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Josh Brown says Rocket Companies is down, but the stock could rise after a series of recent acquisitions. The fintech and home ownership services company is down about 20% since the start of the year, despite a broader rise in real estate prices. But that doesn’t mean there’s more downside ahead, Josh Brown, CEO and co-founder of Ritholtz Wealth Management, said Tuesday on CNBC’s “Halftime Report.” “This is a company that spent the core winter of mortgages making acquisitions,” Brown said. “And now, with this combination of assets, I think the CEO is on the right track. What he wants…

Amazon announced Tuesday that it is expanding access to its healthcare AI assistant to its website and apps. The assistant, called Health AI, was previously only available in the app of One Medical, the healthcare company that Amazon acquired for $3.9 billion in 2023. Health AI can answer questions, walk you through your health records, manage prescription renewals, and schedule appointments. Amazon says users do not need to be Prime members or One Medical members to use Assistant. Amazon says Health AI is designed to act as a personalized health assistant that can answer common health questions without accessing personal…

Mira Murati, then chief technology officer of OpenAI, speaks at the Wall Street Journal’s WSJ Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, on October 17, 2023.Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesNvidia has made a “significant investment” in Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab as part of a new multi-year strategic partnership, the companies announced on Tuesday. Thinking Machines Lab is an artificial intelligence startup Murati founded last year that aims to create AI systems that are “more widely understood, customizable, and universally functional,” according to its website. The company has kept its efforts largely secret, offering few details about…

Toronto police are investigating a “national security incident” after shots were fired at the U.S. consulate early Tuesday morning, damaging the building but causing no injuries. Around 5:29 a.m., about an hour after investigators believed the shooting occurred, a witness called troopers to report gunshots at the consulate, police said. Toronto Police Deputy Chief Frank Barrett said authorities “found evidence of a discharge of a firearm, shell casings and damage to a building.” Barrett said witness evidence showed two male suspects fired what appeared to be handguns in front of the consulate and fled in a white Honda CRV. Police…

Mami, what’s wrong? That’s the question Young Miko is asking in his new music video and campaign with Gap, and the answer is loungewear that’s both cozy and undeniably cool. Months after the brand’s music video and campaign combo with Cat Eye went viral, Gap is teaming up with the award-nominated Puerto Rican artist for its “Sweats Like This” campaign (which also happens to feature a song with the girl group). The “WASSUP” music video with Gap features the singer and dancer wearing a variety of sweatpants and hoodies from the brand in black and gray setups. Of course, you…

Last year was a solid year for investors, with double-digit annual returns for the third year in a row, but now you can expect to pay taxes on those winnings. The S&P 500 index soared 16% in 2025, marking the third straight year of double-digit gains as artificial intelligence trading boosts the market. But those prizes will come at a price once tax season is in full swing. “After strong equity growth, strong sales, and active consumer participation in 2025, we are concerned that (short-term) capital gains could become a negative tax surprise that offsets the well-publicized positive effect of…

People walk near a sign outside Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe day after Anthropic sued the Trump administration for designating an artificial intelligence company as a supply chain risk. google is deepening its relationship with the Department of Defense and expanding the role of the Gemini AI model within the military bureaucracy. Google announced Tuesday that it is introducing features on GenAI.mil, the Department of Defense’s enterprise AI portal, that will allow civilians and military personnel to build custom AI agents for unclassified tasks. More than 3 million Department of…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that “today will once again be the day of the heaviest attacks on Iranian soil.””Iran is isolated and suffering a crushing defeat on Day 10 of Operation Epic Fury,” Hegseth told reporters at the Pentagon alongside Gen. Dan Cain, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Hegseth said that in the past 24 hours, the United States had seen “the lowest number of missiles that Iran has ever been able to fire,” and accused Iran of attacking Gulf states without provocation from them, some of which were allies in the past.He vowed to the press…

Sandbar, a startup run by former Meta employees Mina Fahmi and Kirak Hong, gained a lot of attention last year with its Streamling note-taking wearable. The company has now raised $23 million in a Series A funding round led by Adjacent and Kindred Ventures. The company’s smart ring focuses on note-taking, like products from Plaud and Omi, and not health tracking like Oura’s products. The ring is equipped with a microphone, which is turned off by default but can be activated using the flat touch-sensitive panel on the top. Press and hold this touch panel to record notes, chat with…

Perplexity app in the Apple App Store on a smartphone arranged in Washington on June 1, 2025.Stephanie Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA federal judge temporarily blocked startup Perplexity’s access. AmazonAccording to court filings, the site is powered by the Comet artificial intelligence browser. Amazon sued Perplexity in November, alleging that Perplexity took steps to “hide” its AI agents so that they could continue to scrape the online retailer’s websites without authorization. Perplexity called the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, a “bullying tactic.” Perplexity’s Comet allows shoppers to ask an assistant to…