The share sale marks a rapid jump in valuation from earlier this year and speaks to the frenzy around artificial intelligence.https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-valuation-hits-500-billion-while-altman-signs-more-deals-in-asia-59b47a0d?mod=rss_Technology
For Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson, a decadelong friendship and a recent introduction to Jared Kushner were keyhttps://www.wsj.com/tech/ea-electronic-arts-lbo-andrew-wilson-f576706d?mod=rss_Technology
Raj Jegannathan has steadily amassed a broad mandate as restructuring and high-profile departures have thinned CEO Elon Musk’s executive bench at the automaker.https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/the-it-executive-tasked-with-revamping-how-tesla-sells-cars-842af39c?mod=rss_Technology
Americans who want to compete have to spend more time with regulatory lawyers than engineers.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/china-is-winning-the-race-for-intelligent-robots-7b2416fe?mod=rss_Technology
A notice calls the people the U.S. military recently killed on suspicion of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea “unlawful combatants.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/trump-drug-cartels-war.html
The decision foreclosed one of the options that lawyers for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia had tried in an effort to keep him in the country.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/abrego-garcia-asylum.html
Ian Roberts, who resigned from the post after his arrest last week, was charged with possessing firearms while in the country without legal authorization.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/des-moines-superintendent-ice-gun-charge.html
A new Times/Siena survey shows a significant shift among voters, as their concerns about the health of the political system overtake other issues.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/times-siena-poll-political-polarization.html
The cuts largely affect Democratic-led states as the two parties fight over the shutdown of the federal government.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/climate/doe-clean-energy-programs-shutdown.html
Republicans are proposing a straight extension of government spending, while Democrats are demanding the addition of over $1 trillion for health programs.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/government-shutdown-spending-bill-impasse.html
A quiet retreat by Democrats from the pre-eminent pro-Israel lobbying group is the latest evidence of a realignment underway in Congress on Israel.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/democrats-aipac.html
Nearly two years into the conflict, social media is increasingly capturing the day-to-day toll in Gaza, as U.S. public opinion on the war shifts.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/business/israel-gaza-war-social-media.html
The Israeli government said it had detained activists who were trying to take humanitarian aid to the blockaded enclave.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/world/middleeast/gaza-flotilla-aid-global-sumud-israel.html
Italian lawmakers say they will recognize a Palestinian state if Hamas releases Israeli hostages and is kept out of any eventual government.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/world/europe/italy-palestinian-state-gaza-plan.html
Two people were killed and at least four others were in serious condition after the vehicle ramming and stabbing attack on Yom Kippur. Police said the suspect was dead.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/world/europe/uk-manchester-synagogue-attack.html
The group was passionately vegan, mostly transgender and highly educated. Seven of them are now in jail. This is the story of one who did not survive.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/zizians-group-disappearance.html
A new feature for iPhones screens calls, similar to a technology available for Android users. Here’s how to activate it.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/technology/personaltech/iphone-robocalls-screener-android.html
American comics used Saudi Arabia’s first global comedy festival to skewer a debate raging at home. Critics said the event was part of Saudi efforts to draw attention away from a political crackdown.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/world/middleeast/saudi-comedy-festival-riyadh-free-speech.html
Sora, OpenAI’s new video-generating app, is really a social network in disguise that can bring creative A.I. to the masses — and its problems, too.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/technology/openai-sora-video-app.html
With the agreement, OpenAI becomes the world’s most valuable privately held company, surpassing the rocket maker SpaceX.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/technology/openai-deal-500-billion.html