Oil prices fell on Monday, wiping out last week’s gains after loadings resumed at Novorossiysk, the key Russian export hub on the Black Sea. The reversal came following a two-day suspension triggered by a Ukrainian attack on the critical port.…
OpenAI launched GPT-5.1 on Wednesday, introducing seven new ChatGPT personality presets for users to toggle through, following intense backlash after the company replaced GPT-4o with GPT-5. The update offers personalization options including professional, friendly, candid, quirky, efficient, nerdy, and cynical…
Companies are hiring new types of managers who can train and oversee AI agents, rather than supervise humans. Vercel, a $9.3 billion cloud-based developer platform founded in 2015, recently trained an AI agent on its best-performing sales representative and cut…
Sky Sports was forced to ditch its female-targeted TikTok channel Halo just three days after launch following widespread criticism that the content was patronising and unbelievably sexist. The broadcaster pulled the plug on Saturday after the youth-focused content, which positioned…
Thousands of climate protesters hit the streets of Belem this Saturday, sweating under the brutal Brazilian sun while negotiators inside the COP30 summit venue wrapped up their first week of talks. The march brought out Indigenous people, young activists, and…
Beijing—China told citizens to avoid traveling to Japan this week, escalating a diplomatic fight that started when Japan’s new prime minister made comments about Taiwan. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Friday that Sanae Takaichi’s “blatantly provocative remarks” have put travelers…
PepsiCo dropped a bombshell Thursday: your favorite orange snacks are getting a makeover. Doritos and Cheetos will hit store shelves without artificial dyes starting Dec. 1, and they won’t look quite the same. The company is rolling out what it…
The United States and Switzerland struck a landmark framework trade agreement on Friday, slashing tariffs on imported Swiss products from 39% to 15% while Swiss companies commit to invest $200 billion in the U.S. by the end of 2028. Washington…
The BBC apologises to Trump over a misleading Panorama documentary edit that spliced his 6 January 2021 speech, creating what the corporation admits was a “mistaken impression” of a direct call for violent action. Despite the apology issued Thursday evening,…
Tesla’s AI chief Ashok Elluswamy pulled no punches during an all-hands meeting last month. He told staff straight up: 2026 will be the “hardest year” they’ve ever experienced at work. The vice president running AI software gathered employees from Tesla’s…
Walt Disney came up short of what Wall Street wanted to see on Thursday, and the stock took a beating for it. The company’s quarterly revenue numbers disappointed pretty much everyone watching, even though some parts of the business are…
President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war has forced Canada into an unprecedented diplomatic pivot, with Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese leader Xi Jinping shaking hands for the first time in eight years—a move that signals Ottawa’s desperate search for…
Amazon faces a class action lawsuit filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, accused of subjecting thousands of warehouse employees with disabilities to a punitive absence policy that threatens their jobs when they seek workplace accommodations. The Seattle-based retailer, America’s largest…
Stubborn inflation continues to make the cost of living unbearable for many Americans, forcing millions into longer-term debt just to afford basic purchases. From 50-year mortgages to seven-year car loans, inventive solutions have emerged with a common theme: putting consumers…
Foxconn shocked Wall Street Wednesday when it announced third-quarter profit jumped 17% compared to a year earlier. The world’s largest contract electronics maker pulled in net profit of NT$57.67 billion, crushing what analysts thought was possible at NT$50.41 billion. What’s…
