Bernstein warns Brent crude could hit $150 amid 65% drop in Middle East oil flows

Bernstein analysts warned on Monday that Brent crude prices could surge to $120–$150 per barrel as combined oil…

Google to open Googlebook laptop pre-orders Sept. 21

Google Alphabet Inc. will open pre-orders for its new Googlebook laptops on Monday, September 21 at 9 a.m.…

G20 GDP growth dips to 0.7% in Q2 amid Middle East conflict

Economic growth across the G20 slowed in the second quarter of 2026, with Saudi Arabia suffering the sharpest…

Chip stocks slide after AI executives urge slower development pace

Semiconductor shares fell sharply on Monday after several prominent artificial intelligence executives called over the weekend for a…

GSK’s lung cancer drug shows 94% response rate in frontline trial

GSK presented data on Monday at the 2026 World Conference on Lung Cancer in Seoul showing that its…

Brain implant first to decode speech and gestures at once

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have demonstrated for the first time that a single brain-computer…

Euronext CEO says merger with Deutsche Boerse ‘makes sense’

Shares in Euronext and Deutsche Boerse rose on Monday after Euronext CEO Stephane Boujnah told the Financial Times…

Trump calls AI safety fears a ‘hoax,’ blasts Amodei

President Donald Trump on Monday attacked growing calls to slow artificial intelligence development, dismissing fears that AI could…

Crude oil prices diverge sharply as geography becomes dominant pricing factor

A barrel of oil is now worth vastly different amounts depending on where it sits. As the Middle…

Carney calls for global AI oversight board amid US-Canada trade tensions

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday called for the creation of a global "technology stability board" to…

Orlen scrambles for crude as Saudi pipeline shutdown cuts deliveries

Poland's Orlen has issued at least five crude oil purchase tenders in the past two working days, according…

OpenAI acquires smartphone camera startup Glass Imaging for over $300M

OpenAI has acquired Glass Imaging, a startup specializing in AI-powered smartphone camera technology, in a deal valued at…

Apple rolls out iOS 27 alongside iOS 26.7 for cautious upgraders

Apple on Monday released iOS 26.7 for iPhone users who are not yet ready to upgrade to iOS…

Microsoft releases ‘Humanist AI’ code limiting its models

Microsoft on Monday published a 15,000-word document it calls the "Humanist AI: Code of Conduct," laying out principles…

Airline stocks slide as oil nears $110 amid Iran war

The prolonged U.S.-Iran conflict is again pushing oil prices toward levels that threaten airline profitability worldwide, with crude…

European gas prices hit highest since 2022 crisis after Saudi pipeline shutdown

European natural gas prices jumped roughly 6% at Monday's market open, pushing Dutch TTF futures to around €84…

Santander, BBVA, Deutsche Bank line up $17.5B in risk transfers

Banco Santander, BBVA, and Deutsche Bank are working on a wave of significant risk transfer deals tied to…

El Niño crosses ‘super’ threshold, now strongest on record for this date

The most powerful El Niño on record is taking shape in the Pacific Ocean, crossing into "super" territory…

BYD plans to build trucks in Europe to dodge tariffs

BYD, China's largest electric vehicle maker, announced plans on Monday to launch its first heavy-duty truck in Europe…

OpenAI contractors read real ChatGPT chats under secret ‘Project Lily’

Hundreds of outside contractors hired by OpenAI are reading real ChatGPT conversations as part of an internal initiative…

Iran denies Trump’s claim that Tehran wants a deal ‘quickly and badly’

President Donald Trump declared Monday that Iran is desperate to reach an agreement with the United States, posting…

Musk says xAI’s Grok 5 will achieve AGI

Elon Musk declared on Monday that xAI's Grok 5 will be the model to achieve artificial general intelligence,…

Webb and Hubble find 27 tiny Kuiper Belt objects that defy formation models

The Hubble and James Webb space telescopes have jointly discovered 27 new trans-Neptunian objects in the deepest survey…

Saudi oil pipeline to stay shut for weeks as Houthis seize Red Sea islands

Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline, damaged in drone strikes last week, is expected to remain largely out of service…

Study warns Himalayas nearing tipping point as glacier melt accelerates

The Himalayas are nearing a tipping point as glaciers melt faster than they did a decade ago, threatening…

Tanker rates to India jump 150% as twin chokepoints falter

Daily charter rates for oil tankers bound for India have surged roughly 150% to approximately $250,000 in about…

Saudi Arabia races to restart pipeline as oil stockpiles dwindle

Saudi Arabia will exhaust its oil export stockpiles within days if it cannot restart its crippled East-West pipeline,…

Memory chip stocks slide as DeepSeek model slashes AI memory needs

Shares of SanDisk fell more than 5% on Monday as investors dumped memory chip stocks in response to…

Wright says Hormuz oil shipments rising amid skepticism

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Monday that oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz continue to climb,…

Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd shift four more services to Suez Canal

Maersk A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S announced on Monday that four more of its joint container services with…