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Anthropic is launching a ‘presidential engagement’ effort to advise candidates on AI policy ahead of the 2028 election‘We are so excited to be back’: SpaceX’s recovery ship brought back four astronauts to Earth after an eight-month missionThe 5 Best Adjustable Bed Frames of 2026: Tested by Sleep ExpertsA FEMA administrator created the Waffle House Index after looking for a place to eat during hurricane clean up and only Waffle House was openThe 8 Best Mattresses in a Box of 2026: Reviewed by Sleep ExpertsTrump presents national medal to Microsoft CEO after suspending its H-1B visas and alleging ‘foreign indentured servants’ replaced domestic workersNFL urges Supreme Court to back state gambling rules—breaking with other leagues on prediction marketsTrump admin suspends green cards to Microsoft as Vance accuses the company of replacing laid-off workers with ‘foreign indentured servants’FBI says it seized phishing tools used by Chinese hackers in ‘indiscriminate and reckless’ cyber operation‘We don’t feel good’: PepsiCo plans price hike on Doritos, Ruffles, SunChips and sodas after offsetting costs with $178 million tariff refund‘Secure our security through our own strength’: South Korea tests its first homegrown hypersonic weapon a week after North Korea’s own launchMark Cuban on why AI is the wrong job-killer target: It’s the health care costs, stupidThe Facebook whistleblower behind ‘The Social Reckoning’ says Zuckerberg is ‘playing with fire’ on AIJev, an AI for making quick decisions, has been a viral hit in Silicon Valley. But OpenAI is hot on its heelsLand O’Lakes CEO Beth Ford on the challenges reshaping American agriculture‘Everybody knows you’re out of touch’: Palantir CEO Alex Karp says his own exec told him to stop hyping FoundryCompare current mortgage rates‘Lipstick on a pig’: Trump’s red-dyed diesel plan is more midterms appeal than gas price solution, experts say—and even truckers are calling his bluffThe Best Face Washes for Sensitive Skin in 2026: Tested for a Gentler CleanseMartha Stewart says Kmart once paid her $65 million a year in royalties—enough to bankroll her entire empireFormer Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro faces new U.S. torture charges after 9 months in a New York jail‘Things are better now’: Foreign workers who said they were exploited while building U.S. consulate in Milan settle for record $35 millionAirbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he wishes he were 26 again because the opportunities post-ChatGPT ‘are so much more powerful’Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says if you want to be successful, prepare to suffer: ‘If it’s a walk in the park, anybody could do it’Gen Z is questioning college altogether. Meanwhile, older generations are coming back to finish itUSS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego after 265 straight days at sea, food shortages and reports of deteriorating morale‘A matter of life and death for me’: Millions of Americans who rely on cheap drugs from Canada could see prices soar due to new federal ruleFrance and Germany float ‘trade bazooka’ against China as the EU sends envoy to Beijing64% of Americans say AI is developing too fast—and 8 in 10 want the government to keep it under human controlJim Farley is right about Gen Z and blue-collar work. We see firsthand how the industry is failing themCurrent price of gold as of October 8, 2026Amazon launches premium Alexa tablets to take on Apple and SamsungAWS pricing team turns 18-tab Excel model into an AI chatbot to evaluate customer deals, CFO saysEuropeans are drinking less beer. Heineken’s Europe boss has a plan to avoid a brewing hangover Your next manager may have three employees and 19 agents. Who’s accountable?Sequoia-backed Catalyst raises $30 million to build AI trading agents for everyday investorsIBM cyber response chief: After 26 years in incident response, I’m more concerned about burnout than AITop CD rates from major banks on October 8, 2026: Chase CDs, Bank of America CDs, Citibank CDs, and moreCurrent price of Ethereum for October 8, 2026Current price of Bitcoin for October 8, 2026Current price of oil as of October 