Stock market today: Live updates

Stock market today: Live updates

Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, USA, August 24, 2026.Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stocks rose on Friday, with investors looking to rebound from four straight days of declines, as oil prices retreated. Traders also overlooked rising expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike following the latest U.S. inflation … Read more

What Upgrading to iPhone 18 Pro From iPhone 17 Pro Gets You

What Upgrading to iPhone 18 Pro From iPhone 17 Pro Gets You

Apple’s new iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are largely based on last year’s models with a series of specific updates rather than a major redesign. The most notable changes concern better performance, camera capabilities, battery life, and wired charging speeds. Several key specifications remain unchanged from the iPhone 17 Pro models. The … Read more

F1 Spanish GP: Mercedes tops FP1 with Russell fastest at Madring

F1 Spanish GP: Mercedes tops FP1 with Russell fastest at Madring

Mercedes’ George Russell was fastest in the first Formula 1 session at the new Madring circuit, the first practice for the Spanish Grand Prix. Twenty of the 22 cars took to the new track in the first 100 seconds of the session, with Nico Hulkenberg and Franco Colapinto appearing some time later. The first fastest … Read more

Modern humans interbred with Neanderthals before they disappeared, and most people of non-African ancestry still carry roughly 1 to 4 percent Neanderthal DNA today — meaning part of the human population we once thought we simply replaced never actually vanished

Modern humans interbred with Neanderthals before they disappeared, and most people of non-African ancestry still carry roughly 1 to 4 percent Neanderthal DNA today — meaning part of the human population we once thought we simply replaced never actually vanished

A man who died in a Romanian cave about 40,000 years ago carried more Neanderthal DNA than any other human being ever sequenced, ancient or modern. Its jaw appeared in Peștera cu Oase, and when geneticists analyzed it, the result was surprising: between six and nine percent of its genome came from Neanderthals. Because those … Read more

Warnings could discourage kids’ use of social media

Warnings could discourage kids’ use of social media

Just when parents thought nothing could convince young people to reduce their social media use, here’s an idea that could work. Teenagers and young adults who saw warnings that social media could harm their health said they were discouraged from using social media and more informed of the potential consequences, according to a study published … Read more

Where the case against the alleged 9/11 plotters stands 25 years after the attack

Where the case against the alleged 9/11 plotters stands 25 years after the attack

Twenty-five years after the September 11, 2001 attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people, the alleged plotters have yet to face trial. After rejecting prosecutors’ request to begin the trial in January 2027, a military judge at Guantanamo Bay ordered jury selection for the trial of four alleged 9/11 conspirators, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused … Read more