OpenAI to launch new AI model Astra ‘soon,’ CEO Altman says

Cotton futures closed out Friday with contracts rallying 39 to 63 points in most contracts. December was up 370 points this week, helped by the early week limit gains. The dollar index was up 149 points, with crude oil futures 7 cents/barrel higher. Rains expected in the TX panhandle over the next week may put a halt…

GrubHub/Blue Apron owner Wonder is reportedly arranging hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding. That’s according to a Wednesday (July 8) report from The Information, which said the round—potentially Wonder’s last before going public—could value the company at $9 billion. Wonder has arranged to give investors extra shares if its stock price in an…

Classroom Published: Friday, August 7, 2026, 12:28 [IST] SIR in Karnataka is currently ongoing full-fledgedly as the Election Commission of India (ECI) across Karnataka is carrying out verification drives to clean and update the state’s voter list. Under the Special Intensive Revision 2026 of electoral rolls, the Election Commission is using a method called ASDDO…

New data has shown that tenant enquiries for Melbourne’s office market have been steadily rising, with Knight Frank reporting its strongest levels in years. You’re out of free articles for this month The firm’s latest Melbourne CBD Office State of the Market report showed that in Q2 2026, the firm recorded 83 tenant…

Last-mile delivery, the final leg that moves a package from a local hub to a customer’s door, already accounts for more than half of total supply chain costs, and U.S. carriers spend an estimated $90 billion a year on that leg alone, according to industry estimates cited by Boston Dynamics. Almost all of that expense…

Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives speaks during the CNBC CEO Council Summit in Washington D.C. on June 2, 2026. Aaron Clamage | CNBC Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries met with President Donald Trump‘s son-in-law Jared Kushner in recent weeks, signalling people close to the president may be preparing for at…