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Oil prices settle down more than 2% after weak US jobs report
[HOUSTON] Oil prices fell on Friday (Sep 5) as a weak US jobs report dimmed the outlook for energy demand, while swelling supplies may grow further after Opec and...
US: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record high after weak jobs data
Published Fri, Sep 5, 2025 · 09:51 PM[NEW YORK] The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit record highs on Friday (Sep 5) after weaker-than-expected August jobs data bolstered expectations...
Warner Bros. Discovery sues AI firm for Batman, Superman copyright infringement
Warner Bros. Discovery has joined a key copyright infringement case that could test the legal bounds of using artificial intelligence to create digital replicas of well-known characters. The company...
Biotech company Amgen set to build $600-million research center in Thousand Oaks
Biotech company Amgen is investing $600 million into a new research center for its Thousand Oaks campus. The new site will create hundreds of jobs and feature advanced automation...
Job cuts hit hard in California as uncertainty and AI rise
Job cuts so far this year have already surpassed the total for 2024, as government cost-cutting, economic uncertainty and AI have prompted employers to reduce staff. California and the...
Google won’t be forced to sell its Chrome browser, judge rules
A federal judge ruled Tuesday against the U.S. government’s proposal that Google should sell its Chrome web browser to restore competition in online search, saving the tech giant from...
Look out, Hollywood. Video game franchises dominate Gen Alpha’s attention
Want to get Generation Alpha into movie theaters? Look to video games. Kids still like to go to the movies, according to a high-profile new research report. But the...
Google is training its AI tools on YouTube videos. These creators aren’t happy
Santa Ana-based entrepreneur Charlie Chang spent years posting finance videos on YouTube before he made a profit.Today, Chang’s media business oversees more than 50 YouTube channels, along with other...
ChatGPT maker touts how AI benefits Californians amid safety concerns
OpenAI, the maker of popular chatbot ChatGPT, outlined how artificial intelligence is creating jobs and making Californians more productive as the tech company faced heightened safety concerns this week.In...
Goldman’s US$500 million Texas expansion takes shape in Dallas
[DALLAS] Goldman Sachs’ US$500 million bet on Texas is poised to put a stamp on the Dallas skyline. The storied investment bank’s new office complex is ascending out of...
‘Real-life nightmare for kids.’ ‘Roblox’ faces multiple lawsuits over child safety
“Roblox” faced a wave of new lawsuits this week that allege the popular gaming platform hasn’t done enough to safeguard kids from pedophiles and sexual content.One of the latest...
Over 160 Blizzard workers in Irvine join union as gaming-industry labor movement expands
More than 160 workers at video game company Blizzard Entertainment have voted to unionize.The workers, who produce in-house cinematics, animation, trailers, promotional videos and other narrative content, are just...