- TechCrunch·2h ago
Once close enough for an acquisition, Stripe and Airwallex are now going after each other
Jack Zhang was 34 years old, three and a half years into running a startup, and sitting across from one of the most powerful investors in Silicon Valley. Michael Moritz of Sequoia had invited him to his home...
MarketsCrypto - Marketwatch Top·7h ago
Think the rally is safe? This elite market-timing indicator says a correction is overdue.
The gold-platinum ratio suggests the stock market is living on borrowed time.
Markets - CNBC Top News·7h ago
Jim Cramer on the market's 'remarkable' rally — and what to watch in a big earnings week ahead
CNBC's Jim Cramer on Friday laid out his game plan for the week ahead after what he called one of the most "remarkable" rallies he's ever seen."If you didn't believe we could have still one more week where...
MarketsPolitics - CNBC Top News·8h ago
AI chipmaker Cerebras files to go public after scrapping IPO plans last year
watch nowCerebras, a producer of chips that run artificial intelligence models, on Friday filed to go public on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "CBRS."Cerebras reported a $87.9 million in net income on $510...
AIMarketsPolitics - CNBC Top News·8h ago
Trump says he had 'no idea' Anthropic's Amodei met with White House about Mythos
watch nowThe White House said its meeting with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was "productive and constructive" on Friday, the latest sign of a potential thaw in the standoff between the government and the...
AIMarketsApplePoliticsHealth - CNBC Top News·8h ago
AMD, Oracle, Microsoft and the IGV lead a monster week for tech stocks
watch nowBig Tech stocks capped a massive week on Friday, with shares of Oracle, Advanced Micro Devices and Microsoft posting historic gains and benchmarks.Oracle climbed 27% this week, its best week since...
AIMarketsPolitics - 9to5Mac·9h ago
BNP Paribas hikes Apple stock target, cites memory shortage opportunity
Today, BNP Paribas raised Apple’s stock price target to $300, up from $260 set in its last investor note. Here are the details. Apple could turn memory crunch into an opportunity Over the past few weeks,...
MarketsApple - Al Jazeera·10h ago
Trump seeks ‘resolution’ of his $10bn lawsuit against IRS, spurring concern
Court filings have indicated that lawyers for President Donald Trump are seeking a resolution with the Department of Justice over a $10bn lawsuit he filed against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).But the...
MarketsClimatePolitics - Marketwatch Top·10h ago
Nvidia rival Cerebras is taking another swing at an IPO
The AI-chip company last filed to go public in late 2024 before scrapping its plans.
Markets - BBC World·10h ago
Oil prices plunge as Iran says Strait 'open'
7 hours agoArchie MitchellBusiness reporterGetty ImagesOil prices have plummeted after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz would be "completely open" to commercial ships for the remainder of the ceasefire in the...
MarketsPoliticsHealth - Ars Technica·10h ago
US-sanctioned currency exchange says $15 million heist done by "unfriendly states"
Grinex, a US-sanctioned cryptocurrency exchange registered in Kyrgyzstan, said it’s halting operations after experiencing a $13 million heist carried out by “western special services” hackers. Researchers...
MarketsCrypto - CNBC Top News·11h ago
Average tax refund is 11.2% higher, latest IRS filing data shows
Milan Markovic | E+ | Getty ImagesThe average tax refund is 11.2% higher this season, compared with about the same period in 2025, according to the latest IRS filing data.As of April 10, the average refund...
AIMarketsClimatePoliticsHealth - The Verge·11h ago
Anthropic’s new cybersecurity model could get it back in the government’s good graces
The Trump administration has spent nearly two months fighting with AI company Anthropic. It’s dubbed the company a “RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY” full of “Leftwing nut jobs” and a menace to national security....
AIMarketsApplePolitics - The New Yorker·12h ago
El retorno de la detención familiar
Durante el gobierno de Trump, miles de niños han sido detenidos y muchos han sufrido de negligencia médica. Sarah Stillman investiga la difícil situación de las familias migrantes retenidas en el Centro de Procesamiento de Inmigrantes de Dilley, en el sur de Texas.
