President Donald Trump again stepped back from the brink, and traders are cashing in on what they called “TACO Tuesday.” After threatening that “a whole civilization will die tonight” early Tuesday, just two hours before his 8 p.m. deadline, Trump…
A fragile ceasefire agreement in the war began with bombs continuing to explode in Lebanon and contradictory statements about whether Iran will continue to control the critical Strait of Hormuz energy chokepoint. But the most likely scenarios moving forward involve…
Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Wednesday that three clauses of the 10-point ceasefire framework with the United States had already been violated, despite negotiations not beginning. Ghalibaf cited continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, a drone shot down over…
The next time you’re out to dinner, someone might not only ask to take your jacket, they may want you to hand over your phone, too. The number of bars and restaurants establishing a phone-free environment is growing, per Axios—a change that…
March’s persistent unseasonable heat was so intense that the continental United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to federal weather data. And the next year or so looks to turn the dial up on global warmth even…
On July 8, 1989, a young music fan named Aadam Jacobs, with a compact Sony cassette recorder in his pocket, went to see an up-and-coming rock band from Washington for their debut show in Chicago. After a blast of guitar…
AI’s capabilities are growing more sophisticated by the day, and business leaders are rushing to adopt the technology to remain competitive. But one obstacle to AI adoption is catching companies off guard: their own workers. A new report published Tuesday…
Imagine you tell an AI agent to convert $10,000 in U.S. dollars to Canadian dollars by end of day. The agent executes — badly. It misreads parameters, makes an unauthorized leveraged bet, and your capital evaporates. Who’s responsible? Who pays…
Donald Trump Jr. lashed out at the European Union on Tuesday, saying its liberal policies were discouraging investment and predicted a “major fracture” between the bloc’s eastern and western member states. The eldest child of the U.S. president said that “the biggest players, the…
What this borrowing (and its related interest payments) will ultimately mean for the economy remains to be seen: Theories range from a market “reckoning” through to public investment being crowded out by spending on debt maintenance. Others suggest inflation will…