A screen displays the America.gov website during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By KATIE ROGERS and CECILIA KANG President Donald Trump summoned the world’s most powerful technology executives to the White House earlier this week and praised the assembled billionaires as “very brilliant” minds who wanted to make the world a better place through job creation, the construction of data cente

US stock futures steadied on Wednesday after Treasury yields advanced to fresh multidecade highs and investors awaited the latest signal on sticky inflation. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) and those on the S&P 500 (ES=F) rose just above the flatline. Contracts for the Nasdaq-100 (NQ=F) slipped into the red after stocks fell fractionally the day before. Stocks continue to be caught in the undertow of rising bond yields and volatile oil prices as the war in

The OpenAI headquarters in San Francisco on June 1, 2026. During the testing phase for OpenAI’s newest artificial intelligence model, known as GPT-6.1 Astra, it showed high levels of what the company saw as deception, or a willingness to mislead users about its actions. (Manuel Orbegozo/The New York Times) By SHEERA FRENKEL OpenAI said earlier this week that it would not release its newest artificial intelligence model because of security concerns raised by its researchers, i

According to MarketWatch, Morgan Stanley Chief U.S. Equity Strategist Mike Wilson argued that a pullback in the S&P 500 could be just what the market needs to set up a stronger finish to the year. Mike Wilson’s comments arrive against the backdrop of a dramatic bond market rout that has sent yields surging. The 30-year Treasury yield has reached its highest mark in 22 years, and the 10-year Treasury has not traded at current levels for nearly two decades. As of Tuesday mornin

President Donald Trump speaks during the signing of an executive order regarding retirement savings in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2026. The major networks are set to resume their collective television coverage of President Trump on Sunday, even though the White House blocked CNN from participating in the TV pool over the weekend, according to four people briefed on the deliberation. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By MICHAEL M. G

By THE STAR STAFF First Attack 2026 will make Puerto Rico a meeting place for gamers, fans, content creators and esports communities from various international markets, with the event taking place Oct. 2-4 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan. This year’s event will have participants from more than 15 countries, such as Japan, South Korea, the Dominican Republic, Canada and Panama, thus creating an occasion that goes beyond the local gaming community and links Pue

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. It’s been a bit of a random walk in Asia so far, with oil and yields up, stocks mixed, gold down ​and the dollar flat. Oddly, European share futures are firmer, while Asia and Wall Street futures have eased. Brent has climbed around 2% after ‌President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal ‌to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which seems to be a repeat of its previous demands. Analysts, at least public

Yachts docked at Safe Harbor marina in Newport, R.I., Aug. 9, 2026. The private equity firm Blackstone paid $5.6 billion in early 2025 for Safe Harbor. (David Degner/The New York Times) By MURRAY CARPENTER Tanned and tousled after a sailing regatta on Narragansett Bay, more than a thousand people gathered last month at a large marina in Newport, Rhode Island, for three days of competitive racing, dockside dinners and drinks aboard superyachts.Events like these bring together

By KEVIN ROOSE This, friends, will be my final column at The New York Times. I am off to new adventures, including publishing a book about the race to create artificial general intelligence and starting a new podcast with my “Hard Fork” co-host, Casey Newton. It has been an honor to spend the last nine years as your tech columnist, testing out all manner of gadgets, selling NFTs and being seduced by unhinged chatbots in the name of journalism. Before I go, my editor has invit

Wall Street was down on Thursday as uncertainty about ​the Middle East lifted oil prices and Treasury yields, but stocks came off session lows after Reuters reported ‌US and Iranian negotiators were exploring a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq pared losses after the report that US and Iranian negotiators in New York were exploring a path out of war that would also include Washington lifting its economic blockade of Iran. US and Iranian leaders excha