Built in collaboration with Anthropic, Microsoft's new tool can create spreadsheets, run reports and do research autonomously.

In today’s Tech Bytes, OpenAI is rolling out a new model to power its chatbot. GPT 5.4 features advancements in reasoning and coding. It can operate your computer and mouse on your behalf, completing ...

Investors weren't selling everything in the stock market on Thursday morning. The information technology segment of the S&P 500 was flat, while the popular iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF ...

Large-cap U.S. software companies were largely among the gainers, turning the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) green on Tuesday despite the chip stocks tumbling amid the ongoing war ...

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The best tech trade in 2026 has been to buy semiconductor stocks and sell software makers. The iShares Semiconductor exchange-traded fund is already up 19%, building on a 40% gain in 2025. Software ...

Mr. Ford is an essayist and a technologist. On weekday evenings, heading home on the subway from Union Square in New York City, I log into an A.I. tool from my phone and write a prompt. “Look at the ...

Selling software stocks before the crowd paid off for Nick Evans, a Polar Capital fund manager. His warning to potential bargain hunters: most shares are still toxic and few firms will survive. “We ...

Cryptocurrencies started the shortened U.S. week on the back foot, with bitcoin BTC $70,494.89 sliding below $67,000 on Tuesday, falling below its tight weekend range of $68,000-$70,000. The weakness ...

Although the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite have soared, the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF recently plunged 32% from its all-time high. Potentially overblown ...

The film industry would have you believe that thieves have a boundless technological tool kit. Making a movie is a lot like pulling off a heist. That’s what Steven Soderbergh—director of the Ocean’s ...