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Google Cloud’s Iliana Quinonez takes a deep dive into why the company sees a critical importance in democratizing AI agent development for organizational advancement. This presentation, held at TechCrunch Sessions: AI, is perfect for anyone new to AI or those well-versed in the field, as we all discover how AI agents can enhance collaborative workflows [...]
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Billionaire Elon Musk and president Donald Trump are seething on their respective social media platforms following a major escalation of resentment that's been simmering for months. The gloves came off this week, as the two enormous egos started taking swings at each other. Trump claimed that Musk's "governmental subsidies and contracts" would be terminated, throwing gasoline on the fire. In return, Musk vowed to cut off the United States' access to space by decommissioning SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft — only to change his mind hours later. And it could take some time for the two to bury the hatchet, considering the [...]
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Elon Musk said Thursday he changed his mind about decommissioning SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft after an X user suggested he "cool off and take a step back" amid his public blowout with President Trump. "Ok we won't decommission Dragon," Musk wrote Thursday night in response to the user. Just hours earlier on Thursday, Musk said SpaceX,...
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Bangladesh will hold elections in early April 2026 for the first time since a mass uprising overthrew the government last year, interim leader Muhammad Yunus said Friday.
MacworldApple will be unveiling its OS updates at its Worldwide Developers Conference starting on Monday, June 9. We expect tvOS to be part of the announcements, and according to a report spotted by MacRumors, there’s a pretty good chance your Apple TV device will be able to use the new tvOS 26.A private account on X with a solid track record reports that tvOS 26 will work on the following Apple TVs:Apple TV HD (2015)Apple TV 4K (1st generation, 2017)Apple TV 4K (2nd generation, 2021)Apple TV 4K (3rd generation, 2022)The same three Apple TV models will not be compatible with tvOS 26: the 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-gen Apple TV. These devices lost support in 2020 when Apple switched to tvOS.The current version of tvOS is 18. Reports state that as part of its efforts to unify its operating systems, Apple will be using version numbers that refer to the year, similar to how car manufacturers identify releases. Along with tvOS, the next versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS will all be 26. Apple also plans to change its user interface design language so that it is more uniform across all platforms.WWDC25 starts on June 9, with a keynote address at 10 a.m. PT. Learn more about WWDC25.
Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) kicks off next week — but if I'm honest with myself, I’m struggling to care. I used to watch the shows with eager anticipation as to what new goodies would be coming to my Mac across the next year. But in recent years, a lot of the features highlighted either fell into the bucket marked “wait, you couldn’t do that already?” or the one marked “well, that’s not a thing I’m going to use.”It doesn’t help the rumored slate of announcements for this year is mostly stuff I know I’m not going to need to engage with. The loudest rumor is a Vision Pro-inspired UI overhaul to bring the iPhone, iPad and Mac in line with their youngest sibling. Consistency is a fine thing to aim for, but Apple is reportedly justifying this change by saying it’s jarring to switch between platforms. I can’t say I’ve ever had an issue, and my concern is Apple will forget that each of those devices is different, and operates in a different way to its stablemates.If a promise is made too often, there’s a risk you’ll stop believing it will ever be fulfilled. Apropos of nothing, Apple’s going to make the iPad more useful as a productivity tool. The rumors hint the slates will get better multitasking and app window management to make it more Mac-esque. But unless iPadOS gets the sort of radical changes that’ll make it operate a lot more like macOS, nothing will change. And I’m doubtful Apple would bring true multitasking to the iPad, lest it eat into Mac sales — not to mention the constraints of its form factor.As someone who is aggressively indifferent toward generative AI and voice assistants, tweaks to Apple Intelligence and Siri leave me similarly cold. I’m not sure I would ever want a gussied up pattern-recognition algorithm writing messages and emails in my voice. Neither am I too into the idea of using generative AI to create images. I'd much rather stay in the real world. Sure, I’m a young man yelling at a cloud, I don’t care.AppleAccording to Apple, I’m clearly in the minority since the only time I ever engage with Siri is by accident. I can think, type and operate a phone far faster than I can say out loud “Hey Siri, dim my living room lights by 50 percent,” so the slowness of speech irks me. Of course, I’d love a virtual assistant that was as skilled and imaginative as a flesh-and-blood person who could marshal all of my data, organize it and keep me on track. But