US stocks fell on Thursday as a record plunge in Alphabet shares revived fears that the AI spending boom is burning cash faster than it earns it — even as data showed the economy growing faster than expected.
Oil prices rose on Friday and headed for a fourth straight monthly gain after Yemen’s Houthis claimed attacks on Saudi oil facilities, keeping fears of supply disruption at the centre of the market.
Christine Lagarde will leave the European Central Bank on 7 February 2027, nine months before her term ends, opening an early race to lead the euro zone’s central bank.
America’s economy grew at its fastest pace in a year in the third quarter, beating forecasts as households kept spending and companies poured money into AI infrastructure.
OpenAI has rewritten the rulebook for how its models should behave, reorganising it around five values — starting with faithfulness to what humans actually intend.
Intel shares plunged in after-hours trading after a weak quarter blamed on a slumping PC market — a reminder that not every chipmaker is riding the AI boom.
Tumours in patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer before 50 differ at a cellular level from those in older patients, according to the largest study of its kind — a clue to why the disease is rising in the young.
Ukraine’s long-range campaign against Russian oil refineries is reportedly on hold after pressure from Washington, as the US pushes to revive peace talks. The report has not been independently verified.
Welcome to The Hourly News — a new home for global news, business, AI and markets, updated hour by hour. We will publish reporting and analysis across World, Business, Markets, Technology, AI, Politics, Science, Health and Climate — with clear bylines, clear categories, and stories you can scan fast and read in full when they…
