Goldman Sachs has refreshed its list of companies most likely to reap real productivity gains from artificial intelligence, and the top names are not the usual AI suspects. CoStar Group leads the 53-stock basket, followed by Dollar Tree, eBay and a cluster of insurance brokers. The screen lands with a sobering backdrop: despite two-thirds of the S&P 500 talking about AI on earnings calls, just 2% of companies have quantified any impact on their earnings.

The Japanese yen slid to a two-week low against the US dollar on Wednesday, extending a rough start to the week as investors piled into the American currency ahead of key US inflation data. The dollar climbed to ¥159.46, its highest level since July 31, while the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz kept safe-haven demand for the greenback alive.

Brent crude has gained roughly $10 in less than a week. That kind of move in a compressed timeframe draws attention fast, and right now it has plenty -- from equity desks in Paris to rate-watchers in Washington. The catalyst is a deepening diplomatic rift between the United States and Iran, and the fallout is landing directly on inflation expectations ahead of a critical stretch of US economic data.

NVIDIA has struck agreements with six of the world's largest financial institutions to mobilize up to $500 billion in third-party capital for AI infrastructure, a move that positions data center GPUs as investable assets on par with roads, pipelines, and power grids.

Tommy John, the four-time All-Star left-hander who won 288 games and lent his name to the elbow surgery that has saved thousands of careers, died Saturday at his home in Bradenton, Florida. He was 83. The New York Yankees announced his death in a statement Sunday. No cause was given, but John had been in hospice and had been diagnosed with bladder cancer and other ailments in recent years.

Three of the Premier League's biggest names are at the center of the transfer window's final stretch. Chelsea are weighing an enormous decision on Enzo Fernandez, Arsenal have been linked with a surprise swoop for Victor Osimhen, and Rodri's standoff with Manchester City shows no sign of ending.

Fernando Mendoza's first taste of NFL action came with a footnote for the record books. The Raiders' rookie quarterback threw a touchdown in his preseason debut Thursday night, becoming the first No. 1 overall pick to do so since Baker Mayfield in 2018. The Heisman Trophy winner completed 10 of 16 passes for 97 yards across four drives in Las Vegas' 27-14 loss to the Arizona Cardinals, showing flashes of the player the franchise drafted to be its future, and moments that reminded everyone he is still a rookie.

Lionel Messi may be nearing the end of his playing career. The 39-year-old Argentina legend said he has "serious doubts" about continuing in football, in an emotional Instagram message following the death of his father, Jorge Messi, who passed away this past weekend at 68. The tribute reveals a painful backstory to Messi's final World Cup: he played the entire tournament knowing his father was gravely ill back home.

Your next career move might require a spacesuit. Dylan Taylor, the billionaire founder and CEO of Voyager Technologies, says humans will be living and working on a moon base within a decade, joining Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman in predicting that ordinary jobs are headed off-planet. And Taylor is not hedging on the timeline.

Millions of people across Spain, Iceland and a small corner of Portugal watched the moon blot out the sun on Wednesday evening in Europe's first total solar eclipse since 1999. For Spain, it was the first totality in more than a century. Skies darkened, temperatures dipped, and the sun's corona flared into view for up to two minutes.

A fossil from the late Triassic period has upended one of paleontology's long-standing assumptions. Scientists have found the first evidence that a cynodont, part of the group of mammal-like reptiles that gave rise to all modern mammals, gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs. The discovery pushes the timeline of live birth back by up to 95 million years, according to researchers behind a study published today in Frontiers in Mammal Science.

The Perseid meteor shower, the summer's biggest sky show, reaches its peak tonight under near-perfect conditions. The peak lands on the night of the new moon, meaning no moonlight to wash out the fainter streaks, and under ideal dark skies the Perseids can deliver up to 100 meteors per hour. Even better, it caps a rare double feature: the peak arrives just hours after today's total solar eclipse crossed parts of Greenland, Iceland and Spain.