Economy

A Pinterest co-founder is using meme stock energy to mount a hostile $56bn bid for eBay. Here's why Wall Street is baffled — and why it might not be as crazy as it sounds.

Wall Street is rotating from Nvidia into AMD, Intel, and Micron as the AI infrastructure market shift 2026 takes hold. Discover why CPUs and memory are the new gold.

Anthropic's Mythos AI found thousands of unknown software vulnerabilities. But cybersecurity experts say the same capability already exists in older, publicly available models — and defenses are nowhere near keeping up.

Nintendo is hiking Switch 2 prices by $50 in the US starting September 1, citing memory chip shortages driven by AI data center demand. Sony already moved first. Who pays the bill?

The US launched strikes on Iran after Tehran attacked American destroyers. What triggered the escalation, who stands to lose, and where does this go from here?

Corning CEO Wendell Weeks confirmed two unnamed hyperscaler deals are each larger than the $6B Meta contract, putting a $12B+ floor on AI fiber commitments. Here's what that means for investors.

US and Iranian forces exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz during a commercial vessel escort mission. Here's why a brief clash in a 34km-wide waterway can shake global energy markets.

Tensions over Iran's threat to close the Strait of Hormuz are triggering a surge in precautionary oil buying across Asia and Europe. Here's what's really at stake—and who wins and loses.

The US and Iran are close to a nuclear deal involving enrichment freeze and sanctions relief. Here's what it means for oil prices, energy markets, and your investments.

Crude oil is near an 8-year low just as summer travel season kicks off. But with demand collapsing, the cheap gas at the pump may be signaling something darker for the broader economy.

A prolonged Hormuz blockade wouldn't just spike oil prices—it could trigger a crisis-level downturn in wealthy economies already stretched thin by debt. Here's why the rich world is more exposed than it looks.

Oil surged to $114 a barrel as Middle East conflict deepened, while U.S. Treasuries sold off simultaneously — a rare combination that markets read as a stagflation warning signal.