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Is produce from a home garden safer than store bought? 'It depends'
A record-breaking summer for foodborne illness prompted more consumers to grow produce at home. But experts say it's the farming...
Published September 22, 2026 8:54 AM Source: NPR
World leaders in New York to grapple with climate. Fuel prices, AI and...
NEW YORK (AP) — World and business leaders gathering this week in New York are grappling with the increasingly urgent costs of climate...
Published September 22, 2026 8:54 AM Source: AP News
China and the US are competing for AI dominance but have shared concerns over...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to meet this week to discuss artificial intelligence.
Published September 22, 2026 8:44 AM Source: AP News
Meta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch
Meta's new AI agent Muse has racked up more downloads and daily active users in the U.S. and Canada than ChatGPT did over the same period...
Published September 22, 2026 8:15 AM Source: TechCrunch
Climate Pledge Tops 700 Companies Committing to Net Zero by 2040
The Climate Pledge revealed an acceleration in the addition of new signatories, with more than […]
Published September 21, 2026 9:36 AM Source: https://www.esgtoday.com
Will AI really kill everyone? How, exactly?
Industry insiders are once again warning that a superpowered artificial intelligence could exterminate the human race. But how?
Published September 21, 2026 8:38 AM Source: CNN
Why Existential AI Fears Have Hit a Crescendo
Long before ChatGPT and Claude entered the global lexicon, there had been a steady stream of warnings about the dangers of artificial...
Published September 18, 2026 10:27 AM Source: Foreign Policy
Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human...
Newly unsealed court filings show Microsoft privately called OpenAI's data practices "theft" while both companies scraped paywalled Times...
Published September 18, 2026 10:27 AM Source: techcrunch.com
How escalating Saudi oil crisis could drive up prices everywhere
Global energy prices have spiked alarmingly again, driven largely in recent days by the escalating conflict between Yemen's Houthis and...
Published September 17, 2026 9:43 AM Source: BBC
Children's clothing retailer Carter's is rebranding to appeal to a new...
Children's clothing brand Carter's is announcing a rebrand as it tries to keep up with the modern parent and its core customer base.
Published September 16, 2026 8:49 AM Source: CNBC
AI leaders want to hit the brakes after years of reckless speed
For years now, the major frontier AI labs have all been acting as if they're in an all-out, winner-take-all race with control of...
Published September 16, 2026 8:47 AM Source: Ars Technica
How the 'couch economy' is changing your spending
Visa data shows more Americans are shopping from home for groceries and entertainment in the "couch economy."
Published September 15, 2026 8:26 AM Source: USA Today
Microsoft sets limits for future AI models as industry throttles frontier...
Microsoft wants to be seen as a responsible AI entity as it ramps up model development alongside partners Anthropic and OpenAI.
Published September 15, 2026 8:26 AM Source: CNBC
10-year Treasury yield hits 5%, critical threshold for US economy and markets
The rise in bond yields hit a critical threshold on Monday, with the 10-year Treasury yield rising to 5%, a level briefly touched in 2023...
Published September 15, 2026 8:24 AM Source: CNN
Xi says China will take lead to foster AI, tech cooperation among BRICS...
China will take the lead to help foster artificial-intelligence collaboration and development among developing-economy countries,...
Published September 14, 2026 9:52 AM Source: cnbc.com
What are the five pros and cons of artificial intelligence?
AI creates new opportunities in programming and automation, but experts warn of the spread of harmful content and risks to early-career...
Published September 14, 2026 9:52 AM Source: Al Jazeera
AI researchers 'earnestly believe' it could kill all humans within the next...
There is a more than 10 per cent chance that AI could kill all humans within the next decade, a researcher at Anthropic estimated in a...
Published September 11, 2026 6:19 AM Source: cbc.ca
How one hedge-fund manager built his firm to be powered entirely by AI agents
Hedge-fund manager Brian Kelly has built a staff entirely of AI agents and said he estimates he's "at least 10 times more productive.
Published September 10, 2026 9:04 AM Source: CNBC
Food labeling combined with higher prices for carbon-intensive foods could...
Economists say labeling supermarket food to show its environmental impact, combined with taxing the most carbon-intensive items, could...
Published September 9, 2026 10:00 AM Source: PHYS ORG
Meta bets on AI agent Muse to catch up in AI race
Meta is making another push to bring artificial intelligence to the masses with Muse, a personal assistant it says can put AI in the...
Published September 9, 2026 9:30 AM Source: The Verge