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When AI goes rogue, who should get sued?

October 12, 2026

Interview|Science|Technology

Microsoft president says milk faces more regulation than AI

Artificial Intelligence needs urgent global regulation with independent evaluators able to vet new developments, the president of Microsoft said, warning that AI currently

October 12, 2026

Science|Technology

Airbus tests Valkyrie drone in Europe, plans 2029 combat readiness

Airbus has carried out the first test flight in Europe of a US-built drone that it hopes to team with Eurofighter jets, but without yet incorporating its

October 12, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Technology

In the US, a wealth boom and a price shock collide

The US is in the middle of a historic and costly technological revolution, with the artificial intelligence buildout driving a level of investment

October 12, 2026

The races that will decide control of the US Senate

By Nolan D.

October 12, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

IMF says AI investment keeps global growth around 3% but brings massive disruption

Strong investment in AI infrastructure is keeping global growth at around 3% with major benefits for Asia, but also foreshadows a "slow-moving

October 12, 2026

Science|Technology

Broadcom CEO sees capital hurdle to AI growth, 'casino' in AI investing

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said on Monday that capital will be the biggest constraint facing the company as AI development continues and likened some of the investment flow

October 12, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Intel CEO says Chinese frontier AI model adoption has been 'very fast'

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said on Monday that the token costs of Chinese frontier AI models have been lower and adoption has been "very fast".

October 12, 2026

Asia|Economy|Science|Technology|World

Productivity gains from AI could help offset Asia's ageing population problem, IMF says

Artificial intelligence could help offset Asia's shrinking workforce as some countries' populations age, provided its adoption is scaled evenly across the region

October 12, 2026

Volkswagen deliveries post steepest drop in more than four years as China weakness deepens

German automaker Volkswagen reported a 14.3% decline in global deliveries in the third quarter on Monday, its sharpest drop in more than four years, as weakness in China, its

October 12, 2026

North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles, adding to streak of weapons tests

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, adding to a recent streak in weapons demonstrations

October 12, 2026

Hurricane Simon pounds resorts and vulnerable towns along Mexico’s Pacific coast

Hurricane Simon pounds Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 3 storm

October 11, 2026

Technology

Trump says Russia and Ukraine agree to an ‘energy ceasefire’ but Kyiv says attacks continue

U.S. President Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire” in the 4 1/2-year-old war, but he offered no details on it and Kyiv reported continued attacks by Moscow on energy sites after his statement

October 11, 2026

Technology

Anduril unveils interceptor missile family Steelfin to counter varied threats

Defense tech firm Anduril unveiled on Monday its Steelfin family of configurable and scalable surface-to-air interceptor missiles designed to tackle diverse aerial threats, as the

October 12, 2026

TSMC expected to report sixth straight quarter of record profit thanks to AI boom

TSMC, the world's largest manufacturer of advanced AI chips, will likely report a sixth consecutive quarter of record earnings, driven by

October 12, 2026

Science|Technology

US reverses course on Britain's testing of AI models, Telegraph says

American AI developers can give the British government early access to AI models for safety testing

October 12, 2026

Business|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

Moonshot execs in talks to settle dispute with shareholder ahead of planned IPO, people say

Top executives of Chinese AI startup Moonshot are in talks ahead of its planned Hong Kong listing to settle a legal dispute with a shareholder demanding compensation for their

October 12, 2026

Science|Technology

Amazon in talks to buy AI startup Decart for around $7 billion, WSJ reports

Amazon is in talks to acquire AI startup Decart in a deal valued at around $7 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.

