One Year Later, Capital One’s $51 Billion Discover Takeover Is Starting To Pay Off
Capital One announced its acquisition of Discover in February 2024. Getty Images
Capital One’s billionaire cofounder and CEO Rich Fairbank has a long history of asking investors to be patient while his biggest bets pay off. One of the largest to date came in May 2025, when he bought 40-year-old credit card company Discover for $51 billion. Today, that wager is already generating an enviable windfall from a regulatory quirk unlocked by the acquisition.
Even a slight overproduction of tubulin can tip the balance of cellular health, study shows
For cells to function properly, they must produce the right amount of each protein. It is a delicate balance: Both too little and too much can compromise essential cellular functions. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has now shown that even a modest excess of tubulin—the protein that assembles into microtubules, the cell's internal scaffolding—is enough to disrupt tissue architecture and reduce cell viability. Published in Nature Communications, the study demonstrates that the quantity of a protein is just as important as its function.
Big Owner Satisfaction Survey Suggests Big Problems For These Luxury Brands - Jalopnik
According to a new customer satisfaction survey, Americans putting a luxury vehicle in their garages are increasingly less satisfied with the experience. In 2025, 2024, and 2023, luxury car brands topped the list when it came to customer satisfaction over their mass-market counterparts. This year was different, with the 2026 American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) study showing a 3% decline in overall luxury satisfaction, compared to a 1% drop for mass-market nameplates.
950 Million People Now Use Gemini Each Month As Alphabet Posts Earnings Beat
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Alphabet on Wednesday reported its 12th-straight quarter of double-digit revenue growth, boosted by another surge in Google Cloud sales as nearly 1 billion people now use the firm’s AI models.
U.S. signs nuclear power agreement with Saudi Arabia
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) meets with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia (2nd-L) in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 18, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Celebrate 250 Special Section in The Washington Times: Freedom is ‘the Heart of American Exceptionalism’ and the Foundation for Political, Economic and Religious Flourishing
Washington, DC, July 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celebrate 250 Special Section in The Washington Times:
Freedom is ‘the Heart of American Exceptionalism’ and the Foundation for Political, Economic and Religious Flourishing
Plasma design rules show how to preserve attosecond flashes for observing electrons
Researchers at Skoltech, together with a colleague from the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, working within the joint SIOM–Skoltech laboratory, have determined how to select the thickness and density of a plasma target so that a pulse passing through it retains its attosecond duration and high intensity. The results will help improve the design of plasma-based sources of ultraviolet and X-ray radiation used to study ultrafast processes in matter.
Reddit stock sinks on report it may not renew Google AI content deal
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Shares of Reddit slid 8% on Wednesday after the Wall Street Journal reported the company has discussed shutting off Google's access to its content for artificial intelligence use.
ROSEN, GLOBAL INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Genius Group Limited Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action Against Citadel Securities LLC and Virtu Americas...
New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - July 11, 2026) - WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers or sellers of securities of Genius Group Limited (NYSE American: GNS) between April 12, 2022 and May 30, 2025, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important August 28, 2026 lead plaintiff deadline.
Darren Aronofsky Raising Cash For His AI Film Studio (Exclusive)
Primordial Soup, the AI Film and content studio launched by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (The Whale, Black Swan, Requiem For a Dream) is raising cash as AI-first filmmaking continues to proliferate, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.