NEED TO KNOW Phia, the AI-powered price comparison shopping tool founded by Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe Gates and entrepreneur Sophia Kianni, has raised $8 million in seed funding Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins led the round and Phia received contributions from Hailey Bieber, Kris Jenner, SPANX founder Sara Blakely and former Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg…
Two massive investments just changed Intel’s story. It’s not all about the incoming cash investments, though. At first glance, the deal Intel (INTC -3.22%) just struck with Nvidia (NVDA 0.34%) looks kind of ordinary. Intel will include Nvidia’s proprietary technology in custom chips for data center and PC processors. In return for this tech adoption…
Emily Ratajkowski arrived at H&M’s grand runway return in London, dubbed H&M&180, last night in a chic black suit. “I’m really feeling black and simple silhouettes—paring everything down,” said the model, writer, and actress just after stepping off the bright-red step-and-repeat. “I think there’s a lot of noise in fashion right now, and I’m gravitating…
Donald Trump’s attempts to broker a deal that would transfer TikTok from Chinese to US control remained unresolved on Friday despite a call between the US president and Xi Jinping. China and the US have been at loggerheads over trade negotiations and the future of TikTok, a Chinese-owned social media platform that faces a ban…
(The Center Square) – When Microsoft announced plans for an additional $4 billion data center in Kenosha County on Thursday morning, it came with comments from Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Milwaukee County Executive and governor candidate David Crowley about the benefits. But many of the usually benefits of a business entering the state –…
Release notes for Google Home 3.40 are now available even as version 3.41 is beginning to roll out with a number of details about the redesigned app and “Google Home Speaker.” Google has already detailed the “significant upgrade” that is the new automation editor, and the Nest Thermostat control updates, especially for European users. New…
Hong Kong’s No 2 official has said a proposed requirement for teachers to obtain a practising certificate was intended to help them and “not to make things difficult”, while the education minister has dismissed concerns from some in the sector about a lack of consultation over the initiative. Chief Secretary Eric Chan Kwok-ki said on…
Judge blocks ending TPS for certain immigrants Judge blocks Trump from ending TPS for Venezuelans and Haitians 02:20 Washington — The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to freeze a lower court’s order and allow the government to end deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the U.S. U.S. Solicitor General…
A Trump appointee has been picked to be the acting head of the U.S. Census Bureau, replacing a career economist… A Trump appointee has been picked to be the acting head of the U.S. Census Bureau, replacing a career economist in the interim job, at a time when the Republican president is calling for a…
Small-cap stocks may see even more gains in their future after hitting recent highs this week, according to Steven DeSanctis, an equity strategist covering small- and mid-cap companies at Jefferies. DeSanctis increased his year-end 2025 target on the Russell 2000 index to 2,665, implying about an 8% upside from Thursday’s closing price. That would also…