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NEW YORK — Manufacturing employment in New York State has plummeted by 45 percent since 2000, marking the steepest decline in the nation, according to a new analysis by software…
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) and other regulatory bodies have held meetings with these firms and smaller tech companies in recent weeks, questioning the necessity of relying on U.S.-made chips when local options are available.
China’s aggressive push into open-source artificial intelligence (AI) is sending shockwaves through Washington and Silicon Valley, as free-to-use large language models (LLMs) from companies like DeepSeek, Alibaba, and others rapidly…
OpenAI, the trailblazing artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT, is facing significant turbulence with the recent rollout of its latest language model, GPT-5. Launched earlier this month to its 800 million…
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has said federal control over Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department should last more than 30 days. “We’re going to be asking for extensions on that—long-term extensions,” the president…
Health officials in Orange County have issued a warning after detecting West Nile Virus (WNV) in local mosquitoes, urging residents to take precautions as the peak of mosquito season continues.…
Washington, D.C. – In a decisive step to restore accuracy and transparency to America’s economic reporting, President Donald Trump has nominated E.J. Antoni, a sharp-eyed economist from the Heritage Foundation,…
Stock Widget AI startup Perplexity AI has made an unsolicited $34.5 billion bid for Google’s GOOGL -1.20% ▼ Chrome browser. That figure is higher than Perplexity’s current valuation, but the…
Stock Widget USA Rare Earth USAR +23.20% ▲, a key player in the domestic rare earths and magnet production industry, is riding a wave of investor enthusiasm following a flurry…
Swift, who has won 14 Grammys including an unprecedented four for Album of the Year, made the announcement on a podcast with boyfriend and football star Travis Kelce and his…
Israel has approved plans to take control of Gaza City, while distributing humanitarian aid to civilians outside combat zones, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Friday,…
NEW YORK — Nearly 24 years after the devastating September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, New York City’s medical examiner’s office has identified the remains of three more victims, offering closure…
OpenAI on Thursday announced GPT-5, its latest and most advanced large-scale artificial intelligence model. The company is making GPT-5 available to everyone, including its free users. OpenAI said the model is smarter, faster…
Stock Widget In a transformative deal that could reshape the sports media landscape for years to come, Walt Disney Co. DIS +1.85% ▲ and the National Football League (NFL) announced…
President Donald Trump is imposing an additional 25 percent tariff on India, lifting the total rate to 50 percent. Trump, writing in an Aug. 6 executive order, said India’s government…
About 20 miles north of Midtown Manhattan, the city of New Rochelle, NY—home to roughly 85,000 residents—has quietly rewritten the housing playbook, making it a rare example of a suburb where…
In an unfolding drama at the intersection of politics and economics, former President Donald Trump is poised to gain new influence over U.S. monetary policy. The early resignation of Fed…
Stock Widget The IPO of collaborative design software company Figma FIGMA +250.00% ▲ set Wall Street abuzz after the company’s stock skyrocketed 250% on its debut, briefly valuing the firm…
Once dismissed as a niche Silicon Valley data-mining firm, Palantir Technologies PLTR +600.00% ▲ has undergone a dramatic metamorphosis, transforming into a central fixture in Washington’s national security and AI…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a move with deep implications for U.S. monetary policy and global financial markets, President Donald J. Trump announced on Tuesday that he has officially ruled out…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under direction from the Trump administration, unlawfully delayed and…
Stock Widget Microsoft MSFT -0.75% ▼ is laying off 40 Washington-based employees, as the company continues to trim its workforce amid record spending on artificial intelligence. Monday’s layoffs, disclosed in…
In one of the largest residential real estate transactions in Los Angeles history, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has purchased the iconic Spelling Manor—a 56,000-square-foot mega-mansion once home to late…
The build-out of artificial-intelligence infrastructure is costing a fortune, straining companies and capital markets. In a summer earnings season dominated by eye-popping profits from Big Tech, investors and analysts have cheered what appears to be a golden age of artificial intelligence (AI)
What should have been a peaceful drive down a scenic California mountain road turned into a harrowing life-or-death struggle for 69-year-old retired radiologist Dr. Peter Rothschild, whose Volvo XC90 plug-in hybrid suddenly lost its ability to brake. With dashcam footage capturing every moment of the escalating crisis, the terrifying incident is now at the center of a nationwide recall affecting nearly 12,000 Volvo vehicles — and raising serious questions about the automaker’s safety practices and software deployment.
