Elon Musk’s xAI launches Grok 3 model amid tight AI competition

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI on Tuesday unveiled its latest artificial intelligence model, Grok 3, claiming it can outperform offerings from OpenAI and China’s DeepSeek based on early testing, which included standardized tests on math, science and coding.  “We’re very excited to present Grok 3, which is, we think, an … Read more

Huawei Mate XT trifold launches outside of China: Price, specs

A Huawei Technologies Mate XT smartphone arranged in Hong Kong on Sep. 24, 2024. Lam Yik | Bloomberg | Getty Images Huawei launched its trifold smartphone outside of China on Tuesday, as it plots a comeback in international markets after getting hammered by U.S. sanctions. The Mate XT will have a starting price tag of … Read more

Delta plane crashes on landing at Toronto airport, injuring at least 18

First responders work at the Delta Air Lines plane crash site at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada February 17, 2025. Arlyn Mcadorey | Reuters At least 18 people were injured after a Delta Air Lines regional jet crashed upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport and flipped over on Monday afternoon, but … Read more

Southwest Airlines to slash 15% of corporate jobs in ‘unprecedented’ move to cut costs

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 passenger plane taxis along the tarmac at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia on December 13, 2024. Daniel Slim | Afp | Getty Images Southwest Airlines said Monday that it is cutting about 15% of corporate jobs, or about 1,750 people, a move its CEO called … Read more

Crypto, Trump, GOP leadershipo gang up on FDIC over debanking

A US Postal Service worker outside a Signature Bank branch in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley wants everyone to know what happened to his crypto company in 2023 during the Biden administration. “Our story is pretty … Read more

China’s Xi Jinping speaks to entrepreneurs in a rare high-profile meeting

BEIJING, CHINA – FEBRUARY 5: Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a meeting with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People on February 5, 2025 in Beijing, China.   Wu Hao | Getty Images News | Getty Images Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at a closed-door symposium with … Read more

Japan’s GDP expands 0.7% in fourth quarter

Commercial and residential buildings at dusk in the Minato district of Tokyo, Japan. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s economic expansion in the fourth quarter beat analysts’ expectations for quarter-on-quarter and annualized growth, boosted by a jump in exports. Preliminary government data showed Monday that GDP grew 0.7% quarter on quarter, more than the … Read more

The biggest investor self-defeating mistakes in trying to beat market

Index investing pioneer Charley Ellis says what gave rise to the success of the index fund remains true today: “It’s virtually impossible to beat the market,” he told CNBC’s Bob Pisani on last Monday’s “ETF Edge.” But Ellis warns of another hurdle just as high as active management’s long-term underperformance that holds back many investors: … Read more

Trump’s broadside against wind industry puts projects that could power millions of homes at risk

A view of the turbines at Orsted’s offshore wind farm near Nysted, Denmark, September 4, 2023.  Tom Little | Reuters President Donald Trump promised to unleash U.S. energy dominance, but his sweeping executive order targeting wind power puts a pipeline of projects at risk that would generate enough electricity for millions of American homes. The … Read more

Russia’s Putin could be NATO’s ‘Man of the Year’: Senator Graham

Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles during his meeting with workers, while visiting the AvtoVAZ automobile plant, January 28, 2025, in Togliatti, Russia.  Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin has done more to strengthen and unite NATO than member states have done, U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told the Munich … Read more