Month: September 2025
Ford offers special financing to riskier F-150 buyers with lower credit scores
Ford-150 pickup trucks are displayed for sale at a dealership on March 24, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images DETROIT — Ford Motor is trying to boost sales of its crucial F-150 pickup truck before the end of the third quarter by offering special financing to consumers with less-than-perfect credit ratings. The […]
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Ukrainian drones stage new attack on major Russian petrochemical complex
Ukrainian Army soldiers prepare LELEKA 100 military intelligence drone for flight in the direction of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine, June 10, 2024. Jose Colon | Anadolu | Getty Images Ukrainian drones attacked one of Russia’s largest petrochemical complexes, Salavat in the southern Bashkortostan region, for the second time in less than a week, […]
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Microsoft adds Anthropic AI model to Copilot assistant, diversifying from OpenAI
Microsoft is the lead investor in OpenAI and has long been the artificial intelligence startup’s key cloud partner. But in the latest sign that AI relationships are getting complicated, Microsoft is beginning to use more technology from OpenAI rival Anthropic. The software giant said Wednesday that it’s starting to draw on an AI model from […]
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Making OpenAI and Nvidia’s giant AI project a reality will take a lot of foreign-made parts
Close-up of the modern data center and cabinets. Comezora | Moment | Getty Images Supply chain data into the OpenAI and Nvidia $100 billion investment commitment this week shines a glaring light on the United States’ heavy reliance on foreign suppliers for components to complete the projects. Brandon Daniels, CEO of AI-powered risk and supply […]
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New home sales soar 20% in August to a three-year high
Sales of newly built homes rose a much larger-than-expected 20.5% in August compared with July to the highest level since January 2022, according to the U.S. Census. It is also the largest one-month gain since August 2022. Sales were 15.4% higher than August 2024. This count is based on people out shopping in August and […]
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Lithium Americas soars nearly 80% as Trump administration seeks equity stake in Canadian miner
A Lithium Americas worker processes lithium at the company’s Reno, Nevada R&D lab. Lithium Americas stock soared Wednesday as the Trump administration is seeking an equity stake in the mining company, which is based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The White House proposed the equity stake as Lithium Americas renegotiates the terms of a $2.2 billion […]
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Trump’s tennis invite from Rolex echoes Apple, Nvidia playbook for currying favor, Warren says
(L-R) U.S. President Donald Trump and Rolex CEO Jean-Frederic Dufour arrive in the Rolex suite prior to the Men’s Singles Final match between Jannik Sinner of Italy and Carlos Alcaraz of Spain on Day Fifteen of the 2025 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 07, 2025 in New York […]
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Seasonal retail hiring to fall to lowest level since 2009, signaling trouble for holidays, report says
Seasonal hiring in the retail industry is poised to fall to its lowest level since the 2009 recession, an early warning sign that the holiday shopping season could be softer than expected, job placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said in a Wednesday report. Challenger is projecting retailers may add under 500,000 positions in the […]
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Chinese giant Xiaomi challenges Samsung with new smartphones and appliances
Xiaomi launched the Xiaomi 15T series of smartphones as it continues its global expansion. Xiaomi MUNICH — Xiaomi on Wednesday made the international debut of a slew of new devices and appliances with its smartphones at the center, as the Chinese tech giant sets out to directly challenge Samsung. The Beijing-headquartered company took the wraps […]
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Shooting at Dallas ICE detention facility leaves ‘multiple injuries and fatalities’: Noem
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem hosts a roundtable discussion about securing the Northern Border, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., June 20, 2025. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook Rebecca Cook | Reuters A shooter opened fire Wednesday morning at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Dallas, causing “multiple injuries and fatalities,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem […]
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