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Anthropic, OpenAI rivalry spills into new Super Bowl ads

The two artificial intelligence startups behind rival chatbots ChatGPT and Claude are bracing for an existential showdown this year as both need to prove they can grow a business that will make more money than they’re losing. The fiercest competition between the two AI developers, along with ...

Ticker: Falling tech stocks hit Wall Street

Sharp drops hit Wall Street as technology stocks sank and bitcoin plunged again to roughly half its record price set in the fall. Several discouraging reports on the U.S. job market also knocked down yields in the bond market on Thursday. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% for its sixth loss in the ...

Briefcase: Sheetz raises $2.4M for kids

Sheetz announced that Sheetz For the Kidz, its employee-driven charity supporting underprivileged children, raised more than $2.4 million for local children in need in 2025, surpassing totals from previous years. This total amount includes a record-breaking $1.1 million raised in December ...

‘Rent now, pay later’ services rise despite fees

NEW YORK — Rent can eat up an entire paycheck at the start of the month, so a growing number of renters are turning to a financial product that promises relief by letting them split the bill — for a price. So-called “rent now, pay later” services have emerged over the past few years as ...

China to ban hidden car door handles

HONG KONG — China will ban hidden door handles on cars, commonly used on Tesla's electric vehicles and many other EV models, starting next year. All car doors must include a mechanical release function for handles, except for the tailgate, according to details released by China's Ministry of ...

Ticker: Musk vows to put data centers in space

Elon Musk is bringing the same revolutionary thinking that helped him upend the car industry to the data center business with promises this week to put up to a million new satellites in the sky. But it won’t be easy. Experts say it’s not clear how Musk will keep these orbiting AI ...