Brazil’s 2026 World Cup dream died on July 9 with a 2-1 loss to Norway in the Round of 16. Within hours, one of the most decorated players in the country’s football history was already drafting the eulogy for Carlo Ancelotti’s tenure as head coach. Romário, the striker who led… Listen ⇢

OpenAI just made it significantly more lucrative to break its AI models, at least if you’re doing it for the right reasons. The company announced on July 9 that it’s overhauling its biosecurity bug bounty initiative, doubling the maximum reward for discovering universal jailbreaks from $25,000 to $50,000. The revamped… Listen ⇢

Empery Digital has sold nearly half of its Bitcoin holdings to fund debt repayments and expand into AI infrastructure. The company raised approximately $87.1 million by selling 1,400 BTC as it shifts its long-term business strategy. More Bitcoin treasury firms are reallocating capital toward AI, reflecting changing priorities across the… Listen ⇢

The 2026 FIFA World Cup final is set for July 19 at MetLife Stadium in New York/New Jersey. The MLS All-Star Game lands ten days later, on July 29, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. Lionel Messi is currently expected at both. Messi has already been named to the… Listen ⇢

The UAE just turned the oil market’s volume knob to eleven. In June, the country pumped a record 4.1 million barrels per day, blowing past its previous all-time high and sending a clear message to its former OPEC partners: the quota era is over. The surge represents a dramatic jump… Listen ⇢

FC Barcelona just added German forward Karim Adeyemi to its roster in a deal worth up to €29 million, structured as €22 million fixed with up to €7 million in performance-based add-ons. The 24-year-old signed a five-year contract with the La Liga giants, leaving Borussia Dortmund after four seasons and… Listen ⇢

France beat Morocco 2-0 in a World Cup quarter-final played in Boston on July 9, 2026. By 1 a.m. London time, four people were under arrest and a Metropolitan Police officer was in the hospital with a head injury. The disorder unfolded in the Edgware Road area, a stretch of… Listen ⇢

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, July 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AFX, a high-performance sovereign L1 purpose-built for decentralized derivatives, today announced a landmark operational milestone: surpassing $1.1 billion in cumulative trading volume during its initial period of operation. This rapid ascent is supported by over 8.6 million total trades, positioning AFX… Listen ⇢

SpaceX just pulled off the biggest IPO the world has ever seen, and it did something almost unheard of in the process: it actually let regular people participate in a meaningful way. The Elon Musk-led rocket company priced its offering at $135 per share, raising approximately $75 billion and listing… Listen ⇢