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China's AI Startups Are Gaining on U.S. Rivals

Chinese startups show signs of catching up with America’s leading artificial-intelligence models more quickly than many in the industry had expected, despite the restrictions China faces in buying advanced chips.

Bonding With Food and His Mom

The host of 'Kitchen Nightmares' and 'Next Level Chef' on his alcoholic father, peeling veggies with his mother and chasing his dreams in London

Taxi Drivers Offer a Clue On Alzheimer's Risk

HERE'S ONE STRATEGY that might preserve your brain: Ditch Google Maps and rely on your own sense of direction.

This 'Pig Butchering' Tale Stars a Mayor

Alice Guo was linked to a crime den in the Philippine town where she served

A Ballet's Greatest Gift: Job Security

\"The Nutcracker' is a gig dancers can't quit

Banks Sue Fed Over Stress Testing

Suit complains of transparency; lack of Fed says it plans overhaul of process

Steel Deal Sent to Biden

Nippon Steel's plan to acquire U.S. Steel has been referred to President Biden after a government panel reviewing the plan failed to reach a consensus.

Jump Trading Unit Fined In Crypto Inquiry

Jump Trading Group was a big winner during the last crypto bull market. Now, a unit of the high-speed trading giant has agreed to pay $123 million to settle an investigation stemming from its dealings with disgraced crypto tycoon Do Kwon.

Aflac Keeps Eye on Japan Market As Others Turn Overseas for Growth

TOKYO-U.S. insurance giant Aflac is seeking to win over more younger customers to bolster its business in Japan, betting that the country will remain its largest market in the near future despite an aging population and the challenge of rising interest rates.

Swisscom Purchase In Italy Is Cleared

Swisscom said both Italy's competition watchdog and the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy cleared its acquisition of Vodafone Italia.

A New Year's Resolution for the Fed

It should embrace clear monetary-policy rules and explain its reasoning for departing from them.

Airliner Crashes, 38 Dead: Shootdown by Russia Eyed

Plane falls from the sky in Kazakhstan; experts see signs of antiaircraft strike

Panama Steps Up Plans to Halt Migrants

U.S. 'border is actually here,' says President Mulino of the Darién Gap

American Airlines Flights Resume After Tech Glitch

American Airlines saw flight delays but avoided a deeper Christmas Eve meltdown after a vendor technology issue briefly halted its operations Tuesday morning.

Missing Customer Funds Sting Fintech Bank

Scot Lenoir turned a sleepy farming bank in Arkansas into one of Silicon Valley's top financial partners. Now it is in crisis mode and some clients have started pulling funds after a business partner failed and thousands of customers couldn't access their money.

Yorkshire Homecoming

All Creatures Great and Small’s enlisted men adjust to life back in Darrowby

ORDER IN THE COURT!

The Big Bang Theory's Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch reunite in the sitcom revival

FAMILY TIES

An unexpected reunion revs up ABC's new sitcom Shifting Gears

SHARK-CUB

Functional Comparisons of Two Demko Designs

TCB RANCH X DWEEZY MEET 128

The First of Many to Come

CAMP TOYOTA

Testing Toyota's Off-Road Offerings in the West Virginia Mountains

TREAD EDITION 2024 TACOMA HRPATE

ADream Takes Shape

THE WEEKEND ADVENTURIST

Ryno Built's 2024 Subaru Outback

LUCKY7

Darren Parsons' Far-Out Ford F-100 Prerunner

TRANSFER CASE SWAP

A four-wheel drive that is not a genuine four-wheel drive? Many would say it is common without lockers or fancy computer software to aid traction control-and they would be right.

Matt Roush's TOP 10 of 2024

In a year filled with biting vampire shows and the Summer Olympics, see which programs dominated our senior critic's watch list.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

Corporate intrigue will be the focus on The Bold and the Beautiful at the start of 2025, as the ripple effects of Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor) and Hope Logan's (Annika Noelle) underhanded takeover of Forrester Creations are felt.

The Couple Next Door

Your day-by-day guide to the week's best television

FRIGHT NIGHTS

Its \"The One With Plants Gone Wild!\" Friends star David Schwimmer take on his first horror role in Goosebumps: The Vanishing

They Were Nearly Done With Their Student Loans, but Then Came Trump

STACY ECK HAD JULY 15 of this year marked on her calendar. It was the day she would have made enough student-loan payments to get $100,000 of remaining payments wiped out.