China's trade surplus surged to a record of almost $1.2 trillion in 2025, the government said Wednesday, as exports to other countries made up for slowing shipments to the U.S. under President Donald ...
OpenAI plans to focus on "practical adoption" of AI in 2026, according to a blog post from CFO Sarah Friar . As the company spends a huge amount of money on infrastructure, OpenAI is working on "closi...
Donald Trump has warned of steep tariffs on French wine and champagne as he presses France's president Emmanuel Macron to join a US-led "Board of Peace." Paris has signalled that it does not plan to j...
Cheng Xin/Getty Images Vimeo is laying off staffers globally in a new round of cuts. The job cuts arrived a few months after tech holding company Bending Spoons bought Vimeo. It's Vimeo's second round...
Verizon was down for tens of thousands of customers for most of the day on January 14, 2026. Paul Squire/Business Insider Over 170,000 Verizon customers reported a service outage on Wednesday. The out...
A star that may have ripped apart a planet, according to researchers REUTERS/NASA/Handout A version of this story originally appeared in the BI Tech Memo newsletter. Sign up for the weekly Tech Memo n...
Alibaba Group Holding’s artificial intelligence strategy is defined by a commitment to open-source models, the company said on Tuesday, following a year of soaring adoption for its suite of AI service...
US President Donald Trump ramped up economic pressure on the Iranian regime on Monday by announcing he was imposing import duties on the goods of any country that trades with Tehran. The move could fu...
Trump is arriving for the World Economic Forum at Davos on the heels of threatening tariffs on Denmark and seven other allies unless they negotiate a transfer of the semi-autonomous territory — a conc...
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he met with his Chinese counterpart, Vice-Premier He Lifeng, on Monday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. The two men have been the primary...
China’s central bank strengthened the yuan’s daily fixing for a third consecutive session to a nearly 16-month high, as the currency also held firm in offshore markets despite recent US dollar strengt...
Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), Hong Kong’s largest developer by market capitalistion, is poised to sell out another batch of units at its Sierra Sea project in the New Territories, the city’s largest...
Elon Musk suggested letting AI run your 401 (k). Our readers weren't on board. AndreyPopov/Getty Images Elon Musk said this month that the AI revolution will make saving for retirement "irrelevant...
Young people are increasingly shopping secondhand. NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images The secondhand fashion and luxury market has surged and is forecast to keep growing in 2026. Gen Z is driving some...
Shopify CEO says companies often undervalue founders and put them in a corner. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke said companies undervalue founders' experience and leadership. Lütke sa...
Figure meets expectations but experts warn of distorted data...
Exuberance for AI has led to fears of a bubble forming in the stock market in recent years. iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI Jenny Xiao of Leonis Capital says there's a lag between AI research and investment...
The country is the darling of investors, but that could change...
Peeling back the layers of the ambiguously-regulated US prediction market...
Learning app Duolingo has 17 million followers on TikTok where its mascot Duo is a social-media celebrity. Isa Foltin/TikTok via Getty Images Social media is more important than ever for US retail sit...