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Startups supported by Radar american eagle Jay Schottenstein, CEO of the company that helps retailers manage in-store inventory and reduce product theft and loss, has reached unicorn status with its latest round of funding, CNBC has learned. Founded in 2013 by Spencer Hewett, the company has raised $170 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Gideon Strategic Partners and Nimble Partners, with participation from Align Ventures, at a valuation of more than $1 billion. The company counts Schottenstein among its investors. He said American Eagle was the first retailer to implement Radar’s technology in all of its stores.Through…

Google announced Tuesday at its annual Google I/O event that it is releasing Pics, a new AI-powered design and image generation app for Google Workspace. The tech giant says it designed the app to be accessible to everyone from teachers to small business owners. Pics allows users to create everything from social media graphics and invitations to marketing materials and mockups using simple text prompts, without the need for editing skills or advanced tools. By giving users an easy way to generate visuals, Google is trying to compete with popular design apps like Canva and products from AI-native competitors like…

Google unveiled its audio smart glasses, which will be released later this year, at Google I/O in Mountain View, California on May 19, 2026.Benjamin Fanjoy | Getty Imagesgoogle The company unveiled its first audio smart glasses on Tuesday as it looks to carve out a corner of the wearables market that has rivals. meta It’s making waves. At Google’s annual I/O conference, the company announced that it has partnered with Samsung and eyewear manufacturers Gentle Monster and Warby Parker on glasses that incorporate the Gemini assistant. Google says they will be compatible with Android and iOS devices and will be…

Sometimes life really imitates art. And for TikToker-turned-podcaster-turned-author Brooke Averick, her upcoming debut novel, Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It, and the writing of its lovable, anxious protagonist, have had more of an impact on her real life than she could have imagined. Because while readers may be inspired by Phoebe’s determined journey to lose her virginity in her final months before turning 30 after a lifetime of dating-related anxiety, Brooke also walks away with a lesson learned from her protagonist. “When it comes to dating,” she told E! News in an exclusive interview, “Before I started writing, like Phoebe, I…

Check out the companies that made headlines before the bell: Home Depot — The home improvement retailer rose 0.6% after the company reported better-than-expected sales and profits. Adjusted earnings per share were $3.43, beating the $3.41 per share expected by analysts surveyed by LSEG. Sales were $41.77 billion, exceeding expectations of $41.52 billion. Amer Sports — Shares rose 2.9% after the sportswear company behind the Wilson and Salomon brands reported first-quarter results that beat analysts’ expectations. Excluding items, earnings per share were 38 cents, beating the FactSet consensus estimate of 31 cents per share. Sales also exceeded expectations of $1.84…

Google isn’t done bringing AI to your inbox yet. On Tuesday, at the IO 2026 developer conference, the tech giant announced an expansion of Gmail’s “AI Inbox” feature, adding conversational AI capabilities. That means you can ask Gmail about what’s in your inbox instead of typing a search term. The company says its Gemini AI-powered Gmail Live feature helps users quickly find information buried in their inboxes. Image credit: Google For example, we might need information like your next flight, the time of your dentist appointment, the door code for your Airbnb rental, or details about your child’s school event.…

On May 12, 2026, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman arrived at the federal court in Oakland, California, on the day of the trial of Elon Musk’s lawsuit regarding OpenAI’s commercialization. Carlos Barria | ReutersOpenAI on Tuesday announced a new product called “Guaranteed Capacity” that allows customers to secure long-term access to compute to power their artificial intelligence products, agents and workflows.According to the company’s website, customers can choose a one-, two-, or three-year contract period, and the discount increases with the annual contract amount. “Customers increasingly want certainty around capacity, and as our models improve, we expect the world to be…

Hayden Panettiere didn’t want to undermine Connie Britton IRL. Hayden was clearly concerned that life would imitate art, as his own billing for the series “increased significantly” following the pilot’s success, while Nashville’s Juliette Barnes’ rising country music career threatened the career of Rayna James, who played Connie. “My character was never meant to be the star of the show, and it never even came close,” Hayden writes in his current memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning. “That honor went to Connie, who was Rayna James in the twilight of her career, facing a dramatic turning point, really because of…

Mikel Arteta was Josep Guardiola’s assistant at Man City before guiding his former tutor to the Premier League title.Published May 19, 2026May 19, 2026Mikel Arteta has silenced the doubters by awakening the sleeping giant Arsenal and returning the Gunners to the top of English football.Twenty-two years after Arsene Wenger’s ‘invincibility’, Arsenal have finally crossed the line and legitimized Arteta’s project, which began when he took over in 2019.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listSix-and-a-half years ago, Arsenal took a gamble on the former club captain, who had no managerial experience.But Arteta has arguably been blessed with the best apprenticeship,…

A pedestrian walks in front of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) digital broadcast in Mumbai.Indranil Mukherjee | AFP | Getty ImagesDomestic investors played a key role in helping India’s stock market avoid a “free fall” after foreign investors sold billions worth of shares last year, the CEO of India’s oldest stock market told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Tuesday.”India is growing, but a significant portion of the population has not yet entered the capital markets,” Sundaraman Ramamurthy, managing director of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), told CNBC. He added that 35 million Indian investors registered via BSE last year.He said…