8, 2026Current price of silver as of Thursday, October 8, 2026As Trump eyes a new set of major combat operations in Iran, rising oil prices and European bond contagion risk are sparking a global selloff in stocksMicrosoft revamps Windows for agentic AIToday’s top high-yield savings rates: Up to 4.50% on Oct. 8, 2026Top CD rates today, Oct. 8, 2026: Lock in up to up to 5.20%Whole Foods CEO says grocery will turn Amazon from the ‘everything store’ into the ‘everyday store’Want to fix the broken university model in the age of AI? Look to traditionTrump keeps changing who gets his $5,000 dividend, and only 21% of voters believe he’ll actually pay itThe ultrawealthy are buying nearby homes to keep staff close—and Larry Ellison and Mark Zuckerberg are two examplesToday’s home equity loan and HELOC rates, Oct. 8, 2026Mortgage rates today, Oct. 8, 2026: Little movementCurrent refi mortgage rates report for Oct. 8, 2026Current ARM mortgage rates report for Oct. 8, 2026Meta VP: AI in advertising and the rise of single-person billion-dollar companyMove over, DINKs. SPLITs are the new financial power couple: They have two incomes, no kids yet, and no joint bank accountFinancial insiders are buying their own stock at the slowest pace in nearly 23 years—a ‘negative data point’ just as bank earnings kick off‘Where you come from shouldn’t dictate where you finish’: How Standard Chartered is taking on the banking industry’s class problemNvidia’s secret to retaining staff? No org charts, a flat structure, and two extra days off every quarterHow Siemens Healthineers is helping its international staff feel at home How Marriott’s leadership pipeline is helping it navigate Europe’s hospitality talent shortfall Hilton is betting on people in an industry that can’t afford to lose themGen Z is spending more on art than ever before. It’s a key piece of the Great Wealth Transfer, UBS saysWealthy Gen Zers’ quiet love of art collecting, revealed: They’re outspending boomers and millennials—but keeping their collections off InstagramChina’s AI startups can match the U.S.’s models. They can’t yet match the U.S.’s money‘This is not sustainable’: Families with young kids are fleeing NYC’s high cost of living, and the schools are emptying outMicrosoft shows off new Windows software, revamped for agentic AIOpenAI publishes solutions to more than 370 outstanding math challenges. The results divide mathematicians but most agree: Math will never be the sameTrump’s red-dyed diesel order sounds like a tax cut. Economists say it’s a 24-cent IOU that could raise prices for farmersFBI thwarts ‘radicalized young man’ after undercover sting operation where he bought an assault rifle to attack the Mall of AmericaDrugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are linked to a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease, new study saysThe 7 Best Online GLP-1 Programs of 2026: Reviewed by ExpertsTrump’s $2 billion midterms health-care bribe will go to just 20.8 million Americans, less than one-third of Medicare recipientsTrump administration wants schools to pay $70,000 fee for each international student in the OPT work program, as new foreign enrollment falls 17%Does debt relief hurt your credit? Risks and rebuilding explainedFour tribes partner with Kalshi to launch prediction apps–a move that undercuts Native American opposition to the industryTrump says the U.S. is in ‘very deep discussions’ and will with speak ‘very soon’ with Putin over a possible plague case in RussiaThe new K-shaped economy splits the rich from the ultra-rich: The top 0.1% averages more than $200 million—and is pulling away from the rest of the 1%Trump’s tariffs were meant to shrink the trade deficit—but the $106 billion gap just reached its widest since before ‘Liberation Day’Justin Casse passed on the family training business over 4:30 a.m. wake-ups. Now he owns stakes in about 100 racehorses across six countriesBoomers are collecting Social Security. Gen X and millennials doubt it will be there for themFemale Founders Fund is changing its strategy to get a bigger stake in the AI boomI led the Big 10’s $2.4 billion public-capital venture. Here’s what college sports needs nextHow drone warfare is rewriting