I don’t believe we’re close to that point, and Apple has failed to deliver on its promises in this area more than once.The only rumored feature that excites me is the “AI-powered” battery management mode for iOS 19 (or 26, as the rumors indicate). I say “AI-powered,” since I’m not sure how much we need to oversell an algorithm that tracks your usage patterns to make power-saving adjustments. But it’s the sort of feature that, if it’s able to make meaningful improvements to the iPhone’s longevity, could be transformative.After all, as a relatively heavy iPhone user, I rarely find my device lasting until the end of the day without a top-up charge. This isn’t a new problem, either, since the iPhone’s battery has been lackluster since the first model was launched in 2007. In a world where most Android handsets boast of multi-day battery life, the iPhone’s battery life remains embarrassing. Yes, you can take that as a not-too-subtle dig at the rumored thin-and-light iPhone Air, which feels to me like the most egregious waste of development resources imaginable.Maybe this is a sign of my subconscious frustration with Apple that it feels so compelled to push forward rather than tidying up behind it. I groused last year that the company gave so much attention to the addition of multitrack recording to Voice Notes despite the feature already being in Garageband. I would love nothing more than Apple to do what it did in 2009 with Snow Leopard and in 2017 with High Sierra. In both of those instances, the company opted to focus on tidying up the existing code to make it smaller and run faster rather than over-extending itself with new features. That, to me, would seem like a far better use of Apple’s time than repainting the home screen with snazzier icons.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/general/is-it-wrong-the-iphones-ai-battery-management-is-the-only-wwdc-rumor-im-excited-about-143028037.html?src=rss
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Trump and Musk break up, and Washington holds its breath
Last Friday, Trump heaped praise on Musk as he prepared to leave his unorthodox White House job. Less than a week later, their potent political alliance met a dramatic end.
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Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon is urging the president to nationalize Elon Musk's SpaceX and deport the billionaire. Bannon, a far-right white nationalist commentator who served as Trump's chief strategist during his first term, said that Trump should sign an executive order, invoking a Korean War-era national security mobilization law called the Defense Production Act to assume control over Musk's space firm, as well as its Starlink satellite constellation, the Wall Street Journal reports. "The US government should seize it," Bannon said on his show, "War Room Live." The news comes after Musk escalated his highly public flame war with [...]
The LHCb experiment has taken a leap in precision physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In a new paper submitted to Physical Review Letters and currently available on the arXiv preprint server, the LHCb collaboration reports the first dedicated measurement of the Z boson mass at the LHC, using data from high-energy collisions between protons recorded in 2016 during the collider's second run.
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A 21-year-old Navy sailor vanished from her Virginia naval station late last month, with a "critically missing adult" alert for her issued by Virginia State Police earlier this week. NBC News reports that Angelina Petra Resendiz, originally from Texas, was last seen in her barracks at Naval Station Norfolk's Miller...
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The DoD official said Harvard “is currently the top performing team” researching emerging biological threats. “Inadequate knowledge of the biological threat landscape poses grave and immediate harm to national security.”The post Defense official said cutting Harvard grant could cause ‘grave and immediate harm to national security,’ court docs show appeared first on Boston.com.
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In the years following the Civil War known as Reconstruction, newly-freed African American men could finally vote, and would be elected to represent Southerners in Congress. But it was a period that would be transformed into an era of segregation and Jim Crow laws, and be taught to succeeding generations as a failed political experiment. Yet, Reconstruction is now being given its due in school curriculums, and in a new PBS documentary by Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates. Mo Rocca talks with Gates, as well as with historian Eric Foner and author Lawrence Otis Graham, about some of the most noted African American figures in the post-Civil War era.
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Born into slavery around 1853 in rural Alabama, Bill Traylor worked as a sharecropper for nearly five decades after the Civil War and Emancipation. But in his 80s, without work and homeless in Montgomery, he took a new path, as an artist. Painting on scraps of paper or cardboard, Traylor's folk art told the story of African Americans in the Jim Crow era. Chip Reid reports on "Between Worlds," an exhibition of Traylor's work, and life, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.
