Demonstrators gather on Michigan Avenue during a heavy snowstorm to protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Chicago, US on January 25, 2026. Jacek Boczarski | Anadolu | Getty Images Some tech leaders are beginning to speak out after the shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in…
Signage ahead of the Nvidia Live event at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Jan. 5, 2026. Bridget Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia director Persis Drell, an engineering professor at Stanford, resigned on Wednesday after just over a decade on the chipmaker’s board of directors, the company said in a filing with the SEC…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Jan. 21, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The S&P 500 was little changed on Friday after the index, along with the two other major averages, posted back-to-back gains on easing geopolitical fears. The broad…
A startup widely known as “ChatGPT for doctors” raised a new funding round that values the company at $12 billion. OpenEvidence, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, closed a $250 million financing, led by Thrive Capital and DST, the company told CNBC. The startup first raised outside capital in February, when it reeled in $75 million from…
Bristol Myers Squibb and Microsoft ‘s new partnership aimed at accelerating early detection of lung cancer marks the latest way health care and artificial intelligence are rapidly intersecting. Bristol Myers said on Tuesday it will work with Microsoft’s AI-powered radiology platform to develop and launch imaging algorithms. These new tools, which can be used to…
Stocks finished last week slightly lower as the market battled a series of political headlines and policy news. To start the week, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he is under criminal investigation by the Trump administration related to the $2.5 billion renovation at central bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. The market didn’t like the…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on January 14, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 400 points Thursday, rebounding from back-to-back losses as chip and banks stocks rallied. The 30-stock index added 401 points, or 0.8%,…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on January 14, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Stocks fell on Wednesday for a second session, pulling back further from record levels, as traders digested a fresh batch of earnings and monitored geopolitical developments. The…
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