Forbes Topline
Forbes Topline delivers the most important breaking news stories from Forbes' newsroom directly to your podcast feed. Each episode covers top business, finance, and current events headlines. The podcast provides concise, timely updates for listeners who want to stay informed.
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AI Companies Are Buying—And Destroying—Antique Books. Here’s Why.
Authors, archivists, historians and bibliophiles have launched an online war against tech giants and artificial intelligence developers after an increasing mountain of evidence shows they’re buying rare and antique books en masse and feeding them to large language models—only to slice off their spines and destroy the original print copies in the process.
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CEO Who Fired 900 People On Zoom Faces Lawsuit From His Company
Better Home & Finance on Tuesday sued founder Vishal Garg, accusing him of a “scorched-earth campaign” to regain control of the company in a lawsuit that highlights his controversial tenure as chief executive, during which employees allege Garg called them “monkeys” and “dumb dolphins.”
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Walmart Shares Sink 8% After Slowest U.S. Sales Growth Since 2020
Walmart’s stock on Thursday slid after the retailer reported its slowest U.S. sales growth in years, despite beating Wall Street’s earnings expectations, as its pharmacy business took a hit amid federal negotiations that have cut drug prices.
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Top Fauci Advisor Pleads Guilty In COVID-19 Origin Cover-Up Case
An advisor who served as a top aide to Dr. Anthony Fauci during the COVID-19 outbreak has pleaded guilty to plotting to conceal federal records related to the pandemic, amid a wave of Republican legislative scrutiny over the federal response to the pandemic.
Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/08/19/top-fauci-advisor-pleads-guilty-in-covid-19-origin-cover
Moderna Shares Skyrocket 125% Toward Best Day Ever—On Success Of Cancer Drug Trial
Moderna’s stock soared by more than 120% as trading opened Wednesday, more than doubling the biotech giant’s share price after the firm announced positive results from its first-ever late-stage trial of an experimental cancer vaccine.
Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/08/19/moderna-shares-skyrocket-85-toward-best-day-ever-on-success-of-cancer-drug-trial/
Elon Musk’s Net Worth Hits $900 Billion Again
Elon Musk’s net worth once again crossed $900 billion on Monday, as shares in his SpaceX extended a weekslong rally after dozens of institutional investments in the rocket maker were revealed.
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'Have I Been Flocked' Researcher Says Over 400 Illinois Agencies Have Surveillance Network Access
A Georgia researcher's public records request has revealed that the police department in the small Chicago suburb of Schaumburg is sharing its automated license plate reader data with more than 400 Illinois law enforcement and government agencies—a finding that comes as public debate over the mass surveillance of Flock and other plate-reader networks intensifies across the country.
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Trump Reportedly Says His Relationship With Musk Will Never Be The Same After Epic Fallout
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk speak about once a month after aides and allies worked to mend their feud following a very public falling out last year—but Trump acknowledges privately the relationship will never be the same, according to a new report.
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Alex Cooper's Media Company Valued At $500 Million
A recent investment into the media company owned by “Call Her Daddy” podcaster Alex Cooper has valued the company at $500 million as it looks to expand its video and lifestyle businesses.
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Selena Gomez And Wondermind Startup Sued For Allegedly Defrauding Investors
Investors in Selena Gomez’s struggling mental health startup, Wondermind, sued Gomez, her mother and the company’s co-founder in federal court Thursday, accusing them of securities fraud for promising initiatives that never materialized without properly communicating with the investors whose money was allegedly “funding the collapse.”
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Iran Threat Prompted Trump To Secretly Swap Planes While Leaving Turkey, Reports Say
President Donald Trump secretly swapped planes last month and left Turkey on board a much smaller plane in response to a purported Iranian threat, according to multiple reports, the latest development involving Trump’s departure from the NATO summit and Air Force One.
Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/08/11/iran-threat-reportedly-prompted-trump-to-secre
Billionaires Josh Kushner And Bob Iger Buy The Los Angeles Lakers For A Record $12.5 Billion Deal
Billionaire investor Josh Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger reached an agreement to buy the Los Angeles Lakers at a $12.5 billion valuation, a record-setting price tag for a U.S. sports franchise, according to multiple reports.
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Tesla Recalls 20,000 Cars For Too-Bright Headlights
Tesla is recalling 20,000 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles with low-beam headlights that violate federal brightness standards—the latest in a string of safety concerns for the automaker that have included problems with rear image cameras, brake rotors, battery packs and warning lights.
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Jeff Bezos Nears Deal For 30% Stake In Liverpool, Report Says
A consortium that includes Jeff Bezos is nearing a deal to buy a roughly one-third stake in Liverpool F.C., Sky News reported Monday, potentially making the Amazon founder the latest billionaire to acquire equity in a sports franchise.
Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/08/10/jeff-bezos-nears-deal-for-30-stake-in-liverpool-report-says/
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U.K. Backs Paramount’s $110 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Deal
The U.K.’s antitrust watchdog and culture minister on Thursday approved Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, clearing another major regulatory hurdle despite Paramount agreeing to delay its deal until next year amid broad antitrust concerns.
Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/08/06/uk-backs-paramounts-110-billion-warner-bro
Qatar-Gifted Air Force One’s Future Grows Unclear—As Trump Library Plans Fall Into Doubt
A Qatar-donated Boeing jet gifted to and used by President Donald Trump as a temporary Air Force One may no longer be headed to his presidential library, at least for now, according to multiple reports, with Eric Trump telling NBC News there are different plans for the aircraft.
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'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Passes ‘Toy Story 5’ As Year’s Highest-Grossing Film
The surprising success of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” the fourth movie to star Tom Holland as the titular character, continued Wednesday as the movie became the highest-grossing film at the box office so far this year, topping “Toy Story 5” just seven days after its release.
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Trump-Linked Bitcoin Venture Reached $2.5M Settlement Over Improperly Obtained Loan Allegation
A Trump-linked cryptocurrency mining company, American Bitcoin, disclosed Monday that it settled a Justice Department allegation accusing it of improperly obtaining a pandemic relief loan, agreeing to pay millions of dollars as it omitted the settlement from its positive earnings narrative.
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SpaceX Shares Plunge 13% As Elon Musk’s Fortune Sheds $80B—Here’s What Analysts Are Saying
SpaceX’s stock once again took a hit on Wednesday after the rocket maker posted its first-ever earnings report, which seemingly spooked investors and analysts after the Elon Musk-led firm announced a sixfold increase in quarterly spending.
Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/08/05/spacex-shares-plunge-13-as-elon-musks-fortune-sheds-80-billion-heres-what-ana
OpenAI Shares Chats And Emails As It Refutes Apple’s Suit Alleging It Stole Trade Secrets
OpenAI rejected Apple’s lawsuit alleging trade secrets theft in a lengthy blog post early on Tuesday that includes several iMessage chats and email conversations as it challenged the iPhone-maker’s bid to gain a preliminary injunction barring two former Apple employees and OpenAI from accessing or disclosing alleged confidential information.
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Todd Blanche Wins Key Confirmation Holdouts—But Questions Over Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund Linger
Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said Monday they’ll back Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general after he issued an order rescinding the Justice Department’s controversial “anti-weaponization fund,” but critics fear the government could still revive the fund in the future.
Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2026/08/03/todd-blanche
Anthropic Says Its AI Models Hacked Into Three Organizations During Testing
Anthropic on Thursday said its advanced AI models successfully hacked the systems of three organizations while undergoing internal evaluation, a security disclosure that comes a week after rival OpenAI revealed one of its advanced models hacked a company after escaping a contained test environment.
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BTS Boycotts Grammys Amid "Asian Pop" Category Concerns
The K-pop mega band BTS will not be submitting their music for consideration at next year's Grammy Awards in an apparent protest against the Recording Academy’s decision to introduce a separate new “Asian Pop” category, prompting the academy’s CEO Harvey Mason Jr. to defend the new category while saying he was “saddened” by the band’s decision.
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FIFA Head Sets Deadline For Members To Claim $20 Million In Kushner-Backed World Cup Plan
FIFA will ask its 211 member associations to vote on its controversial plan to sell minority stakes in the World Cup in September, multiple outlets reported—although the plan has already been criticized by soccer governing bodies in the Americas, Asia and Europe.
In a deal first reported by The Times and the Financial Times, FIFA is planning to raise an estimated $4.2 billion in 20
Zuckerberg’s Fortune Drops $18 Billion As Wall Street Sours On Meta’s AI Spending
Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth declined by nearly $18 billion on Thursday as Meta’s stock paced an 11-day losing streak, with Wall Street souring on the Facebook parent’s plans to accelerate spending on AI.
Shares of Meta plunged 9% as of Thursday afternoon, pacing what would be the stock’s worst single-day loss this year so far and a 21.7% slide over the last 11 trading sessions.
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Nvidia And OpenAI Discussing $500 Billion Data Center—Here’s What We Know
Nvidia and OpenAI have held talks to spend roughly $500 billion on a data center in southern Ohio, potentially becoming the largest such project by power capacity in the world by far.
Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/07/27/nvidia-and-openai-discussing-500-billion-data-center-heres-what-we-know/
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Elon Musk’s Wealth Sinks Below $700 Billion As SpaceX Rout Extends
A further decline in SpaceX shares on Monday cut Elon Musk’s net worth by more than $20 billion, lowering his fortune below the $700 billion threshold for the first time since December, as Musk falls further from his trillionaire status.
