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Gold is down 3% so far this year due to expectations of interest rates staying higher for longer amid the Iran war. It jumped 64% in 2025, which was its biggest yearly rise since 1979, and hit a record high of $5,595 an ounce in January. A year ago the delegates of the same confe

The EIA now expects global benchmark Brent crude to average about $98 a barrel in 2026, an 8% increase from its previous projection, according to its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook. Oil and fuel prices have surged since the US-Israeli war with Iran disrupted shipments through t

From Muse to Instinct to Dots, tech firms are hunting for the user experience that will make an AI personal assistant a must-have product. Hark, a startup founded less than a year ago by serial founder Brett Adcock, is throwing its hat in the ring today with the wide release of H

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Mortgage rates are climbing sharply, home prices continue to gain and inflation in the broader economy is hitting consumers, leading housing affordability to weigh heavily on both renters and potential homebuyers. In Pennsylvania — a swing state where House races

Gujarat Natural Resources, which is largely held by retail shareholders, announced the record date for its proposed stock split in a market regulatory filing on Tuesday. The company, which is engaged in the business of oil and gas exploration and trading of goods, has fixed Thurs

Anthropic on Tuesday announced it's expanding its Claude Startups program, the artificial intelligence lab's latest push to deepen its ties to founders and fast-growing companies. Claude Startups initially launched in May, and thousands of companies are already participating, acc

Anthropic on Tuesday announced it's expanding its Claude Startups program, the artificial intelligence lab's latest push to deepen its ties to founders and fast-growing companies. Claude Startups initially launched in May, and thousands of companies are already participating, acc

Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said the central bank will establish five geographic supervisory regions, each headed by a new “regional leader.” Officials in Washington currently set the examination policy, while the Fed’s 12 regional banks conduct and oversee the

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito plans to remain on the court through at least next summer, even if Democrats regain majority control in the Senate from Republicans in November's midterm election, he said in a new report. Bloomberg reported Tuesday that Alito, 76, has ruled out

AI - Google teams with nuclear power giant to give reactors a tune-up Upgraded turbines, generators, and digital controls are expected to unlock an addition 890MW of capacity - Schneider Electric drops $22.6B on PTC as datacenter boom rains money on infra companies Part of a bigg

Tear gas in Paris and Marseille as school protests grow across France - Published Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across France, as a wave of protests by high-school pupils spread to their parents, university students and unions. Crowds of teenagers marc

In a state that hasn't elected a Democratic senator since 1932, Republican Sen. Roger Marshall suddenly finds himself in a competitive race with weeks to go until the 2026 midterm elections. Stubborn inflation, blowback from White House trade policies, and a formidable Democratic

Roll-out begins for passport-free airport e-gates - Published Passengers arriving into the UK will be able to pass through airport e-gates without showing their passport under a new contactless system, the government has announced. On Tuesday, East Midlands Airport became the fir

Paramount Skydance completed its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery today, after a last-ditch effort to block the deal was rejected by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. The post-merger company is called Skydance, taking the name of a firm that Paramount bought in a

AI - Google teams with nuclear power giant to give reactors a tune-up Upgraded turbines, generators, and digital controls are expected to unlock an addition 890MW of capacity - Schneider Electric drops $22.6B on PTC as datacenter boom rains money on infra companies Part of a bigg

If ever there was a stock that personified the promise and peril of the AI trade, it's Salesforce. Salesforce shares have been in a tug of war throughout 2026, and it may present an opportunity for options traders. The stock bottomed in late June, down more than 40% from the star

When Ars launched in 1998, there was one way to read it: in a web browser on a PC (or Mac). Your screen of choice was either some massive CRT or a very expensive LCD monitor (or, in my case, the less-expensive grayscale, passive-matrix LCD on a PowerBook). Either way, it was butt

Consumers are feeling the pinch of higher gasoline prices. But another type of fuel — diesel — also threatens to push up prices at the store in a less visible way, economists said. Diesel prices have soared 68% since the start of the Iran war, a larger increase than for gasoline

Zerodha founders Nithin Kamath and Nikhil Kamath have acquired a 6.72% stake in Viceroy Hotels during the September quarter, and the acquisition comes at a time when the stock has attempted a strong recovery after remaining under prolonged losses. The brothers made the investment

JioHotstar, the streaming platform with more than 500 million monthly active users backed by Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, is expanding into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) through Starzplay, one of the region’s largest streaming services. The new overseas push

Stocks to buy today | Vaishali Parekh stock recommendations: Indian equities extended their recovery, supported by firmer global markets, positive business updates from select financial companies and positioning ahead of the RBI’s policy decision, which sustained buying interest

Amazon has disabled Alexa control of devices plugged into the company’s Echo smart speaker’s AUX port. Users have reported receiving an email from Amazon this week informing them of the change. “This is a reminder that as of today, voice commands to control your Echo device’s Aux

Check out the full 2026 Developer Survey results. Connect with Erin on LinkedIn and read her past articles on the Stack Overflow blog. Congrats to Stellar Question badge winner Franck Freiburger for winning the badge on their question Biggest integer that can be stored in a doubl

AWS Compute Blog Get started with AWS Lambda SnapStart for container images AWS Lambda recently launched SnapStart for container image functions, reducing startup times from several seconds to as low as sub-second. Customers deploy Lambda functions with container images to align

Nasuni becomes PSYCHIC Cloud File services supplier Nasuni has made content intelligence and governance, high-performance file synchronisation and edge acceleration technology to what its now calling its Operational File Data Platform for the AI era These capabilities are largely

Francis Halzen, a physicist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.” Halzen spearheaded the development and

In Walmart’s most direct response yet, the mass retailer’s executive vice president of corporate affairs is asking Groundwork Collaborative President and CEO Lindsay Owens to “correct the record” on alleged mischaracterizations regarding its pricing practices. “Your recent public

Startups that promise to predict how humans will behave are having a moment. Over the past year, Simile raised $200 million at a $2 billion valuation; Aaru raised $88 million at a $1 billion valuation; and Humans&, an AI startup that announced a massive $480 million seed round in

With AI hardware, tech companies are pushing the definition of what does and doesn’t constitute a recording. For most of gadget history, it’d be reasonable to assume that a device with a microphone or camera is either recording you or it isn’t; it’s either on or off, without much

Until recently, venture capitalists largely steered clear of defense startups. Investments in the sector were viewed as morally controversial, and the process of securing government contracts was too lengthy and uncertain to justify venture funding. But that sentiment changed rap

AI Power Spikes Demand Chip-to-Grid Design Changes AI data centers’ rapid power swings threaten grid stability, requiring coordinated chip-to-grid strategies across chip makers, operators, utilities, and infrastructure providers. AI data center developers and operators are being

I recently delivered the keynote at the LDX3 engineering leadership conference in New York, attended by 2,000+ engineering leaders, CTOs, Director+ and Staff+ engineering folks, in which I attempted to create a snapshot of where the tech industry is at this exact point. It came a

NBFCs' overall credit grew 15.8% year-on-year to Rs 60.6 lakh crore at the end of August as compared with 14.9% growth seen a month prior. Year-on-year, their gold loans surged 69.1% to Rs 3.65 lakh crore while consumer durable loans jumped 56.4% to 77784 crore at the end of the