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The hottest tech trades of 2026 just got slammed — smart investors are buying anyway.
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Trump's determination to find new legal justifications for his tariffs threatens to prolong the uncertainty facing the U.S. and global economies.
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Wisconsin's capital city cancels signature events, grapples with fallout from police shooting AP NewsSome police experts troubled by Madison shooting of Corey Ruiz Milwaukee Journal SentinelFriends, family and neighbors mourn Madison man killed by police WPR'My heart was just so broken': Ruiz's daughter speaks after Madison police shooting death WKOW
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Security News This Week: The OpenAI Models That Hacked Hugging Face Were ‘Active on the Internet' for Days WIREDEXCLUSIVE: Its AI agent spent days hacking a company, but sources say OpenAI did not notice for a week ReutersDid OpenAI's models just breach its own risk 'red line'? Outside safety experts think so FortuneOpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation OpenAI
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U.S. trading partners have rejected the forced labor rationale behind Trump's new global tariffs, while most signaled plans to keep negotiating.
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The businesses are represented by the Liberty Justice Center, a legal group that has successfully challenged President Trump's past duties.
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Disruption. It's coming for the U.S. dollar in the form of digital currency. Last week the Biden administration detailed a broad plan for adopting a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the coming years. The Departments of Energy, Commerce, the Treasury, and other agencies weighed in on how to manage and regulate a CBDC.
The government is reacting in part to the explosive growth of digital currencies. About three out of ten U.S. adults currently invest in some form of cryptocurrency, or "crypto," like Bitcoin or Ethereum. These digital "coins" rely on a decentralized network of computers to verify financial transactions, cutting out third parties like banks or credit cards.
The good, the bad, and the ugly of crypto
Advocates of crypto point to its affordability, efficiency, and its ability to reach consumers with little or no access to traditional banking services. With just a mobile phone or a crypto ATM, consumers can easily send and receive digital currency, even across international borders.
On the other hand, crypto is still largely unregulated and volatile. Investors in Bitcoin, for example, saw returns of over 70% in 2021, but the currency is down almost 60% year to date. And if you send your payment to the wrong account (called a "digital wallet") there may be no way to retrieve it. Crypto has also been used for money laundering, fraud, and to fund terrorism. Several
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