Monthly Archives: July, 2026

Google parent company Alphabet Inc. posted stronger-than-expected results for its second quarter, a sign that it’s massive artificial intelligence spending spree is paying off so far and advertising revenue is coming in strong. The Mountain View, California-based company said Wednesday it earned $112.11 billion, or $9.11 per share, in the April-June period. That’s up from $28.2

Rolling out this week, Coinbase Business users will be able to accept payments from AI agents, done via the x402 protocol, developed and incubated by the exchange. Coinbase logo shown on a laptop screen (Shutterstock) Coinbase has simplified native agentic payment acceptance in Coinbase Business. Exchange users get new trading views in Coinbase for Agents.

It was the 11-minute performance heard around the world. Madonna, Justin Bieber, BTS and Shakira each brought abridged hits to the World Cup’s first halftime show in a whirlwind performance Sunday just outside New York. And it has resulted in some noteworthy streaming bumps. Luminate, the industry data and analytics company that provides insight into changing behaviors across music listenership, examined streams

[Update, 15:18 UTC, July 23 - Adds comment from cofounder beginning in sixth paragraph.] BitMEX’s utility token lost almost all of its value after the exchange announced Thursday it would wind down operations. The BitMEX (BMEX) token plunged 90% to as low as $0.002 from $0.06, according to CoinGecko data. It traded at $0.0063 at

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