the economics of infrastructureDropbox’s CTO wants every employee at the cloud-storage company to use AI. He’s letting them find their own ways to use itAI is a power tool. People are essential for using itThe great boomer hoard: Americans 55 and over hold $140 trillion, roughly three-quarters of total net worthIraq devalued its currency as the Iran war squeezes its oil exportsBillionaires have left the U.K. and taken $160 billion to the likes of Monaco, Switzerland, and the UAE—that’s more than those who stayed are worthIMF chief slams’ cowardice to make ‘tough political choices’ on AI, national debt: ‘you have the tools, now have the wisdom’Republicans fear 2:1 cash advantage will lose to toxic Trump unpopularity: ‘A million dollars of advertising in October is a drop in the bucket’Job-hopping got workers an 18% raise in 2022. Now it’s 8%—and Gen Z is hurt the mostLinda Yaccarino spent 2 years as Elon Musk’s X CEO. She says his ‘insatiable sense of urgency’ is the secret to his trillionaire successWhy the AI age calls for ‘founder mode’Meet the two cofounders who went on a 10-month trip before starting their $350 million business. They say you should, tooHow much you need to retire in every state after Social Security—from $644,000 in North Dakota to $1 million in New JerseyBaby boomers are skipping Florida for the Carolinas in retirement—and cheaper homes are only part of the reasonCurrent price of gold as of October 7, 2026Exclusive: Portal Ventures–backed Vest raises $13 million to build a proprietary trading firm that shares traders’ profitsMeet 10 finance leaders on Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Asia listBridge loans explained: Costs, risks, and when to use oneCurrent price of Ethereum for October 7, 2026Top CD rates from major banks on October 7, 2026: Chase CDs, Bank of America CDs, Citibank CDs, and moreCurrent price of Bitcoin for October 7, 2026Current price of oil as of October 7, 2026Current price of silver as of Wednesday, October 7, 2026Why Oura delayed its IPOWhat militaries could do with AI ‘keeps me up at night,’ OpenAI exec saysAI is heading toward a cash-flow negative inflection point, and spending will slow in 2027, Wall Street thinksThe top high-yield savings rates on October 7, 2026: Up to 4.50% on Oct. 7, 2026Top CD rates on Oct. 7, 2026: Lock in up to up to 5.20%‘The secret world of secondaries’: How a niche area of finance is emerging as a new liquidity engine in the GulfSaudi’s economic transformation collides with war and falling FDI Bayer’s CEO cut manager ranks by 70%. Now comes the hard partA $13 billion property mogul is the latest to flee Britain’s new taxes for Monaco, a warning sign as California votes on a billionaire taxMortgage rates on Oct. 7, 2026: Rates remain elevatedCurrent refi mortgage rates report for Oct. 7, 2026Current ARM mortgage rates report for Oct. 7, 2026Home equity loan and HELOC rates, Oct. 7, 2026Will AI kill the Asian entertainment industry, or reinvent it?Citi shortens its analyst program to two years as Wall Street fights private equity for young talentExclusive: Meet the 38-year-old founder who left Wall Street for love and created an AI insurance unicorn a decade later$3 menu items, a $4 breakfast, and fewer visits: McDonald’s barrage of deals isn’t winning over enough customersFormer CIA official with Top Secret clearance admits to $194 million fraud, including 298 gold bars and four luxury South Florida propertiesHe manages one of the most successful soccer clubs in the world and is the elite leader every CEO wants to talk to. So why has Mikel Arteta decided to go public on having his own DNA mapped? OpenAI’s human rights lead: What the military could do with AI ‘keeps me up at night’How does debt relief work? Costs, risks, and what to expectInside Christina Zhu’s strategy for Walmart’s $24.6 billion China businessResearchers tracked $80 million in political ads using AI—and Republicans were behind 83% of themFinding value from AI in big companies comes down to people, not technologyPatagonia’s CEO is worried about political apathy—so the company offered 112,000 people $100 to help 3 friends plan to vote‘AI Snake Oil’ author sees chatbots evolving into a ‘truth oracle’—and