At the start of a new year, it’s hard not to get swept up in the allure of New Year’s resolutions: Setting goals you want to achieve or pinpointing the bad habits you want to break. For many people, breaking bad habits can be easier when you swap a not-so-great behavior out for a healthier…
Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool. The move comes after governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned and some have opened inquiries into sexualized content on…
President Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela and threats to other countries, as well as concerns about affordability, exposed fractures within the congressional GOP this week at the start of a challenging midterm election year. Trump avoided defeat when most House Republicans declined to override the first of two vetoes of his presidency, which spiked a…
Two years ago, Indiana won three games. In just the past two weeks, quarterback Fernando Mendoza and the Indiana Hoosiers have beaten the Alabama Crimson Tide in the quarterfinal round of the College Football Playoff, 38-3, and the Oregon Ducks in the semifinal round on Friday night, 56-22, with the team a third playoff win…
Maskot | Maskot | Getty Images If there is still no clear answer to the question of how artificial intelligence is influencing gains and losses in the job market, there is at least one AI question that job candidates, and current workers hoping to keep their roles, should be prepared to answer clearly in 2026….
Leading U.S. oil executives told President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday that Venezuela will need major reforms to attract investment. Trump said Friday the industry would invest at least $100 billion to rebuild Venezuela’s energy sector with U.S. security guarantees. But the CEOs of big oil companies like ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips did…
BlackRock came into 2026 with a clear investment plan built around three pillars: artificial intelligence, income, and diversification. Jay Jacobs, BlackRock’s head of equity exchange-traded funds, laid out ways in which ETFs fit into the shifting market bets from the world’s largest asset manager, which oversees more than $13 trillion from investors. Investors should remain…
This season’s Peach Bowl was a memory that will be burned on the minds of the Oregon Ducks and their fan base for the foreseeable future. In what was a 56-22 loss at the hands of the No. 1-ranked Indiana Hoosiers in the semifinal round of the College Football Playoff, No. 5 Oregon saw its…
Bill Gates is as optimistic about the world’s future as ever, despite the fact that we’re living through “an era with so many challenges and so much polarization,” the billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder wrote in a blog post on Friday. The world faces plenty of causes for concern over issues like climate change, global…
Maskot | Digitalvision | Getty Images A cooling labor market, characterized by sluggish hiring and anemic job creation, made it hard for job seekers to find work in 2025, according to economists. “It’s fair to say that 2025 was a hiring recession in the United States,” Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union,…
