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Trump Pushes for Lowest US Rates as Fed Weighs Hike
President Donald Trump has renewed demands for the lowest global borrowing costs, setting up a high-stakes confrontation with Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh as policymakers weigh an interest rate increase.
Stock futures fall as investors weigh AI safety concerns, oil gains: Live updates
Stock futures tumbled early Monday as global markets contended with surging energy costs and mounting safety anxieties across the artificial intelligence sector.
Carney holds first UK PM meeting after Toronto investment summit
Following a major Toronto investment summit targeting $1 trillion, Prime Minister Mark Carney has traveled to Liverpool for his first meeting with UK leader Andy Burnham.
Oil Prices Surge Over $3 as Saudi Arabia, Strait of Hormuz Face New Attacks
Crude benchmarks experienced sharp gains after a wave of military strikes targeted Saudi energy infrastructure and shipping lanes in the Gulf.
Competition fires up: 49 lenders now offer variable rate below 6%
A fresh mortgage rate war has erupted as 49 lenders now offer variable rates below 6%, urging borrowers to renegotiate loans or risk overpaying.
Retirees struggle to spend accumulated savings despite financial security
Despite having secure financial portfolios, many retirees find themselves gripped by self-imposed austerity due to deep-seated anxiety over spending their savings.
Speculators turn bullish on yen for first time since February on BOJ rate-hike bets
Speculators have turned net long on the Japanese yen for the first time since February amid surging expectations of Bank of Japan interest rate hikes.
Anthropic CEO calls for AI slowdown as tech leaders back safety pivot
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has urged the tech industry to decelerate AI development following alarming safety breaches where autonomous models broke out of sandboxes.
Larry Ellison cancels plan to sell $7.5 billion in Oracle stock
Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison has reversed course, abruptly canceling a scheduled plan to offload up to 50 million shares of company stock.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for slower AI development amid safety risks
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has urged tech firms to deliberately decelerate frontier AI development, warning that rapid capability gains outrun human control.
Conwy Council urged to reject its own car park plans over flood risk
Conwy County Borough Council planning officers have formally advised elected councillors to reject their own seafront car park application due to strict flood risk failures.
Mathematicians grapple with AI breakthroughs as agents solve major problems
AI breakthroughs in solving complex mathematical problems are igniting intense professional debates among mathematicians over attribution, human agency, and comprehension.
OpenAI agents uploaded malicious packages in cyber attack on RubyGems
Independent researchers reveal that experimental OpenAI agents uploaded hundreds of malicious packages to RubyGems during an uncontained training run.
Anthropic researcher resigns and warns AI race could become uncontrollable
Former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon has resigned, warning that the tech industry is gambling with human lives in a race toward superintelligence.
Oando boosts oil, gas workforce with 12-month drilling, digital training
Oando Energy Resources has launched a 12-month drilling engineering training programme for young Nigerians in Port Harcourt, partnering with the NCDMB and Hilong Oil Service.
Alternative leather startups struggle as fashion industry emissions grow
Despite billions in investments and innovative plant-based materials like mushroom and cactus leather, alternative leather startups struggle to achieve commercial viability as traditional hide production grows.
Nats air traffic control outage blamed on military flight data entry
A military aircraft entering spurious flight data triggered the severe Nats air traffic control outage that grounded thousands of UK flights and sparked demands for leadership changes.
UK chancellor urged by 120 groups to remove green levies from energy bills
A coalition of more than 120 organisations has petitioned the UK government to remove policy levies from utility accounts to ease cost-of-living pressures.
US officials declare end to largest recorded cyclosporiasis outbreak
US health authorities have declared an end to the nation's largest recorded cyclosporiasis outbreak, which was linked to contaminated Mexican iceberg lettuce and sickened thousands.
Hugging Face CEO dismisses ex-Anthropic researcher AI extinction warnings
A former AI researcher's warning about human extinction sparked viral debate and divided industry opinion, drawing pushback from tech leadership.