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Microsoft closed up 2% at $542.07, lifting its market value to $4.04 trillion and returning it to a small club that includes Nvidia—and briefly, on Tuesday, Apple. The gain followed OpenAI’s move to convert into a public…
Four boats off Mexico’s Pacific coast were struck by the U.S. military, leaving 14 dead, in an operation the Pentagon said occurred Monday in international waters. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the attack…
In Tokyo, President Donald Trump cast his visit as a victory lap, bonding with new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and touting Japanese investment in the U.S. His administration reported up to $490 billion in commitments t…
Utah and California are pushing AI transparency, passing laws that require businesses—and in California, police departments—to disclose when AI is used, including chatbots and report-writing tools. Supporters, including …
The Trump administration is moving to override state consumer protections on credit reporting, with the CFPB drafting an interpretative rule under the Fair Credit Reporting Act to preempt state bans on reporting debt to …
Stocks notched records Tuesday as investors crowded into the AI trade ahead of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision. S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow set all-time intraday highs, with Nvidia jumping about 5% after unveiling moves…
North Carolina officials charged Wellington Dickens III, 38, with murder after he called 911 and reported killing his children. Deputies found the bodies of three children and a stepchild in a car trunk in his Zebulon ga…
Nobody Wants This returned to Netflix at No. 1, drawing 8.6M views in its first four days—slightly below last year’s 10.3M season-one launch. The comeback also lifted Season 1 to No. 9 with 2M views for the week. The Dip…
After months of a 'no hire, no fire' job market, sweeping cuts at Amazon, UPS and Target are shifting the tone. Amazon will cut 14,000 jobs as it leans into AI; UPS says its workforce is down 48,000 from a year ago; Targ…
Amazon will cut thousands of corporate jobs, blaming AI's rapid shift, according to a memo from SVP Beth Galetti. The move, despite strong profits, aligns with layoffs at Salesforce (4,000), Lufthansa (4,000) and Chegg (…
Google has begun rolling out Gemini for Home in the US to English-set Nest speakers and displays from the past decade through the Google Home Early Access program. The upgrade adds more natural voice commands for media, …
On Day 28 of the shutdown, air traffic controllers missed their first full paychecks, and airlines brought food. United is donating meals at hubs including Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark, San Francisco, an…
ABC unveiled midseason dates, anchoring its schedule with the Scrubs reboot—starring Zach Braff, Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke—debuting Feb. 25 at 8 pm with two episodes, after Shifting Gears resumes Jan. 7. American Id…
Disney+ has ended its Doctor Who partnership with the BBC, leaving much of the world seeking a new streaming home for the series. The BBC says the show will continue, with a 2026 Christmas special written by Russell T Da…
Nvidia plans to invest $1 billion in Nokia, taking a 2.9% stake as the Finnish company shifts from mobile networking kit toward artificial intelligence. Nokia will issue about 166 million shares to Nvidia at $6.01 each, …
AMD has quietly reassigned model numbers to a range of Ryzen laptop chips without altering the silicon, adding fresh labels to 2022-vintage parts. The rebranded processors use Rembrandt‑R (Zen 3+ CPU, RDNA 2 graphics) or…
Paul Thomas Anderson's action epic One Battle After Another leads Gotham Awards with six nominations—the most in the awards' history—including best feature and acting nods for Benicio Del Toro, Teyana Taylor, and breakth…
Chris Evans is officially a dad. The 44-year-old “Captain America” actor and his wife, Alba Baptista, welcomed their first child over the weekend, with TMZ reporting the baby arrived Saturday in Massachusetts. No name or…
Apple is developing solid-state buttons to replace mechanical controls on the 20th‑anniversary iPhone due in 2027, claims Weibo leaker Instant Digital. The purported “iPhone XX” would introduce haptic Side, volume, Actio…
Bill Gates urged a "strategic pivot" in climate policy, saying the world should prioritize reducing suffering in poor countries, fighting poverty and disease, over near-term emissions targets. In a memo ahead of next mon…
Three years after Shinzo Abe's daylight assassination, Tetsuya Yamagami pleaded guilty in a Nara courtroom, saying, "Everything is true." Led in handcuffed with a rope at his waist, the 45-year-old spoke in a barely audi…
PayPal will let shoppers pay inside ChatGPT starting in 2026, adopting OpenAI’s Agentic Commerce Protocol and tapping the app’s Instant Checkout to confirm orders without leaving the chat. Customers can use PayPal wallet…
UPS topped Wall Street expectations ahead of the holidays, sending shares up 10% premarket. The company posted adjusted EPS of $1.74 on $21.4 billion in revenue, and net income of $1.31 billion, down from $1.99 billion a…
With the U.S. government shutdown unresolved, the USDA says SNAP benefits will not be issued November 1, halting about $8 billion in monthly aid for roughly 42 million people. Recipients like Maine single mother Kasey Mc…
On an Asia tour, US President Donald Trump unveiled a spate of rare‑earth agreements with Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, seeking to diversify supplies away from China ahead of talks with Xi Jinping. The…