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By ISABELLA O’MALLEY and KIKI SIDERIS Instead of hiring a florist for her October wedding, Emily Day decided to grow her own flowers in her front yard in Calgary, Canada — a creative challenge that turned into a lesson on …

By MICHAEL R. SISAK JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey’s bid for a political comeback comes down to a one-on-one runoff Tuesday against an opponent who has denounced him and his scandal-stained exit from the …

By PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The world economy has proven surprisingly durable in the face of President Donald Trump’s trade wars, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Tuesday, upgrading its outlook for global and …

Content oversight provided by Studio 1847 Neel Somani, a researcher and technologist who graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, approaches biohacking through the same analytical lens that drives his work in blockchain and computational systems. Biohacking is the integration …

(Bloomberg/Spencer Soper) — Black Friday has supplanted Cyber Monday in online spending growth for the second year in a row, according to Adobe Inc., with deal-hunting consumers getting an early start on their holiday shopping. US shoppers spent $14.25 billion …

(Bloomberg/Matt Day) — Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud unit raced to get the latest version of its artificial intelligence chip to market, renewing efforts to sell hardware capable of rivaling products from Nvidia Corp. and Google. The accelerator, called Trainium3, was recently …

(Bloomberg/Lynn Doan) — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman is redirecting internal resources to speed up improvements to ChatGPT, declaring a “code red” situation that will delay work on other initiatives, the Information reported. Altman on Monday called for a …

(Bloomberg/Anna Irrera and Sidhartha Shukla) — Bitcoin climbed back above $90,000 on Tuesday, recovering from a bruising selloff that caught Wall Street off guard and erased nearly $1 billion in fresh leveraged bets. The rebound offered a brief respite in …

(Bloomberg/Spencer Soper) — Black Friday has supplanted Cyber Monday in online spending growth for the second year in a row, according to Adobe Inc., with deal-hunting consumers getting an early start on their holiday shopping. US shoppers spent $14.25 billion …

(Bloomberg/Matt Day) — Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud unit raced to get the latest version of its artificial intelligence chip to market, renewing efforts to sell hardware capable of rivaling products from Nvidia Corp. and Google. The accelerator, called Trainium3, was recently …

(Bloomberg/Lynn Doan) — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman is redirecting internal resources to speed up improvements to ChatGPT, declaring a “code red” situation that will delay work on other initiatives, the Information reported. Altman on Monday called for a …

(Bloomberg/Anna Irrera and Sidhartha Shukla) — Bitcoin climbed back above $90,000 on Tuesday, recovering from a bruising selloff that caught Wall Street off guard and erased nearly $1 billion in fresh leveraged bets. The rebound offered a brief respite in …

By Zoe Tillman and Jaewon Kang, Bloomberg News Costco Wholesale Corp. joined a fast-growing list of businesses suing the Trump administration to ensure eligibility for refunds if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the president’s signature global tariffs policy. Related …

LOS ANGELES — When Donovan Dent transferred to UCLA for his senior season, a reason behind the move, he said, was that if he endured a slump, he could go home to correct course. It took just seven games into …

Let’s face it, we’re all a little messy. Well, most of us. I know, because I’ve been in your houses for the last four decades as a hard news reporter. That’s why it’s good to have company coming, because it …

By ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Behind the hoopla over the promise of artificial intelligence lay difficult realities, including how such technology might affect people already disadvantaged in a data-driven world. Related Articles Costco sues Trump administration …

With increasingly more coastal communities comes an increased number of people exposed to the risk of tsunamis. Between 1998-2017, tsunamis caused more than 250,000 deaths globally, so it’s vital that disaster risk innovations are creating smart solutions to prepare for …

(Bloomberg/Michelle F. Davis, Lucas Shaw and Josh Sisco) — Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. fielded a second round of bids, including a mostly cash offer from Netflix Inc., in an auction that could wrap up in the coming days or weeks, …

SANTA CLARA – General manager John Lynch is not dismissing a Brandon Aiyuk comeback to the 49ers this wildly unpredictable season, as unrealistic as Aiyuk’s return may be amid his knee recovery and contract chaos. The 49ers are 9-4 entering …

(Bloomberg/Michelle F. Davis, Lucas Shaw and Josh Sisco) — Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. fielded a second round of bids, including a mostly cash offer from Netflix Inc., in an auction that could wrap up in the coming days or weeks, …