Viking shares soared Tuesday with “stellar” results from trials of its weight-loss shot, dragging down shares of rivals Eli Lilly (LLY) and Novo (NVO). The study examined weekly and monthly doses of Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) injection, VK2735, for three months as a means of maintaining weight loss with weekly dosing. Patients in the biweekly program … Read more
Central to the dire warnings about the potential danger of artificial intelligence to humanity is the risk that a “swarm” of AI agents could collaborate in nefarious ways, like hordes of digital extras from “The Matrix.” Such fears have intensified following an attack by OpenAI bots this summer on another AI developer, Hugging Face, in … Read more
Tristan Buckmaster is a mathematician at New York University. He poses for a portrait in his Manhattan office on September 11, 2026. Buckmaster and his collaborator Levent Alpöge have been working on the Navier-Stokes equations. They are clashing with OpenAI, which claims to have solved the equations. Karsten Moran/for The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption … Read more
Flights at major US airports delayed after cable cut by construction workers BBCFAA outage: Airport operations resume after flight delays and cancellations at major Northeast travel hubs CNNFAA grounding planes at major airports for hours Fox Business Outage lifted at PHL, but major delays expected to persist after 6abc Philadelphia equipment outageTechnical issues Grounded flights … Read more
Futures options traders work at the NYSE American (AMEX) of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, USA, September 8, 2026. Brendan McDermid | ReutersUSA Stock futures were little changed early Tuesday following a rally fueled by stocks linked to artificial intelligence. S&P 500 futures were flat, while Nasdaq-100 futures fell 0.2%. In … Read more
Hennion & Walsh Asset Management President and CIO Kevin Mahn discusses his Air 7 AI stock picks, including NVIDIA and Alphabet. He also reacts to warnings from Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkaris that inflation remains too high. Apple customers can collect up to $95 from a class-action settlement arising from a lawsuit alleging that … Read more
Flights suspended after mistaken cable cut brings down air traffic control system posted 22:41 BST 21 September 22:41 BST 21 September Freya Scott-Turner Live Reporter Image source, Bloomberg via Getty Images Image caption, file photo of New York City’s LaGuardia Airport It’s been a hectic Monday for several airports in the northeastern US, after a … Read more
A major circuit exploded Monday at the Philadelphia facility that controls air traffic to Newark Liberty International, Teterboro and Philadelphia airports, causing widespread delays and cancellations for thousands of travelers on the East Coast. Dozens of planes were idled for hours on runways across the region as the FAA scrambled to repair the problem plaguing … Read more
Shares of Meta (META) rose more than 10% in intraday trading after Wells Fargo raised its price target for the company and its Meta Muse AI agent app hit the top spot in Apple’s (AAPL) App Store. In a note to investors, Ken Gawrelski raised his price target for the company from $640 to $796. … Read more
Google’s signature AI agent did something it probably shouldn’t have done, and Google chose not to mention it for months. The Wall Street Journal reported that during a test by a company called Irregular in May, Gemini went rogue and hacked into three outside companies without being instructed to do so. According to Google, it … Read more