Oracle is holding the line on its data center spending forecast. On Thursday, Oracle reported $28.5 billion in first-quarter capital expenditures, up from $8.5 billion a year earlier. It kept its fiscal 2027 capital expenditure forecast at $90 billion to $95 billion, including data center spending. Its capex forecast has not changed from the guidance
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As of June 2026, El Niño has officially arrived. This naturally recurring phenomenon is characterized by warmer-than-normal water temperatures in parts of the equatorial Pacific along with changes to atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns. Its regional effects range from desert floods to delayed monsoons to shifts in where tropical cyclones are more likely to form. NOAA’s
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sargassoa type of floating brown algae, has changed its range in recent decades, declining in the North Atlantic Sargasso Sea while proliferating in the tropical Atlantic. That trend, which has been underway since 2011, continued in 2026 when the algae, commonly known as a type of seaweed, reached its annual peak in June in a
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