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Don’t get frustrated watching viral videos about punching. A Japanese zoo housing a beloved macaque monkey that was abandoned by its mother shortly after birth in July has addressed public concerns that the monkey was being “bullied” by fellow primates. On March 10, the Ichikawa City Zoo reported on X (formerly Twitter), “We have received many concerns from both inside and outside Japan.At this time, there is no evidence that Punch has been attacked in a way that would threaten his survival.” Instead, the park declared that groups of Japanese macaques “follow a strict hierarchical society,” where “dominant individuals exhibit…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. new york stock exchangedow futures Oil prices fell late Wednesday as they continued to rise in extended trading.Futures, which track the Dow Jones Industrial Average, fell 461 points, or nearly 1%. S&P500 futures Although it decreased by approximately 0.9%, Nasdaq 100 futures It also fell by 0.9%. Late Wednesday, Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced that the United States would release 172 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Fuel delivery takes approximately 120 days. The announcement came after President Donald Trump said in an interview with Cincinnati…

Ford this week announced an AI assistant that can monitor and analyze millions of data points to help Ford Pro commercial customers drive revenue. The bet most other automakers are making is that they can make money with software. Ford Pro AI debuted at Work Truck Week in Indianapolis and is now available to all U.S.-based Pro telematics subscribers. AI Assistant is included in your subscription. Ford did not disclose U.S. subscriber numbers. We have over 840,000 subscribers worldwide. Ford Pro, which generated $66.3 billion in revenue in 2025, is a smart target for the company as it looks for…

Fair attendees play at the Xbox booth at the Cologne Trade Fair Center during the first day of Gamescom 2025 on August 20, 2025 in Cologne, Germany.Ying Tan | Null Photo | Getty Imagesmicrosoft The company announced Wednesday that it will send prototypes of its next-generation Xbox console to video game developers in 2027, in an effort to close the gap with Nintendo and Sony. The hardware will be equipped with a custom chip. advanced micro deviceJason Ronald, vice president of Microsoft’s Xbox division, said in a blog post.“This increases the performance and capabilities of ray tracing by orders of…

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr testifies during a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology entitled “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission” on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, in the Rayburn Building. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call Inc. | Getty ImagesFederal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr condemned this. Amazon on Wednesday for opposing SpaceX’s plans for an in-orbit data center even though the company had not yet reached a “deployment milestone” for its satellites.In a post on Amazon declined to comment.Last week, Amazon asked the FCC to deny SpaceX’s request for permission to launch a constellation of…

When production company Particle 6 debuted AI-generated “actor” Tilly Norwood last fall, the move was not warmly received by Hollywood. “Lord, we’re a mess,” Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt said in an interview with trade publication Variety. “Hey, agency, don’t do that. Please don’t do that.” If only Particle6 had followed Blunt’s advice. Instead, the company released an AI character music video featuring the song “Take the Lead.” This is not clickbait. When I actually listened to it, I think it’s the worst song I’ve ever heard. I was prepared for Norwood’s musical debut to be something like “How Was…

Sopa Images | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesNearly two months after TikTok’s U.S. operations officially passed into the hands of a group of investors, oracle announced that it will invest approximately $2 billion in the joint venture. In its quarterly financial report released Wednesday, Oracle said it recorded $2.2 billion in “non-marketable debt investments, equity and related products” for the period ended Feb. 28. A “substantially large portion” of the non-marketable investment was in TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, according to the filing. The national security law signed by former President Joe Biden in 2024 required China’s ByteDance to sell…

Faye Chrisley (also known as “Nanny”) is Todd’s mother.For Mother’s Day 2021, he wrote on Instagram, “I am blessed beyond measure that God chose you to be my mother,” adding, “I love you more than you know and you fill my heart with love, hope, faith, and confidence.”Nannie was born in September 1944 and raised in South Carolina. She married Army veteran Gene Chrisley and had sons Todd, Randy Chrisley, and Derrick Chrisley, the latter of whom died when she was a baby. Gene also passed away in 2012.During her time on Chrisley Knows Best, Nanny captured the hearts of…

On March 11, 2026, the Thai-flagged cargo ship Mayuri Nary was covered in black smoke in the Strait of Hormuz.ReutersThe UK Maritime Trade Operations Center said on Wednesday that three ships off the Iranian coast had been attacked by projectiles, the latest in a series of incidents reported in or near the Strait of Hormuz. UKMTO reported that one of the vessels collided in the Strait of Hormuz, 11 nautical miles north of Oman, saying a fire broke out on board and the crew had to be evacuated, but did not identify the vessel. Two other incidents were reported on…

The surge in artificial intelligence spending is setting the memory industry on a new note.shares of micron That’s an increase of over 370% over the past year. sandiskwhich was only listed in February last year, has risen more than 1,100%.Memory stocks have been stuck in a boom-and-bust trader’s game for decades, but executives now say they see no signs of AI breaking structurally old cycles and causing prices to fall.“As the industry continues to raise prices, we continue to raise prices.” HPE CEO Antonio Neri told CNBC. “Supply is not enough to meet demand.”HDD manufacturer executive seagate He told the…