AIMarketsCryptoAppleSpaceClimatePoliticsHealth - Al Jazeera·13h ago
World reacts to Strait of Hormuz reopening amid US-Iran conflict
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and United States President Donald Trump have said that the Strait of Hormuz is open to commercial vessels.Araghchi declared on Friday that the strategic waterwat was...
MarketsPoliticsHealth - CNBC Top News·13h ago
Perspective: AI demand is inflated, and only Anthropic is being realistic
The main demand signal for artificial intelligence looks explosive on paper, but it may be significantly overstated. Anthropic, by pricing its tools for that reality, might be the best-positioned AI company...
AIMarketsAppleHealth - CNBC Top News·13h ago
Tanker diplomacy: Trump faces tests from Havana to Hormuz
watch nowEnergy shipments are increasingly being used as a foreign policy tool as the Trump administration attempts to hold down two blockades on opposite sides of the globe.The U.S., under the direction of...
MarketsPolitics - CNBC Top News·13h ago
Fed Governor Waller says Iran war and labor market risks are keeping central bank on hold
Christopher Waller, governor of the US Federal Reserve, speaks during the C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, US, on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025....
MarketsHealth - Al Jazeera·13h ago
Shipping firms seek clarifications before crossing Hormuz
Shipping companies said several things had to be clarified, including the presence of mines, Iranian conditions, practical implementations.Shipping companies have cautiously welcomed Iran’s announcement that...
MarketsPolitics - The Atlantic·13h ago
Iran Had a Doomsday Weapon All Along
President Trump has said that he went to war to stop Iran from ever having a nuclear bomb. Unfortunately, the war he launched led Iran to discover that it already had an extremely effective doomsday...
MarketsCryptoClimatePoliticsHealth - BBC World·13h ago
Kanye West concert in Poland cancelled over antisemitic comments
10 hours agoAdam EastonBBC News Warsaw correspondentGetty ImagesA Kanye West concert in Poland has been cancelled, the venue has announced, following government pressure and condemnation over a string of...
MarketsSpaceHealth - The Verge·14h ago
Betting on the news raises ethical questions for journalists
Prediction market exchanges have created an environment where just about any piece of information is potentially monetizable: How well will BTS’s new song perform this week? How hot will Los Angeles get? Will...
MarketsClimatePoliticsHealth - BBC World·14h ago
'Mum is finally free!' Pensioner detained by ICE in US returns to France
11 hours agoKathryn ArmstrongGetty ImagesA warehouse used as an ICE detention centre in the state of Utah (file pic)A French woman in her eighties who was detained at an immigration enforcement centre in the...
MarketsPoliticsHealth - 9to5Mac·15h ago
iPhone 18 Pro release date: Here’s when Apple’s new flagship is coming
Apple’s new flagship iPhone 18 Pro and companion models are expected to be unveiled this fall, following the same pattern the company has followed for years. Here’s when to expect the iPhone 18 Pro...
MarketsApple - CNBC Top News·15h ago
Why the stock market is hitting records despite Iran war
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on April 16, 2026. NYSEU.S. stocks climbed to record highs on Thursday and continued to rise Friday against a backdrop of war, an oil supply shock and economic...
AIMarketsClimatePolitics - TechCrunch·15h ago
Chef Robotics escaped the robot cooking graveyard and says it’s thriving — here’s why
Chef Robotics CEO Rajat Bhageria likes to tell people — correctly — that his industry is a veritable startup graveyard. Whether you’re talking about Chowbotics, a salad-making startup that was acquired and...
AIMarketsCrypto - CNBC Top News·16h ago
Netflix was long 'a builder not a buyer.' Is that era over?
watch nowFor years, Netflix top brass would tell investors they were builders not buyers. Now, that sentiment toward growth may be changing. On Thursday Netflix reported its quarterly earnings. Typically,...
MarketsPolitics - CNBC Top News·17h ago
Bessent says to adjust your paycheck withholding — but mistakes could trigger a tax bill, experts caution
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 15, 2026.Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty ImagesAfter filing...
MarketsPoliticsHealth - Hacker News (Front Page)·17h ago
Ban the sale of precise geolocation
It Is Time to Ban the Sale of Precise GeolocationA recent deep dive into the American adtech surveillance system Webloc highlights the national security and privacy risks of pervasive and easily obtainable...
