Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Peter Welch are calling for a halt to the new version of ByteDance’s artificial intelligence app, Seedance, which generates videos of real people and licensed characters, raising copyright and intellectual property concerns. Seedance 2.0 “is the most glaring example of copyright infringement from a…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, March 16, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Treasury yields edged higher Tuesday as investors weighed escalating tensions in the Middle East and rising oil prices ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy decision. The benchmark 10-year…
Apple CEO Tim Cook opens the door during the first day of in-store sales of Apple’s latest products at Apple’s Fifth Avenue store in New York, Sept. 19, 2025. Kena Betancur | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple has acquired video editing company called MotionVFX, which offers plug-ins, templates and visual effects tools that work with…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the opening bell, March 12, 2026. Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks are set to open broadly flat on Tuesday as global markets remain volatile and oil prices continue to fluctuate. The U.K.’s FTSE 100 index is…
Visitors (L) dressed in kimonos look at photos they took during a visit to Sensoji Temple in the Asakusa district of central Tokyo on September 16, 2025. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images After living in Tokyo for over a year, Karin Nordin noticed something peculiar. The hot spring towns of Kusatsu and…
A view of the Ant Group buildings in Chongqing, China, on March 23, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Shares of Bright Smart Securities surged as much as 82% on Tuesday after an Ant Group unit completed the required steps to acquire the Hong Kong-listed brokerage. The stock later pared gains to trade…
Michele Bullock, governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), speaks during a press conference in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Australia’s central bank on Tuesday raised benchmark policy rates for a second straight time, pushing them to their highest since April 2025 at 4.1%. The 25…
A smoke plume rises from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport in Dubai on March 16, 2026. – | Afp | Getty Images The United Arab Emirates reopened its airspace on Tuesday after a brief shutdown, as Iran continued missile and drone attacks in a conflict with the U.S. and Israel now in its…
Oil prices headed for weekly gains as of Friday, despite the U.S. issuing a 30-day license for countries to buy Russian oil and petroleum products at sea. Bloomberg Creative Photos | Bloomberg Creative Photos | Getty Images Oil prices jumped over 2% on Tuesday as uncertainty lingered over a U.S.-led coalition to protect shipping through…
Australia Matteo Colombo | Digitalvision | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets jumped on Tuesday as investors monitor the latest developments in the Iran war, with U.S. President Donald Trump looking to delay his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping by “a month or so” due to the Middle East conflict. Trump was expected to travel to…