October 12, 2026

Man injured after being struck by ICE vehicle while fleeing on foot during enforcement operation, officials say

October 11, 2026

Business|Europe|Technology

Stellantis bets on small affordable EVs for European comeback

Stellantis heads into Paris Motor Show with a message it hopes customers, investors and dealers are ready to hear: after

October 11, 2026

Arts|Business|Entertainment|Finance|Technology

Six senators call for Trump administration to 'immediately reverse course' on Russian diesel plan

A bipartisan group of six senators are calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to “immediately reverse course” on a plan to purchase diesel from Russia as part of an effort to lower high fuel prices

October 11, 2026

Science|Technology|Travel|World

Amelia Earhart expedition heads to Pacific atoll hoping to find her plane

A US-based team of marine archaeologists has set sail for a tiny island in the far western Pacific seeking to examine the latest tantalizing clue to one

October 10, 2026

Arts|Technology

AM radio is disappearing from cars. Congress wants to stop that

October 11, 2026

Interview|Opinion|Technology

Think you can’t live without a smartphone? Why a flip phone might be an upgrade

October 11, 2026

Trump says Ukraine should get a new leader as he spars with Zelensky over US-Russia diesel deal

October 10, 2026

Business|Economy|Technology|World

Musk vows affordable Starlink in India days before Ambani's record Jio IPO

Elon Musk said he would price Starlink's satellite internet service affordably in India to take on Mukesh Ambani's low-cost Reliance Jio, escalating

October 11, 2026

Arts|Business|Crime|Technology|World

Canadian ransomware negotiator arrested amid FBI hacker crackdown

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October 11, 2026

US military says it disabled cargo vessel trying to run Iran blockade

The US military said on Saturday it had disabled a commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman after the ship's crew ignored warnings and attempted to run a naval blockade against

October 11, 2026

Houthi strike on Saudi airport kills 12, worst attack on kingdom in a decade

At least 12 people were killed and more than 300 wounded in an attack on Riyadh's international airport on Saturday, the deadliest in the

October 10, 2026

Health|Science|Technology

AI is among 17 potentially ‘catastrophic threats’ that researchers say require targeted action

October 11, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

Nvidia in talks to invest further in Reflection AI or buy it, FT reports

Nvidia is in talks to deepen its investment in open-source startup Reflection AI or acquire it, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people with direct knowledge of the

October 11, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology|Travel|World

Panama declares a state of emergency as powerful quake aftershocks rattle communities

Panama's government has declared a state of emergency following two powerful earthquakes that shook the country

October 10, 2026

At least 4 dead as Isaias pushes further inland across Southeast

October 10, 2026

Business|Economy|Technology

India's Infosys does not expect material impact from US PERM suspension

Infosys, India's second-largest IT firm, said on Saturday that it does not anticipate a material impact from the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) application suspension

October 10, 2026

Arts|Business|Technology

Jaguar reveals a $130,000 all-electric vehicle. Why?

October 10, 2026

Business|Finance|Science|Technology

A timeline of developments in AI safety since the attack on Hugging Face

Since OpenAI disclosed this summer that its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company in what is now referred to as the Hugging Face incident, other AI companies have jumped on the bandwagon with their own concerning events, such as hacking or runaway bots seemingly evading human control

October 10, 2026

Arts|Crime|Science|Technology

5 men died after being injured along a Michigan trail. Their deaths have raised questions about a possible serial killer

October 10, 2026

Business|Crime|Science|Technology

Anthropic's Claude AI submits a false tip on a Philadelphia unsolved homicide case

An Anthropic artificial intelligence model submitted a false tip to Philadelphia police about an unsolved homicide case, authorities and Anthropic said

October 10, 2026

Arts|Education|Health|Technology|World

Stopping men from raping women starts long before they’re adults

October 10, 2026

Rights group says paramilitary drone strike in Sudan killed 41 near Ethiopian border

A drone strike blamed on Sudan's paramilitaries has killed 41 displaced people near the Ethiopian border

October 10, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology|US

Isaias makes landfall as hurricane, hammering US Gulf Coast with powerful winds, dangerous flooding

Isaias has crashed into the U.S. Gulf Coast as a Category 2 hurricane, bringing damaging winds and heavy rain to Alabama and the Florida Panhandle

October 09, 2026

Education|Environment|Science|Technology

How Hurricane Isaias broke through to become the first Atlantic hurricane in an extremely quiet 2026 season

An atmospheric scientist explains what’s been going on in the atmosphere, and how El Niño and the jet stream both play important roles.

