Two more Google DeepMind researchers set to leave for Anthropic, Bloomberg reports

Google Alphabet Inc. is poised to lose two more high-profile AI researchers to Anthropic, according to Bloomberg News,…

ICC bureau recommends firing prosecutor Karim Khan

Diplomats overseeing the International Criminal Court's governance have formally recommended that chief prosecutor Karim Khan be removed from…

Rubio says U.S.-Iran talks to resume in Switzerland June 29

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday that technical-level negotiations between Washington and Tehran are expected to…

Bitcoin opens at two-week low as SpaceX-led tech rout deepens

Bitcoin opened Wednesday at its lowest level in roughly two weeks, hovering near $62,660 after shedding value throughout…

FAO and WFP seek $202M as super El Niño threatens global food prices

A strengthening El Niño in the tropical Pacific is raising alarm across global commodity and financial markets, with…

TotalEnergies CEO calls Hormuz bypass pipelines ‘absolute priority’

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné declared that investing in pipelines to bypass the Strait of Hormuz is now an…

Samsung shifts half of HBM production to HBM4 chips

Samsung Electronics has dedicated roughly half of its high-bandwidth memory production capacity to sixth-generation HBM4 chips, a move…

Scientists detect black hole event horizon’s ‘fingerprints’ for first time

Scientists have detected the direct imprint of a black hole's event horizon in gravitational wave data for the…

IOC to pay $10,000 grants to all Olympic athletes

The International Olympic Committee announced Wednesday a new fund that will pay $10,000 grants directly to every Olympic…

IOC targets mid-2029 to elect 2036 Olympics host city

The International Olympic Committee approved a new timetable on Wednesday for selecting the host of the 2036 Summer…

Phillips 66 CEO warns Hormuz disruptions may linger

Mark Lashier, chairman and CEO of Phillips 66, cautioned on Wednesday that refining and petrochemical earnings face heightened…

EIA says UAE exit cut OPEC’s global oil output share to 31%

The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported this week that the United Arab Emirates' departure from OPEC, effective May…

Nature study finds cosmic structures ten times larger than models predict

A study published in Nature on Wednesday challenges one of the foundational assumptions of modern cosmology, reporting the…

Nature critique questions Microsoft’s quantum chip claims

A peer-reviewed critique published Wednesday in the journal Nature has raised pointed questions about Microsoft 's claimed quantum…

China’s EV exports hit record $9.2B in May

China's electric vehicle exports surged to an all-time high of $9.2 billion in May 2026, a 49 percent…

Qualcomm to buy AI startup Modular in $3.9B stock deal

Qualcomm announced on Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire AI software infrastructure startup Modular Inc. in an…

Venezuela set to reveal $240B debt in largest restructuring

Venezuela is poised to disclose a total debt burden of $240 billion as it prepares for what would…

Microsoft says Copilot AI helped disrupt global malware networks

Microsoft used its Copilot AI tool to assist investigators in dismantling the infrastructure behind two widely used cybercrime…

EU plans €80 billion in bond issuance for second half of 2026

The European Commission on Monday announced plans to issue up to €80 billion in EU-Bonds between July and…

OpenAI unveils Jalapeño, its first custom AI chip

OpenAI on Wednesday unveiled Jalapeño, its first custom-designed artificial intelligence chip, developed in collaboration with Broadcom and built…

Record heatwave drives air conditioner sales surge across Europe

The European Commission is preparing modernised EU Energy Labels for heating and cooling appliances designed to make it…

TSMC shares slide as global tech sell-off deepens

Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. fell sharply on Wednesday as a global technology sell-off that began earlier…

GTA 6 price set at $80, physical copies won’t include game disc

Rockstar Games has officially revealed that Grand Theft Auto VI will carry a price tag of $79.99 for…

EU proposes eliminating cross-border withholding taxes to save businesses billions

The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping corporate tax reform package projected to save businesses nearly €8…

Stripe, Anthropic and OpenAI launch nonprofit to fight respiratory infections

A coalition of tech and AI companies has launched a nonprofit called Intercept with the aim of combating…

Super El Nino and fertilizer crisis fuel global food inflation fears

A convergence of extreme weather and war-driven supply disruptions is raising alarms among economists and strategists who warn…

ESA’s Euclid telescope captures 60 million stars in record Milky Way image

The European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope has produced the largest and most detailed visible-light photograph ever taken…

Macquarie latest bank to slash oil forecasts on Hormuz deal

Major Wall Street banks have sharply cut their oil price forecasts in the wake of the U.S.-Iran peace…

MSCI warns Turkey and Indonesia of possible downgrade

MSCI released the results of its 2026 Market Classification Review on June 23, putting both Turkey and Indonesia…

Meta, Microsoft push data center leases past $850 billion

Meta Platforms and Microsoft each committed tens of billions of dollars in additional data center leases in their…