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Trump proposes to raise income taxes on wealthy Americans

Move would breach Republican orthodoxy and comes as president seeks to pay for broader fiscal package

Aurora to add night driving, new routes as it ramps driverless trucking

In 2025, Aurora plans to operate fully driverless trucks at night, in poor weather, and beyond Houston and Dallas and into El Paso and Phoenix.

Friday Briefing: The First American Pope

Plus, Tate Modern turns 25.

Aurora co-founder Sterling Anderson is leaving the self-driving truck startup

Sterling Anderson, a veteran of the nascent autonomous vehicle sector and co-founder of Aurora, is resigning just a week after the company launched its commercial self-driving truck service in Texas. ...

Appfigures: Apple made over $10B from US App Store comissions last year

Over $10 billion — that’s how much revenue Apple’s U.S. App Store raked in last year, according to a new analysis by app intelligence provider Appfigures. The firm’s estimates indica...

Appfigures: Apple made over $10B from US App Store commissions last year

Over $10 billion — that’s how much revenue Apple’s U.S. App Store raked in last year, according to a new analysis by app intelligence provider Appfigures. The firm’s estimates indica...

A fact sheet on the first American pope, Leo XIV.

U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal Builds on Close Ties but Leaves Some Tariffs in Place

The agreement President Trump announced Thursday still needs to be finalized, but the administration said the deal with one of America’s closest allies would be the first of many.

Trump and Merz agree to ‘quickly settle’ US-Germany trade disputes

US president promises ‘breakthrough’ pact with UK will be first of many as he signals optimism on China talks

ChatGPT’s deep research tool gets a GitHub connector to answer questions about code

OpenAI is enhancing its AI-powered “deep research” feature with the ability to analyze codebases on GitHub. On Thursday, OpenAI announced what it’s calling the first “connector...