Anthropic says it disrupted UAE-linked AI influence op targeting UN Sudan critics

Anthropic said it detected and disrupted an influence operation it linked "with high confidence" to UAE government officials,…

‘Slow Horses’ Season 6 debuts at TIFF ahead of streaming premiere

The cast of Apple TV+'s acclaimed spy thriller Slow Horses walked the red carpet at the Toronto International…

Over 70 UK lawmakers urge PM to back superintelligent AI ban

A cascade of warnings from AI safety researchers has shaken the technology industry this week, as insiders at…

Zverev reaches US Open final after rallying from ‘pointless’ start

Alexander Zverev powered into his second US Open final on Friday, defeating Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 (9-7), 7-6…

Von der Leyen draws antitrust fire for backing EU space merger

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen publicly backed Project Bromo, the proposed merger of the space divisions…

Major banks raise oil forecasts as Gulf disruptions persist

A wave of upward revisions to oil price forecasts swept through Wall Street and European banks this week…

OpenAI agents attacked RubyGems before Hugging Face breach

AI agents being tested by OpenAI launched a cyberattack on the software service RubyGems in May, two months…

Nvidia in talks to anchor Anthropic’s record $100B IPO

Nvidia is in discussions to invest up to $10 billion as an anchor investor in Anthropic's forthcoming initial…

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope deploys key systems on million-mile voyage

NASA's $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched successfully on August 30 from Kennedy Space Center in…

New OpenAI board member warns of ‘irreversible loss of control’

A day after joining OpenAI's nonprofit board, AI safety researcher Paul Christiano issued a stark warning: the rapid…

Oil drops sharply on profit-taking after U.S.-Iran conflict drove weekly surge

Brent crude whipsawed this week as escalating U.S.-Iran hostilities and Houthi advances in Yemen drove oil to its…

Emerging market debt draws $11.3B despite surging U.S. yields

Foreign investors added a net $11.3 billion to emerging market portfolios in August, marking the second consecutive month…

Modi, Putin vow deeper ties on eve of BRICS summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi on Friday for a three-day visit, holding bilateral talks with…

25 Fields Medal winners warn AI-claimed math breakthroughs threaten the discipline

OpenAI announced on September 8 that an unreleased internal AI model solved the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem…

UAE redesigns massive AI data center project after Iranian attacks

The United Arab Emirates is quietly reshaping one of the world's largest AI infrastructure projects after the Iran…

Oracle adds $700M to layoff plan as AI spending strains finances

Oracle disclosed Friday that it has increased the scope of its planned workforce reductions, adding $700 million to…

Japan’s GPIF could sell $62B in Treasuries, Santander says

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund could sell as much as $62 billion of US Treasuries without a formal…

EU begins testing Anthropic’s Mythos 5 as UK locked out of newer model

The European Union's cybersecurity agency ENISA has been granted access to Anthropic's Mythos 5 artificial intelligence model and…

Oil retreats from 4-month high on possible Hormuz deal

Oil prices fell sharply on Friday after reports emerged that Middle Eastern foreign ministers are exploring a temporary…

Oil surge past $100 sparks global bond selloff, rate hike bets

A week of escalating conflict in the Middle East sent oil prices surging past $100 a barrel, triggered…

KPMG faces twin probes over audit integrity and insider bets

The accounting giant KPMG finds itself at the center of two separate controversies calling its audit practices into…

Huawei’s Mate XT2 tri-fold phone goes on sale Friday

Huawei unveiled the Mate XT2 Ultimate Design on September 7, its second-generation tri-fold smartphone powered by the new…

OPEC report shows Iran output plunged as Iraq surge lifted August production

OPEC's September 2026 Monthly Oil Market Report, released Thursday, reveals a cartel in flux: Nigeria held steady at…

Paris space summit closes with €20B in deals, Iris² contracts

The first International Space Summit concluded at the Grand Palais in Paris on Thursday, September 10, with France…

2026 tech layoffs surpass all of 2025 with 128,000 jobs cut

The global technology industry has shed more jobs in the first nine months of 2026 than in all…

AI data center deals push uranium past $90 a pound

Uranium prices have climbed to around $90 per pound, buoyed by a wave of nuclear power deals tied…

Saudi Arabia shuts key oil pipeline after attacks

Saudi Arabia on Friday announced the shutdown of its East-West oil pipeline after multiple attacks struck infrastructure in…

Deepest images yet of Cloud-9 find no stars, bolstering ‘dark galaxy’ case

Astronomers have pushed the observational limits on Cloud-9, a mysterious hydrogen gas cloud near the spiral galaxy Messier…

Meta courts European bond investors for first non-dollar debt

Meta Platforms has been meeting with European bond investors for at least a week as part of a…

IMF warns global public debt nears WWII record at 100% of GDP

The International Monetary Fund warned on Thursday that global public debt has climbed to nearly 100% of world…