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Monday Briefing: U.S.-China Talks

Plus, crypto bro fight club.

U.S. Says ‘Substantial Progress’ Made in Trade Talks Wi...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the details would be announced on Monday a...

Hamas Says It Will Release Its Last American Hostage

The announcement, which did not say when the hostage, Edan Alexander, would be s...

White South Africans Granted Refugee Status by Trump Le...

Dozens of Afrikaners who claim discrimination in their home country left Johanne...

Is the California Dream a Mirage?

The state is confronting what officials say is an unprecedented confluence of fo...

Families of Sept. 11 Victims Urge Lutnick to Help Extra...

The letter comes as the commerce secretary plans to accompany President Trump to...

Elon Musk, His 16-Foot Wall and the Feud With His Texas...

Residents of an upscale enclave outside Austin, Texas, learned the hard way what...

A.I. Hallucinations Are Getting Worse, Even as New Syst...

A new wave of “reasoning” systems from companies like OpenAI is producing incorr...

OpenAI Backtracks on Plans to Drop Nonprofit Control

The company will become a public benefit corporation and the nonprofit that has ...

NSO Group Ordered to Pay Meta $167 Million in Damages

Meta had sued the firm, NSO Group, for using its spyware to hack 1,400 WhatsApp ...

How to Use A.I.-Powered Writing Tools on Your iPhone an...

Artificial intelligence software — some already free on your device — can quickl...

Elon Musk Tried Keeping Issues at His Texas Mansion Pri...

The tech billionaire’s staff was concerned that correspondence about his home in...

Uber Revenue Is Up 14%, Despite Economic Fears

The company also predicted that business in the current quarter would be stronge...

What’s Behind Technology’s Disembodied Female Voices?

Technology’s many automated female voices are nothing if not helpful.

OpenAI Hires Instacart Chief Fidji Simo to Run Business...

Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, said he hired Instacart’s Fidji Simo to jo...

Elon Musk’s xAI in New Funding Talks

The discussions follow those of rival OpenAI, which recently closed a funding ro...