Guzman y Gomez shares jumped as much as 20% after the fast-food chain said it will exit the U.S. market, a move the company framed as a shift in focus back to its core business. The company’s announcement set off an immediate rally in its stock, with shares rising as much as 20% in trading…

Poland has issued an entry ban against Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, following international reaction to a video showing the treatment of activists linked to a Gaza-bound flotilla. The decision makes Poland the latest European country to take direct action aimed at an Israeli cabinet minister in connection with the handling of foreign activists…

Lenovo shares surged about 15% after the company reported record earnings and said revenue tied to artificial intelligence nearly doubled, according to published reports. The move followed Lenovo’s latest quarterly results, which showed performance strong enough to push earnings to a record level. Reports also said the company’s fourth-quarter revenue came in above estimates, helped…

Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak drew cheers from students after telling a crowd that they “all have AI — actual intelligence,” a line that landed as a pointed but upbeat message about human capability amid the rise of artificial intelligence. Wozniak, best known as the engineer who helped build Apple’s earliest computers, delivered the remark while…

Nvidia’s latest earnings report drew renewed attention to the chipmaker’s stock, with multiple market outlets highlighting the company’s results and what past post-earnings trading has looked like. The fresh coverage centers on a straightforward question investors regularly face after a major quarterly report: whether to buy shares immediately after a standout set of numbers. Nvidia,…

Japan’s core inflation cooled to its lowest level in more than four years, a fresh sign that price pressures are easing and a development that could complicate the Bank of Japan’s case for raising interest rates in the near term. The latest reading showed core inflation slowing to an over four-year low, underscoring a broader…

Nvidia is pressing its case that artificial intelligence is moving beyond an early, experimental phase and is ready for broad adoption, telling skeptical investors that the technology is entering a more mainstream stage. The message was delivered by Nvidia leadership in comments carried by major financial outlets, including Bloomberg and Yahoo Finance, as the chipmaker…

Google used its Google I/O 2026 keynote to put Gemini at the center of a broad set of product updates, highlighting a push toward more “agentic” AI systems designed to carry out tasks rather than simply answer questions. The company framed the announcements as a significant step in making Gemini more proactive across Google’s software…

Anthropic is in talks with Microsoft about a potential deal that would involve using Microsoft’s AI chips, following a reported $5 billion investment connected to the AI company, according to recent reports. The discussions center on Anthropic potentially running its Claude family of AI models on Microsoft’s Maia chip, as described in coverage from CNBC,…

Former President Donald Trump has postponed the signing of a long-awaited executive order on artificial intelligence, saying he was not satisfied with parts of the document. Trump made the decision after reviewing the order and concluding that “I didn’t like certain aspects,” according to accounts carried by multiple outlets. The executive action had been expected…

Ukraine said it launched a long-range drone attack that hit another oil refinery deep inside Russia, the latest in a series of strikes that Kyiv says are aimed at weakening Moscow’s ability to sustain its war effort. Ukrainian officials said the drones struck the Syzran refinery, a major facility operated by Russian state oil company…

The Democratic National Committee’s internal review of the party’s 2024 election performance has been obtained and published by CNN, putting a long-awaited “autopsy” of the loss into public view and intensifying debate over what went wrong and how Democrats plan to regroup. CNN’s report centers on the DNC’s 2024 post-election assessment, described in multiple recent…