Dollar posts biggest gain in two weeks on hot PPI data

The U.S. dollar surged on Thursday after hotter-than-expected producer price data and rising oil prices reinforced market expectations…

Brent surges past $105 as Saudi output hits 1990 low

Brent crude futures jumped above $105 per barrel on Thursday as Saudi Arabia reported its oil production had…

Olympic flame lit in Athens for Africa’s first Games

The flame for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games was lit on Thursday at the Panathenaic Stadium in…

ECB raises rates as Fed hike fears rattle crypto, stocks

The European Central Bank raised interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, lifting its deposit facility rate…

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…

Apple launches Reference Image to fight AI fakes

Apple unveiled Apple Reference Image on Wednesday at its annual September event, introducing a camera feature for the…

Apple raises iPhone prices $100 across entire lineup

Apple on Wednesday raised prices by $100 across virtually its entire iPhone lineup — both newly announced and…

IMF holds 3% global growth forecast, warns energy shock persists

The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said the global economy has weathered the energy shock caused by the…

Goldman Sachs raises European gas forecast as Hormuz conflict tightens supply

Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. has lifted its fourth-quarter 2026 forecast for Dutch TTF natural gas…

Apple delays base iPhone 18 to spring in major strategy shift

Apple held its "Surprise and Shine" event on Wednesday, September 9, marking new CEO John Ternus' first product…

WTI crude tops $100 as Houthi gains threaten both major oil export routes

Oil prices surged past key psychological thresholds this week as escalating conflict across the Middle East threatened to…

Study finds overlooked climate feedbacks could amplify warming by up to 30%

Rising global temperatures are turning Earth's forests, wetlands, and frozen tundra from carbon sinks into carbon sources —…

Hinton calls 10% chance of AI killing all humans ‘not unreasonable’

Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton told BBC Newsnight on Tuesday that a 10% probability of artificial intelligence…

Apple’s iPhone Duo revives Microsoft’s failed foldable vision and its name

Apple unveiled its first foldable phone this week, the iPhone Duo, and the tech world has responded with…

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…

Samsung taps Mistral AI to run models inside its chip factories

Samsung Electronics announced a strategic partnership with Mistral AI on September 9 during a South Korea–France state summit…

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…