Can an aging bull learn some new tricks to continue pleasing its owners? Already a third of the way through its fourth year, the bull market in 2026 is trying to draw on fresh reserves of support that differ markedly from the ones that got the advance started and kept it rolling. Each core driver…
Thomas Fuller | Lightrocket | Getty Images USA Rare Earth shares rallied on Monday after the critical minerals startup announced that the Department of Commerce will take an equity stake. Commerce has issued a letter of intent that would provide USA Rare Earth with a $1.3 billion loan and $277 million in federal funding. USA…
C.C. Wei, CEO of TSMC, and Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, interact on stage during TSMC’s annual sports day in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Nov. 8, 2025. Ann Wang | Reuters When Jensen Huang first met Morris Chang decades ago, he told the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company that one day Nvidia would be the chip…
Tom Brady awards Seattle Seahawks WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba with the LFG Player of the Game after his big performance against the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Championship. <
US President Donald Trump arrives, prior to at a bilateral meeting in Congress Centre on the sideline of the 56th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, January 21, 2026. Laurent Gillieron | Via Reuters “Good fences make good neighbors,” goes the saying — one that seems to encapsulate U.S….
The European Commission on Monday said it opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s X over the spreading of sexually explicit material by the AI chatbot Grok. The probe is being conducted under the European Union’s sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) regulation. “The new investigation will assess whether the company properly assessed and mitigated risks associated…
Jaxon Smith-Njigba has typically remained reserved in his emotions throughout his potential Offensive Player of the Year season. But the star wide receiver was ready to let loose following the Seattle Seahawks’ 31-27 triumph over the Los Angeles Rams in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game. As Smith-Njigba was awarded the LFG Player of the Game, he…
The U.S. work week opened with yet more snow dumping on the Northeast under the tail end of a colossal winter storm that brought ice and power outages, impassable roads, canceled flights and frigid cold to much of the southern and eastern United States. Deep snow — over a foot (30 centimeters) extending in a…
When the Seattle Seahawks beat the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday night, it didn’t just clinch them a spot in Super Bowl LX, but it ensured a rematch of Super Bowl XLIX. To go back 11 years — look away Seahawks fans — the New England Patriots outlasted Seattle, 28-24,…
Nvidia and Alphabet’s VC arms have backed British AI startup Synthesia in a $200 million funding round, amid a surge of private investment in promising young tech companies seeking to capitalize on the AI boom. The round sees Synthesia hit a $4 billion valuation and was led by Alphabet’s GV, with participation from Evantic, Hedosophia,…