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A new Pride festival celebrating LGBTQ representation in entertainment is coming to Los Angeles, just in time for the 25th anniversary of Queer as Folk. Cast members of the Showtime series will reunite for the first ever Pride Live! Hollywood, running June 11-29, also featuring a Golden Girls 40th birthday and a tribute to the [...]
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The Swiss franc has appreciated 10% against the U.S. dollar since the beginning of the year. A strengthening franc has put deflationary pressure on the Swiss economy, which returned to deflation last month. The Swiss National Bank has, in the past, intervened in currency markets — but with Donald Trump back in the White House, that move is harder for the central bank to make. U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies have rocked global equities in recent weeks, driving investors to seek out pockets of safety in financial markets.One of the beneficiaries of the market volatility has been the Swiss franc, widely seen as a safe haven asset in times of macroeconomic or geopolitical uncertainty. The Swiss currency has appreciated 9.5% against the U.S. dollar since the beginning of the year — but inside Switzerland’s borders, rising demand for the franc is stirring up challenges for policymakers.The Swiss franc was last seen trading 0.2% lower against the greenback, with $1 buying around 0.82 Swiss francs. A strong franc puts deflationary pressure on Switzerland. As the currency appreciates, imports – which play a significant role in the country’s economy – become cheaper.For some countries, this effect might be a welcome reprieve from sticky inflation. But while many developed markets, such as the U.S. and the U.K., are still working to bring inflation down to their 2% targets, Switzerland is facing the opposite problem: prices are falling too much.Swiss inflation turned negative in May, with the country’s Consumer Price Index falling by 0.1% year-on-year. The price of imported goods contracted significantly, falling by 2.4% on an annual basis after staying flat in the previous month.Charlotte de Montpellier, senior France and Switzerland economist at ING, noted the role the currency rally was playing in the country’s inflation picture.“The latest decline is largely driven by external factors,” she said in a note on Tuesday. “A strong Swiss franc has significantly reduced the cost of imported goods ... Given that imports make up 23% of the CPI basket, this has a notable impact on overall inflation in Switzerland.”The May data marked Switzerland’s first return to deflation since the Covid-19 pandemic. It could push the Swiss National Bank toward utilizing two key policies previously implemented to address what De Montpellier labeled a “persistent headache” for the central bank.Negative interest ratesThe SNB ended a seven-year stretch of negative interest rates in 2022 — an unpopular policy with savers and lenders, as they eliminate returns on savings deposits and squeeze banks’ margins and profitability.At its most recent meeting in March, the central bank cut its key rate by 25 basis points to 0.25%.In the wake of this week’s inflation data, the SNB is expected to “seek to combat the appreciation of the Swiss franc with the weapons at its disposal,” De Montpellier said.ING expects the SNB to cut its key interest rate by 25 basis points at its next meeting later this month — and De Montpellier argued that further cuts will likely follow.“Based on current data, a return to negative interest rates before year-end appears increasingly probable,” she said. “Our base case includes a second 25bp cut in September, bringing the policy rate to -0.25%. While the SNB would prefer to avoid deeper cuts, a 50bp reduction in June cannot be ruled out.”While ING expects Swiss policymakers to stop cutting rates at -0.25%, De Montpellier said a further strengthening of the Swiss franc “could force [the SNB’s] hand,” leaving it with little choice but to take rates further into negative territory.Lily Fang, a professor of finance at business school INSEAD, told CNBC that current conditions were likely to push Switzerland back into a negative rates environment — a move that SNB Chair Martin Schlegel has stressed remains on the table.