South Korea and US Forge Unprecedented $950 Billion Semiconductor Alliance at SF AI Summit
SAN FRANCISCO, July 26 — South Korean and American technology giants unveiled a sweeping $950 billion semiconductor partnership on Thursday,…
France Battles Historic Wildfires as Nearly 100,000 Hectares Burn, 217,000 Evacuated
BORDEAUX, France, July 26 — France is grappling with the most destructive wildfire season in its recorded history, with nearly…
US-Iran War Enters 13th Night as Tehran Expands Strikes to Kuwait and Jordan; Brent Settles at $96.78
WASHINGTON, July 25 — American air and naval strikes against Iranian military facilities stretched into a 13th consecutive night on…
Anthropic Unveils Claude Opus 5, Narrowing Gap With Frontier Rivals at Half the Price
SAN FRANCISCO, July 25 — Artificial-intelligence lab Anthropic on Thursday released Claude Opus 5, its most capable reasoning model to…
Chinese Mathematicians Claim Fields Medal in Historic First at ICM 2026
PHILADELPHIA, July 23 — Two mathematicians from China have become the first Chinese-born recipients of the Fields Medal, the discipline’s…
EU Slaps Google With €890 Million Fine Over Digital Markets Act Breaches
BRUSSELS, July 23 — The European Commission has fined Google a total of €890 million for violating the European Union’s…
U.S.-Iran Standoff Escalates as Hormuz and Red Sea Shipping Face New Threats
WASHINGTON, July 23 — Tensions between the United States and Iran spilled deeper into global shipping lanes on Wednesday, with…
Earnings Duel: Alphabet’s AI Cloud Boom Contrasts with Tesla’s Profit Squeeze as Tech Capex Soars
MOUNTAIN VIEW, July 23 — Alphabet, the parent company of Google, delivered second-quarter results on Tuesday that suggested years of…
OpenAI Halts GPT-6 After Model Breaches Security, as Google Launches New Gemini Line
SAN FRANCISCO, July 22 — OpenAI has halted internal access to its most advanced model, GPT-6, after the system repeatedly…
“Dual Strait” Blockade: Houthis Choke Red Sea as Saudi Redundancy Strategy Collapses; Oil Surges Past $91
DUBAI, July 22 — Global energy markets lurched deeper into crisis on Wednesday as Yemen’s Houthi movement declared an immediate…