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estee lauder sued walmart A major retailer was sued in California federal court for allegedly selling counterfeit beauty products on its website and failing to take sufficient steps to ensure that only certified genuine products were available to consumers. Estée Lauder said it purchased, inspected and tested numerous products sold on Walmart.com using the Le Labo, La Mer, Clinique, Aveda, Tom Ford and Estée Lauder trademarks and determined they were counterfeit, according to the lawsuit filed Monday. Products include counterfeit Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair serum, Le Labo fragrance, Clinique eye cream, La Mer lotion, Aveda hairbrush, and Tom Ford…
OpenAI has disbanded a team aimed at communicating its mission to the public and its own employees. At the same time, the team’s former leader was given a new role as the company’s “chief futurist.” OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch that members of the team have now been assigned to other roles. The news was first reported by Platformer. The disbanded team in question appears to have been formed in September 2024. The platformer reported that the team was dedicated to advancing “the company’s stated mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all humanity.” An official OpenAI spokesperson describes the…
Orlando Bravo, co-founder of Thoma Bravo, said Wednesday that software stocks are “oversold” and the sector is depressed by a lack of profits.”Most of the 300 publicly traded software companies aren’t making enough money,” he told CNBC’s “Money Movers.” “They’re trading as a multiple of earnings, and that’s very risky.”Thoma Bravo is a software-focused investment firm founded in 2008 with more than $181 billion in assets under management as of September.Bravo said the value of domain experience is increasing as artificial intelligence poses a technology-based threat to software companies.”There are some very valuable gems on the public market right now…
Priyanka Chopra addresses ‘very hurtful’ speculation about Nick Jonas’ marriagePriyanka Chopra is just human. In fact, that’s why the negative comments early in her romance with husband Nick Jonas were difficult for her to understand. “I don’t know what it was about us that hurt people,” the 44-year-old said in an interview published on February 11. “I think there was a cross-cultural nature, such as different countries, different religions, and age differences. It was very hurtful.” Throughout the conversation, Priyanka shared that she married Nick, 33, in 2018 and did not let it affect their relationship. “And we both, instead…
An introduction by former Trump campaign lawyer Kurt Olsen led to a recent FBI investigation that resulted in the seizure of 2020 election ballots from an election center in Fulton County, Georgia, newly unsealed federal court documents revealed Tuesday.The document is an affidavit from FBI Special Agent Hugh Raymond Evans, who said the FBI is conducting a criminal investigation into “whether the alleged irregularities” that occurred in Fulton County’s voting process and counting operations in 2020 were “intentional acts in violation of federal criminal law.””The FBI’s criminal investigation stemmed from a referral sent by Kurt Olsen, the President’s appointee to…
Modal Labs, a startup specializing in AI inference infrastructure, is in talks with VCs about a new round valued at about $2.5 billion, according to four people familiar with the deal. If the deal closes on these terms, the funding round would more than double the company’s announced $1.1 billion valuation less than five months ago. General Catalyst is in talks to lead the round, people told TechCrunch. Sources say Modal’s annual revenue run rate (ARR) is approximately $50 million. Discussions are at an early stage and terms are still subject to change. Modal Labs co-founder and CEO Erik Bernhardsson…
Meta Ray-Ban Gen 2 AI glasses during the Meta Connect event on Wednesday, September 17, 2025 in Menlo Park, California, USA. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesEssilor Lux Oticahas more than tripled Meta Ray-Ban maker announced last year’s sales of artificial intelligence glasses in its fourth quarter results on Wednesday. The French-Italian eyewear brand announced it sold more than 7 million AI glasses last year.That’s up from the total of 2 million units the company sold in 2023 and 2024, according to its quarterly report from February last year. The numbers reported Wednesday include smart glasses sold under…
James Van Der Beek didn’t want to wait to live his life to the fullest. The actor, who gained popularity for playing the title character on Dawson’s Creek, passed away on February 11th after a battle with colorectal cancer. He was 48 years old. The Varsity Blues star is survived by his wife Kimberly Van Der Beek and their children Olivia (15), Joshua (13), Annabelle (12), Emilia (9), Gwendolyn (7) and four-year-old Jeremiah. “Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed away peacefully this morning,” a statement posted to James and Kimberly’s Instagram account read. “He met his final days…
A “Now Hiring” sign hangs in the window of a business in Manhattan, New York City, on January 9, 2026.Spencer Pratt | Getty ImagesWednesday’s jobs report will give the market plenty to think about as investors parse the latest data and a series of revised data. Economists expect January’s nonfarm payrolls report to show zero or modest growth in that month. In addition, the annual revision also reveals that the U.S. economy created almost no net jobs going back to early 2024, potentially raising further questions about the health of the labor market.”The expectation is it’s going to be zero,”…
On Wednesday, xAI took the unusual step of publishing the entire 45-minute all-hands meeting video on X, making it publicly accessible. Details of Tuesday night’s meeting were previously reported by the New York Times, and may have influenced xAI’s decision to post the video online. The entire video reveals important new details about Musk’s AI Lab plans, including the product roadmap and continued relationship with the X Platform. The most direct revelation concerns a series of employee departures, which Musk described as layoffs due to changes in the company’s organizational structure. While reorganizations are common, their widespread departures have caused…