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Saturday, August 8, 2026

Top news

  • A 14-year-old student shot and killed seven people at Debsirin School in Thailand's Nonthaburi province on August 7, injuring around fifteen others before shooting himself.
  • The student also killed his grandparents in a separate location before carrying out the school attack.
  • A US judge ruled late Thursday that Meta must use settlement money primarily for mental health treatment services for young people, addressing social media's impact on teens.

World

  • Houthi fighters in Yemen killed at least 30 government-aligned forces in missile and drone attacks on military camps, described as the fiercest military escalation since 2022.
  • Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, one of the most significant shifts in Middle East security architecture in recent years.
  • North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile as the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command reaffirmed commitment to defending the homeland and regional allies.

Business

  • Twilio surged more than 17% after raising full-year revenue growth guidance to 18-18.5% and beating earnings expectations.
  • SpaceX shares more than doubled in available stock after over 900 million shares unlocked, with the company struggling since its IPO.
  • Britain cleared Paramount Skydance's $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery after receiving media diversity assurances.

Technology

  • IonQ reported record Q2 2026 revenue soaring 287% to $80.1 million with full-year guidance raised to $290 million.
  • AMD's data center revenue more than doubled year-over-year reaching $6.7 billion driven by demand for AI capacity.
  • SanDisk and Kioxia introduced the industry's highest-density 10th-generation QLC NAND technology to improve power efficiency for AI and cloud storage workloads.

Science

  • A wearable patch may help people reach REM sleep faster and remain there longer without medication, shortening the time to REM by 43 minutes and extending it by 16 minutes in a study of 28 participants.
  • Earth's molten iron core unexpectedly reversed direction beneath the Pacific, revealing a dramatic change in the hidden engine that creates our planet's magnetic field.
  • Blocking the glycine transporter SLC6A20 restored important brain signaling and improved social, communication, and repetitive behaviors in autism-related mouse models.

Economy

  • The US economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs in July as a summer hiring slump hit the labor market.
  • Annual wage growth slowed to 3.2%, the smallest increase since May 2021, falling short of inflation running at 3.5% in July.
  • Americans' outlook for the job market improved in July, with workers' perceived probability of finding a new job if unemployed rising to 46.2%, the highest level this year.

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