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Kara Swisher: AI Isn’t Going to Destroy Humanity—But the People Building It Might (shared)

The longtime tech journalist says she’s seen Silicon Valley make the same mistakes again and again. As the AI industry likes to tell it, superintelligent bots could one day cure cancer and end poverty. Or in the worst-case scenario, they might wipe out all humans from the face of the Earth. In …
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‘It Should Be Illegal’: Trump’s 1,156 July Stock Trades Involved AI, Big Oil, Weapons-Makers, and More

By failing to report some transactions within 45 days, the president appears to have violated a key federal law, again. Donald Trump has been …

Kara Swisher: AI Isn’t Going to Destroy Humanity—But the People Building It Might (shared)

The longtime tech journalist says she’s seen Silicon Valley make the same mistakes again and again. As the AI industry likes to tell it, superintelligent bots could one day cure cancer and end poverty. Or in the worst-case scenario, they might wipe out all humans from the face of the Earth. In …

Will AI really kill us all? The science behind the hype

Nature examines whether the technology might spell the end for humans, and why AI companies are calling for a slowdown. Concerns that artificial …

Why Does Everyone Hate Trump’s Tariffs?

The surprising political failure of protectionism On April 2, 2025 — “Liberation Day” — Donald Trump imposed high tariffs – ranging from 10 to 48 …

RFK Jr.’s ‘Medical Freedom’ Comes With a Body Count

Measles showed up at a children’s hospital. The health secretary showed up at an anti-vax conference. EVERY DAY THERE ARE YOUNG, sometimes tiny human …

Trump Is Dismantling the World America Built

Things are spinning out of control. Wars that were supposed to be contained are expanding across borders, drawing new powers into conflicts they …

The Data-Center Debate Is Divorced From the Facts

All those scary numbers aren’t what they seem. As the build-out of AI data centers has accelerated, the public has tended to focus on every possible downside of these industrial projects. Some wariness—about the developments and the companies behind them—is sensible. As with almost any new …

Billionaire investor spots hidden risk in SpaceX

David Einhorn believes this probably may extend beyond SpaceX. Add TheStreet as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your …

The Greenland Fiasco Stumbles to an End

President Trump announced an agreement that appeared to satisfy all parties but came at a great cost. Jesper Møller Sørensen, the Danish ambassador to Washington, projected an air of calm. He was serving hors d’oeuvres, including reindeer sausage and smoked salmon, at his residence, where American, …

This Is How Putin Took Total Control

This Is How Putin Took Total Control By Alexandra Prokopenko, NY Times  Ms. Prokopenko is the author of the forthcoming “From Sovereigns to Servants: How the...

The Most Powerful Man in AI Isn’t Worried at All

Jensen Huang: not a doomer For AI doomers, signs and portents are everywhere. When OpenAI introduced ChatGPT, almost four years ago, it couldn’t do basic arithmetic. Now the company has unreleased models that are more fluent in higher mathematics—the language of the universe—than all but the most …

Iran war pushes diesel – the economy’s lifeblood – to record high prices, with no relief on the horizon

Diesel fuel prices in the U.S. continue to break all-time records, hitting $6.28 a gallon as a national average on Sept. 14, 2026, and they aren’t …

Houthi offensive in Yemen adds to fear that Iran war could escalate into a wider global conflict

Yemen’s Houthis have launched a major offensive in recent days. They’ve rapidly swept down the Red Sea coast, seizing strategically important …

The US sells more to Brazil than it buys – but Trump is slapping steep tariffs on its exports anyway

President Donald Trump has generally tried to justify his tariffs by asserting that they can help narrow the trade deficits the U.S. runs with most …

Warsh defies Trump as Fed hikes rates and signals more to come

Central bankers are increasingly worried that inflation — worsened by soaring oil prices and an AI investment boom — is not on a path back to their 2% target. The Federal Reserve unanimously voted Wednesday to raise interest rates for the first time in three years and signaled it might do so again …

Economist explains why the Fed rate hike will be ‘catastrophically wrong’

As markets brace for a widely expected Federal Reserve interest rate increase, macroeconomist Henrik Zeberg has warned that the move would be a …

The American Age Is Over

A period of global dominance has ended in plain sight. The American age that followed World War II was bound to end eventually. What’s shocking is how suddenly that moment has arrived. In the past six months, America’s power—long exemplified by the world’s best warfighting equipment and most highly …

Saudi Pipeline Attack Risks ‘Disastrous’ Loss of Oil as Fighting Escalates

Prolonged restrictions on exports could push oil prices even higher. As Iran and its allies tightened their grip on shipping lanes in the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia scrambled this week to reroute millions of barrels of oil after being forced to close a critical pipeline damaged in an attack. The …

How Jared Kushner is mixing U.S. diplomacy with his billion-dollar business

The New Yorker's Dexter Filkins says while Trump's son-in-law is a U.S. special envoy negotiating peace, he's also working on private business deals, raising billions in some of the same countries.

Iran war costs $38 billion as CBO warns of higher inflation, depleted weapons

The nonpartisan agency describes the consequences of the war that will persist. The war with Iran has cost the United States at least $38 billion …

The US says it has launched ‘space control weapons’. It plays into the hands of its enemies

US Air Force Secretary Troy Meink this week announced the United States has deployed what he called “on-orbit space control weapons”. This public …

Crypto bill collapses on Senate floor

Democrats said the legislation didn’t do enough to crack down on President Donald Trump’s potential conflicts of interest. The Senate on Tuesday rejected a sweeping cryptocurrency bill amid opposition from Democrats and a handful of Republicans, potentially killing any effort to pass the legislation …

Iran war has cost taxpayers $38B — and counting

The Congressional Budget Office said the prolonged military campaign will hit $2 billion to $3 billion a month. The first five months of the Iran war cost the U.S. $38 billion, according to Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper, the most comprehensive look at the extended military conflict ahead of the …

Fed poised to clash with Trump

As the Federal Reserve weighs whether to raise interest rates this week, Chair Kevin Warsh must choose between breaking markets’ trust and triggering …

Will AI really kill us all? The science behind the hype

Nature examines whether the technology might spell the end for humans, and why AI companies are calling for a slowdown. Concerns that artificial …

RFK Jr.’s ‘Medical Freedom’ Comes With a Body Count

Measles showed up at a children’s hospital. The health secretary showed up at an anti-vax conference. EVERY DAY THERE ARE YOUNG, sometimes tiny human …

The Data-Center Debate Is Divorced From the Facts

All those scary numbers aren’t what they seem. As the build-out of AI data centers has accelerated, the public has tended to focus on every possible downside of these industrial projects. Some wariness—about the developments and the companies behind them—is sensible. As with almost any new …

2026’s El Niño is shaping up to be a doozy – it’s already affecting global shipping, fish behavior and heat

El Niño is here, and forecasters warn that it’s likely to be bigger and stronger in 2026-27 than any El Niño event recorded in at least 150 …

One Failed Heart-Drug Trial Hits Ionis, Novartis and Amgen: What Happened and Why It Matters

One Failed Heart-Drug Trial Hits Ionis, Novartis and Amgen: What Happened and Why It Matters Biotechnology stocks are being punished today after a closely watched...

Revolution Medicines’ Daraxonrasib Wins FDA Approval as Rasonque: What the RAS Breakthrough Means for RVMD Investors

Revolution Medicines’ Daraxonrasib Wins FDA Approval as Rasonque: What the RAS Breakthrough Means for RVMD Investors Updated from an earlier version published before Rasonque received...

A record-shattering El Niño is almost here. Here’s what that means for the world’s weather

The world is bracing for the strongest El Niño in history. The United Nations has made the grim prediction that our planet now sits in the “danger …

OpenAI Claims We’re in the ‘AGI Era’ With Release of GPT-6 Astra

Welcome to the beginning of... something. We are approaching the precipice of the beginning of what could be the start of the first stages of the …