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Snap CEO Evan Spigel speaks to CNBC on June 16, 2026.CNBCsnap CEO Evan Spiegel is betting that because consumers are tired of looking at smartphone screens, they will pay upwards of $2,000 for augmented reality glasses that bring digital visuals into the user’s field of vision.”Almost 20 years after the launch of the iPhone, people are ready to think differently about computing,” Spiegel said in an interview with CNBC.On Tuesday, Snap’s co-founders debuted Specs, the company’s first AR device aimed at the general public rather than developers. At $2,195 with a $200 refundable deposit, it’s more than 15 times the…
Emilia Clarke’s brain aneurysmEmilia Clarke, who filmed battle scenes for Game of Thrones, published an essay in The New Yorker in 2019 titled “A Battle for My Life.”After suffering a severe headache at the gym, the actress writes, “I made it to the bathroom and fell to my knees feeling very, very sick.” “During that time, the pain was getting worse with shooting, stabbing, squeezing pain. On some level, I knew what was happening: my brain was damaged.”She was taken to the hospital for a brain scan.”The diagnosis was swift and ominous: a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a life-threatening type…
Sheldon Cooper | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesCentene As the health insurance company grapples with rising medical costs, funding cuts and declining membership, it announced Monday that it has offered buyouts to some of its employees. “Centene is committed to delivering a simpler, better experience for our members and partners while responding to the realities of today’s healthcare environment, positioning us to lead the future of healthcare,” a company spokesperson said in a statement. “Today, we announced a voluntary severance program to support employees who are considering a career change.”The company did not disclose the number of employees who received…
SpaceX briefly overtook Amazon to become the world’s fifth-highest-valued company and nearly overtook Microsoft, but the company’s stock reversed those gains before the market closed on Tuesday. The newly listed company’s stock price had already risen 20% in its first full day of trading on Monday. Tuesday’s news that SpaceX would acquire AI coding company Cursor and the start of options trading on SpaceX stock sent the stock higher, pushing its valuation to $2.9 trillion, but it eventually subsided. This is all despite the fact that SpaceX posted a loss of $4.9 billion on sales of $18.7 billion last year,…
Nicholas Cocobris | Null Photo | Getty Imagesand space x Elon Musk’s company, whose stock has soared in its first three days of trading, has received support from the Justice Department. The department requested that the NAACP file a lawsuit against the company in federal court in Mississippi. The lawsuit, filed in April by the NAACP, alleges that xAI, Musk’s artificial intelligence lab now owned by SpaceX, violated the federal Clean Air Act by using dozens of methane gas-burning turbines to power its AI data centers without proper permits or pollution controls. Turbines emit pollutants and particulate matter that form…
A Russian warship sailing through the English Channel on Tuesday fired warning shots several hundred yards in front of a British-flagged yacht that was believed to be on a collision course, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said. The yacht was not injured or damaged and continues to sail. The ministry said in a statement that the crew of a Russian frigate spotted the civilian yacht Bright Future and said it was “traversing a dangerous route” that could bring it “close” to the warship. According to the Ministry of Defense, several attempts to contact the yacht’s crew by radio went unanswered, but…
Family is everything to Taylor and Travis, so VIP automatically includes their respective parents and siblings. Possible best man Jason Kelsey has at least two daughters, Wyatt and Elliott, who are flower girls with wife Kylie Kelsey, but depending on when the big day happens, younger sister Bennett could grow up as well. (Oh, Finley will probably sleep through this.) It remains to be seen which of Travis’ teammates will be chosen, but he was a groomsman at the 2022 wedding of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Brittany Mahomes, so in addition to coach Andy Reid, at least one boy…
The US strategic oil stockpile has fallen to its lowest level in more than 40 years as emergency reserves are released to ease supply disruptions caused by the Iran war. The SPR stood at 340.3 million barrels as of June 12, the lowest level since the summer of 1983, according to data released Monday by the Department of Energy. Reserves decreased by nearly 9 million barrels from the previous week.The deal the United States and Iran are expected to sign on Friday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz comes as oil company executives warn that global stocks are rapidly declining…
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted that Damascus would do a “better job” and suggested that Israel allow Syria to “deal with Hezbollah.” The proposal, which President Trump has floated twice this month, touches on some of Lebanon’s deepest anxieties, including Syria’s long history of interference in its internal affairs and the country’s new ruler’s jihadist past. It is unclear what exactly President Trump is suggesting, such as sending the Syrian army to southern Lebanon or forcibly cutting off arms supply routes for the Syrian army. Either option would stoke fear within Lebanon. Syria has dominated Lebanon’s political scene…
The story of how Jelly Rolly and Bunnie Xo metBunny Zoe and Jelly Roll’s love story began in Las Vegas.As she recalled on Bussin’ With The Boys, she met the singer when they performed at a country saloon in Las Vegas in August 2015. This was before jelly rolls became famous. At the time, he was living in a van and estimated about 20 people came to the show.Instead, their spark took center stage.”When I met him, I tell people this is the craziest cliché, but literally my soul was like, ‘I’m there,'” Bunny said on a 2023 podcast. “And…