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When President Donald Trump gathered execs from the world's most powerful tech companies in the White House on Tuesday to discuss the future of artificial intelligence, one company was conspicuously a…
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Switzerland's glaciers lost more than 5% of their ice in 2026, a report by the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network (GLAMOS) and the Swiss Commission for Cryosphere Observation of the Swiss Academy of Sc…
United Kingdom Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Iran was involved in the incident at the Royal Air Force base in Fairford on Sunday that led to the arrest of five men on suspicion of explosive and ter…
Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said Wednesday that price growth remained a concern despite the latest data coming in cooler than economists predicted.
U.S. grain markets closed lower on Tuesday, August 11, as traders reduced positions ahead of USDA's August WASDE report, sending corn, soybeans and winter wheat into negative territory. The move matte…
On-duty flight crew and passengers managed to foil a pilot's apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight, after reports emerged of a fight in the cockpit.
The U.S. announced plans for up to $200 billion in South Korean investment, though Seoul has yet to finalize the participation in the Alaska LNG project.
At today’s prices and rates, even the average used vehicle can exceed some commonly used affordability measures.
OpenAI says it identified an attempt to extract protected reasoning from its AI models, linking part of the activity with China’s Moonshot AI.
Paramount CEO David Ellison announced outgoing Mattel chief Ynon Kreiz will serve as the co-CEO of the anticipated combination of Paramount and WBD.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he is still "thinking about" banning diesel exports in an attempt to get a handle on high energy prices, but noted that doing so may have a "negative impact on…
The Federal Reserve's inspector general determined management and oversight failures contributed to major cost overruns in the central bank's headquarters renovation, but found no grounds for a crimin…
One of the leading memory-chip manufacturers, Micron Technology, will report its fiscal fourth-quarter results today after the US market close. The report could prove to be one of the most important t…
Net farm income, a broad measure of profits, is forecast to decline in 2026. Forecast at $158.4 billion for the calendar year, net farm income would be $4.3 billion (2.6 percent) lower than in 2025 (n…
Artificial intelligence infrastructure spending continues to reshape the semiconductor industry, and three companies remain at the center of that transformation: Nvidia, Micron, and Qualcomm. Each com…
December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ26) closed down -41 (-0.76%) on Wednesday, and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ26) closed down -29 (-0.72%).
Global satellite communications provider Viasat (NASDAQ:VSAT) missed Wall Streetâs revenue expectations in Q2 CY2026, with sales falling 1.2% year on year to $1.16 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0…
California Governor Gavin Newsom has banned 'robo-bosses' from firing workers, the first U.S. state with such a law.
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In the first-of-its-kind deal, Apple and MP Materials will launch an all-new recycling facility for processing recycled rare earth elements
Micron reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday as the memory maker continues to benefit from soaring demand for AI infrastructure. The stock rose slightly in extended trading.
A Senate subcommittee on Wednesday is examining rogue AI, after a series of AI cyberattacks and increasing warnings about the risks of the technology.
In trading on Wednesday, shares of the VanEck Digital India ETF (Symbol: DGIN) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $34.50 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relati…