NextEra Energy’s massive $67 billion deal to acquire Virginia-based Dominion, announced on May 18, will effectively build the world’s largest utility in a bid to dominate the AI data center boom. It’s a goal big enough that NextEra was willing…
The internet was certain: the painting lacked “coherent composition,” the colors were an “incoherent muddle of inconsistently saturated greens.” Commenters piled on with extraordinary confidence, picking apart what they believed was an obvious AI-generated knockoff of Claude Monet. One person…
On the morning of Monday, March 23, President Trump pulled his first “TACO” of the Iran war. After four weeks of fighting, with oil prices already up 55%, Trump had given Iran an ultimatum on Friday: make a deal within…
Crypto firms are rushing to distance themselves from a controversial party that capped a major industry event in Miami. The shindig, which took place on May 6 and coincided with the end of the Consensus conference, took place at a…
President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping ended last week without a major breakthrough, but still achieved Beijing’s goal of putting itself on equal footing with the U.S. Meanwhile, China’s industrial might continues to drive export dominance, its…
Just months after calling artificial intelligence “garbage,” Citadel CEO Ken Griffin is now warning that the technology will fundamentally reshape society—and says he went home “depressed” after seeing what it could actually do. Griffin, the hedge fund billionaire who manages one of…
China has agreed to ramp up trade for U.S. agricultural products such as beef and poultry, buying at an annualized rate of $17 billion per year for 2026 and at that level for 2027 and 2028, the White House announced Sunday,…
After two weeks trailing “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” the Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” reclaimed the No. 1 spot at the North American box office with $26.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Lionsgate movie is in rarefied territory, having…
There may be more market angst ahead this week as investors realize just how fragile the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran could prove to be. The United Arab Emirates said an unidentified drone strike had caused a fire near…
In the midst of a riveting NBA and NHL playoff season, we’re hearing about unsung heroes—a term to describe players who are not flashy, but who make quiet contributions essential to a team’s success. If there’s such a thing as…