2026-08-24

U.S. trade representative blames Canada for failed tariff talks, says 'they wanted more'

USTR Jamieson Greer said Canada changed its demands in the final hours of negotiations, while Ottawa blamed the U.S. for last-minute changes [...]

2026-08-24

Walmart is launching a new clothing brand to win over younger, trendier shoppers

The new line, called Scenario, will mostly price items under $25 and targets women around 35 with a bohemian aesthetic [...]

2026-08-24

Nvidia is raising AI server prices by more than 15% as memory costs soar

The increases will apply to systems containing Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell chips and take effect on shipments early next year [...]

2026-08-24

Samsung Electronics stock sank after its record shareholder return plan fell short

Investors had expected a larger buyback commitment, but Samsung's ownership structure complicated that path [...]

2026-08-24

Trump's crypto push and Bessent's Treasury playbook are quietly working in tandem

The Genius Act requires stablecoins to hold short-term Treasurys, which could support Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's effort to shift borrowing toward shorter maturities [...]

2026-08-24

AI Cites the Same Papers Over and Over Again – Just Like Humans

ChatGPT and other AI writing tools may be quietly turning science into a popularity contest, repeatedly steering researchers toward the same papers while overlooking new and novel works that could actually advance the field. Monoculture, in terms of frequency and statistics, is where the same limited set of sources or assets recur over and over again, drowning out novel voices and fresh outlooks: [...]

2026-08-24

Thomson Reuters built its own model on a Chinese open base

Thomson Reuters launched its first proprietary large language model on Monday. The company calls it Thomson. It says it spent $40mn on talent and compute to train the model, and that it began from what its announcement describes as “a strong open-source foundation”. The announcement does not say which foundation. Its chief technology officer named […]<br /> This story continues at The [...]

2026-08-24

Employer of record or entity: choose before someone chooses for you

Almost nobody plans how to employ people abroad. They solve one urgent hire, and three years later that improvised answer has become the company’s international employment structure. Fourteen contractors across six countries, none of it designed, all of it load-bearing. For most of the last decade that worked, because nobody checked. That assumption has expired. […]<br /> This story cont [...]

2026-08-24

The biggest downsides to using a digital car key

Many newer vehicles can be accessed from the owner's phone, if they've set it up. There are some things to consider before adding your key. [...]