journalism heading somewhere it hasn’t been in 200 yearsTaiwan opens Phoenix office as $265 billion chip investment in Arizona grows, over China’s objectionsZambia to sign revised U.S. health deal without patient data and specimen-sharing clauses‘It’s been a very strange year on LIV’: LIV Golf to get $300 million investment to help the circuit emerge from bankruptcyGen Z’s new American Dream: Skip the mortgage, book the flightAfter housing protests turned violent, Spain will tax seasonal rentals to build a 10 billion euro fund into first-home loansElon Musk is a trillionaire again—and he’d still be the richest person on the planet even if he gave everyone $90As AI reshapes the consumer journey, L’Oréal is rethinking its marketing engineTrillions of ‘ghost particles’ pass through your body every second. The scientist who hunts them just won the Nobel PrizeRetired Warren Buffett now spends his evenings glued to YouTube—watching Glenn Close clips, 1950s commercials, and Uzbekistani talent showsHow to choose a mortgage lender in 2026Brands are fleeing TV for social. The agency that landed more than 50B views for brands like Perplexity and Universal Music sold for at least $100MCurrent price of gold as of October 6, 2026A $443 million memecoin frenzy dissolves into nothing—Robinhood and Circle are latest to taste the memecoin boom-and-bust cycleChevron CFO Eimear Bonner built a 20-plus-year career at the company. Now she’ll run its core businessThe 1,000-hour test: a better way to decide what’s actually worth your money Top CD rates from major banks on October 6, 2026: Chase CDs, Bank of America CDs, Citibank CDs, and moreCurrent price of Ethereum for October 6, 2026Current price of Bitcoin for October 6, 2026Current price of oil as of October 6, 2026Current price of silver as of Tuesday, October 6, 2026Why Sam Altman takes his hardest questions to Nikesh AroraI’ve spent a decade teaching AI to write. Here’s why your slop posts are ruining your LinkedInThe U.S. has a new horse in the race to build the best open-source AI model‘We take the unpopular stance that a bond-market crisis would be a good thing’: Wall Street is losing its patience with government debtTop high-yield savings rates: Up to 4.50% on Oct. 6, 2026Top CD rates on Oct. 6, 2026: Lock in up to up to 5.10%I wrote The Future of Truth and then found to my alarm it contained AI-hallucinated quotes. I’ve chosen to fight backThe Supreme Court takes up climate costs. CEOs should worry about the cost of doing nothingThe Future 120—How vital firms stay forever youngWomen top lawyers now out-earn men by 16% at America’s biggest companies—even as their share of the job slipsWealthy boomers doubt their heirs will keep giving as $124 trillion changes hands, BofA finds. The data shows a different realityHome equity loan and HELOC rates, Oct. 6, 2026Mortgage rates on Oct. 6, 2026: Rates spike upwardCurrent refi mortgage rates report for Oct. 6, 2026Current ARM mortgage rates report for Oct. 6, 2026Inside Europe’s biggest companies—and the forces reshaping themRedfin signals a shift in power to buyers as a record share of sellers cut prices for this time of year—but 7% mortgage rates are a problemWhy Oura really pulled its IPO: Wall Street experts suspect valuation concerns, an insider cash-out, and an Apple-size threatOKX debuts a platform that turns 50 currencies into digital dollars, betting emerging-market investors want stablecoinsExclusive: OpenAI is piloting a ‘mission interview’ for job candidatesNvidia backs startup Reactor as buzz grows for world models Texas businessman gets 13 years in federal prison as feds seize his Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Firebird, and dozens more cars to pay back fraud victimsHow Christina Zhu turned Sam’s Club into Walmart’s unlikely growth engine in ChinaBeyond the boardroom: Asia’s 10 influential women to watch in 2026Should we phase out Social Security? 