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2026 Oscars: Michael B. Jordan, Kylie Jenner and more change up their looks for the afterpartyThe biggest night in movie history is behind us, but fashion never goes away. And indeed, the party didn’t stop when the Oscars were handed out at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on March 15th. After all, there was much to celebrate. At the end of the night, hosted by repeat host Conan O’Brien, the film world’s biggest winner turned out to be One Battle After Another, taking home Best Picture on top of five other wins. Meanwhile, Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for…
In 2023, after three years building their auto financing startup, Fuse co-founders Andres Klaric and Marc Escpapa realized that an LLM could help them modernize something even more important: the loan origination system (LOS), the backbone of the lending industry. Frustrated with the limitations of legacy software, Bolivian native Klaric (pictured left) and Spanish immigrant Escapa (pictured right) pivoted their business to build Fuse, an AI-native LOS. On Monday, Fuse announced it had raised $25 million in Series A led by Footwork, Primary Venture Partners, NextView Ventures, and Commerce Ventures. The LOS serves as the primary system of record for…
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook opens the doors to the Apple Fifth Avenue store on the first day of in-store sales of Apple’s latest products on Friday, September 19, 2025 in New York, USA. Kenna Betancourt | Bloomberg | Getty Imagesapple has acquired a video editing company called MotionVFX, which provides plug-ins, templates, and visual effects tools that work with Apple’s Final Cut Pro. “We’re thrilled to share that MotionVFX has joined the Apple team and will continue to help creators and editors do their best work,” the startup said on its website on Monday. “From the beginning, we’ve focused…
The best red carpet accessory continues to prove to be the plus one. And Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor further proved that fact when they attended the annual Vanity Fair Oscar afterparty hand in hand. For their rare date night, Sarah wore a full cream tulle skirt with a matching cardigan tucked into her corseted waist. She styled the look with bow-toed heels and styled her hair into a sleek bob. Meanwhile, Holland was the complete opposite of her partner in an all-black look, styled with an oversized black coat over tights and black mules. She had a black handbag…
Gas flares from an oil production platform at the Soroush oil field in the Persian Gulf, 1,250 kilometers (776 miles) south of the capital Tehran, on July 25, 2005. The Iranian flag is raised in the foreground. Raheb Homavandi | Reuters Hello, my name is Hui Jie from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open.The Iran war is now in its third week, with US President Donald Trump calling on other countries to help secure the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, even as his administration claims victory. Some may wonder whether the government is really “winning.”What you…
Eight-year-old semiconductor startup Flore Systems has raised $143 million in Series D led by MVP Ventures at a valuation of $1.64 billion, the company announced Monday. The company said Flore has now raised a total of $340 million. Furore does not manufacture its own chips. We manufacture liquid cooling systems for them. Founded by two former Qualcomm engineers, the company’s technology was originally created to provide air cooling technology for phones and other small fanless electronic devices. The company’s focus on chips was inspired by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who received a demo of the technology about two years ago,…
AP — The State Department has reduced the fees for Americans to officially renounce their U.S. citizenship by about 80%. After years of legal battles with groups representing Americans who want to renounce their citizenship, the department published a final rule in the Federal Register on Friday that lowers the fee from $2,350 to $450. The new fees, which took effect Friday, were promised for 2023 but were never implemented. The current cost is the same as when the State Department first began asking Americans to formally renounce their citizenship in 2010. Renunciation of U.S. citizenship can be an intensive…
EJAE looks back on what could have been a golden moment. The singer-songwriter and his collaborators made 2026 Oscar history by winning Best Original Song for K-Pop Demon Hunters’ “Golden,” but their speech was abruptly cut short. As for what she could have said to cap off the historic moment, she admitted there were some special people she wanted them to acknowledge. After winning the March 15 event, EJAE told reporters about his Kpop Demon Hunters bandmates, “I couldn’t go because it was canceled midway through, but I wanted to thank Ley Ami and Audrey Nuna.” “They captivated people with…
On January 28, 2026, a staff member sorts packages on a postal sorting assembly line at a postal delivery logistics joint distribution center in Mengshan County, Wuzhou City, Guangxi Province, China. (Photo courtesy of Costfoto/NurPhoto, Getty Images)Cost Photo | Null Photo | Getty ImagesChina’s economy got off to a strong start this year, with both consumption and production exceeding expectations, with an early boost from holiday spending and strong external demand.Office for National Statistics data on Monday showed retail sales rose 2.8% year-on-year in the first two months, beating economists’ expectations for a 2.5% rise. However, this growth reflects a…
Raul Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, the grandson of former Cuban President Raul Castro, appeared at several public events led by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday, raising questions about his role as Cuba’s leader as the country faces demands for regime change from the United States, analysts said. On Friday morning, Mr. Rodríguez Castro took part in a meeting held by Mr. Díaz-Canel with the leaders of the Cuban Communist Party and the Council of Ministers. Prime Minister Díaz-Canel then attended a press conference in which he addressed the island’s social and economic crisis and confirmed that his government had spoken…