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It’s been nearly two years since Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella predicted that knowledge work (the white-collar jobs held by lawyers, investment bankers, librarians, accountants, IT, etc.) would be replaced by AI. However, despite the great advances made with basic models, changes in knowledge work have been slow to emerge. Models have mastered thorough research and agency planning, but for some reason, most white-collar jobs remain relatively untouched. This is one of the biggest mysteries in AI, and thanks to new research from training data giant Mercor, we finally have some answers. New research examines how leading AI models drawn from…
Before Blake filed suit against Justin Baldoni in December 2024, she checked in with Taylor on Dec. 4 and admitted in a text message included in a court filing unsealed on Jan. 20, 2026, “I’ve been feeling like a bad friend lately because I was a sad piece of shit who only talked about myself for months.” According to the filing, in response to Blake taking responsibility for any bad blood, Taylor responded, “I’m exhausted from all aspects of my life, and I’ve noticed a slight change in the way Justin speaks to me over the last few months. Yes,…
(This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh — First Solar (FSLR) has been a difficult long-term investment over the past two decades as the industry has been forced to rapidly re-prioritize to meet millions of challenges along the way. If it wasn’t competition from China, it was tax threats, dramatic changes in the funding landscape, disruption of ESG themes, and literally anything else you can think of. Solar power as an investment idea is far from easy for believers. Don’t get me wrong. If…
The creators of the open source project vLLM have announced that they are moving the popular tool to VC-backed startup Inferact, which has raised $150 million in seed funding at a valuation of $800 million. The round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners, confirming TechCrunch’s previous report that vLLM raised funding from a16z. Inferact’s debut reflects the recent commercialization of the SGLang project as RadixArk, which, as we reported on Wednesday, has secured capital led by Accel at a valuation of $400 million, according to sources. As the focus of AI shifts from training models to deployment…
Dilara Irem Sankar | Anadolu | Getty Imagesspotify It adds even more atmosphere.The music streamer on Thursday unveiled “Prompted Playlists,” an artificial intelligence-driven feature that lets users build custom mixes using their emotions and memories.”We always hear from our listeners that they love playlists, but creating one yourself can be daunting,” said Surinna Ong, Spotify’s global editorial director, in a statement announcing the news.The feature is currently in beta for premium subscribers in the US and Canada and will be rolled out through the end of this month. The company began testing in New Zealand in December.According to the release,…
Teen Mom’s Kailyn Lowry and Elijah Scott break up after almost a year of engagementKailyn Lowry, a mother of seven, has defended her actions. The Teen Mom 2 alum addressed the “presumption” of prioritizing her relationship over her children after she moved her boyfriend Isaac “Ike” Knighton, of less than a year, into her parents’ home. “On the contrary, I think I thought a lot about what kind of person he was before I welcomed him into the rest of my children’s lives,” Kailyn said in a Jan. 18 Patreon video, according to multiple news outlets. “I didn’t meet him…
Real Madrid remains the top earner in world football, but Liverpool has moved up the table and Manchester United has fallen.Liverpool have surpassed Manchester United as the Premier League’s biggest earner for the first time, according to the annual financial list, while Real Madrid remains world football’s top performer in 2024-25.In Deloitte’s Football Money League released on Thursday, the Spanish club topped the league with revenue of 1.16 billion euros ($1.36 billion), despite not winning La Liga or the Champions League. Real Madrid, the only club to earn more than $1 billion in the past two seasons, benefited from a…
In the 15 years since its 2007 IPO, Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (LULU) has largely held its position as a premium leader in the athleisure market, although it has had some controversial moments, including the 2013 “sheer pants” debacle when some customers complained that the pants were see-through. Eventually, the company solved that problem and has grown about 7.5x since then. However, the stock price has plummeted since its all-time high in late 2023, dropping more than 60%, and the “sheer pants” issue has only recently returned. Sales of the “Get Low” series have been suspended, and the company has faced…
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff speaks about “Squawk on the Street” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 20, 2026.Oscar Molina CNBCCloud software stocks started this year in sell mode that ended in 2025. Investors told CNBC that the continued downward spiral is setting the stage for a flurry of acquisitions. of WisdomTree Cloud Computing FundThe company, which tracks cloud software, is down more than 8% so far this year, while the Nasdaq is up slightly. Typical software names are: sales force, ServiceNow and adobe The stock is down more than 14% after significantly underperforming the market a…
“We have a master plan. … There is no plan B.” Jared Kushner laid out his vision for postwar Gaza in front of an audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos. If it fails, he said, it will be easy to assign blame. “If Hamas does not demilitarize, it will hinder the realization of the aspirations of the people of Gaza,” he said. The presentation, which felt somewhat rushed, came shortly after US President Donald Trump’s controversial signing of the Peace Commission Charter, which represents the next step in the 20-point ceasefire plan agreed between Israel and Hamas in…