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Donald Trump, President of the United States, speaks during a press conference at the NATO Summit at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye, on July 8, 2026. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images President Donald Trump threatened to “decimate and destroy” Iran if Tehran acts on threats to […]

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Overlooked market areas may have a banner second half of the year. ETF Action co-founder Mike Akins is encouraging investors to boost exposure to groups that underperformed compared with major artificial intelligence stocks. He told “ETF Edge” this week that his list includes software and cloud computing names. Many have fallen from “nosebleed valuations” and […]

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event to mark the launch of “Trump Accounts” in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 6, 2026. Evan Vucci | Reuters Trump Accounts officially launched on July 4, introducing a new tax-deferred investing option for children. Unlike 529 college savings plans and […]

Brain-computer interfaces, a nascent technology, establishes a direct link between human minds and devices. BrainCo Elon Musk’s Neuralink, which uses implants in people’s heads to compensate for disabilities, has become the poster child for so-called brain-computer interfaces (BCI). But some companies are betting that mass-market neural tech won’t require opening the skull at all. BCI […]

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference, the day after a guilty verdict in his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., May 31, 2024. Brendan […]

Apple on Friday sued OpenAI in federal court in Northern California, alleging trade secret theft, saying that the artificial intelligence lab took the iPhone maker’s intellectual property in order to develop its own consumer hardware. “This much is clear, however: at every level, from members of its Technical Staff to its Chief Hardware Officer, and […]

President Donald Trump meets with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during a visit to Qasr al Watan on May 15, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images The Commerce Department on Friday moved toward easing export controls on the United Arab Emiratesincluding by saying it […]

For the past two years, the artificial intelligence race has been easy to score: bigger models, better benchmarks and whichever company could claim the lead, at least until the next launch. That scorecard is starting to look incomplete. As companies move from testing AI to using it in real products and workflows, it’s not longer […]

Greg Brockman, president of OpenAI, arrives at a federal courthouse as the trial in Elon Musk’s lawsuit over OpenAI’s for-profit conversion continues, in Oakland, California, May 6, 2026. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters There’s a new second-in-command at OpenAI. Greg Brockmanthe company’s president, is officially responsible for OpenAI’s most important and profitable projects after Simo ransom […]