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Icons Tiny Plants by Lego. James Manning – Pa Images | Pa Images | Getty Images Flowers, succulents and Formula One race cars helped fuel a 12% revenue bump for Lego during the first half of the year. The company reported a record 34.6 billion Danish kroner, or $5.4 billion, in revenue as part of its biannual earnings report on …

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., August 26, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures were flat early Wednesday as investors turn their eyes to Nvidia earnings, which could be a make-or-break moment for the bull market. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 …

Novo Nordisk (NVO) stock was down on Tuesday, despite a lack of news from the pharmaceutical company. Instead, investors can turn to rival drug maker Eli Lilly (LLY) to learn why shares of NVO stock have fallen today. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights …

The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $815 million for Wednesday night’s drawing, the seventh largest prize ever, after no one won Monday’s drawing. The winning numbers from Monday’s drawing were 16, 19, 34, 37, 64 and the Powerball number was 22. There were two tickets sold in Georgia and Texas that have a value of $1 million each …

On Tuesday, parents of a teen who died by suicide filed the first ever wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, alleging that their son received detailed instructions on how to hang himself from the company’s popular chatbot, ChatGPT. The case may well serve as a landmark legal action in the ongoing fight over the risks of …

Microsoft President Brad Smith reclaims his office to address infiltration, protests, Israel contracts  GeekWire Microsoft had police remove protesters who stormed office over work with Israeli military  CNBC Microsoft Investigating Employees After Gaza Protest Locks Down Building  The Wall Street Journal Five current and ex-Microsoft workers arrested at sit-in over Israeli military ties  The Guardian Microsoft Asked FBI for Help Tracking Palestinian Protests  Bloomberg.com Source …

SpaceX Starship Deploys Satellites in Space During Key Test  Bloomberg.com SpaceX Starship Completes Successful Test Flight After Previous Launch Setbacks  The New York Times Video: SpaceX rocket launches after third attempt  CNN SpaceX’s Starship passes development rut, deploys first mock satellites  Reuters Starship deploys all payloads during 10th flight, splashes down in Indian Ocean  ValleyCentral.com Source link

Anthropic has reached a preliminary settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by a group of prominent authors, marking a major turn in of the most significant ongoing AI copyright lawsuits in history. The move will allow Anthropic to avoid what could have been a financially devastating outcome in court. The settlement agreement is expected to be finalized on September …

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SpaceX’s Starship megarocket took to the skies for the 10th time ever today (Aug. 26), on a bold test flight that marked a big bounceback from recent failures. Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, lifted off from SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas today at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT; 6:30 p.m. local Texas time). That was …