Biren posts 2,000% revenue surge as US chip curbs reshape China’s AI market

Chinese AI accelerator maker Biren Technology reported first-half 2026 revenue of $183.9 million, a nearly 2,000% increase from…

Gaza documentary with Israeli whistleblowers premieres at Venice Film Festival

A documentary featuring testimony from 24 Israeli military and intelligence insiders about AI-enabled killings of Palestinian civilians in…

US-China bond yield gap hits record 317 basis points

The gap between U.S. and Chinese government borrowing costs has widened to its largest level on record, underscoring…

Rome opens largest ancient Roman mosaic to visitors for the first time

Rome on Tuesday opened to the public what archaeologists believe is the largest wall mosaic and fresco complex…

OpenAI, Anthropic admit rogue AI agent incidents far wider than disclosed

OpenAI's AI agents used more than 10 previously undisclosed websites as improvised communication channels earlier this year, according…

South Korea nears $100B deal to build nuclear plants in U.S.

South Korea is in the final stages of negotiating a major energy investment in the United States worth…

Brent crude tops $105 as U.S.-Iran attacks escalate near Strait of Hormuz

Oil prices climbed to their highest levels since May on Thursday as escalating attacks between U.S. and Iranian…

Amazon partners with OpenAI to sell ads in ChatGPT

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. and OpenAI announced a partnership on Thursday to let Amazon advertisers run ads inside ChatGPT,…

Tanker rates hit records as US-Iran war chokes Hormuz oil routes

Global tanker freight rates have surged to all-time highs as the US-Iran conflict tightens its grip on the…

BIS chief warns AI boom’s opaque financing poses financial stability risks

The head of the Bank for International Settlements cautioned on Thursday that the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence…

Salesforce closes $3.6B acquisition of Fin, formerly Intercom

Salesforce said Thursday it has completed its approximately $3.6 billion acquisition of Fin, the AI-powered customer service company…

Europe gets its first driverless robotaxi rides in Zagreb

Pony.ai and Verne on Thursday launched fully driverless robotaxi test rides with passengers on public roads in Zagreb,…

Commodity index hits highest level since 2008 crisis

Global commodity markets are experiencing their broadest rally in nearly two decades, with prices for oil, metals, and…

Houthis seize key Red Sea port, closing in on Bab el-Mandeb

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi forces seized the strategic Red Sea port city of Mocha on Thursday, according to multiple…

BGC Group completes first fully AI-brokered trade

BGC Group announced on Wednesday that its subsidiary Aurel BGC completed the first fully AI-brokered institutional trade in…

Apple shares rise after iPhone Duo foldable debut

Apple shares rose in premarket trading on Thursday after new CEO John Ternus used his first product launch…

OPEC cuts 2026 oil demand forecast for fifth straight month

Two of the world's most closely watched energy forecasters issued dueling assessments this week, underscoring the deep uncertainty…

China’s oil stockpiles helped avert energy crisis, S&P Global economist says

China's years of strategic crude oil stockpiling have helped shield the global economy from a deeper energy crisis…

Tim Cook hands Apple keynote to new CEO John Ternus

Apple opened its annual September product event on Tuesday with a moment that had less to do with…

Liquid Network hackers go public, demand 10% bounty from Blockstream

Hackers who drained roughly $320 million in Bitcoin from Blockstream's Liquid Network on September 6 have escalated their…

IEA says coal demand to hit record as Gulf crisis drives up gas prices

European and British wholesale natural gas prices held near multi-year highs on Thursday, consolidating sharp gains as the…

ECB raises interest rates to 2.50% amid Middle East inflation pressures

The European Central Bank on Thursday raised its three key interest rates by 25 basis points, lifting the…

Apple Intelligence, Siri AI to launch Sept. 14 across iPhone, iPad and Mac

Apple announced this week that its latest suite of Apple Intelligence features, along with a revamped Siri AI…

Second mathematician accuses OpenAI of using unpublished work in AI breakthroughs

OpenAI announced this week that an unreleased AI model, coordinated through a swarm of 10,000 agents, produced a…

DeepSeek launches V4.1 Flash, sending rival AI stocks tumbling

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek on Thursday launched its V4.1 Flash model, a slimmed-down system the company says…

Ryanair CEO warns of ‘significant’ airfare hikes as oil tops $100

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary warned Thursday that airfares could see a "significant uplift" if oil prices remain elevated…

Global smartphone prices jump 15% as memory costs squeeze manufacturers

Global smartphone prices have climbed an average of 15% in 2026, driven by soaring memory and component costs…

Global clean tech investment fell 17% in H1 as China pulled back

Global investment in clean technologies dropped 17% to $770 billion in the first half of 2026, as a…

Gold tops $4,400 as dollar slides to three-week low

Gold climbed back above $4,400 per ounce on Wednesday as the U.S. dollar extended its losing streak to…

Apple launches Gemini-powered Siri alongside iOS 27

Apple has officially confirmed that its rebuilt Siri assistant draws on Google Alphabet Inc. Gemini technology, marking the…