Saudi Arabia pumped 10.563 million barrels a day in October, OPEC said, as the U.S. average gas price fell to $3.94, its first time under $4 in months.
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has passed 11,000 cases and 5,387 deaths, its health ministry said Nov. 11, as Kenya began a 42-day countdown to Ebola-free status.
Spain held its first general strike in 14 years on Nov. 11 over housing costs. Masked groups clashed with police in Barcelona as 120,000 marched in Madrid.
Cost of living by country for mid-2026: the most expensive and cheapest nations, the biggest changes over the year and official inflation, with charts.
Russia hit six major power substations overnight, Kyiv said, a second night of strikes that left outages in eight regions and darkened city streetlights.
Russia and Ukraine agreed to a large prisoner exchange as Abu Dhabi talks ended Wednesday with no breakthrough. Envoys go to Moscow and Dublin Thursday.
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Samsung's Q3 2026 operating profit hit a record 107.4 trillion won, nearly nine times a year earlier, as HBM4 sales tripled and 2027 AI memory supply sold out.
GM will pay $220 million to 36 states, including $5.7 million to Massachusetts, over claims it sold OnStar Smart Driver data to brokers that passed it to insurers.
MIT researchers implanted sesame-seed-size magnets in the muscles of three amputees and tracked muscle movement precisely enough to steer a virtual prosthetic ankle.
The DoorDash Instacart acquisition values Instacart at $65 a share, about $17 billion, with closing expected by mid-2028. Terms, timeline and antitrust questions.
Burlington's Butterfly Network posted Q3 2026 revenue of $32.6 million, up 52%, a record 73% gross margin and a higher 2026 outlook. The numbers explained.
Business report October 29, 2026: GDP grows 3.4%, PCE inflation hits 3.6%, Alphabet has its worst day ever, Lilly lifts health care, and Amazon and Intel slide.
Gemini 4 Carbon is Google's new frontier AI model, built for cybersecurity and long coding tasks. Its benchmarks, safety claims, price and who gets it first.
SK hynix earnings hit a record: 104.6 trillion won in Q3 revenue and an 80% operating margin on AI memory demand. Charts, buybacks and Seoul market reaction.
Alphabet stock fell about 12% after Q3 results showed negative $9.1 billion free cash flow and a search miss. The data, and how Microsoft's quarter compared.
Amazon's Echo Show 16 costs $499.99 and leads a new lineup with the Echo Time clock, an Echo Studio with a camera, a new Echo Dot and an Alexa Photo Frame.
OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra can click and type across apps, costs half as much as GPT-5.6 Terra and carries a Critical cyber rating. Prices, benchmarks and caveats.
The Anthropic IPO filing shows $16.3 billion in first-half revenue, an $80.7 billion paper loss and founder control. What the S-1 reveals about Claude's maker.
Re:Build Manufacturing funding: the Framingham firm raised $2.1B led by General Catalyst and JPMorganChase to grow factories, buy firms, launch startups.
Business report October 27, 2026: chip stocks lift the S&P 500 on a $63B Anthropic deal, Boeing sinks 10%, JetBlue jumps 19% and the Fed meeting begins.
On The Verge's Decoder podcast, Bill Gates said AI will wipe out many white-collar jobs and robots will follow, with 20 years of disruption before abundance.
NASA says Artemis III will test Blue Origin and SpaceX landers in Earth orbit in 2027, ahead of a 2028 crewed Moon landing and a three-phase Moon Base plan.
Apple confirmed an Oct. 28 'Pro and Tell' event in Los Angeles, where its first touchscreen MacBook Pro with an OLED display and Dynamic Island is expected.
HubSpot is cutting nearly 660 jobs, about 7% of staff, with $65M to $75M in charges, its SEC filing shows. What it means for Cambridge and Boston tech.
Google phone number verification on Android attaches your SIM number to every signed-in Google account by default. Here is why, and how to turn it off.
Claude Duet, Anthropic's new proactive AI agent, sends daily briefs and works in the background for U.S. Pro and Max users, asking before it acts on their behalf.
A Northeastern University study found Samsung and Vizio TVs kept sending traffic consistent with smart TV ACR tracking after owners turned the feature off.
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