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After billions of years dominated by microscopic organisms, the Ediacaran period, which lasted from about 635 million to 539 million years ago, saw the emergence of the first animals.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Since 2019, Edison has spent billions of dollars on making its lines safer, including by undergrounding them and installing insulated wires.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Among those customers, OpenAI and Anthropic will soon have access to tens of billions of dollars in public investment as well.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Pledges to quickly deploy technology and ties cultivated with the Pentagon have helped land new contracts totaling billions of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

But it had taken years for that market to mature; this new market would be up and running and trading tens of billions of dollars’ worth of risk within a few months.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis