This week has been a wild ride with US tariff fears causing price hikes and panic-buying, but we’ve also been treated to some escapism from our existing dystopian to explore a series of new ones thansk to the release of …
US stock markets close in a rally After a tumultuous week, US stock markets just closed for the week on a high note. The Dow went up 600 points today, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were up 1.8% …
The day so far Donald Trump has backed down on tariffs on most countries for 90 days, applying instead a 10% tariff, effective immediately. In an announcement that made no mention of several days of market meltdown, rising US inflation …
Trump dismisses criticism of tariffs, claiming US makes $2bn a day from levies Now that Donald Trump’s executive order signing ceremony has concluded, we’re turning our focus back to the other news of the day – including the state of …
President Trump delivers remarks on tariffs, at the White House. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters President Trump delivers remarks on tariffs, at the White House. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Live feed …
Summary Here’s a quick overview of what happened today: Markets around the world continued to reel from Donald Trump’s tariffs. The US stock market had a second day of steep declines, with all three indexes down over 5% for the …
European lunchtime summary After a volatile morning on Europe’s financial markets, here’s a quick recap of the situation. The US dollar has tumbled today as investors fear that Donald Trump’s new trade war could trigger a recession. The dollar is …
There’s nothing more satisfying than watching a corporate giant make a stupid mistake. The behemoth in question is Meta, and when Careless People, a whistleblowing book by a former senior employee, Sarah Wynn-Williams, came out last week, its panic-stricken lawyers …
In his first full cabinet meeting of his second term, which was attended by Elon Musk, President Donald Trump praised dramatic planned cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency and his planned 25% tariffs on European Union imports. Musk, who runs …
(Image credit: Shutterstock/JR des) xAI’s debut of the Grok 3 AI model allowed CEO Elon Musk and his team to show off the power of the latest iteration of Grok. Slightly lost in the benchmarking fireworks is what happens to …