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A US soldier detained in Russia on theft charges was visiting a girlfriend there, officials say
Staff Sergeant Gordon Black was visiting a woman he was romantically involved with when he was...
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Neom planners reportedly fear its huge mirrored structure called The Line will kill a 'significant number of birds'
The "horizontal skyscraper" that's part of Saudi Arabia's Neom is on a migration route used by...
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I tried the app TikTokers could embrace if a ban becomes reality — I'm not convinced it will attract Gen Zers
Clapper was set up as a platform for millennials and Gen X. It's now adjusting its...
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Eric Schmidt was supposed to buy a yacht once owned by a Russian oligarch. Here's the one he bought instead.
Eric Schmidt backed out of buying the Alfa Nero megayacht last year and instead purchased the...
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A Florida Gen Xer who earned over $300,000 secretly working multiple remote jobs shares why he's 'far from rich'
A Gen Xer in Florida says making over $300,000 didn't make him feel rich.
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This college town is experimenting with giving low-income entrepreneurs and gig workers $12,672, no strings attached
A guaranteed basic-income program in Ann Arbor is giving small business owners $528 a month, no...
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As high-paying jobs become harder to get, more Americans are looking to Uber and Lyft for extra income
Gig work like ride-hailing is becoming more popular, per a Bank of America report. A cooling...
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Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI was 'basically a bet,' says CTO Kevin Scott
Kevin Scott said he believed working with OpenAI would "push" Microsoft to build better AI infrastructure...
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Veteran analysts say the world's biggest private-equity firm could be in big trouble
Blackstone's real-estate fund, BREIT, boasts assets of $114 billion. But is it a house of cards?
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Saudi Arabia needs peace in the Middle East for its $500 billion Neom megaproject to succeed
Saudi Arabia has high hopes for its Vision 2030 projects such as Neom, but their long-term...
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AI 'pilots' are getting so good they're sometimes beating humans in dogfights
The US Air Force has been actively exploring AI, which is seen as a transformative technology...
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China's footprint in global supply chains will grow no matter who wins the US presidential election: analysts
A research group doesn't expect either Biden's or Trump's trade policies to reduce China's role in...
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I test-drove the 2024 Ford F-150 Raptor. The $84,000 price tag is worth it, especially for off-roading.
The 2024 F-150 Raptor starts at $77,980, and the model I tested was listed at $83,665....
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See what it's like living in Portugal's first 3D printed, 2-bedroom concrete home
Portugal-based startup Havelar says it can build a new home in two months. The walls of...
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Russia is raising a stink about F-16s in Ukraine by saying they're nuclear-capable, even though the types of warplanes already deployed there can carry nukes
Ukraine already uses the Su-24, which even Russian ally Belarus said in 2022 that it's modified...
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Russia's military is so hard up for manpower that it now pays more than the oil and gas sector
Russia is a major energy producer, and the industry's robust revenues have kept Moscow's war chest...
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Vladimir Putin once made Italy's prime minister throw up by shooting a deer, carving out its heart, and offering it to the man raw: report
A former Italian senator said the late Silvio Berlusconi went behind a tree to vomit after...
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Palantir made a ton of money this year thanks to strong US demand. But don't expect much growth in Europe.
"I think it is fair to say we crushed Q1 in the US. We are on...
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Russia's former president threatened nuclear attacks on Western capital cities if NATO sends any troops to Ukraine
Dmitry Medvedev said leaders in Washington, Paris, and London wouldn't "be able to hide" if they...
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Boeing is under FAA investigation after disclosing some employees didn't perform safety tests on the wings of a 787 but recorded that they did anyway
Scott Stocker, head of the 787 program, wrote in an internal email that several workers failed...
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There's a messy battle over AI going on in DC — and there's no end in sight
Lawmakers are struggling to regulate AI because the technology is developing at a rapid speed and...
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Donald Trump says he doesn't care too much about his legal troubles: 'Life is life'
During the Mar-a-Lago event, Trump also took the opportunity to hit out at Democrats, saying they...
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Massachusetts woman beats incredible odds to win $1 million lottery prize twice in 10 weeks
Winning more than once is remarkable, but Christine Wilson's back-to-back wins aren't a first in lottery...
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We are 6 months from the 2024 presidential election. Here's where things stand.
Biden and Trump remain locked in a tight race ahead of November, when they're set to...