Canada’s Retaliatory Tariffs Raise the Stakes for North American Supply Chains
Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion of U.S. goods starting September 8, 2026, escalating a trade dispute that is a...
Meta Readies Hatch as Its Next Play to Make AI Actionable, Not Just Chatty
Meta is preparing to launch Hatch, a consumer AI agent platform that can interact with outside services and execute real tasks, while a fu...
Amazon’s Mechanical Turk Shutdown Ends a 21-Year Bridge Between Humans and AI Models
Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk on September 30, 2026, ending one of the internet’s longest-running marketplaces for human labeling task...
Ethereum ETF Inflows Outpace Bitcoin as Institutional Money Tests the Layer-2 Trade
Ethereum-denominated exchange-traded products have begun to draw institutional inflows at a faster clip than Bitcoin ETFs during parts of ...
Coinbase Brings Tokenized U.S. Stocks to Base, Turning Crypto Wallets Into Brokerage Accounts
Coinbase has launched tokenized versions of major U.S. stocks on its Base network, letting users hold blockchain-native representations of...
Bitcoin Consolidates Near $78,000 After Its Strongest Weekly Rally in More Than Two Years
Bitcoin stabilized near $78,000 after surging roughly 24% in a single week, its best performance since 2023, as traders assessed whether t...
Treasury's Bond Buyback Expansion Fails to Hold Down Yields, Leaving Growth Stocks Exposed
The U.S. Treasury expanded its long-dated bond buyback program in an effort to ease pressure on longer-term yields, but the move produced ...
S&P 500 Drifts Lower Ahead of a Make-or-Break Week for Rates and Nvidia Earnings
U.S. stocks ended Monday mixed, with the S&P 500 edging lower as investors braced for a packed week that could reset expectations for ...
UK and Ukraine Sign AI Defense Deal, Turning Battlefield Data Into a Strategic Asset
The United Kingdom and Ukraine have signed an agreement to cooperate on battlefield artificial intelligence, adding a new layer to the way...
Nvidia in Talks to Invest in Perplexity as AI Search Startups Draw Silicon Valley Stakes
Nvidia is discussing an investment in Perplexity at a valuation above $30 billion, marking another step in Silicon Valley's effort to ...
OpenAI Slashes GPT-5.6 Sol Pricing More Than 20% in a Sudden AI Model Price War
OpenAI cut prices on its GPT-5.6 Sol model by more than 20%, escalating the pricing battle among frontier AI labs and forcing customers to...
SEC's Reg Crypto Proposal Opens a Door for Token Offerings, but Leaves Key Questions Unanswered
The SEC formally proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, creating a tailored offering framework for certain token projects while leaving open h...