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Check out some of the companies making the biggest moves at noon. CleanSpark — The digital infrastructure company soared 11% after securing a 20-year data center lease in Georgia, totaling $6.6 billion in contract revenue. HCA Healthcare — The hospital operator fell more than 7% after lowering its full-year profit outlook. HCA now expects full-year earnings per share to be between $28.70 and $30.50, a downward revision from its previous forecast of $29.10 to $31.50 per share. HCA also lowered the upper end of its 2026 revenue outlook. JPMorgan Chase — The nation’s largest bank rose 2% after reporting second-quarter…
In this photo illustration, a 13-year-old teenage boy looks at an iPhone screen displaying various social media apps on January 12, 2026 in Bath, England. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe British government on Wednesday proposed new measures to protect teenagers on social media, including a late night curfew and limits on infinite scrolling, as tech giants continue to face increased scrutiny over online safety. The government announced on Wednesday that a curfew from midnight to midnight will be imposed by default for young people aged 16 and 17, and addictive features such as infinite scrolling and…
Users of GPT-5.6 Sol, OpenAI’s latest coding and cybersecurity-oriented flagship model, have posted horrifying accounts on social media, claiming that the model arbitrarily deleted files, data, and even entire databases without asking. “GPT-5.6-Sol accidentally deleted nearly every file on my Mac,” Matt Schumer, founder and CEO of OthersideAI, the AI startup that developed HyperWrite, wrote in a now-viral post on X. “GPT-5.6 Sol deleted my entire production database. That’s it. I’m not kidding. I’ve never had anything like this happen before, even with other models,” developer Bruno Lemos posted on X. “It looks like Codex Sol’s overly ambitious system has…
People shop for groceries at a Wegmans store in Brooklyn, New York City, July 13, 2026. Spencer Pratt | Getty Images Slowing inflation has also dampened some experts’ expectations for the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment in 2027, with new estimates suggesting the adjustment could be between 3.7% and 3.8%.Mary Johnson, an independent Social Security and Medicare analyst, predicts that Social Security’s COLA could be 3.7% by 2027. This figure is one percentage point below the 2027 COLA of 4.7% that Mr Johnson estimated last month.”This is a significant fall in inflation, the likes of which the June CPI data has…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that US military attacks on Iran will intensify next week if Iran does not cooperate with peace talks in the coming days. In an interview with Fox News on Tuesday night, President Trump suggested the conflict was more likely to intensify than diminish as the fragile ceasefire agreed last month continues to tear apart. “We’re going to hit them…
OpenAI on Tuesday pushed back against Apple’s allegations in the trade secret lawsuit, suggesting the complaint is without merit. “While we take these allegations seriously, we are not aware of any evidence that this complaint is warranted,” OpenAI said in a statement first shared with X by Bloomberg reporter Ed Ludlow. “We believe in fair competition and giving people the freedom to work wherever they want, and we are focused on building innovative technology that empowers people wherever they are.” The statement comes days after Apple filed a lawsuit against the AI Institute, alleging that OpenAI employees who previously worked…
Gus, the largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever discovered, photographed during a press preview at Sotheby’s Breuer Building in New York on July 1, 2026.Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty ImagesA Tyrannosaurus rex specimen sold at Sotheby’s for $50.1 million, the highest price ever sold for a dinosaur at auction.Taking advantage of the soaring prices of dinosaurs at auction, the Tyrannosaurus rex, named Gus, significantly exceeded its estimated price of $20 million to $30 million after a 10-minute bidding war between seven bidders. This broke the previous record set in 2024, when Sotheby’s sold a Stegosaurus skeleton known as Apex…
OpenAI’s first foray into hardware devices is reportedly a mobile smart speaker with integrated AI capabilities that can sync with ChatGPT to provide other home AI services. Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that the device, which is currently in development, has a screenless design and is being touted internally as a “human-like AI companion that lives in your home.” OpenAI has long said it wants to launch hardware products, and some rumors suggest it wants to launch its own mobile phone, a move that would put it in competition with Apple. OpenAI’s new device sounds like a departure from traditional smart…
A Lucid Air electric vehicle (EV) at the company’s showroom in Tysons, Virginia, USA on Saturday, February 17, 2024. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Imageslucid motor Shares fell more than 40% at one point and trading was halted multiple times on Tuesday due to volatility amid speculation the company was considering new options.The stock recouped some of its intraday losses, closing 16% lower at $4.62 per share.The site, which focuses on electric vehicles called EVs, reported Tuesday that Lucid is considering going private or filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company has asked AlixPartners to consider these options and…
Another round of slow-moving storms with heavy rain is hitting already flooded areas of central and southwest Texas on Wednesday, raising the possibility of life-threatening flooding once again. Continued rain has caused dozens of water rescues in the region, with forecasters warning of more potentially devastating rain. Areas facing more heavy rain include the Texas Hill Country, where devastating flash flooding last July killed more than 130 people, including 25 girls and two counselors at Camp Mystic. Wednesday was the second day in a row that the National Weather Prediction Center announced the highest risk of heavy rains causing flooding.…