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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 18, 2026 in New York City, USA. Brendan McDiarmid | ReutersS&P 500 futures and oil futures were unusually active early Monday morning, minutes before a market-moving social media post by President Donald Trump.Around 6:50 a.m. in New York, S&P 500 e-Mini futures trading on CME broke out of pre-market slump and recorded a sharp jump in volume on its own. The sudden burst stood out as one of the highest-volume moments of the session up to that point, amid thin liquidity typical of early trading hours.Arrow…
ECB managing director Rob Key talks about England’s Ashes disappointment, how Brendon McCullum can improve and whether the team has a drinking problem following the Harry Brook incident in Wellington. The announcement comes after it was confirmed that McCullum would remain in his job as head coach despite England’s 4-1 loss to Australia this winter. Key answers questions from Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton in a wide-ranging interview on the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast… Why did England lose The Ashes?”Our bowling attack was really inexperienced in the conditions they were in. We got a decent score in Brisbane, not a…
Panicked motorists stood in long lines outside gas stations across China on Monday after receiving warnings from Chinese oil giant Sinopec about pending price increases.The state’s refineries issued a notice on Sunday saying they would be increasing gasoline prices “significantly” starting March 24. “As soon as I received the notification, I ran out to get gas,” Beijing resident Zhouping said while waiting in his car at a downtown gas station. Prices could reach 2,205 yuan per ton, equivalent to about $1 per gallon. In response to public panic, the country’s policymakers, the National Development and Reform Commission, lowered the hike…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is stepping down as chairman of the board of Helion, the fusion startup he backs, amid reported negotiations between the two companies. The deal, reported by Axios, is in its early stages and could see OpenAI guaranteeing 12.5% of Helion’s production: 5 gigawatts by 2030 and 50 gigawatts by 2035. OpenAI partner Microsoft signed a similar agreement with Helion in 2023 to purchase power starting in 2028. If the numbers in the Axios report prove accurate, they suggest Helion expects to quickly scale up production of its fusion power plants. The company says each reactor will…
Things have always lined up against Microsoft, with all avenues leading back to the company’s taint as a leader in artificial intelligence and how that could impact the growth of its Azure cloud. We’ve known for some time that Microsoft’s AI assistant Copilot is a disappointment. While Alphabet’s Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and Anthropic’s Claude are praised, Microsoft is roundly criticized. Last week, the cloud and software giant waved its flag and announced it was merging the teams working on the commercial and consumer versions of its flagship product. Melius Research analyst Ben Reitzes said in a Monday note summarizing Microsoft’s…
Things have always lined up against Microsoft, with all avenues leading back to the company’s taint as a leader in artificial intelligence and how that could impact the growth of its Azure cloud. We’ve known for some time that Microsoft’s AI assistant Copilot is a disappointment. While Alphabet’s Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and Anthropic’s Claude are praised, Microsoft is roundly criticized. Last week, the cloud and software giant waved its flag and announced it was merging the teams working on the commercial and consumer versions of its flagship product. Melius Research analyst Ben Reitzes said in a Monday note summarizing Microsoft’s…
President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Florida.Marco Bello | ReutersEmily Gregory, a small business owner and first-time candidate, is aiming for an upset in Tuesday’s special election for a Mar-a-Lago seat in the Florida House of Representatives.Gregory is a Democrat running for the state’s 87th Congressional District, which stretches along the southeastern coast of Florida, including Palm Beach, President Donald Trump’s home and resort, as well as South Palm Beach and Juno Beach.”This is the kind of district that fits right outside the bubble of Democratic overperformance in targeted campaigns that we’ve seen in the past,” Heather Williams,…
jasmine trapnell sports journalist After winning the world indoor championship in Torun, Keeley Hodgkinson has her eyes firmly set on breaking track and field’s longest record. Hodgkinson’s ‘world domination’ is on track after he ran the 4x400m less than an hour after setting a winning record and taking gold in the 800m. Last updated: 23/03/26 1:31pm Keeley Hodgkinson wins gold in the women’s 800m at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń Keeley Hodgkinson has it all: world records, an Olympic gold medal, a world gold medal, and multiple gold medals in Europe, but next on her list is breaking…
There has been a lot of discussion about building context for AI systems. In consumer software, we’ve seen startups built around search, documents, and conferencing. They all want to capture context from your digital life, provide connectivity to other tools, and allow you to query all your data. Some tools have gone even further. For example, Rewind (which became Limitless and was sold to Meta) and Microsoft Recall aim to capture everything that’s happening on your screen and help you remember it all. A new startup called Littlebird is trying to do something similar with a slightly different approach. While…
International Energy Agency (IEA) Director-General Fatih Birol speaks at the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia, Monday, March 23, 2026.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAt least 40 energy assets in nine Middle Eastern countries have suffered “severe or very severe” damage since the Iran war began, the head of the International Energy Agency said on Monday, raising concerns of long-term supply disruptions.IEA Director-General Fatih Birol, speaking at the National Press Club in the Australian capital, said damage to oil and gas fields, refineries and pipelines across the Middle East will take time to repair.His comments come as market participants are…