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Chipmaker Courted By Apple Soars On Market Debut—Briefly Becomes China’s Most Valuable Company
CXMT—whose memory chips have been sought by Apple—made a blockbuster trading debut on Monday and briefly became the most valuable publicly listed company in mainland China, mirroring surges in the stock price of other major memory chipmakers like Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron amid an AI-driven boom in demand.
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Dubai Had A Record Number Of Tourists Last Year. Now, They’re Paying People To Visit.
The city of Dubai is making dramatic—and expensive—efforts to recoup the once record-breaking tourist numbers that have plummeted since the start of the Iran war by offering travel perks worth upwards of $800 to residents who invite visitors to enter the country between now and the end of October.
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Here’s Why LeBron Can Afford To Take A Pay Cut To Join The 76ers
LeBron James on Friday signed a two-year, $8 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers to extend his historically long NBA career, a sizable pay cut for James, whose earnings and investments on and off the court have cemented his billionaire status for years.
James signed an $8 million deal with a player option, allowing him to extend his contract for an additional season at a set salary or be
LeBron James Will Join Philadelphia 76ers—Extending His Historic Career Another 2 Years
LeBron James will join the Philadelphia 76ers, according to ESPN, and will sign a two-year contract with the team that will further his historically long NBA career by another two years.
Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2026/07/24/lebron-james-will-join-philadelphia-76ers-extending-his-historic-career-another-2-years/
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Tesla’s Worst Day In A Year Cuts Elon Musk’s Net Worth By $18 Billion
Elon Musk’s fortune was cut by more than $18 billion on Thursday amid the worst intraday selloff in Tesla shares in more than a year, following the automaker’s earnings report that disappointed Wall Street, as analysts called for Musk’s firm to bring “tangible” results for its robotics and robotaxi businesses.
Shares of Tesla plunged 14.1% as of Thursday afternoon, pacing what would be the larges
Musk Suggests He’ll Make His Own ‘Odyssey’ With Grok—Latest In Crusade Against Nolan Film
Billionaire Elon Musk suggested in posts on X he would either fund an alternative “Odyssey” movie with a more “historically accurate” take on ancient Greece or make his own with Grok, the latest in his ongoing crusade against the box office hit.
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Bessent Unveils New $1 Gold Coin Featuring Trump’s Face
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday unveiled the first images of a $1 gold coin featuring President Donald Trump’s face, weeks after he revealed a new $250 bill with the president’s face, despite U.S. law prohibiting living people from appearing on currency.
Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/07/15/bessent-unveils-new-1-gold-coin-featuring-trum
Canadian Tourism To U.S. Nudged Up In June—But Remains Down 29% Since 2024
The number of Canadian visitors to the U.S. nudged upward in June compared to a year ago—but visitation remains significantly down compared to 2024.
Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2026/07/14/canadian-visitors-to-us-up-june-but-down-since-2024/
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Alphabet Rally Boosts Google Cofounder Fortunes By $15 Billion—Here’s Why Shares Are Up
Alphabet shares jumped on Monday following a report that the Google parent is planning to deploy a new chip to run its Gemini models more efficiently, adding a combined $15 billion to the net worths of cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/07/20/alphabet-rally-boosts-google-cofounder-fortunes-by-15-billion-heres-why-shar
Trump’s Teleprompter Operator Suspended For Allegedly Betting On His Speeches
President Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator is on unpaid leave amid a federal investigation after allegedly using insider information to bet on what the president would say in his speeches, the White House said Thursday.
Federal investigators with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission reportedly believe Gabriel Perez, the operator who has worked for Trump since 2016, made money bet
Argentina-Spain World Cup Final Is The Most Expensive U.S. Sporting Event Ever
The World Cup final will be the most expensive sporting event ever hosted in the U.S. in terms of ticket prices on resale markets, according to data from secondary ticket marketplace TickPick, which said the average ticket price for the matchup between Argentina and Spain has topped other events like the Super Bowl and NBA Finals.
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Elon Musk’s Net Worth Drops Below $800 Billion After Starship Launch Aborted
A setback in Starship’s latest launch attempt lowered SpaceX shares to another all-time low on Friday, extending a losing streak for the stock and lowering Elon Musk’s net worth by more than $45 billion, after Wall Street appeared optimistic about the firm’s launch capabilities.
Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/07/17/elon-musks-net-worth-drops-below-800-
Warren Buffett Drops Gates Foundation From Nearly $6B In Donations—First Time In 20 Years
Warren Buffett excluded the Gates Foundation from his midyear donations for the first time since 2006, opting instead to donate thousands of Berkshire Hathaway shares worth almost $6 billion to four foundations run by his children.
Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2026/07/14/warren-buffett-excludes-gates-foundation-from-midyear-donations/
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