While interviewing the CEO of Aseon Labs for my show Future Proof, I got the feeling I was witnessing a new kind of startup — one that leverages the commoditization of robotics and advances in AI to do more with less.
The AFL-CIO is drafting its own “gold-standard” AI legislation it hopes lawmakers can pass next Congress, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler told Semafor.
European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde to step down Semafor
Tanzania announced its first gas discovery in more than a decade, a finding that comes as African nations race to boost their energy independence. The continent, which imports the majority of the fuels it uses, has been badly exposed by the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, wh...
The Federal Reserve voted to leave interest rates unchanged today as officials seek more information to decide whether additional hikes would be necessary to tame inflation.
President Donald Trump appears willing to give diplomacy another chance with Iran even as he seriously considers more military strikes after the election.
Anthropic’s IPO prospectus is a perfect ink-blot test.
Benjamin Netanyahu is now oddsmakers’ favorite to stay on as Israel’s prime minister in its next government, which could take weeks or months to form, as the broader region braced for a period of prolonged uncertainty.
Mattel thwarted restive shareholders by inviting one of them to come inside and play. Hours after Semafor reported that investor Southeastern Asset Management was preparing a boardroom fight, the toymaker said it had signed a cooperation agreement with another of its big investor...
Humans are still writing the vast majority of guest columns published in the opinion pages of The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, a Semafor analysis found — but large language models were creeping in well before a high-profile Journal op-ed provo...
The Trump administration has never hidden its diplomatic feud with South Africa — whether it be punishing tariffs, visa restrictions, or the US ambassador to Pretoria issuing thinly veiled threats that have left Pretoria sweating over its future in the African Growth and Opportun...
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s reelection could reshape geopolitics for years to come. Challenger Flávio Bolsonaro vowed to pursue closer ties with the Trump administration if elected and had looked set to confirm a regional conservative tilt.
Top Republican surrogates like Vice President JD Vance and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz are hitting the road to boost their party’s midterm candidates — and offering a glimpse at how they might approach 2028.
Leading PC makers are shifting some production back to China as costs bite. Firms including US-based HP — which had planned to shift more than half of its production out of the country in a “China+1” strategy — are moving some manufacturing back to offset surging memory and stora...
Investors are readying for a big week ahead, with an array of Big Tech and central bank announcements likely to shape long-term expectations for global growth.
The EU goal of reducing global deforestation could have damaging consequences for Ethiopia’s coffee sector and wider economy, a think tank said. Some 15 million people in the country widely considered to be the birthplace of coffee are involved in the industry, which sends 30% of...
There are more signs that Qatar is ramping up liquefied natural gas exports as prices surge and inventories dwindle ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter. One tanker is now sailing toward Poland through the Red Sea, according to Bloomberg, and at least 20 more shipments have pa...
House Democrats are making a play for a red seat in Kansas, but Republicans are competitive in a California seat — and both are releasing polling to back it up.