“The Swiss authorities are clearly concerned, because ... it’s a small, open economy that relies on international trade, and the U.S. in particular is their single most important trading partner beyond the EU bloc,” Fang said in a phone call.“Switzerland has already gone ahead and lowered rates ahead of the EU. I think it is very likely to go to zero and even negative.”Currency interventionAnother tool the SNB has previously used to cool the Swiss franc is intervening in the foreign exchange market by selling the franc and purchasing foreign currencies.However, with U.S. President Donald Trump back in the White House, this strategy now comes with political challenges.On Thursday, the U.S. Treasury Department added nine economies to a “Monitoring List” of trading partners “whose currency practices and macroeconomic policies merit close attention.”They are: China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Vietnam, Germany, Ireland and Switzerland.Back in 2020, the U.S. Treasury, under the first Trump administration, labeled Switzerland a currency manipulator, accusing it of deliberately devaluing the Swiss franc against the greenback. The department stopped short of using the term “currency manipulator” on Thursday.However, Trump’s full list of so-called reciprocal tariffs said “currency manipulation and trade barriers” had been factored into calculating the levies individual countries were imposing on the United States. The administration said it had calculated that Switzerland — which abolished all industrial tariffs last year — charged tariffs of 61% to the U.S., and it would therefore slap new tariffs of 31% onto Swiss goods.In a statement on Friday, the Swiss National Bank said it had taken note of the U.S. Treasury’s report.“The SNB does not engage in any manipulation of the Swiss franc,” a spokesperson said. “It does not seek to prevent adjustments in the balance of trade or to gain unfair competitive advantages for the Swiss economy.”They added that the main instrument the SNB used to implement its monetary policy is its key interest rate — but noted that it would intervene in currency markets if deemed prudent.“The use of foreign exchange market interventions may be necessary under certain circumstances to ensure appropriate monetary conditions in Switzerland,” the SNB spokesperson said. “In so doing, the SNB does not pursue an exchange rate target, but rather focuses on its statutory mandate to ensure price stability.”Alongside Swiss authorities, the SNB said, the central bank remained in contact with U.S. officials to explain Switzerland’s economic situation and monetary policy.“We welcome these ongoing discussions as part of the ‘macroeconomic dialogue,'” the spokesperson added.While ING’s De Montpellier acknowledged that any possible FX intervention from the SNB risked “provoking the ire of the US administration,” she argued it was likely the central bank would intervene in markets in the coming months.Alex King, a former FX trader and founder of personal finance platform Generation Money, agreed that any direct purchase of foreign currencies by the SNB was “unlikely to sit well with the US administration.”“When Switzerland was labelled a currency manipulator in 2020 the threat of tariffs wasn’t such a major factor, but it now has a dilemma on its hands,” he told CNBC in an email. “If it was to intervene directly again in FX markets, it could get hit with higher US tariffs, and the negative impact of this could be worse than short term inflationary pressures.”“I’m not sure that they will immediately go and use currency intervention, market intervention, because the U.S. tends to be ... labeling countries ‘manipulators,'” added INSEAD’s Fang. “I don’t think that they really want to be labeled as a manipulator again, [so] I think that they will use that probably as a last resort tool.”
With the end of big-budget Biblical epics, faith-based movies have long been out of favor in Hollywood. But in the years since Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" became a box office phenomenon, filmmakers telling stories with a Christian perspective may finally be getting an answer to their prayers, with larger budgets and big-name talent. Correspondent John Blackstone talks with Chrissy Metz, start of the film "Breakthrough"; Bishop T.D. Jakes, a pastor who has also produced several hit Christian films, including "Miracles From Heaven"; and students learning the craft of filmmaking at Liberty University, one of the largest Christian universities in the world.
