Oil Producers Fail to Agree on More Production Cuts
The oil producers group known as OPEC Plus met on Thursday and failed to announce new production cuts in the face of sagging prices, but […]
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Don’t Be Afraid of the iPhone’s NameDrop Feature, Experts Say
Police departments from New Jersey to California have been sounding the alarm in recent days about NameDrop, a new feature of the Apple iPhone’s latest […]
Amazon Introduces Q, an A.I. Chatbot for Companies
OpenAI has ChatGPT. Google has the Bard chatbot. Microsoft has its Copilots. On Tuesday, Amazon joined the chatbot race and announced an artificial intelligence assistant […]
Inside U.S. Efforts to Untangle an A.I. Giant’s Ties to China
When the secretive national security adviser of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed, visited the White House in June, his American counterpart, Jake […]
The Survivor
Losing the Fear At first, Sept. 11 seemed like the worst thing that could happen, but it turned out to be just the beginning. “There […]
Turkey Raises Interest Rates to 40 Percent to Tame Runaway Inflation
Turkey’s central bank has raised interest rates to 40 percent, its highest level in nearly two decades, in a significant move to tame the country’s […]
The Big Number: $985
Consumer spending has been strong this year, but retailers worry about shoppers’ mood this holiday season.
Retailers Worry About Shoppers’ Mood This Holiday Season
Christina Beck is approaching this holiday season cautiously. Ms. Beck, a 58-year-old administrative director at a school, makes lists of gifts she plans to buy […]
Why Long-Term Care Insurance Falls Short for So Many
For 35 years, Angela Jemmott and her five brothers paid premiums on a long-term care insurance policy for their 91-year-old mother. But the policy does […]
Does A.I. Have an Inherent Governance Problem?
OpenAI’s structural messiness The future of OpenAI, whose ChatGPT kick-started an arms race in artificial intelligence, has grown even cloudier. A majority of its workers […]