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Sammy Ekmark played tennis at Arizona State University.Provided by Sammy EkmarkSammy Ekmark, 29, co-founded Ink’d Greetings, a personalized greetings and gift card company, in 2023 with her husband, Andrew. This was a major turning point from his previous career as a star tennis player.Ekmark started playing the sport at age 10, and by the time he entered college, he was playing on Division I teams and individually ranked in the top 50 in singles in the United States.”I was really focused on tennis. I was 92-0 in high school, so I never lost a match,” Ekmark said. “I played two…

The South Korean defense giant has an order backlog of about $69 billion at the end of 2024, according to media reports. South Korea is also accelerating investment in advanced weapons systems and expanding defense ties, particularly with Europe. With the signing of a new EU-South Korea security and defense partnership in 2024 and increased exports of vehicles and artillery, the country has become Europe’s second-largest arms supplier to NATO members. But despite its huge industrial footprint, there are surprisingly few startups competing with or competing against incumbents. The country’s defense technology startup scene is still in its infancy, revealing…

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh said the country’s nuclear program is still “intact” despite admitting that it suffered severe damage from attacks by the United States and Israel on its facilities earlier this year. In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Frederick Preitgen on Sunday, Mr. Khatibzadeh said that Iran’s “peaceful nuclear program is intact as we speak,” adding: “We are going to protect it.” The exact status of Iran’s facilities remains unclear following a 12-day war between Israel and Iran in June, and the United States’ airstrikes on three of the country’s nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan…

Pedestrians pass the Elizabeth Tower, also known as Big Ben, at the Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament, on February 22, 2024 in London. Protect yourself from the rain with an umbrella. Henry Nichols AFP | Getty ImagesLONDON — European stock markets fell into the red on Monday after initially opening higher.pan-european Stocks 600 The stock was down 0.3% in London by 11:41 a.m. (6:41 a.m. ET), recouping early morning gains, with major exchanges also falling into negative territory.Saab was among the companies with big gains on Monday after the Swedish aerospace and defense company announced Friday…

On Monday, a new model context protocol security startup called Runlayer launched in stealth with $11 million in seed funding from Keith Rabois and Felicis of Khosla Ventures. It was created by its third founder, Andrew Berman (previous companies: baby monitor maker Nanit and AI video conferencing tool Vowel, which was sold to Zapier in 2024). In the four months since Runlayer launched its product in stealth, it says it has signed deals with dozens of customers, including eight unicorns or public companies, including Gusto, Ripling, dbt Labs, Instacart, Opendoor, and Ramp. Berman also told TechCrunch that the company has…

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang made this reaction during a press conference at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in Gyeongju on October 31, 2025. Jung Young Jae | AFP | Getty ImagesThis is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Technical troubleAfter last week’s losses, and with Nvidia’s must-see earnings report just around the corner, investors are wondering what’s next for the artificial intelligence industry. Can the sector that has captivated Wall Street and Silicon Valley in recent…

To combat a severe water crisis, Iranian authorities have launched a rain-inducing cloud-seeding operation, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported on Saturday, amid the driest autumn in half a century. Iran’s Meteorological Organization’s National Weather Forecasting Center announced on Saturday that precipitation across the country has decreased by about 89% compared to the long-term average, making Iran the driest autumn in 50 years. IRNA said the cloud-seeding operation was carried out “by aircraft equipped with cloud-seeding equipment” in the Lake Urmia basin in the northwest of the country. The process, which has been used in Iran for many years, disperses…

There’s a new group looking to make waves. The Real Housewives of Rhode Island is headed to Bravo, and thanks to the series’ recently announced cast, it looks like the show will be just as intense as the other spinoffs. There are two familiar faces. Joining the ranks of on-screen housewives is Bachelor Nation alum Ashley Iaconetti. The 37-year-old is trading her rose ceremony for a gossip session in the Ocean State after settling in her husband Jared Haibon’s home state. Another on-screen regular who joined the cast as a friend in the first season is Real Housewives of New…

Mature soybeans remain unharvested near North Maple Grove Road after rain on October 28, 2025 in Ellettsville, Indiana. jeremy hogan getty images After weeks of intense focus on whether an AI bubble existed in the market, a recurring feature of 2025 has surfaced: tariffs. In the U.S. on Friday, tech stocks recovered slightly after the Nasdaq hit its lowest in nearly three weeks, perhaps a sign that the AI-driven volatility may be nearing an end. But just as AI retreats from the spotlight, tariffs enter the stage like the next act of a Shakespeare play. The Trump administration on Friday…

Three years ago, Luminal co-founder Joe Fioti was working on chip design at Intel. He was working on making the best chip possible, but the more important bottleneck was in the software. “You can make the best hardware on the planet, but if it’s difficult for developers to use, they won’t use it,” he told me. Now he has founded a company focused entirely on that problem. On Monday, Luminal announced $5.3 million in seed funding in a round led by Felicis Ventures with angel investments from Paul Graham, Guillermo Rauch, and Ben Porterfield. Fioti co-founders Jake Stevens and Matthew…