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Peter Daszak's Smokescreen Attack on Dr. Bhattacharya Authored by Randall Bock via The Brownstone Institute,Peter Daszak’s recent X posts (June 2, 2025) labeling Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the new NIH Director, an “anti-science Luddite” who is “destroying public health” are a masterclass in projection.Daszak, former head of EcoHealth Alliance (facilitator and co-conspirator of that recent pandemic, what was it called? Oh yes, SARS CoV-2 Covid-19), accuses Bhattacharya of having a “vendetta against the NIH” and claims his policies will cost lives, while pointing fingers at organizations like Brownstone Institute for being part of a right-wing conspiracy (how original!) to dismantle science. Let’s cut through the noise.Calling Bhattacharya anti-science is absurd. Erstwhile Stanford professor and co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, Bhattacharya has consistently championed evidence-based public health, advocating for open scientific debate over dogmatic policies. His focus on data-driven approaches—like considering natural immunity and the harms of lockdowns—earned him censorship under the previous administration. His leadership at the NIH promises transparency and rigor, both of which seem to terrify Daszak—operating without (his previous sponsor) Dr. Fauci’s golden parachute of a Biden/autopen pardon.Now, let’s talk about Daszak’s version of “science.” EcoHealth Alliance, under his watch, funneled US. taxpayer dollars to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) for gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses—research that may have contributed to the unleashing of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan. As I detailed in my Brownstone articles, Daszak’s collaboration with WIV’s “Bat Woman” Zhengli-Li Shi involved modifying coronaviruses to make them more infectious to humans, fitting the NIH’s own definition of gain-of-function despite his denials. That second article of mine only came about after EcoHealth Alliance’s bullying. When I had pointed out EcoHealth’s complicity in my original Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Own Gain-of-Function, Daszak’s minions tried to bully Brownstone into retracting the reference. When that failed, he blocked me on X to dodge accountability.How “science-y” is that? Blocking someone for raising legitimate questions about your role in a global pandemic isn’t the mark of a scientist—it’s the mark of someone with something to hide.Daszak’s attacks on Bhattacharya are a distraction from his own failures. Why were US funds sent to a CCP-controlled lab with poor oversight instead of trusted allies? Why the lack of transparency? These questions remain unanswered, and his attempts to silence critics—like me—only deepen the suspicion around EcoHealth’s actions.Science thrives on open debate, not censorship. Bhattacharya represents a return to that principle at the NIH, while Daszak’s behavior—blocking dissenters and evading tough questions—shows what anti-science really looks like. The public deserves better, and with Bhattacharya leading the NIH, we might finally get it.NEVER FORGET: Peter Daszak’s EcoHealth Alliance tried to quash and have Brownstone retract my: Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Own “Gain-of-Function”—October 9, 2023.Instead, I researched further, doubled down, and produced this: “EcoHealth Alliance’s Wuhan-Virus Dalliances” October 22, 2023.After which, crickets...Peter Daszak blocked me on X.com. The essence of bullies is cowardice.Please see also my Fauci’s ‘DNA of Caring’ By Randall Bock, August 9, 2024, Brownstone.org.Republished from the author’s Substack Tyler DurdenThu, 06/05/2025 - 22:35
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Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about racism in the Deep South has been a perennial read in grade school, an Academy Award-winning film, and now a critically-lauded play on Broadway. Tracy Smith talks with the show's star Jeff Daniels and playwright Aaron Sorkin about translating Lee's characters to the stage, and with students who talk about "Mockingbird"'s relevance to today's audience.
In this web exclusive, Bishop T.D. Jakes, a pastor who has produced several films revolving around issues of faith, such as "Miracles From Heaven" starring Jennifer Garner, talked with John Blackstone about Hollywood's acceptance of faith-based narratives and what it means for a filmmaker to "preach to the choir."
The new movie "Breakthrough" is based on the true story of a 14-year-old boy who was pronounced dead and then came back to life after his mother prayed. In this web exclusive, actress Chrissy Metz talked with correspondent John Blackstone about prayer and her standards for accepting roles in projects.
Alford A. Young, Jr., has been elected the 118th President of the American Sociological Association (ASA), and Jessica Calarco has been elected ASA Vice President.
Astronomers have found a rare form of methanol, a type of alcohol, in a planet-forming disk, providing a critical step in understanding how life beyond Earth may form. This result reveals vital details about the chemical composition of the ice in disks that form planets, and what organic molecules are available for comets to deliver to planets, including in our Solar System.
Grapevines, widely valued for their fruit and wine, are especially vulnerable to cold temperatures. A new study has uncovered a key genetic factor that actually weakens the plant's natural defense against freezing stress. The gene, VviPUB19, was found to reduce cold tolerance by promoting the degradation of proteins that usually protect the plant under low temperatures. Tests in both grape and Arabidopsis confirmed that plants with higher levels of VviPUB19 were more cold-sensitive, while those without it were more resilient. These findings highlight a previously unknown negative regulator of cold stress pathways in plants.
