Stories by John Ruwitch

John Ruwitch

Correspondent, International Desk

By John Ruwitch

The world is connected by copper. It's a huge target for thieves

John Ruwitch | Jun 3, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC

The value of copper is rising, and thieves can make money by stripping it from phone poles, streetlights and EV chargers. But those thefts cost the rest of us.

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AI giant Anthropic prepares to sell stock to the public; files preliminary IPO paperwork

John Ruwitch | Jun 1, 2026, 6:27 PM UTC

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Ask AI or just Google it? Google makes a big change to a little search box

John Ruwitch | May 22, 2026, 7:05 PM UTC

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Meta slashes 8,000 jobs as it pivots towards AI

John Ruwitch | May 20, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC

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Jury dismisses all claims in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

John Ruwitch | May 18, 2026, 6:03 PM UTC

OpenAI's Sam Altman takes the stand to fend off Elon Musk's accusations he 'stole a charity'

The trial pits two of tech's most famous personalities against each other and could lead to seismic changes for the maker of ChatGPT.

John Ruwitch | May 12, 2026, 9:58 PM UTC

Elon Musk accuses OpenAI's leaders of 'looting the nonprofit' in court testimony

In his second day on the stand in the trial he launched against OpenAI, Elon Musk said the AI start-up he'd helped found had strayed from its charitable mission.

John Ruwitch | Apr 29, 2026, 5:30 PM UTC