U.S. to send 2,500 Marines and an amphibious assault ship to Mideast, pulling them from waters near Taiwan
There were no reports of casualties. But the decision to proceed with the mass demonstration attended by some senior government officials, and Israel’s threat to target the area, underscored the…
Palantir CEO Alex Karp says there was ‘never a sense’ AI products would be used for domestic surveillance in Anthropic-DoD feud
Palantir, the Miami-based data analytics and artificial intelligence platform, is a key software provider for the Department of Defense—and the main channel by which the Department has been using Anthropic’s…
Ex-presidential candidate Andrew Yang says it’s time to ‘stop taxing labor’ and make AI foot the bill instead
“We’re going to be in a position where we want to shore up labor in every quarter, in every organization and environment,” he said. “We should actually try to stop…
U.S. officials have discussed trading oil futures, Burgum says
The Trump administration has discussed trading in the oil futures market as a strategy to help curb surging crude prices amid the war in Iran, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said.Burgum,…
U.S. hits military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island as war escalates
President Donald Trump said the US had bombed military targets on a critical Iranian outpost in the Persian Gulf and threatened additional strikes targeting oil infrastructure if Tehran continued to…
Meet Chresten Wilson, the airline captain set to become United’s most senior female pilot ever—the job pays $400K and doesn’t require a college degree
“I’ve done something that no woman has accomplished,” the 64-year-old told Fortune, after just returning from a trip to Australia. “It just goes to show that it can be done…
Current price of oil as of March 13, 2026
At 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil was priced at $99.84 per barrel with Brent serving as the benchmark (we’ll explain different benchmarks later in this article). That’s a rise…
Exclusive: AI startup Axiamatic raises $54 million to help companies push their digital transformations forward
Enterprise transformations are one of the biggest line items in corporate budgets—and one of the easiest ways to light money on fire.Axiamatic, Gupta’s new startup with co-founder Kaushik Narayan, is…
Current price of oil as of March 11, 2026
At 9:15 a.m. Eastern Time on March 11, 2026, the price of oil sits at $90.96 per barrel, using global benchmark Brent (we’ll explain what that means shortly). That’s a…
Current price of oil as of March 12, 2026
At 9 a.m. Eastern Time on March 12, 2026, oil reached $98.76 per barrel, measured using the Brent benchmark. That’s $7.80 more than it cost yesterday morning around the same…
