Month: August 2026
U.S. Start-Up Partners With Saudi Arabia for Data Center
Together AI, which serves open-source artificial intelligence models, announced a deal to use compute from Humain in Saudi Arabia, where…
G20 Finance Officials Gather in U.S. as Iran War Grips Global Economy
The meeting is expected to focus on the ongoing economic shock from the war in Iran, which has driven up…
A $480,000-a-Year Pill Reflects a New Normal for Cancer Drugs
Rasonque, the new pancreatic cancer treatment from Revolution Medicines, illustrates the huge inflation in cancer drug prices over the past…
A Half-Price Luxury E.V. Comes With a Big Asterisk
The Polestar 4 is a solid car, and current incentives make it a bargain. But the company, a Chinese-owned brand,…
A Mortgage Servicer Sent a Letter About an Address Change. Was It Deed Theft?
A letter arrived in the mail from PNC Bank about an address change on a mortgage account. Was a deed…
The Case of the Truly Incorrigible Cubicle Yakker
Plus: Is it normal to video-interview for a job while the hiring panel’s cameras are all off?
Help Wanted: ‘Forward-Deployed’ Humans for the A.I. Era
Start-ups are using the military-derived term to glorify customer-facing work as clients seek people to help set up artificial intelligence…
Pennsylvania Gambling Addicts Hope that ‘Skill Games’ Will Go Bust
The machines, which enjoyed legal protection until a recent court ruling, could go dark in October.
Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Deal Relies on a Powerful and Divisive Partner
The administration will work with a private Venezuelan oil company that has close ties to the country’s government.