McKinsey & Company warns companies that AI spending may rise even further as agents become more common. Compared to text-based AI tools, agents can cost much more to run because they are actually completing tasks. Such tasks are often multistep processes, so the same goal can be accomplished in a variety of ways, and costs
In the check-out line of your local grocery store, there’s a nearly one-in-three chance someone there has used an app like Klarna or Affirm to finance their purchase of produce, milk, and eggs at some point. Their use of buy now, pay later could mean your groceries are about to cost more, economists have found.
September 15, 2026 — 10:30am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Opposition home affairs spokesman Jonno Duniam has accused One Nation of failing to explain key details of its proposed migration crackdown after leader Pauline Hanson did not front media to
Cord-cutters escaped the cable bundle only to rebuild it, one streaming subscription at a time. Subscribing to eight major streaming services without ads or bundle discounts now costs $139.41 a month, or $1,672.92 a year, according to a calculation of the platforms’ published U.S. list prices as of Sept. 8, 2026. Choosing each service’s standard,
But while the fallout from the Iran war has exacerbated Trump’s irritation with Europe and accelerated some US military moves away from the region, it has not been to the immediate benefit of the US presence in the Pacific. In fact, Washington has also pulled resources from there. Carrier forces were diverted from the Pacific
Following the Federal Reserve is the closest thing market-watchers have to an ongoing soap opera. The “will they / won’t they” push-and-pull around interest rates can turn on a dime, depending on the day’s news. The central bank’s next move is always under a microscope. But for the entirety of 2026 so far, the Fed
