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Surveillance footage shows people reacting amid smoke at the moment of an attack at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 10, 2026, in this frame from a handout video. Saudi Ministry of Media | Reuters The Federal Aviation Administration told U.S. airlines to exercise caution when flying in or around Saudi Arabia

A federal judge in New York ordered the Trump administration Sunday night to immediately stop airing controversial government-funded television ads featuring President Donald Trump that critics call political propaganda intended to influence the November midterm election. The temporary restraining order by Judge Jennifer Rochon in Manhattan federal court also bars the Department of Homeland Security

People pick up their menu inside the McDonald’s restaurant in Times Square, Manhattan, on Sept. 29, 2026, in New York City. KHemaz | GVN | Getty Images Fast-food giants and supermarkets are rolling out a range of AI tools that could affect the prices shoppers pay, but experts warn the spread of data-driven tools could

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Saturday called for advanced artificial intelligence systems to be built with containment, independent controls and an “emergency brake” that lets authorized people pause or shut a model down mid-task. “We need to surround non-deterministic models with strong, deterministic system design, human controls, and reliable operating procedures, and establish

Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce Inc., left, and Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., during the 2026 Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia GPUs are the most sought-after processors in AI, and they’re in such demand

President Donald Trump‘s Friday announcement that Russia will supply diesel fuel to the global market marked an apparent pivot from recent efforts to pressure Moscow to end the Ukraine war by targeting Russian energy exports. Trump claimed the move, unveiled with less than a month left in an affordability-focused midterm election, would swiftly bring down

The ability of U.S. families to stay current on their debts worsened over the past three years, hitting levels not seen since the aftermath of the global financial crisis, the Federal Reserve reported Friday. In the central bank’s Survey of Consumer Finances, researchers found that while wealth disparities narrowed somewhat, the ability to meet debt

Workers assemble new energy vehicles at an intelligent factory of electric vehicle enterprise Leapmotor on January 13, 2026 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images The U.K. broke with the U.S. by opening its doors to China’s electric vehicle juggernaut. Chinese EVs face only a 10% standard import

Fishermen motor past a commercial vessel anchored off Yemen’s coast at Bab al-Mandeb, in the straits connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean on September 12, 2026. – | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. Treasury Department is sanctioning 17 additional vessels it says are connected to Iran’s “shadow

President Donald Trump is awarding medals to a number of leading tech executives, including Elon Musk and Michael Dell, at a science summit on Thursday, CNBC has confirmed. Musk, who leads SpaceX and Tesla, is receiving the National Medal of Science, as are Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Advanced Micro Devices

Customers browse in a used car lot in Glendale, California, Feb. 15, 2023. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images DETROIT — Used vehicle prices are forecast to fall more than previously expected this year, as high gas prices and broader inflationary costs hit Americans’ pocketbooks. Cox Automotive on Wednesday lowered its forecast

The personal AI agent boom is giving Advanced Micro Devices and Intel new life after the companies spent years watching Nvidia and its GPUs dominate the artificial intelligence market. The central processing unit, or CPU, was once the primary workhorse of a computer server before Nvidia’s graphics processing units took center stage with the launch

US President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, Sept. 30, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump said Monday evening that he and his political action committee will pay for controversial television ads that praised him, and which reportedly were funded from up to $20

India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said trade talks with the U.S. had reached a plateau, adding to growing skepticism around a deal between New Delhi and Washington. “Negotiations are still ongoing, although we’d like to believe that both sides have reached a plateau beyond which giving or taking might be very very difficult,” Sitharaman said,

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the Microsoft AI Tour event in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 25, 2026. Sven Hoppe | Picture Alliance | Getty Images On a sunny day in Seattle in late September, about 50 executives representing large Microsoft customers had a rare opportunity. They could ask anything of CEO Satya Nadella. One

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr., left, and his wife Martha-Ann Alito, pay their respects at the casket of Reverend Billy Graham at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Feb. 28, 2018. Pablo Martinez Monsivais | AP Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has “thought about” retiring after the high court’s last term

Chick-fil-A location in New York City, Aug. 6, 2026. Marcin Golba | Nurphoto | Getty Images With restaurants as far-flung as Singapore, Chick-fil-A has expanded far beyond its Southeastern stronghold in recent years, but CEO Andrew Cathy still wants the family-owned business to stay true to its roots. Nearly five years ago, Cathy succeeded his

Jay Clayton, nominee to be director of national intelligence, testifies during his Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton has been chosen as the Trump administration’s new AI czar, leading its response to

A Tesla’s “Cybercab” is displayed in downtown Austin, Texas, on September 3, 2026. Ronaldo Schemidt | Afp | Getty Images In the month since Tesla’s Cybercab rollout in Austin, the company has almost quadrupled the number of its driverless, bronze two-seaters authorized for commercial service in Texas. For Elon Musk to achieve his ambitions, growth

Crude oil prices edged lower Friday, after the Group of Seven nations announced the release of diesel and crude stocks to ease surging fuel prices. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark, lost 6 cents to close at $102.25 per barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude shed $1.76 to settle at $91.11 per barrel. The