AI trade rebound sparks flurry of unusually bullish options activity
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Will the Trump-Xi summit make limited progress on AI?
Expectations for the upcoming September 24 summit meeting in Washington between Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Donald Trump are not high. That is not to say that the outcome will be insignificant, but no great change...
Beauty, health and wellness are converging into one retail category
As consumers prioritize holistic retail purchases, beauty, health and wellness are increasingly converging into one category and one consumer budget.
AI safety debate meets reality at Dreamforce as business leaders say last year's models are enough
At Salesforce's annual mega-conference in San Francisco, attendees said they get enough value from older AI models.
Submit Your Questions: Why Is Silicon Valley Still a Boys’ Club?
How are women really faring in Silicon Valley? Submit your questions to our panel and we'll give you the scoop on September 24.
Links 9/18/2026 | naked capitalism
Our finely-tuned links: DOGE is back, public robotoilets, warfare on the moon, drug dealers on Google Maps, and the 'largest theft of labor in history.'
Nice Timing: US Removes Venezuela from List of Countries Failing to Combat Drug Trafficking Two Weeks After Historic Oil "Deal" | naked capitalism
Smoke and mirrors on a Trumpian scale.
Haiti: Child malnutrition crisis worsens amid escalating violence
Haiti is facing a worsening child malnutrition crisis, with an estimated 253,725 children aged 6 to 59 months projected to suffer from acute malnutrition between June 2026 and May 2027, new UN-backed analysis has reveale...
He Won the Nobel Prize for Protein Design. Now He Uses AI to Create Molecules Not Found in Nature
David Baker spoke with WIRED en Español about where biological design is headed next and the great potential and risks of taking biology outside the bounds of the natural world.
The Leftist Split Over AI Doom
The left wants AI regulation. They just can't agree on what it should look like or how concerned they should be.
Why Ukraine and the Turkic World Need Each Other
Russia’s failures in the war in Ukraine have yielded an overlooked consequence: the re-emergence of Turkic influence in Eurasia. Ukraine's survival
Warren Buffett steps down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway: 'Father Time always wins'
Buffett's son Howard will replace him as chairman, as dictated by a long-standing succession plan, Berkshire said.