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Trump says ‘we’re gonna help’ Lebanon as he moves to restore direct flights after four-decade hiatus
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Trump says ‘we’re gonna help’ Lebanon as he moves to restore direct flights after four-decade hiatus

The administration will allow U.S. carriers to resume service to Lebanon, ending a ban that has been in place since 1985.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
U.N. reports Southeast Asia’s criminal networks are using tech to build a global illicit economy
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U.N. reports Southeast Asia’s criminal networks are using tech to build a global illicit economy

Scams caused an estimated $88.3 billion to $114.1 billion in losses last year as criminal groups increasingly turned to AI, deepfakes, and cryptocurrency.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
Seeds, schmear, sesame: How a bagel’s toasted crunch that became a reflection of America’s identity
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Seeds, schmear, sesame: How a bagel’s toasted crunch that became a reflection of America’s identity

New York’s immigrant neighborhoods turned the bagel into a ticket to the American table.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion over pirated books used to train Claude in first major AI copyright settlement
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Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion over pirated books used to train Claude in first major AI copyright settlement

Anthropic will pay roughly $3,000 per book to thousands of writers in what plaintiffs call the largest copyright recovery ever.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
‘Without these funds, we face critical shortfalls’: Hegseth on additional defense spending following $37.5B Iran War price tag
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‘Without these funds, we face critical shortfalls’: Hegseth on additional defense spending following $37.5B Iran War price tag

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified at a Senate hearing that Donald Trump's proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget would be a necessary investment.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
In Lesotho, the country’s only fully operational ski resort offers snowy slopes for Africa’s ski enthusiasts
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In Lesotho, the country’s only fully operational ski resort offers snowy slopes for Africa’s ski enthusiasts

A small landlocked south African nation became the hub of snowy recreation in the continent, with 7% of its GDP coming from tourism.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
‘The audience is telling the industry something’: even IMAX is stunned by Christopher Nolan’s runaway ‘Odyssey’
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‘The audience is telling the industry something’: even IMAX is stunned by Christopher Nolan’s runaway ‘Odyssey’

As film fans mount their own odyssey to find scarce 70mm tickets, IMAX says demand for Christopher Nolan's latest has "exceeded even our expectations."

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
OpenAI says its AI models secretly broke out of a secure test environment and hacked into AI company Hugging Face in order to cheat on an evaluation
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OpenAI says its AI models secretly broke out of a secure test environment and hacked into AI company Hugging Face in order to cheat on an evaluation

The first-of-its-kind incident involved OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol and another unreleased model

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
Federal civil rights agency votes to scrap 60-year-old workforce diversity reporting rule
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Federal civil rights agency votes to scrap 60-year-old workforce diversity reporting rule

The move strips public visibility into gender and racial makeup at large U.S. companies by getting rid of a data tool used since 1966.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
A family crisis inspired Bill Ackman to spend $260 million to create a massive brain research institute in Manhattan
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A family crisis inspired Bill Ackman to spend $260 million to create a massive brain research institute in Manhattan

The new facility will be constructed on the Upper West Side, where Ackman has just purchased two buildings for a planned 700,000 square foot institute.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
Goldman Sachs creates private markets platform as rich investors seek the next SpaceX and Stripe
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Goldman Sachs creates private markets platform as rich investors seek the next SpaceX and Stripe

Goldman Sachs is launching a new alternative investments platform aimed at giving wealthy clients and family offices direct stakes in private companies.

cnbc.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
‘He’s an analog man in a digital AI world’: Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ made back its $250M budget in 3 days without industrywide AI cost cutting
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‘He’s an analog man in a digital AI world’: Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ made back its $250M budget in 3 days without industrywide AI cost cutting

The three-hour epic and Nolan’s $6 billion personal box office record show how the director is his own franchise and a counter to the AI age.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
A FINRA for AI? The idea from Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is gaining momentum. But is it any good?
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A FINRA for AI? The idea from Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is gaining momentum. But is it any good?

