How Much Power Did Microsoft Have Over OpenAI?
The technology giant’s chief executive faced a grilling in court over whether it exerted too much control over what was meant to be an A.I…
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EBay Rejects GameStop’s $55 Billion Takeover Bid
The online marketplace called the cash-and-stock proposal “neither credible nor attractive.”
YouTube Plays Matchmaker for Sponsors and Stars
The company is trying to help streaming influencers, who are increasingly being wooed by competitors like Netflix and TikTok.
Oil Prices Rise on U.S.-Iran Standoff
President Trump has declared the American cease-fire with Iran is on “life support,” and investors are taking a cautious approach as the…
Steel Tariffs Are Harming Tin Can Makers and Lifting Food Prices
The cost to put food in cans remains high because manufacturers must still import steel from overseas. U.S. Steel plans to reopen a tin-plat…
Streaming, Toilet Paper, Underwear: Subscription Fatigue Is Setting In
As companies look to build cash flow and loyalty, everything from heated car seats to earthworm deliveries can become a recurring charge on …
Chinese A.I. Firms Push Beyond Nvidia as DeepSeek Turns to Huawei
Before this week’s U.S.-Chinese summit, Beijing reached a milestone in its quest for technological self-sufficiency.
China Increasingly Views Trump’s America as an Empire in Decline
For decades, many Chinese viewed the United States with a mix of admiration, envy and resentment. President Trump’s volatile second term s…
Byron Allen to Buy a Controlling Stake in BuzzFeed
Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed’s co-founder, will step down as chief executive and serve as its president of A.I.
Dean Buntrock, Maestro of Waste Management, Dies at 94
Anticipating how the environmental movement would affect trash disposal in the United States, he built a 12-truck garbage company into a coa…
Rising Housing Costs Keep First-Time Buyers on the Sidelines
The effects of the war in Iran have raised mortgage rates and lowered consumer confidence, making it even harder for house hunters.
How the U.S. Is Trying to Ensure the Dollar’s Dominance During Economic Turmoil
As the government has been devising plans to keep the dollar dominant, China has been making its own moves to increase global influence of t…