Resilience, the second mission by Japanese company ispace, likely crashed attempting a landing on the moon June 5.The post Second ispace lunar lander presumed lost appeared first on SpaceNews.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he had a “very good call” with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, which focused “almost entirely” on trade. The relationship between Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk splintered Thursday as both criticized each other publicly. U.S. stocks fell Thursday, weighed down by Tesla shares tanking. Microsoft’s stocks, however, climbed 0.8% to hit a record. The Reserve Bank of India lowered its benchmark policy rate to 5.5% from 6%, the lowest level since August 2022. Shares of Circle Internet Group soared 168% on Thursday after in their first day of trading. Investors should be rooting for a May jobs report that is neither too hot nor cold, according to a JPMorgan trading desk note.Nathan Howard | ReutersU.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a press event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. Developments from the White House are growing more exciting and unpredictable than those 1,000-episode Asian drama serials.On Thursday, “So much for being Mr. NICE GUY” Donald Trump reverted to being a nice guy and had a “very good call,” in his words, with Chinese president Xi Jinping over trade issues. Following the call, Trump said that officials from both countries will meet to negotiate further. Trump had previously described the process of reaching an agreement with Xi as “extremely hard,” while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that talks between the U.S. and China are “a bit stalled,” which makes the positive outcome of the call even more of a breakthrough.But Trump’s no longer playing nice with Elon Musk. Just last Friday, the U.S. president at a farewell ceremony to Musk’s role at DOGE called the latter “terrific” and said “he will, always, be with us.” Starting from the weekend, however, Musk began blasting Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” which on Thursday culminated in a public spat between the former compatriots in the White House. Trump acknowledged Thursday that “Elon and I had a great relationship” — note the use of the past tense — but he doesn’t know “if we will anymore.” Unlike the twists and turns of a television series, however, the White House’s relationships with others — a drama equally or more entertaining than fiction to some — have concrete effects on the economy and markets. Tesla’s shares, for instance, tanked 14% after its CEO feuded with the U.S. President. A viewer cannot be completely absorbed, lest, in losing themselves in the spectacle, they lose their investments as well.What you need to know todayUgly spat between Trump and Musk U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called Tesla CEO Elon Musk “CRAZY” and threatened to cut his companies’ government contracts as the two men feuded over a major tax bill. In response, Musk said Space X will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft “immediately.” “Without me, Trump would have lost the election,” Musk added later. Shares of Tesla sank more than 14% and shed $152 billion in value from the electric vehicle maker.Trump talks to Xi on tradeTrump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday had a “very good call” for about 90 minutes which focused “almost entirely” on trade, Trump wrote on Truth Social. He added that U.S. and China officials will meet soon for more talks to resolve an ongoing trade war. Beijing’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and China’s embassy in the U.S. said earlier Thursday that Trump had requested the call with Xi.U.S. markets dragged down by TeslaU.S. stocks fell Thursday, weighed down by Tesla shares tanking. The S&P 500 retreated 0.53%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.25% and the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.83%. But Microsoft’s stocks climbed 0.8% to hit a record and reclaim the title of the world’s largest company by market capitalization. Asia-Pacific markets were mixed Friday. India’s Nifty 50 was up by 0.95% at 1:45 p.m. in Singapore after the country’s central bank slashed interest rates. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index, however, slipped 0.4%.India’s central bank delivers outsized cutThe Reserve Bank of India lowered its benchmark policy rate to 5.5% from 6%, the lowest level since August 2022. Economists polled by Reuters had expected the bank to reduce rates by 25 basis points. The decision comes India reported better-than-expected gross domestic product growth in its fiscal fourth quarter. However, the RBI held its full-year GDP estimate at 6.5%, marking a sharp slowdown from the 9.2% seen in the previous financial year.Circle shares pop after IPOShares of Circle Internet Group soared 168% on Thursday after the stablecoin company and its selling shareholders raised almost $1.1 billion in an initial public offering. The stock opened at $69 on the New York Stock Exchange after its IPO priced at $31. At one point, shares traded as high as $103.75. Circle joins Coinbase, Mara Holdings and Riot Platforms as one of the few pure-play crypto companies to list in America.[PRO] Tariffs might benefit LSEThe London Stock Exchange has struggled to entice companies looking to go public — but some market watchers say a tariffs-driven diversification away from the U.S. could help the U.K. win back a greater share of the IPO market.And finally...Nathan Howard | ReutersU.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a press event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. Trump and Musk feud draws reactions from billionaires, politicians and pundits. Here’s who said whatTrump and Musk seemed inseparable not so long ago: attending events together, doing joint interviews and showering praises on each other. All that changed overnight.Billionaire Bill Ackman on Thursday urged Trump and Musk to stop fighting. The two men should “make peace for the benefit of our great country,” Ackman said on X.Tesla bull Ross Gerber, head of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management, had harsh words for Musk in a series of X posts, stating that Elon was “now attacking all the people he helped put in power.” Others in Trump’s orbit, such as former senior Trump advisor Steve Bannon, who has clashed with Musk in recent months, were also critical of Musk, saying that Trump should sign an executive order to take control of SpaceX.
