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The holidays may feel like a distant dream, but here’s a reality check. There are only seven Mondays left until Christmas, and your social calendar will soon be filled with office parties and friend gatherings. If you haven’t given up on watching the ball drop from your house yet, you might even be able to make a fuss on New Year’s Eve. Do you really want to deal with an ever-growing gift checklist plus the last-minute realization that you don’t have anything to wear? I thought not. The good news? Whether you’re dressing up for a festive Thanksgiving dinner or…
hong kong skylineNikaita | E+ | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets rose on Thursday, tracking Wall Street’s gains. AMD’s Third-quarter profits outperformed artificial intelligence stocks, which rose.Japanese benchmark Nikkei Stock Average The index rose by 1.45%, and the TOPIX index rose by 1.11%. SoftBank shares, which fell 10% on Wednesday, reversed losses and rose 1.5%. Artificial intelligence companies also rose, with Advantest, which supplies testing equipment to Nvidia, up 3.73%, and chip equipment maker Disco Corporation, up 4.59%.After falling in the previous session, South Korea’s Kospi index trimmed its early gains and was trading flat. Shares of Nvidia supplier SK Hynix rose…
Tinder is counting on AI to revitalize its dating app, which has reported nine consecutive quarters of declining paid members as of the third quarter of this year. Dating app maker Match Group told investors on an earnings call Tuesday that Tinder is testing a feature called Chemistry that would allow Tinder to get to know you through questions and, with your permission, access photos from your phone’s camera roll to learn more about your interests and personality. The feature is already being piloted in New Zealand and Australia and will be “a big pillar of Tinder’s future product experience…
robin hood The company beat Wall Street expectations for the third quarter on Wednesday, extending its strong winning streak and making it one of the year’s biggest large-cap U.S. tech stocks.Here’s how Robinhood’s results compare to Wall Street’s expectations, according to analysts surveyed by LSEG.Earnings per share: 61 cents vs. 53 cents expected Earnings: $1.27 billion vs. $1.19 billion expectedRevenue doubled from the same period last year, and net income increased to $556 million, or 61 cents per share, compared to net income of $150 million, or 17 cents per share, in the same period last year.Transaction-based revenue, a measure…
Celebrities in the running to play young Lily van der WoodsenGossip Girl casting director David Rapaport spoke to Jessica about the pilot starring Brittany Snow and Krysten Ritter for the Gossip Girl spinoff, which centers on Serena’s mother Lily Vanderwoodsen (Kelly Rutherford). “I remember Dakota Johnson coming in, Rooney Mara, and a lot of other women who are big names now, but they didn’t have that stature back then,” he recalled on XOXO. “So, do you know who had the best read for the role? I think you’re friends with Nina Dobrev, so I’ll tell you, that was one of…
Supreme Court justices on Wednesday expressed skepticism about the legality of the aggressive tariffs President Donald Trump has imposed on most countries around the world.Conservative and liberal justices grilled Attorney General D. John Sauer on the Trump administration’s approach to enacting tariff laws, which critics say violates Congress’ taxing powers.A lower federal court ruled that Trump lacked the legal authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose so-called reciprocal tariffs on imports from many of the United States’ trading partners and to impose fentanyl tariffs on products from Canada, China and Mexico.Mr. Sauer defended tariff policy based on…
During Tuesday’s earnings call, Pinterest CEO Bill Ready highlighted the potential of open source AI models to help the company keep costs down as it expands its visual AI use cases. The image pinboard site often serves as the first step in a consumer’s shopping journey and leverages AI technology to power a variety of features, including personalized recommendations, a multimodal search experience that combines text and images, ad targeting, and, most recently, product discovery with the launch of the AI-powered Pinterest Assistant. But investors wanted to know what Pinterest’s opportunity would be in agent commerce (AI systems that can…
snap Shares rose 15% on Wednesday after the company reported third-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ expectations and announced a $500 million stock repurchase program.Here’s how the company performed compared to Wall Street expectations:Earnings per share: loss of 6 cents. This number is not comparable to analyst expectations. Revenue: $1.51 billion vs. $1.49 billion expected, according to LSEG Global daily active users: 477 million vs. 476 million expected, according to StreetAccount Global average revenue per user (ARPU): $3.16 vs. $3.13 expected, according to StreetAccountSnap also announced a partnership with startup Perplexity AI to “integrate conversational search directly into Snapchat.” According to…
Violent protests have erupted in Mexico’s Michoacan state over the killing of an outspoken anti-crime mayor while participating in Day of the Dead celebrations over the weekend. Protests began Sunday in the state capital, Morelia, under the slogan “Enough of abuse and inaction”. The demonstrations turned violent, with some people storming the government palace in Morelia. Local authorities confirmed eight arrests. On Tuesday, Apatzingan city authorities confirmed that people set fire to City Hall and said in a Facebook post that the violence was carried out by “shock groups with objectives far from building true peace.” The shocking killing of…
Bitcoin, Ethereum and stablecoin USDT promoted in Hong Kong crypto store on July 29, 2025. Peter Parks | AFP | Getty Images This report is from CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter this week, delivering insights and analysis on the powerhouse of the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here.big storyThe AI competition between the US and China begins over cryptocurrencies.At least that’s what US President Donald Trump suggested after his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last Thursday, a trade deal that has been closely watched around the world.”I want to make cryptocurrencies great for America,” President Trump told CBS…