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Markets take the escalator up and elevator down goes an old Wall Street shibboleth, and crypto is following that script this week, with several days of hard-earned gains more than wiped away in Friday trade. Nearly pushing through the $118,000 level at one point on Thursday after the Federal Reserve one day earlier trimmed interest…
Much like “Screen Talk” podcast co-host Ryan Lattanzio felt after leaving Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear missile thriller “A House of Dynamite” at Venice — which he rave-reviewed — Anne Thompson left a recent L.A. screening of the movie with her heart pounding in her chest. Written by Noah Oppenheim, Bigelow’s real-time thriller about the banalities and…
California’s state senate recently gave final approval to a new AI safety bill, SB 53, sending it to Governor Gavin Newsom to either sign or veto. If this all sounds familiar, that’s because Newsom vetoed another AI safety bill, also written by state senator Scott Wiener, last year. But SB 53 is narrower than Wiener’s…
Sep 18, 2025, 07:00 AM ET It’s official. Three teams have clinched playoff spots, meaning there are nine left to fill with 11 days remaining in the 2025 regular season. For the second consecutive year, the Brewers clinched the season’s first postseason spot. They were followed by the Phillies, who first clinched a berth and…
The U.S. Treasury Department is pushing forward with a narrow comment window on its preliminary, formal efforts to solidify the recently established stablecoin law into a set of regulations. This arm of President Donald Trump’s administration has opened what’s known as an “advance notice of proposed rulemaking” on Friday, which is an early step taken…
Jensen Huang, the boss of the chipmaker Nvidia, had some advice for UK ministers last week as they signed a multibillion-pound tech deal with the US: burn more gas. “I’ve every confidence that the UK will realise that it takes energy to grow new industries,” he said. “Sustainable power like nuclear and wind and of…
When Terence Stamp passed away on August 17, he left behind a legacy of incredible performances, ranging from his breakthrough role as the title character in “Billy Budd” and assignments for European auteurs like Pier Paolo Pasolini (“Teorema”) and Federico Fellini (“Toby Dammit”) to his comeback role as General Zod in the “Superman” movies. Yet…
David SchoenfieldSep 19, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 The ragtag, scrappy Houston Astros host the big, bad Seattle Mariners this weekend, including the series finale on “Sunday Night Baseball” at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN, in a series that might…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang descended on the United Kingdom this week, armed with a pledge to invest £2 billion ($2.6 billion) to supercharge the country’s AI startup ecosystem. Wayve, the U.K.-based self-driving tech startup, could be one of those to receive funds from Nvidia’s AI investment commitment, the company told TechCrunch. Wayve said it has…
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) spooked markets Friday by announcing it will begin unwinding its $250 billion in exchange traded funds (ETFs) and Japanese Real Estate Investment Trusts (JREITs), assets it accumulated since 2010 as part of its ultra-loose monetary policy. Under the plan, the central bank will sell ETFs with a book value of…
