Pins matching date:2026-07-24

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5, a step-change improvement for the Opus tier for long-running agents, with gains in coding and professional work.

The 2026 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count found 45,194 people homeless in the City of Los Angeles, up 3.4%, and about 73,000 countywide, up 1.2%, driven by a 7.9% rise in unsheltered homelessness in the city.

Scotch and other UK whisky entered the US tariff-free from 24 July 2026, ending the 10% duty imposed in April 2025 on a market worth about £1 billion a year to UK distillers.

On 24 July 2026 NextEra Energy reported second-quarter adjusted earnings of US$2.407 billion, or US$1.15 a share, against US$1.05 a year earlier, and kept its 2026 adjusted EPS outlook at US$3.92 to US$4.02.

On 24 July 2026 Sanofi announced it was discontinuing development of its OX40-ligand antibody amlitelimab in moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis and would not file it with regulators.

Maruti Suzuki launched the updated Brezza on 24 July 2026 with a new 110 hp 1.0-litre Boosterjet turbo-petrol from Rs 7.40 lakh ex-showroom, a 6-speed manual and ventilated front seats.

Fiat opened UK orders for the 1.0-litre, 65 hp 500 Hybrid on 24 July 2026 at GBP 18,995 on the road for the Icon hatchback, with production at Mirafiori and first deliveries from late summer.

The Army Corps of Engineers' draft Boston Coastal Storm Risk Management study proposes more than 20 floodwalls, berms and floodgates along 16 miles of the city's 47-mile coastline, roughly $10 billion of work it says would prevent $41 billion in flood damage.

South African singer Tyla's 14-track follow-up to her Grammy-winning breakout mixes amapiano and African pop with dance and electropop, with guests Zara Larsson, Babalwa M, MaWhoo and Liquideep.

The 38th Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront on 24 July 2026, gave DC's Absolute Martian Manhunter Best Limited Series and Best Penciller/Inker, and Absolute Batman Best Continuing Series; DC took 10 wins.

On 24 July 2026 Berkshire Hathaway completed its US$72.50-a-share cash purchase of Taylor Morrison, which will merge with Clayton Properties Group's 15 builders into a combined fourth-largest U.S. homebuilding operation.

China's market regulator SAMR announced on 24 July 2026 that XPeng will recall 33,473 X9 MPVs built from August 2023 to August 2025 for front air springs that can slowly leak, with the recall starting 28 August.

Verizon added 184,000 postpaid phones and posted a record 40.1 percent adjusted EBITDA margin in the second quarter of 2026, raising full-year guidance for a second time and lifting its buyback target to $4.5 billion.