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A jobs report on Friday will provide a key gauge of economic health as the United States weathers a surge of inflation set off by the Iran war seven months ago.The fresh data is set to arrive weeks after the Federal Reserve imposed its first interest rate hike in three years. The move aims to dial back price increases, but it risks an eventual slowdown in hiring as borrowing costs […]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down more than 1,800 points on Thursday, wiping out all of the rally from a day earlier when midterm election results propelled the index to its best trading session in more than a year.The S&P 500 finished trading down 4.3%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 5.5%, putting the index into correction territory, meaning it has fallen more than 10% from a previous peak last […]

(NEW YORK) -- A nonprofit artificial intelligence safety group has sued OpenAI over a July incident in which the company’s autonomous AI agents accessed the computer systems of another firm, Hugging Face, without authorization during a cybersecurity test.Legal Advocates for Safe Science & Technology (LASST) filed the lawsuit late Tuesday in San Francisco Superior Court, alleging roughly 700 of the company's AI agents participated in the breach.The AI agents stole […]

Millions of voters across the United States Tuesday are weighing in on state ballot initiatives concerning issues as disparate as reproductive rights and voter access.The ballot initiative that has garnered the most attention may be California’s Proposition 40, a billionaire tax.If the proposition passes, the state would levy a one-time, 5% tax on the wealth of California taxpayers and trusts with assets valued over $1 billion. The revenue would be […]

Drivers continue to weather high gas prices as affordability remains a top concern for voters.The national average price of a gallon of gas stands at $4.14, marking an increase of $1.16, or 38%, since the outbreak of the Iran war in February, AAA data showed.Prices vary across the country, however, meaning fuel costs differ in the key states expected to determine control of Congress.Excluding Senate races classified as solidly red […]

(WASHINGTON) A United States ban of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Canadian products took effect on Tuesday, escalating a trade war between the longtime allies and pinching imports from one of the top U.S. trade partners.The ban applies to an array of products spanning from alcohol to motorcycles to dairy goods, White House documents show.In all, the affected products account for $967 million worth of annual imports from […]

(NEW YORK) -- Nvidia, a top chipmaker whose products fuel many artificial intelligence agents, released a software platform on Monday designed to prevent security incidents revealed by AI firms in recent months.The software aims to provide a "trust layer" for AI agents that insulates them from inadvertent exposure to other AI agents, digital products and the open internet over the duration of their existence, Nvidia said in a blog post."Recent […]

Fresh data to be released on Thursday is set to provide the latest snapshot of the United States economy, just days before the midterm elections.The report, which will detail gross domestic product over a three-month period ending in September, will arrive as the U.S. weathers a monthlong surge of inflation.In response to rising prices, a key long-term Treasury rate has jumped in recent months as investors feared price increases would […]

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday as the economy faces a monthslong surge of inflation ahead of the midterm elections.The Fed's benchmark interest rate currently stands between 3.75% and 4%. That level marks a significant drop from a recent peak attained in 2023, but rates stand well above a 0% level established at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.An acceleration of price increases this year has posed […]