OpenAI launches ChatGPT Images 2.5 with faster, sharper output

OpenAI on Tuesday released ChatGPT Images 2.5, a broad upgrade to its image generation system that promises faster…

OECD debt-servicing costs top $2 trillion a year

The cost of servicing government debt across the world's advanced economies has crossed $2 trillion a year, a…

SoftBank to court investors for up to $20B junk bond sale

SoftBank Group is preparing to meet with investors in New York next week to test appetite for what…

Iran threatens US energy assets, declares Gulf exclusion zone

Iran has declared it possesses the full capability to strike US Navy vessels enforcing an economic blockade on…

Cognition AI raises $2B at $48B valuation, doubling in four months

Cognition AI, the startup behind the autonomous coding agent Devin, announced on Tuesday that it has raised over…

BOJ set to raise rates to 31-year high at September meeting

The Bank of Japan is set to raise its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%…

Rising bond yields and surging yen rattle global markets

A surging Japanese yen and climbing global government bond yields pressured risk assets broadly on Tuesday, with Bitcoin…

ElevenLabs hires former Adyen CFO as it eyes 2028 IPO

ElevenLabs, the AI voice technology startup valued at $11 billion, has appointed Ethan Tandowsky as its new chief…

AstraZeneca caps milestone week with FDA nod, COPD data

AstraZeneca secured accelerated FDA approval for its breast cancer drug Etcamah (camizestrant), capping a week of clinical milestones…

AI-assisted Navier-Stokes breakthrough sparks credit fight between OpenAI and Anthropic-linked researchers

A dispute over one of the most celebrated unsolved problems in mathematics erupted on Tuesday after NYU mathematician…

Gold ETFs log third-largest monthly inflow on record

Gold held above $4,400 an ounce on Tuesday as analysts at Société Générale outlined what they described as…

GPT-6 Astra rolls out across Microsoft Copilot tools

OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on September 3, marking what the company calls its most capable model to date…

Global M&A hits record pace as dealmakers resume after summer break

Wall Street's dealmakers are back at their desks after the summer lull, and the numbers awaiting them are…

Oil hits six-week high as U.S.-Iran clashes roil shipping

Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. warned that oil prices could surge to $120 a barrel if…

Apple acquired brain-sensing startup Sonera, EU filing reveals

Apple has quietly acquired Sonera, a California-based startup that developed chip-based sensors capable of non-invasively measuring brain and…

XPeng’s humanoid robot walks off production line, beating Tesla to manufacturing milestone

At a factory in Guangzhou, China, a humanoid robot assembled by machines walked off a production line on…

European stocks slip as oil nears $100 on Houthi attacks

London's FTSE 100 fell on Tuesday as oil prices surged toward $100 a barrel following Houthi attacks on…

AMD shares surge after outlining $2 trillion AI strategy

AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. shares surged roughly 7% on Tuesday after the chipmaker outlined an aggressive artificial-intelligence…

AI-built worm hijacked WeChat accounts via zero-click calls, researchers reveal

Researchers at a small Palo Alto-based security firm used artificial intelligence to build a computer worm capable of…

Bank of America raises Brent oil forecast to $83 amid Hormuz crisis

Bank of America on Tuesday raised its Brent crude price forecast to $83 per barrel for the second…

EU and Canada plan sweeping alliance to offset US-China dominance

The European Union and Canada are working toward a sweeping new partnership spanning trade, defense, critical supply chains,…

UN warns fuel crisis could push small businesses out of global trade

Americans faced the most expensive Labor Day weekend ever at the pump as the U.S.-Iran conflict continued to…

Chinese scientists link deadly Nepal flood to climate-driven glacier retreat

The catastrophic flash flood that struck the Tibet-Nepal border on August 26 has killed at least 1,355 people…

Euro zone yields hit multi-year highs as oil nears $100

Euro zone sovereign bond yields climbed to multi-year highs on Tuesday as Brent crude's march toward $100 a…

Fast radio bursts used to measure cosmic matter distribution for the first time

A team of astronomers has shown for the first time that fast radio bursts — intense, millisecond flashes…

Google DeepMind launches AlphaGenome Atlas mapping 9 billion DNA variants

Google Alphabet Inc. DeepMind on Tuesday released AlphaGenome Atlas, a database containing predictions for the molecular effects of…

Brazil doubles oil exports to China as Iran war reshapes trade

Brazil has emerged as one of the clearest beneficiaries of the war between the United States and Iran,…

LG denies findings that its smart TVs spy on users in standby mode

LG smart TVs can log audio, scan home networks, and track viewing habits even when in standby mode,…

Google warns AI now powers every threat actor’s playbook

Google Alphabet Inc. Threat Intelligence Group released its Q3 2026 AI Threat Tracker on September 8, warning that…

Tesla’s rare-earth-free Cybercab motor sparks China trade debate

Elon Musk's claim that Tesla's new Cybercab robotaxi runs on a motor containing no rare earth metals has…