Anthropic PBC has begun weighing a fresh funding round that would value the artificial intelligence developer at more than $900 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, potentially leapf...

US Central Command has asked to send the Army’s long-delayed Dark Eagle hypersonic missile to the Middle East for possible use against Iran, seeking a longer-range system to hit ballistic-missile laun...

Oil surged to the highest since June 2022, with no end in sight to the US-Iran conflict or choked-off energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, heightening concerns over a rapidly shrinking global su...

Countries that move away from oil and gas will be “shielding their economies against the kind of price shocks that we’re seeing currently,” said Stientje van Veldhoven.

He says he’ll stay on as governor on a day when there’s dissent over rates.

Texas Democrat James Talarico holds leads over both Republicans vying for the competitive US Senate seat, reflecting voters’ surging concerns about the cost of living and dimming views of President Do...

The Teamsters union has forfeited its rare union foothold at a Michigan Chipotle restaurant following more than three years without securing a contract, showing the steep challenges for US unions even...

The dizzying changes wrought by energy shocks are only ever seen in the rearview mirror.

The Voting Rights Act has been near death since 2013, and today the Supreme Court administered the coup de grâce. In a 6-3 decision written by Justice Samuel Alito, the court’s conservative majority e...

Apple Inc. is planning to embed artificial intelligence more deeply into the iPhone’s camera app, adding a new Siri mode alongside the standard photo and video options in its upcoming iOS 27 operating...

I wasn’t planning on writing about the hit TV show Landman, about a Texas oil man, mainly because I haven’t actually, how do you say, watched it. That seems like kind of a prerequisite. But Landman ke...

Nearly 13% of US adults are relying on medication, supplements or marijuana to help them sleep, a new federal study found, underscoring the potential need for new treatment options.

The country aims to exit coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and natural gas by 2050.

The outsourcing industry, India’s largest white-collar employer, is a juggernaut that has all but stopped moving. The dollar revenue at the top five software-services exporters has grown slower than 3...

The very people that employers rely on to pay into plans and keep them afloat are starting to opt out due to soaring costs.

I’ve questioned before whether Wall Street has the temperament for the artificial-intelligence era. It’s hard to argue it does when just one report from the Wall Street Journal, which suggested OpenAI...

The hype surrounding the psychedelic drug ibogaine reached a fever pitch earlier this month, when President Donald Trump talked up its potential at a White House event promoting increased access to ps...

We live in an age of both scientific miracles and superstition about science, increasing more or less in tandem. One year we’re creating novel vaccines that arrest a global pandemic, and four years la...

The nation’s ascent from a rogue state to a full-fledged atomic power means it may soon have a globally relevant deterrent.

Republican lawmakers are looking at ways to lower taxes on capital gains as the party searches for new ways to woo voters worried about the cost of living heading into November’s midterm elections.

An artificial intelligence system can spot pancreatic cancer long before it shows up on scans, raising the prospect of catching one of the deadliest tumors early enough to successfully treat, a study ...

King Charles III called on the US to maintain its leadership role in the world and to support NATO and Ukraine, in a remarkably pointed speech for a monarch that urged Americans to resist the pull of ...

Elon Musk testified Tuesday he’s suing OpenAI and two of its co-founders — Sam Altman and Greg Brockman — because the startup’s pivot from a charity to a for-profit business is wrong and sets a concer...

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted for a second time since Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, with prosecutors alleging that he threatened the president’s life in a social m...

The Federal Communications Commission will start an early review of the TV station licenses owned by Walt Disney Co.’s ABC network over potential “unlawful discrimination,” the regulator said Tuesday.

Business is booming for the career coaches of the very young.

Starting your own thing can build your résumé—and maybe get you paid too.

Food Babe and her MAHA followers rally in Washington to call out White House support of the Roundup maker.

Apple Inc. is planning a major overhaul of the built-in photo-editing features for the iPhone, iPad and Mac, leaning heavily on artificial intelligence to better compete with Android devices.

Videos of the influencer Clavicular are inescapable online. Social media is awash with clips of his sharp-featured face and muscular body — the result of a “looksmaxxing” regimen that can include test...

A US agency abruptly closed an investigation into allegations that Meta Platforms Inc. can access encrypted WhatsApp messages, said two people familiar with the matter, ending a law enforcement inquir...

A few weeks ago, I sat down at my laptop and built a trading platform. It connects to three financial exchanges. It ingests news from RSS feeds, web searches, Reddit and Twitter. It uses a large langu...

In attempting to find a jury in the case of Musk v. Altman, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers chose to widen the pool of potential candidates for selection. That figures: To many Californians, ...

Even if the US and Iran somehow strike a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a halt to fighting won’t magically restore shipping through the contested waterway. A coalition of more than 30 countries,...

On a hot July day in 2015, talks between the top US and Iranian diplomats boiled over into a shouting match — one that echoed through the corridors of the 19th-century Viennese palace where they were ...

Citadel’s Ken Griffin said he’s meeting with the governor of New York on Thursday to talk about the future direction of America’s biggest city after a spat with Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s over his $238 mi...

Data from millions of accounts shows that trading and profits are dominated by a tiny slice of highly active accounts.

OpenAI recently failed to meet its own goals for new user acquisition and sales, fueling internal concerns that the company may struggle to support its spending on AI infrastructure, the Wall Street J...

The once-lowly legume is finding new fans, thanks to viral TikTok trends, a high fiber and protein count, and loads of new bean startups.

Chinese AI models are cheaper and more adaptable than the preeminent US platforms, and studies suggest they’re now almost as proficient. How did that happen?

Storm-1516 campaign uses fabricated videos, phony websites and anonymous influencers to spread tales about election fraud, corruption and sexual abuse.

Farmers across the Great Plains are confronting an intense drought that threatens winter wheat harvests and is pushing cattle producers toward costly feed purchases, prompting some to abandon plans to...

The US is being “humiliated” by Iranian leaders as President Donald Trump struggles to negotiate an end to the war, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in comments that risk driving a further wedge ...

Some of the world’s largest technology companies swiftly quashed a California legislative measure that pitted giants like Apple Inc. and Google against smaller rivals, a display of their immense polit...

President Donald Trump reported dozens of bond purchases and sales in March totaling millions of dollars, according to a financial disclosure.

Investors are moving toward supporting deployment-ready technologies, especially in the energy sector.

Data center water demand in the state is slated to soar as the Colorado River dries up.

China will begin a major campaign aimed at accelerating climate action by local authorities, warning regional officials that they will be held accountable for failing to make progress toward President...

Canada will create its first sovereign wealth fund to provide financing for large infrastructure projects, Prime Minister Mark Carney said.