2026
NASA’s four Artemis astronauts swung behind the moon and are headed home, in a journey that shattered space travel distance records and brought people the closest they’ve been to the lunar surface in more than 50 years.
2026
Samsung Electronics Co. earned a far stronger-than-expected eight-fold leap in quarterly profit, underscoring robust demand for AI memory chips in the face of uncertainties triggered by war in the Middle East.
2026
Data center builder Firmus Technologies Pty raised $505 million in an investment round led by Coatue Management LLC, part of a global push to finance artificial intelligence infrastructure.
2026
OpenAI urged the attorneys general of California and Delaware to investigate potential “improper and anti-competitive behavior” by Elon Musk in his efforts to block OpenAI from restructuring as a for-profit company.
2026
Anthropic PBC said its revenue run rate has now topped $30 billion, up from $9 billion at the end of 2025, and confirmed plans to work with Broadcom Inc. and Google to power its burgeoning operations.
2026
Oil rose a third day as President Donald Trump escalated threats to obliterate key Iranian infrastructure if his terms aren’t met before a Tuesday deadline.
2026
China’s resilience to the economic impact of the Iran war and a burgeoning domestic recovery offer the potential for the yuan to break out of a seasonal pattern for losses in the second quarter.
2026
Crude oil rose and US equity-index futures edged lower after President Donald Trump signaled a potential escalation of strikes on Iran as soon as Tuesday, damping optimism over a possible ceasefire.
2026
Gold steadied after a two-day decline, as traders weighed US President Donald Trump’s latest threat to destroy Iranian infrastructure and the impact of a protracted war on inflation and economic growth.
2026
<p>On today’s Big Take podcast: Unpacking President Trump’s mixed rhetoric on Iran, the status of ceasefire talks and why he wants to collect tolls for the strait.</p>