safeguards.
nasdaq.com
Three clean energy companies listed on Nasdaq in 2026 as data-center growth increased demand for reliable, carbon-free power and drew attention to Texas as a capital-markets hub.
home.treasury.gov
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discussed the Trump administration’s economic record and promoted Trump Accounts during remarks at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia.
a16z.com
Andreessen Horowitz is backing Travis Kalanick’s Atoms, an eight-year-old company focused on applying specialized robotics and AI to physical industries.
github.blog
GitHub is restructuring its bug bounty program with a permanent VIP track, static public payouts, and a new HackerOne signal requirement.
home.treasury.gov
Secretary Scott Bessent welcomed Pakistan’s progress on macroeconomic stability and fiscal consolidation during a meeting with Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb.
nato.int
The North Atlantic Council approved NATO’s 2027–2031 Common Funding Resource Plan and a 27-billion-euro programme to modernise fuel storage and distribution infrastructure.
about.fb.com
WhatsApp is introducing updates for iPad, cars, PDFs and music sharing, with features rolling out across supported experiences.
apnews.com
Trump Accounts offer $1,000 in seed money to eligible babies, but some parents say the Treasury funding has not yet appeared after they enrolled.
apnews.com
Missile attacks in Jordan and continuing U.S. strikes on Iran overshadowed diplomatic efforts to revive an interim ceasefire, while tensions around the Strait of Hormuz intensified.
aboutamazon.com
Amazon has opened its first Canadian Disaster Relief hub in Edmonton and increased capacity at its California hub to support wildfire response across North America.
aboutamazon.com
Amazon operates 12 Disaster Relief hubs across seven countries, positioning emergency supplies near disaster-prone areas so nonprofit partners can receive them within hours.
apnews.com
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned ASEAN leaders that Iran’s demand to control and collect tolls in the Strait of Hormuz could threaten freedom of navigation and the global economy.
news.un.org
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is urging intensified diplomacy as the second week of US-Iran hostilities puts navigation, civilian infrastructure and regional markets under pressure.
paloaltonetworks.com
Palo Alto Networks announced its intent to acquire Embrace and introduce Synthetics to expand its Observability platform into Digital Experience Monitoring.
