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1. Trump reiterated that he still has the ā€œideaā€ of declaring the Strait of Hormuz as U.S. territory, and said the strait is currently open and oil prices are falling.

2. Iran’s military announced a $30,000 bounty to kill or capture U.S. military personnel; rewards for female perpetrators were doubled to $60,000.

3. Alibaba’s open-source Qwen model surpassed 3 billion downloads within six months, far exceeding comparable figures for Google and Meta models from the same period.

4. Harvard University disclosed that it holds approximately $101.3 million worth of BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF, indicating top institutions’ allocations to crypto assets.

5. Google won a bankruptcy auction by paying $10 million for Spirit AeroSystems, acquiring its de-identified business data, software code, and operating assets to improve AI models.

6. Anthropic disclosed to potential investors that its second-quarter revenue increased by at least 14 times year over year, sparking market speculation that it may be preparing to launch an IPO.

7. IREN has completed delivery to Microsoft of the first of four 50-megawatt AI cloud deployments. The deployments fall under a five-year $9.7 billion contract, and its share price rose 3.3% after the news was announced.

8. The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll shows President Trump’s approval rating has dropped to 33%, the lowest point of his presidency, with about 64% of Americans disapproving of his performance in office.