AIMarketsCryptoApplePoliticsHealth - CNBC Top News·18h ago
Uber Eats has a fix for pesky returns. You can just sit on the couch
An Uber Eats courier is seen in Krakow, Poland, on Aug. 21, 2025.Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesReturning packages is a pain. Uber says it can fix that.Uber Eats announced a returns feature on Friday...
AIMarketsPoliticsHealth - CNBC Top News·18h ago
House Dem Sam Liccardo probes suspicious oil trades during Iran war
Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-Calif., attends a news conference with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus during the House Democrats' 2025 Issues Conference at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Virginia, March...
MarketsPolitics - TechCrunch·19h ago
SaySo is a new short-form video app that aims to restore users’ trust in news
Many users are drawn to social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube to stay up to date on news. However, people are increasingly complaining about misinformation and AI slop cluttering their...
MarketsApplePoliticsHealth - TechCrunch·19h ago
Are we tokenmaxxing our way to nowhere?
The gap between AI insiders and everyone else is widening, and the spending, suspicion, and even new vocabulary are starting to show it. While OpenAI is busy buying up everything from finance apps to talk shows, a certain shoe company just rebranded as an AI infrastructure play, and Anthropic unveiled a model it says is too powerful to release publicly ...but apparently not too powerful to demo to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. On this episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O'Kane dig into what's actually being built in AI infrastructure, who's winning the enterprise battle between OpenAI and Anthropic, and more of the week's headlines. Subscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:25 Allbirds is now an AI company, apparently 04:48 Why chipmakers are betting on Wayve 12:01 Fluidstack wants $1B to build AI data centers 16:24 OpenAI buys a finance app and a talk show 21:27 Anthropic vs. OpenAI in enterprise 24:15 The Anthropic model they won't release to the public 26:47 Why AI feels so distant to everyone else 30:47 What even is tokenmaxxing? 34:49 Parasail's $32M bet on cheaper AI inference 36:39 Outro
AIMarketsApple - NPR News·19h ago
The Strait of Hormuz opens for commercial ships but the U.S. blockade continues on Iran
Iran's foreign minister declared the Strait of Hormuz is open, following the start of an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire. President Trump swiftly responded that the U.S. naval blockade on Iran will continue.
MarketsCryptoPoliticsHealth - 9to5Mac·20h ago
Apple Watch, AirPods, smart home, and health marketing lead announces retirement
As spotted by Bloomberg, longtime Apple executive Stan Ng is retiring after more than three decades at the company, according to a post on his LinkedIn profile. Here are the details. Another lead from Apple’s...
MarketsApple - The Atlantic·21h ago
The Scapegoat Scam
Sign up for our newsletter about national security here.The Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán, who lost his election in a landslide on Sunday after 16 years in power, presented himself as a defender of Western...
MarketsCryptoPoliticsHealth - BBC World·21h ago
Finance ministers and top bankers raise serious concerns about Mythos AI model
18 hours agoFaisal Islam,Economics editorandLiv McMahon,Technology reporterMythos AI model could 'create vulnerabilities for security for the entire banking system'Finance ministers, central bankers and...
AIMarketsPolitics - The New Yorker·22h ago
Saving a Lost Generation of Young Men—with Chop Saws
The College of St. Joseph the Worker, which combines the trades with a Catholic liberal-arts education, is trying to restore its students’ sense of their own competence, and revive the city of Steubenville, Ohio, along the way. Emma Green reports.
AIMarketsCryptoAppleSpaceClimatePoliticsHealth - The Guardian·22h ago
Ben Roberts-Smith’s comrades say he ordered them to execute unarmed civilians, court documents show
Australian soldiers have told prosecutors they executed unarmed civilians at the orders of Ben Roberts-Smith or in complicity with him, according to a statement of facts tendered to the New South Wales local...
MarketsHealth - The Guardian·1d ago
‘How do I end a call?’: the elderly Japanese people determined to master smartphones
It’s not only young people whose gaze is fixed on tiny screens. But for these users in Tokyo, clicking and scrolling is anything but second nature.“I can’t deal with all of the apps that jump out at me,” says...
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