NEW YORK: Gold steadied on Friday and remained on track for a third straight weekly gain, with spot bullion holding near $4,764.54 an ounce and June U.S. gold futures around $4,787.80. The metal was up about 1.8% for the week, extending a rebound that…
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SAN FRANCISCO: OpenAI, Anthropic and Google are tightening coordination against unauthorized copying of advanced AI systems through the Frontier Model Forum, an industry nonprofit whose threat sharing framework now allows member companies to exchange information on vulnerabilities, attack methods and other security risks…
NEW YORK: Gold prices fell on Monday as a stronger U.S. dollar weighed on bullion and reduced demand from buyers using other currencies, while higher oil prices and fading expectations for near-term Federal Reserve rate cuts added pressure to the non-yielding…
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NEW YORK: Gold prices fell on Monday as a stronger U.S. dollar weighed on bullion and reduced demand from buyers using other currencies, while higher…
NEW YORK: Gold steadied on Friday and remained on track for a third straight weekly gain, with spot bullion holding near $4,764.54 an ounce and June…
MENLO PARK: Meta Platforms on Wednesday unveiled Muse Spark, the first artificial intelligence model released by its Meta Superintelligence Labs team, marking the company’s first major…
HOUSTON: NASA’s Artemis II crew aboard the Orion spacecraft set a new record for the farthest distance traveled by humans from Earth on Monday, surpassing the mark set by Apollo 13 in 1970 during a lunar…
SAN FRANCISCO: OpenAI, Anthropic and Google are tightening coordination against unauthorized copying of advanced AI systems through the Frontier Model Forum, an industry nonprofit whose threat sharing framework now allows member companies to exchange information on…
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said Thursday that Gen. Randy A. George is retiring from his post as the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army, effective immediately, ending the tenure of the service’s top uniformed officer in…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has revised U.S. Section 232 tariffs on steel, aluminum and copper, lowering duties on many derivative products while keeping a 50% tariff in place for core metal imports. The White House said the changes…
AUSTIN: Oracle has begun a new round of layoffs, including 491 positions in Washington state, as the software company continues to commit tens of billions of dollars to cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure. A notice filed with…
FLORIDA: NASA launched Artemis II from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday evening, sending four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft on the first crewed mission around the Moon in more than 50 years. The Space Launch System rocket…
NEW YORK: The United Nations urged governments, businesses and households to reshape food systems and curb waste, saying the world discards more than 1 billion tonnes of food each year even as hunger persists across many regions. The…
NEW YORK: Gold prices steadied on March 31 after a sharp monthly selloff that marked bullion’s worst month since October 2008, underscoring how quickly one of the market’s strongest trades turned lower after its record run earlier…
MAINE: Maine’s tourism industry is contending with a prolonged drop in Canadian travel to the United States, a trend that has extended into early 2026 and is weighing on one of the state’s most dependable visitor markets. Statistics…
SACRAMENTO: A new analysis of California residue testing data found that 37% of conventional fruits and vegetables grown in the state carried residues from PFAS pesticides, adding new attention to a class of chemicals that has become a…
MONTANA: The United States is set to close a historic cross-border road to Canadian traffic later this summer, ending a decades-old local arrangement along the frontier near Coutts, Alberta, and Sweet Grass, Montana. The road, known as Border…
LOS GATOS: Netflix has raised prices across all of its U.S. streaming plans, increasing the monthly cost of its ad-supported tier to $8.99 from $7.99, its standard ad-free plan to $19.99 from $17.99 and its premium plan…
