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DoorDash announced Thursday that it is releasing a new standalone “tasks” app. This will allow the company to pay couriers to complete tasks aimed at improving AI and robotic systems. DoorDash says couriers can earn money by completing activities such as filming their daily tasks or recording themselves speaking in another language. “This data helps AI and robotic systems understand the physical world,” DoorDash wrote in a blog post. “Salary is offered upfront and determined based on effort and complexity of activity.” Bloomberg reports that original audio and video footage submitted by employees will be used to evaluate both the…

Across the United States, spring allergy season is starting earlier, lasting longer, and becoming more severe. And 2026 will be no exception.In parts of the Southeast, such as Georgia, allergy season has already begun, starting in late February instead of the usual early March. Residents in parts of the Southwest, including Arizona and California, have also already reported allergy symptoms. An early start could quickly impact the Northeast and Pacific Northwest, experts said.”At first we thought it wouldn’t be early[in 2026]because we had a recent snowstorm, but the weather didn’t show us that (last week),” said Dr. Purvi Parikh, an…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit in Washington on March 11, 2026.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesOpenAI announced Thursday that it will acquire Astral, a small startup that makes popular open source tools for software developers. Astral’s team will join OpenAI to help build an artificial intelligence coding assistant called Codex. The companies did not disclose financial terms of the acquisition. “Through it all, though, our goal is the same: to make programming more productive. To build tools that fundamentally change the way it feels to build software,” Astral founder and CEO Charlie Marsh wrote in a…

LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England on Thursday kept its key interest rate unchanged at 3.75% following a sharp rise in oil and gas prices as monetary policy kicks in. iran war There are renewed concerns about inflation.The decision had been widely expected since the United States and Israel began bombing Iran less than three weeks ago. All nine members of the Monetary Policy Committee voted in favor of keeping borrowing costs unchanged, the first unanimous decision in more than four years.Before war broke out on February 28, it was almost certain that the Bank of England would cut…

US President Donald Trump told Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi that he expects Japan to “step up” to help secure the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Israel-led war against Iran.However, at a press conference held in the Oval Office on Thursday, reporters pressed on why the Trump administration had not informed America’s allies like Japan in advance of its plans to attack Iran.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listPresident Trump responded sarcastically to the Japanese military’s surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor during World War II.”We wanted a surprise. Who knows more about surprises than…

John Fury has revealed that his relationship with Tyson Fury has “completely broken down” and believes his son is “beyond his best” ahead of next month’s return fight against Arslanbek Makhmudov.Fury is preparing to return to the ring for the first time since losing a rematch to Oleksandr Usyk in December 2024, although he initially lost out on the undisputed heavyweight title to the Ukrainian in May of the same year. Father John has long been a familiar face in Fury’s corner, with his controversial actions in press conferences and fight weeks sometimes drawing the wrong headlines. image: John Fury…

Meta announced Thursday that it will begin deploying a more advanced AI system to handle content enforcement as it plans to cut back on third-party vendors. Tasks related to content enforcement include capturing and removing content related to terrorism, child exploitation, drugs, fraud, and fraud. The company says that once these more advanced AI systems can consistently outperform current content application methods, it will roll them out across its apps. At the same time, it reduces reliance on third-party vendors for content enforcement. “There will still be people reviewing content, but these systems will be able to take on tasks…

Europe’s sovereign debt faces a “perfect storm” as fresh inflation concerns sparked by the Iran conflict forced the region’s central banks to chart a new direction for interest rates on Thursday, sending yields soaring.The Bank of England kept interest rates on hold at 3.75% on Thursday, while the European Central Bank also kept borrowing costs on hold, as rate setters bear the economic impact of rising energy costs.yield 10 years giltInterest rates, a measure of British government debt, rose more than 13 basis points to a 52-week high of 4.871% on Thursday, but have since eased. Two-year bond yields, which…

Editorial images show the interior of the new Tesla Model 3 with full self-driving enabled.Null Photo | Getty ImagesThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration teslaThe company’s “fully autonomous” system, according to a filing posted on the agency’s website Thursday.The investigation into Tesla’s FSD looks into possible safety flaws that could make it unsafe for drivers to use in fog, bright sun or other “reduced road visibility conditions.”The investigation began last year and includes 3.2 million Tesla vehicles, including Model S, X, 3, Y and Cybertruck EVs, that are available with the company’s FSD brand of driver assistance systems, according to…

President Donald Trump signaled Thursday that he continues to support the Justice Department’s investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, a stance that could further delay the confirmation of Powell’s successor, Kevin Warsh.President Trump said of Powell in the Oval Office, “He is under investigation because he is building a building that is costing hundreds of billions of dollars more than expected.” He was referring to ongoing renovations to the Fed’s headquarters in Washington, which is the focus of a federal criminal investigation into the central bank chairman led by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro.Mr. Powell accused the government of launching…