timef 10/22/2025

Oil prices have fallen sharply this year as global supply remains strong and demand has been slow to grow.

Drivers will be able to converse with an artificial intelligence assistant while cars largely drive themselves in certain situations, the company said.

Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer.

The beleaguered company’s stock has surged in the past few days, fueled by social media buzz and echoes of past meme-stock frenzies.

The cuts will not affect Meta’s newest A.I. hires, who are in some cases being paid up to hundreds of millions of dollars. The layoffs are focused on correcting an earlier hiring spree.

Potential bidders are circling the media company as it weighs its deal options. But financial and regulatory questions hang over everything.

A new employer survey shows premiums for a family climbed in 2025 as companies and their workers pay more for coverage.

Several agency programs are trying to track and reduce methane emissions around the world. They aren’t meeting the targets fast enough.

Sabrina Carpenter had Abbode, a parlor in Manhattan, customize a shirt for her “Saturday Night Live” appearance. The founder’s phone hasn’t stopped ringing.

A new employer survey shows premiums for a family climbed in 2025 as companies and their workers pay more for coverage.

By studying how worms use electric charge to jump onto flies, scientists are showing even physical strategies are embedded in evolution.

Free software on your phone or tablet lets you scan, create, edit, annotate and even sign digitized documents on the go.

After a quiet summer, the virus is hitting poultry flocks hard in the run-up to the holidays — and in the midst of a federal government shutdown.

Recently, we put together a template to help medical professionals explain a confusing process. Readers gave us very pointed feedback, so we updated it.

There is no F.D.A.-approved testosterone product for women. Insurance won’t cover it. Many doctors won’t prescribe it. It’s become a cultural phenomenon.

As cuts to federal health care take hold, local clinics like Delta Health Center in Mississippi will be stretched more thinly than ever.

The fascination with China’s ability to build things America struggles with, from bridges to advanced tech, risks a dangerous miscalculation about what drives China.

Monthly “repair cafes” aim to bring neighbors together while keeping all manner of items out of the trash.

Cove by cove, scientists, divers and volunteers are hauling up urchins to protect kelp.

About 97 percent of the land in the state is privately owned. Meet the people helping to make it friendlier for native bugs.

Produce and power are both costly in the state. So researchers are testing ways to address both issues using the same land.

Despite its small stature, the city of Keene, has become an example of the safety and climate benefits of swapping traffic lights for roundabouts.

The streaming giant said the higher results came from a mix of subscription growth, advertising and other sales.

The announcement, which will eliminate about 1,200 jobs, came less than a week after the carmaker Stellantis said it would move production of a new vehicle to Illinois from a Toronto suburb.

The new browser, called Atlas, is designed to work closely with OpenAI products like ChatGPT.

A United Airlines flight was diverted last week after its windshield was cracked by an object. Now a weather balloon company think it’s “quite likely” their balloon did it.