The Wednesday, July 15, 2026 Edition
Inflation Posts Biggest Drop Since 2020, Apple Sues OpenAI, and a $50M T. Rex
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Science & Technology
$50.1 million
The price a mystery phone bidder paid at Sotheby's for 'Gus,' a 67-million-year-old T. rex billed as one of the largest and most complete specimens ever found. That makes Gus the most valuable dinosaur fossil ever sold at auction.
Source: Boing Boing
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