The self-regulatory body for financial brokerages has been plagued by concerns about conflict of interest, raising questions about whether it's the right model for AI.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
Study finds AI boosted homework scores 18%—then tanked exam results 20%
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Study finds AI boosted homework scores 18%—then tanked exam results 20%

There’s a massive debate over whether Gen Z is the first generation to be less cognitively capable than their parents. A study of 26,800 high school students suggests AI incentives only point in one direction.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
Mathematicians grapple with a ‘very rapid and very unsettling change’ as AI cracks yet another century-old problem
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Mathematicians grapple with a ‘very rapid and very unsettling change’ as AI cracks yet another century-old problem

Anthropic's Levant Alpöge, a former Harvard valedictorian, used Claude's Fable 5 to find something that mathematicians have failed to since 1939.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
Jamie Dimon says six-figure shipyard jobs are the new ‘American Dream’—but candidates will need to endure hours of extreme heat, cold, and rain
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Jamie Dimon says six-figure shipyard jobs are the new ‘American Dream’—but candidates will need to endure hours of extreme heat, cold, and rain

Shipyard jobs can pay upwards of $100K without a college degree—and nearly a quarter of a million maritime workers are needed. But it comes with tradeoffs.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
Despite a $156 million contract, Knicks star Jalen Brunson still calls his parents for financial advice any time he makes a big purchase
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Despite a $156 million contract, Knicks star Jalen Brunson still calls his parents for financial advice any time he makes a big purchase

Despite earning millions and being a "grown" man, NBA’s Jalen Brunson said he isn't above asking his parents for a second opinion on big purchases.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
Bets against SpaceX grow to 32% of float as Elon Musk warns short sellers won't survive
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Bets against SpaceX grow to 32% of float as Elon Musk warns short sellers won't survive

About 206 million SpaceX shares are now sold short, representing roughly 32% of the company's publicly tradable float, according to S3.

cnbc.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
HUD suspends disaster funding to U.S. Virgin Islands housing authority, saying mismanagement has kept $1.3 billion from hurricane survivors
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HUD suspends disaster funding to U.S. Virgin Islands housing authority, saying mismanagement has kept $1.3 billion from hurricane survivors

Nine years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the territory has spent only $570 million of $1.9 billion in federal recovery funds, HUD claims.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
Rich countries have cut road deaths by more than 30% in 30 years—but about 90% of fatal crashes now happen in poorer nations
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Rich countries have cut road deaths by more than 30% in 30 years—but about 90% of fatal crashes now happen in poorer nations

Pedestrian and vehicle occupant deaths rose over that time in six countries — including the U.S., but even that is softening recently.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
The rare ‘great conservation success story’ is happening off New England as $10 million over 10 years brings back the quirky oystercatcher bird
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The rare ‘great conservation success story’ is happening off New England as $10 million over 10 years brings back the quirky oystercatcher bird

Conservationists have been fencing off nesting sites, trapping predators and educating beachgoers to bring back a bird wiped out 100 years ago.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
Kalshi’s ‘chronically online’ war room figured out World Cup virality — and realized AI might be bringing back the monoculture
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Kalshi’s ‘chronically online’ war room figured out World Cup virality — and realized AI might be bringing back the monoculture

Here's how a 20-person team turned the World Cup into a $24 billion trading moment, and discovered something unexpected about what AI is doing to culture.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
Harvard took hundreds of millions from Chinese donors—now the DOJ is asking if Americans were left out on purpose
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Harvard took hundreds of millions from Chinese donors—now the DOJ is asking if Americans were left out on purpose

Through its “China-based financial aid programs," is Harvard allowing Chinese donors to create scholarships that exclude American students?

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
Alaska pilot takes six-pack plane seizure case to Supreme Court, citing ‘duty’ to make sure  the Bill of Rights ‘actually means something’
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Alaska pilot takes six-pack plane seizure case to Supreme Court, citing ‘duty’ to make sure the Bill of Rights ‘actually means something’

Kenneth Jouppi argues that taking his 1969 Cessna over one passenger's drink choice would violate the Eighth Amendment's “Excessive Fines Clause."

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
Trump’s $3.47 ‘Freedom Fuel’ gas network leans on an NFL kicking coach, a GOP fundraiser and a N.J. entrepreneur with a fuel theft rap sheet
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Trump’s $3.47 ‘Freedom Fuel’ gas network leans on an NFL kicking coach, a GOP fundraiser and a N.J. entrepreneur with a fuel theft rap sheet

Untangling exactly who is behind the Philadelphia-area venture has proven difficult. How they got Trump’s attention also remains a mystery.

fortune.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read
As the U.S.-Iran war heats up again, these parts of the stock market and economy could be affected
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As the U.S.-Iran war heats up again, these parts of the stock market and economy could be affected

Investors and economists are deliberating what the latest exchange in hostilities will mean for the broader economy.

cnbc.com · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 min read