2 economists debated it for an hour in front of me—then agreed the wealthy have to pay upIt’s ‘more likely than not’ humanity loses control: Former AI insiders testify safety fixes may be ‘duct tape that will fall off later’Sam Altman says the world should accept some ‘bad things’ happening with AI as the industry signs on to Trump’s voluntary safety pactMAGAnomics is starting to look uncomfortably like BidenomicsNvidia-backed Reflection AI unveils its first open model, Beam. Could it be America’s best chance to compete with China?Taxpayers are still paying $1.6 million a week to keep 420 radio staffers out of workAmazon’s answer to data center backlash: $1 billion for community college and home energy upgradesNYSE owner and crypto exchange OKX seek SEC clearance for tokenized U.S. stock tradingRuth Porat, Jane Fraser, and Hailey Bieber will join the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit. Here’s what else to expectU.S. shale executives have no idea when the oil market will go off a cliffHow Hyperliquid defied crypto’s DAT death spiral—and built a booming digital asset treasuryDespite being decades away from retirement, Gen Z is the most worried that AI will derail their financial future—51% fear it will cut their nest eggDespite fears AI will kill jobs, 72% of bosses say they’ll actually pay more for AI skills—with some roles offering a $100,000 premiumBest Teeth Whitening Strips (2026): Brighten Your Smile‘I was just kind of on my own’: Soldiers wounded in Iranian drone strike say the Army ‘took too long’ to treat their injuries‘There are no children’: A Greek island has just 2 students left—and its last school is about to closeNorway floats temporary but total ban on AI glasses as it investigates ‘socially beneficial uses’Hungary hauls ex-foreign minister in to explain how he got a top job at BYD months after arranging government contracts‘Did they achieve their goal? Partially’: Putin admits weakness as Ukraine claims 51% hit to Russia’s oil refining capacitySpain’s lefty government evicted an 87-year-old woman from her home of 70 years and thousands of protesters took the streetsCurrent price of gold as of October 5, 2026Trump won Nebraska by 20 points. Now he’s trying to rescue a GOP Senate seat after angering ranchers with his plan to import more beefNVIDIA Head of Sustainability: how to accelerate America’s nuclear energy renaissance The AI industry ‘hates crypto people’—but they may need them all the sameBooking Holdings spends nearly $9 billion a year to reach travelers. Its CFO explains how AI is changing trip planningCEOs are threatening to take their jobs and their billions elsewhere. That leverage has limitsThe job market is brutal. But nearly 1 in 3 workers still want to quitPeople are winning millions on prediction markets. Is it ethical?Current price of silver as of Monday, October 5, 2026Current price of oil as of October 5, 2026Current price of Bitcoin for October 5, 2026Top CD rates from major banks on October 5, 2026: Chase CDs, Bank of America CDs, Citibank CDs, and moreCurrent price of Ethereum for October 5, 2026OpenAI’s safety firings raise awkward questionsKevin Warsh’s Fed has a rent problem: Higher rates could fuel a ‘doom loop’ in housing, top economist warnsA billion-dollar Meta project that isn’t a data centerWhile OpenAI and Anthropic battle over data privacy, more companies look to open models and ‘sovereign AI’OpenAI’s Altman: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology’ The top high-yield savings rates on October 5, 2026: Up to 4.50% on Oct. 5, 2026Top CD rates on Oct. 5, 2026: Lock in up to up to 5.10%Elizabeth Holmes puts on a new act in Nathan Fielder’s documentary. It’s a distraction from the real storyWharton researchers studied 760 employees—and found an inconvenient truth about remote workAdam Neumann says a half-hour car ride with Masayoshi Son is when his ego took over—and WeWork’s $47 billion collapse beganWhy ‘China plus one’ is paying off less than Southeast Asia hopedHome equity loan and HELOC rates, Oct. 5, 2026Mortgage rates on Oct. 5, 2026Current refi mortgage rates report for Oct. 5, 2026Current ARM mortgage rates report for Oct. 5, 2026Can Europe’s industrial legacy give it an AI advantage?Can superintelligence ever be controlled? Sam Altman on AI safety, doomsday scenarios, and OpenAI’s delayed IPOMore than half of Gen Z investors have funneled cash into sports betting—but they’re not coming close to breaking even
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