October 09, 2026

Science|Technology

Panama rocked by 2 powerful earthquakes and multiple aftershocks, prompting evacuations

A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake has struck Panama, collapsing buildings and prompting evacuations

October 10, 2026

Hurricane Isaias makes landfall on Florida Panhandle with destructive winds and storm surge

October 09, 2026

Business|Technology

Venezuela president authorizes SpaceX's Starlink to operate in the country

Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez has authorized Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, to operate in the Latin American

October 10, 2026

Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

The Latest: Hurricane Isaias makes landfall along the US Gulf Coast

Hurricane Isaias has been downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane, which still includes extremely dangerous winds and extensive damage

October 09, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Sequoia-backed chip startup Nuvacore raising funds at about a $2.5 billion valuation, sources say

By Max A.

October 10, 2026

Arts|Education|Environment|Sports|Technology

Strong Panama quake shakes nation, but avoids major destruction

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck southern Panama on Friday, damaging buildings and sending thousands into the streets, but the country

October 10, 2026

Crime|Science|Technology

Super Micro contractor pleads guilty in scheme to divert AI servers with Nvidia chips to China

A contractor linked to Super Micro Computer has pleaded guilty in a scheme to illegally export computer servers containing advanced

October 10, 2026

Trump takes suit against Hillary Clinton over 2016 election to Supreme Court

President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court on Friday to revive his dismissed lawsuit against his 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton accusing her of

October 10, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

Amazon shuffles Alexa leadership following high-end tablet release

Amazon on Friday confirmed it was shuffling leadership in its Alexa division, a day after the company announced its first tablet computers featuring

October 10, 2026

Science|Technology

Lockheed Martin unveils PAC-3 Edge interceptor designed to counter hypersonic threats

Lockheed Martin on Friday unveiled PAC-3 Edge, a missile interceptor designed to defend against hypersonic and advanced missile threats, as the US military looks to strengthen its

October 10, 2026

Crime|Election|Finance|Science|Technology

Anthropic discloses fake tip to police among new rogue AI incidents

An Anthropic artificial intelligence model submitted a false homicide tip to a Philadelphia police website, among a string of incidents the AI company disclosed on Friday detailing

October 10, 2026

Arts|Technology

Trump names commentator Katie Zacharia of his media company as next White House press secretary

President Donald Trump has announced that Katie Zacharia, a communications adviser for his media company, will succeed Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary

October 10, 2026

Justice Department won't enforce registration rules on silencers and certain guns after court ruling

The Justice Department has moved to allow more people to purchase firearm suppressors — known as silencers — short-barreled rifles and other certain guns without registering them with the federal government following a court ruling that struck down provisions of a key law

October 10, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

Wall Street finishes its record-setting week with gains

The U.S. stock market finished its record-setting week with gains, even as other financial markets remained indecisive

October 09, 2026

Wall Street posts weekly gains with earnings, inflation data on tap

Wall Street ended higher on Friday as investors shifted their focus to next week, with third-quarter earnings season set to start and

October 09, 2026

Europe|Technology

Moldova to change laws to produce arms for itself, parliament head says

Moldova's pro-European government intends to press for changes in legislation to allow for the production of weapons, but needs them for its own defence

October 10, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

Pennsylvania says GSK to invest more than $800 million in biopharma hub, create 300 jobs

GSK will invest more than $800 million to expand its Upper Merion, Pennsylvania site into a new biopharmaceutical manufacturing and research hub, creating more than 300 jobs over the

October 10, 2026

Europe|Finance|Science|Technology

EU tech chief says bloc 'well equipped' to fend off rogue AI risk

European Union rules setting guardrails on AI use adopted by the bloc two years ago are more than capable of tackling rogue agents, EU tech chief Henna

October 09, 2026

Republicans once raced to embrace Trump. Their debate answers tell a different story now

Republican nominees for Senate, the U.S. House and governor’s offices across the country are sidestepping President Trump or openly distancing themselves as they debate Democratic opponents before Election Day

October 09, 2026

EU and China strike interim trade deal that could cut Chinese hybrid exports, EU envoy says

China and the European Union have reached a broad initial agreement to ease trade tensions

October 09, 2026

Science|Technology

Tesla renames 'Full Self-Driving' to 'Assisted Driving' in Europe as it chases clearance for software

EV-maker Tesla has started calling its "Full Self-Driving" feature "Tesla Assisted Driving" on its European websites, dropping a name regulators have said was misleading, as CEO Elon

October 09, 2026

Friend of suspected FBI data thief says he warned 'crazy' teen not to hack bureau

A friend of the suspected thief of a massive cache of personal data from the FBI says he begged the teenager not to do it.