It’s not a Warren Buffett, but AI can help investors separate the signals from the noise.
Police in San Antonio, Texas, were quick to dismiss the idea that actor Jonathan Joss' murder was a hate crime , but they're now walking back their initial dismissal. Joss' husband claims the neighbor who allegedly killed Joss had threatened the couple and made homophobic remarks toward them multiple times, and...
In the years since the premiere of Paddy Chayefsky's Oscar-winning satire "Network," in which TV news anchor Howard Beale became a "mad prophet of the airwaves," 24-hour cable news operations have taken to heart the movie's lesson: Success lies in the incitement of anger. "Sunday Morning" special correspondent Ted Koppel talks with Bryan Cranston, starring as Howard Beale in a new Broadway version of "Network"; former TV news executive Dick Wald; cable news veteran Greta Van Susteren; and Carlos Maza, host of the Vox series "Strikethrough," about the state of TV news today.
For years the author of "To Kill a Mockingbird," and a best friend of "In Cold Blood" author Truman Capote, had researched and written a true-crime novel based on a series of deaths in Alabama, for which a small-town preacher had been rumored to be responsible. Though never found guilty, the reverend did collect life insurance policies on several family members who'd mysteriously died, until he himself was murdered by a vigilante. Rita Braver reports on Lee's fascination with the case, and talks with Casey Cep, author of the book "Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee."
Black Myth: Wukong is finally coming to Xbox this summer. One of the most frustrating parts about gaming is the fact that no matter what platform you choose to play on, you won’t get to play every game you want unless you buy every system. There will always be exclusives, whether they be permanent or [...]The post Black Myth: Wukong Is Coming to Xbox Very Soon appeared first on ComicBook.com.
As a followup to William Shakespeare's bloodiest play, "Titus Andronicus," Taylor Mac has penned an unlikely sequel: "Gary," a new Broadway comedy starring Nathan Lane as a servant hired to clean up the bloody mess of Shakespeare's tragedy. John Blackstone sits down with Mac, a playwright and performance artist best known for his 24-hour-long epic, "A 24-Decade History of Popular Music."
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Vulnerable communities in the Southeastern United States must look to the future, not the past, to prepare for climate disasters, according to researchers at Tufts University.In a recent paper published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, the researchers document substantially higher risk of extreme temperatures and flooding in the Southeast U.S.
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The actor known for playing Norm Peterson on Cheers died at the age of 76
Steam-powered cars? Steering wheels that monitor your heart rate? Some automotive innovations predicted 50 years ago haven't come to fruition (yet), but among those explored by host Walter Cronkite that did, in one manner or another, are air bags, crash test dummies, electric cars, anti-lock brakes, computer aids for drivers, and dashboard navigation. Originally broadcast on April 20, 1969.
Private lunar lander from Japan crashes into moon in failed mission The HinduView Full Coverage on Google News
Around midday, Earth's ionosphere sometimes experiences sharp, short-lived dips in its electron density--an unusual phenomenon known as a noontime bite-out. A new study takes a global view of these midday disruptions, using finely detailed ionospheric maps to compare their behavior in years of high and low solar activity. The research reveals that noontime bite-outs are more widespread and frequent during solar minimum, especially in winter and at higher latitudes. With detailed tracking of timing, intensity, and duration, the study provides a clearer picture of this elusive phenomenon and offers fresh insights into the daily rhythms of space weather.
In this web extra, Joshua Baron, Seattle's "Karaoke Baron," explains to correspondent Nancy Giles how bar fights have broken out among karaoke enthusiasts eager to sing along to Journey's "Don't Stop Believing."