What’s happened? Meta has announced a new messaging feature for Whatsapp users that will allow people to chat with users of third-party messaging apps. This update is part of compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in Europe, which requires interoperability. The rollout begins with two partner services, BirdyChat and Haiket, which will support text,…
Wall Street has been consumed for months with fears that the artificial intelligence boom is actually a bubble about to pop, but that didn’t stop Berkshire Hathaway from buying shares of a top AI hyperscaler. Warren Buffett’s conglomerate revealed in a regulatory filing late Friday that it purchased 17.8 million shares of Google parent Alphabet during…
The spark came from CoreWeave, the AI cloud infrastructure firm whose third-quarter results missed expectations. Government reopening also left investors with questions about economic data. After the longest shutdown on record, the U.S. government has reopened and federal agencies are rushing to publish a backlog of delayed economic data. Yet the administration warned that key…
A fresh diplomatic storm has erupted between China and Japan after comments by Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, reignited long-standing tensions over Taiwan.The row began when Takaichi told parliament on November 7 that an armed attack on Taiwan could qualify as a “survival-threatening situation” for Japan. Her remarks, interpreted as suggesting Tokyo could send…
It might sound like something out of a sci-fi flick, but Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk didn’t flinch when asked whether Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus, could one day house a human mind. At last week’s Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) shareholder meeting, a question from the audience went straight for the philosophical jugular: “Do you see a…
He grew up on a farm in Indiana, the son of a factory worker and eldest of five children. He studied at Liberty, a Christian university founded by the conservative pastor and televangelist Jerry Falwell, and recalls wearing a T-shirt expressing opposition to Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. Two decades later, Justin Douglas is running…
It was a volatile week for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting an all-time high before pulling back. Wall Street pulled money away from Big Tech and into more defensive sectors, such as health care and financials. The end of the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown and expectations for interest rate cuts…
NEW YORK (AP) — Acceding to President Donald Trump’s demands, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Trump political foes, including former President Bill Clinton. What You Need To Know Acceding to President Donald Trump’s demands, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi…
When she’s not wearing items from the capsule collection she created with Madewell, Dakota Fanning can often be found effortlessly wearing outfits plucked right from the runway. On Friday, November 14, the Ripley star was photographed at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. Alongside a plethora of famous faces—including actress Zoey Deutch—Fanning attended Zimmermann‘s party…
China Pavilion at COP30 in Belem, Brazil. BELEM, Brazil, November 15, 2025–(BUSINESS WIRE)–On November 10 local time, the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) opened in Belem, a city in northern Brazil. As one of the activities at the China Pavilion of COP30, the Side Event on Ecological Civilization and Beautiful China Practice was…