October 09, 2026

Business|Technology

The tech green-card program under attack from Trump

The US government said on Thursday it is suspending some major global tech and IT firms including Microsoft and Cognizant from a key green

October 09, 2026

FBI arrests suspect in ShinyHunters hack of the bureau's jobs portal

The FBI has arrested an accused co-conspirator of the hacking group ShinyHunters

October 09, 2026

Business|Entertainment|Technology

Netflix plans to cut 5% of its workforce, Puck News reports

Netflix is planning to cut about 5% of its workforce, with an announcement expected as early as next week, Puck News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

October 09, 2026

Delta warns of more airline capacity restraint as fuel shock hits profits

Delta Air Lines said on Friday that the industry may need to curb flight growth further next year to protect profitability, as

October 09, 2026

Crime|Technology

Patel says FBI has arrested another person tied to ShinyHunters hackers

FBI Director Kash Patel said on Friday the bureau has arrested another person tied to the ShinyHunters hacking group.

October 09, 2026

Business|Technology

India rejects monopoly claim after Musk accuses Ambani of blocking Starlink launch

India's telecom minister said on Friday the country does not allow monopolies in any sector, pushing back after Elon Musk suggested billionaire Mukesh Ambani was using

October 09, 2026

Europe|Science|Technology

Russian satellite activity raises concerns for Starlink, German space commander says

The shadowing of a Western satellite supporting Ukraine by a cluster of Russian military satellites earlier this year demonstrates

October 09, 2026

Business|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology|World

Ukraine hits second major tech site, expanding range of targets inside Russia

Ukraine struck and partly disabled a major data centre operated by Russian technology company Yandex on Friday in the second such action

October 09, 2026

Business|Technology

Stellantis CEO says Wayve tie-up can cut self-driving costs, development time

Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa said on Friday the automaker's partnership with British startup Wayve could help slash development times and costs for advanced driver-assistance

October 09, 2026

Europe|Political|Technology

Berlin rejects claim it dropped Franco-German tank project

Germany on Friday dismissed remarks by the head of the French armed forces who said Berlin had decided to quit a troubled Franco-German tank project.

October 09, 2026

Science|Technology|World

China AI developers publish safety tests for just 3.6% of model releases, report finds

China's leading AI developers have publicly disclosed model-specific safety-test results for only a small fraction of their releases, a report by

October 09, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

What is the low-band spectrum that SpaceX acquired for Starlink Mobile

SpaceX has agreed to acquire a nationwide portfolio of licenses in the low-band spectrum in a deal reportedly valued at $8 billion, as it looks to expand

October 09, 2026

Arts|Business|Finance|Technology

Lessor Avolon orders 250 Boeing, Airbus jets with option for 100 more

Global leasing giant Avolon said on Friday it had agreed to order 140 aircraft from Boeing and 110 from Airbus, with an option to buy a further 100 jets from the European

October 09, 2026

How Texas landowners are fighting back against Trump's border wall

The Trump administration is pushing forward with a $46 billion border wall from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico

October 09, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology

El Niño's storm-killer winds and climate's warming waters in fight over future of Hurricane Isaias

A supersized El Niño’s decapitating winds and the Gulf of Mexico’s hot storm-fueling waters are battling for the core and future of land-approaching Hurricane Isaias and the storm’s tilt and eye show who’s winning

October 09, 2026

Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

Data centers make heat all year long – here’s how the ground can hold onto it until winter

Rocks deep underground can be used to hold heat until it’s needed.

