The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome H. Powell, the central bank said Sunday, tied to the renovation of the Fed’s headquarters along the National Mall. Powell accused the Justice Department of using the threat of criminal prosecution to…

Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes. The parent company of Facebook on Friday announced agreements with TerraPower, Oklo and Vistra for nuclear power for its Prometheus AI data…

The number one question I get from my friends, acquaintances, and mentees in the technology industry these days is, by far, variations on the basic theme of, “what the hell are we supposed to do now?” There have been mass layoffs that leave more tech workers than ever looking for new roles in the…

The global economy proved to be more resilient in 2025 than had been feared, despite severe headwinds that ranged from Donald Trump’s trade war to geopolitical tensions and the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. Entering the new year, the hope is that the worst of the recent inflation shock…

Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record, scientists said. It was also the first time that the three-year temperature average broke through the threshold set in the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7…

Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok posted on Friday that lapses in safeguards had led it to generate “images depicting minors in minimal clothing” on social media platform X. The chatbot, a product of Musk’s company xAI, has been generating a wave of sexualized images throughout the week in response to user…

5 minutes ago5 minutes agoMaduro faces 'narco-terrorism conspiracy' charges - US Attorney General Bondi Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the Southern District of New York, US Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Saturday, hours after US President…

Key Points Gold’s 70% surge is biggest since 1979.A tough Fed then stamped out inflation, and gold’s rally.For 2026, gold investors are pricing a different scenario. You know something big is happening in the world when the price of gold is not only at record highs but is also on track to have its…

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