3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (455+ words) Brent crude futures crossed $100 a barrel for the first time since July 24 amid escalating attacks in the Middle East. This brought futures prices in line with physical crude and fuel markets, where prices have already been trading above that threshold....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (347+ words) Dutch central bank De Nederlandsche announced on Wednesday that it completed a multi-month operation to shift 86 metric tons of its gold reserves from North America to London, aiming to enhance liquidity and crisis readiness amid growing global tensions. The transfers…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (357+ words) A federal judge has rejected a push by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to force Alphabet Inc.’s Google to sell off key parts of its digital advertising business, handing the tech giant a major victory in a landmark antitrust…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (987+ words) What does it actually mean to be literate in AI, what role does education play in providing AI literacy, and who gets to decide? This inquiry guided our latest Learning Machines Podcast with Sam Illingworth, a professor at Edinburgh Napier…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (786+ words) North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and the Federal Trade Commission are accusing Amazon of running a hidden advertising pricing scheme that they say overcharged businesses by tens of billions of dollars. Jackson wrote in a post on X that…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (559+ words) President Donald Trump has announced an agreement with Venezuela that he says gives the United States majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of the South American country’s proven oil reserves, as his administration seeks to expand access to crude…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (381+ words) President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration will seek changes to allow farmers and ranchers to slaughter and process their own products, in an attempt to break what he calls “a nasty monopoly” among the nation’s top processors. The…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (413+ words) “We know this is especially hurtful for our Black guests, team members and partners. Removing the costume is an important first step, and the company is looking closely at how this happened and what needs to change to ensure this…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (256+ words) Canada is set to announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday after relations deteriorated on Monday with President Donald Trump telling Canadian leaders to “fall in line” or face consequences “far WORSE” than existing tariffs. Meanwhile, Canadian Prime…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (251+ words) Meta is preparing to launch a consumer artificial intelligence agent platform called Hatch in the coming weeks, according to reports citing internal documents. Unlike traditional chatbots that simply answer questions, the planned platform is designed to perform tasks on a…...