October 09, 2026

Education|Science|Technology

We blasted mobile homes with hurricane-force winds to test how they fail – and found clues for making affordable housing safer

Engineers are using a unique test facility called the Wall of Wind to develop housing that’s both affordable and disaster-resistant. Their tests show the magnitude of the challenge.

October 09, 2026

Bets on midterm endorsements, rallies, debates and dropouts raise insider trading concerns

October 09, 2026

What is the International Criminal Court?

South African judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, who was awarded the Nobel peace prize on Friday, has been a judge on several international courts,

October 09, 2026

Arts|Crime|Europe|Lifestyle|Technology

Baltimore anti-violence official advocated for early release of man charged in child's killing

October 09, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

OpenAI fires 3 safety researchers in dispute over AI risks

OpenAI has fired three safety researchers for a "breach of trust," defending the decision after the trio accused the company of prioritizing corporate interests over safety

October 09, 2026

Arts|Finance|Science|Technology

AI-centered US stock bull market nears four-year anniversary

The US bull market is going strong as it nears its four-year anniversary, driven by an AI spending engine that is propelling corporate profits and

October 09, 2026

European stocks eke out weekly gain as oil, yields ease; SpaceX spectrum deal hits telecoms

European stocks recovered on Friday as oil prices and bond yields eased on hopes of a pause in the Middle East war, while telecom stocks slid

October 09, 2026

Business|Europe|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

SpaceX spectrum deal sends Deutsche Telekom shares falling 7%

Shares of Deutsche Telekom were on track for their worst trading day in more than three years on Friday, after SpaceX on Thursday announced an agreement to buy a nationwide low-band

October 09, 2026

Arts|Economy|Finance|Sports|Technology

Waldron's expected rise stirs talk inside Goldman of knock-on succession plans

With Goldman Sachs COO John Waldron firmly viewed as David Solomon's likely successor as CEO in coming years, speculation is already building among staff

October 09, 2026

New Trump rules will make it harder for farmers to access US funds for energy projects

President Donald Trump's looming changes to a rural energy program that has distributed billions of dollars in recent years will make it

October 09, 2026

Business|Economy|Environment|Technology|World

Tesla's China-made EV sales quicken in September

Tesla's China-made electric vehicle sales rose 5% from a year earlier in September, picking up from a 3.6% increase in August, as the company's sales rebound in Europe

October 09, 2026

AI-related companies to drive most third-quarter US earnings gains

US companies are likely to deliver another earnings surge for the third quarter, and like the rally in the stock market, AI-related players are

October 09, 2026

Trump envoy kept financial ties to firm behind $15 billion Hormuz-bypass oil pipeline plan

Thomas Barrack, a top US diplomat in the Middle East, advocated for a firm run by his business partner to take part in the development of an oil pipeline from

October 09, 2026

Sports|Technology|World

Teenage figure skaters increasingly targeted by social media abuse as campaign launches

Olympic gold medalist Evan Bates has warned teenage figure skaters as young as 13 are being increasingly targeted by abusive comments on social media

October 09, 2026

Crime|Technology

Colleen Slemmer, murdered by Christa Pike, remembered as a ‘computer geek’ with a nurturing heart

October 09, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

OpenAI says it has fired three researchers for violating sensitive information policy

OpenAI fired three of its researchers last week after an investigation found they violated policies on handling sensitive information, the AI major said in a post on X on Friday.

October 09, 2026

Firmus $5 billion float failure deals blow to Australia's shrinking share market

The collapse of Nvidia-backed data centre operator Firmus' $5 billion IPO is a blow to Australia's capital markets which are already facing a shrinking pool

October 09, 2026

Nearly 30 years after IMF rescue, Thailand faces new economic test

Ekniti Nitithanprapas was a young graduate student in the United States when Thailand devalued the baht in 1997, setting off the Asian financial crisis.

October 09, 2026

Business|Technology

Apple cuts iPhone 18 Pro orders due to soft demand, Nikkei Asia reports

Apple has told some suppliers to cut production of components for its newly launched iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, as soaring memory chip costs and price increases have

October 09, 2026

Technology

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