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An additional 276,000 people filed for Social Security benefits so far this fiscal year, up 13% from a year ago. Anxiety appears to be a driver.

The tool, Codex, will be able to handle multiple tasks at the same time, the company said. OpenAI is also in talks to acquire a coding tool called Windsurf for $3 billion.

Even though most Americans may see lower taxes, Republicans’ spending cuts could outweigh those benefits and leave some worse off.

Individuals and small businesses may end up bearing some of the cost of grid upgrades needed for large electricity users, a new report found.

Questions about the credit for a famous photograph from the Vietnam War have divided the photojournalism community for months.

The Danish drugmaker, which makes Ozempic and Wegovy, has seen its stock tumble as competition in the weight-loss drug market has grown fiercer.

He and his team of NASA engineers jumped into action to help three astronauts bound for the moon. His quick thinking earned him a shout-out from Richard Nixon.

Some state plans give cash incentives in May to spur contributions.

The combination, which must pass muster with antitrust authorities, would create one of the biggest TV and internet providers in the United States.

The president’s Middle East visit produced multibillion-dollar technology investments by the Saudis and Emiratis. But they face political pushback at home.

Plus, your Friday news quiz.

A star of “The Office” comes to our office to answer your most pressing questions about tech.

Disturbing thoughts and social fixations are among the many manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Paula Kerger, the chief executive of PBS, is used to fights over the public broadcaster’s funding. But to her, the latest threats feel like “all-out effort to take us out.”

Hollywood offers a service, and services are what really drive the U.S. economy. President Trump’s proposed tax could set off a second, and more damaging, trade war.

The U.S. is slashing funding for scientific research, after decades of deep investment. Here’s some of what those taxpayer dollars created.

The titans of the tech industry say artificial intelligence will soon match the powers of humans’ brains. Are they underestimating us?

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation nations, staring down U.S. tariffs, jockeyed for time with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at a gathering in South Korea.

“Ceasefire” will be the low-key public affairs channel’s first new weekly show in two decades. The question is whether Republicans and Democrats will show up.

With new testing requirements, it’s not even clear how new Covid or flu shots can be made available this fall.

Big deals to sell chips to the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia have divided the U.S. government over whether they could be remembered for shipping cutting-edge A.I. overseas.

The rock called Maka Lahi is important in the mythology of the people of Tonga, and scientists have worked out part of its origin story.

For months, the Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova has challenged efforts to deport her to her native Russia for a customs violation. This week, the government charged her with a criminal felony.

The sale was expected, and the disclosure form did not include details of the transaction, including specific timing or the number of shares Ms. Bondi traded.

He helped develop the device most often used for surgical abortions. He also spent more than half a century promoting women’s reproductive health in developing countries.

Restrictions on payments to foreign partners may jeopardize studies of cancer and other conditions that would benefit Americans.

The government showed hundreds of internal documents as it sought to prove that the social media company bought Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize a threat.

The inquiry continued even after the commission dropped a lawsuit accusing Coinbase of illegally marketing digital currencies to the public.

YouTube, now the most popular platform for consuming podcasts, is introducing a chart ranking shows by watch time.

Controllers switched frequencies and planes were “safely separated,” officials said. The 90-second outage on Monday followed communications problems at Newark airport.

The technique used on a 9½-month-old boy with a rare condition has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases.

An easing in President Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods gave businesses some breathing room. Long-term planning, though, is still on pause.