timef 04/21/2026

“A.I. gives us places to go we haven’t gone,” said one bank’s chief executive.

The energy industry is planning for a future where the choke point on Iran’s southern coast is a lot less important.

As he rejected the idea of a merger of United Airlines and American Airlines, President Trump said someone, including possibly the federal government, should buy or help Spirit.

Andon Market in San Francisco is billed as the first retail boutique run by an artificial intelligence agent. So far, the inventory seems random, and there are too many candles.

People have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers estimate that less than half have found full-time work.

The frequency of fireballs in our planet’s skies seemed to grow in recent months. NASA and other meteor experts can’t agree on what explains it.

Tim Cook’s replacement as chief executive, John Ternus, knows hardware engineering. Can he be a product visionary and a global diplomat?

One of the nation’s largest insurers, the company’s profits were higher than analysts’ expectations but still fell short of showing a significant comeback.

If the Steve Jobs era was defined by technological innovation, the Tim Cook period was one of exceptional financial growth.

John Ternus, an Apple veteran who runs hardware engineering, will take over an extraordinarily profitable company in need of new ideas.

Kevin M. Warsh has enough support to become the next chair of the Federal Reserve, but a criminal investigation into the central bank stands in his way.

AT&T and Verizon were penalized millions of dollars for what the agency said was a failure to protect consumer information. The companies say they were deprived of their right to a jury trial.

Freed from ethical constraints and hardened by years of war, a country long seen as a bureaucratic giant has become an entrepreneurial one.

Airline passengers are feeling the pain in rising fees, as the war in Iran weighs on the price of jet fuel. Loyalty programs and certain credit cards can help ease the burden.

Behind the scenes, competing forces battle for the reputation of prestige meat.

Most prisons forbid online access. But inmates are finding ways to ask chatbots questions anyway.

Oil prices pulled back and stocks inched higher as investors looked to the possibility of a second round of peace talks between the United States and Iran.

Scientists are debating the classification of threatened mollusks that an Indigenous community relies on for their way of life.

The space agency is counting on Jeff Bezos’ company to deliver equipment essential to the next moon landing, only two years away.

Anthropic also committed to spending $100 billion on Amazon technologies that can help build and deploy A.I. systems.

Apple’s corner office has been a seat from which executives like Steve Jobs changed how we interact with technology.

The longtime leader of the iPhone maker will be replaced by John Ternus, the company’s head of hardware engineering.

The ride-hailing giant has now lost the first two of more than 3,000 pending federal lawsuits.

The longtime chief executive of the iPhone maker will be replaced by John Ternus, the company’s head of hardware engineering.

The Earth slips behind the moon in an iPhone video taken by Reid Wiseman during NASA’s Artemis II mission, a sequel to the iconic Earthrise photo taken by Apollo 8.

Prosecutors investigating his social media company, X, had summoned him for a meeting. His no-show reflected a broader dispute over regulation.

Kevin M. Warsh is set to testify at the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday even as a criminal investigation into the central bank risks delaying his ascension to become the next chair.

The state claimed the e-commerce giant pressured brands like Levi’s and Hanes to ask competing retailers to raise prices on certain products.

The government debuted a system to repay importers two months after the Supreme Court struck down tariffs at the heart of the president’s trade policy.

A new deal, which would allow The Onion to use the Infowars name and website address, must be approved by a Texas judge.

An English zoologist, he wrote an immensely popular 1967 book arguing that ancient genes, shared with apes, shape our lives. Objections in the scientific world ensued.

A high-energy laser weapon and a power struggle between federal agencies brought a night of hassles to the city.

As Democrats try to find a way back to power in Washington, some see tax cuts as a quick and easy way to address affordability. The wonks are freaking out.