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U.S. President Donald Trump attends a health care affordability event in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, April 23, 2026 in Washington, DC, USA.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to Britain, threatening to impose steep tariffs on the country unless it lowers the digital services tax on US tech companies. The tax was first introduced in 2020 and will be a 2% levy on the revenue of search engines, social media services and online marketplaces that derive value from UK users. This includes several US companies such as: alphabetGoogle,…
A portrait of Jeffrey Epstein appears on a tablet screen next to a page on the U.S. Department of Justice website titled “Epstein Library, February 11, 2026.”Véronique Tournier | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Justice Department’s internal watchdog agency announced Thursday that it is investigating the agency’s compliance with laws requiring full disclosure of department files on notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The audit by the Office of Inspector General comes after months of complaints that the Justice Department was failing to comply with the Epstein File Transparency Act by withholding many files it had on Epstein and his convicted accomplice Ghislaine…
surprise! StrictlyVC San Francisco, which kicks off this year’s TechCrunch event lineup on April 30th at the Centro Philippine Cultural Center, is adding new participants to its ever-growing roster of speakers. Praveen Neppalli Naga, CTO of Uber, joins us to discuss operating at scale in the age of, you guessed it, AI. However, you’ll need to act fast to snag tickets to what’s becoming a popular event on the sci-fi startup scene next week. This is the ideal one-stop shop for founders and investors looking to expand their network, deepen community ties, and learn from our currently very extensive speaker…
Used by approximately 3.6 billion people meta The social networking company plans to operate 32 data centers to handle the load with the completion of a new data center in Oklahoma. But that’s not enough.Amazon’s The cloud division announced Friday that Meta has agreed to use Amazon’s generic Graviton chip in a deal that will last at least three years.The deal shows Meta, under CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is willing to splurge to meet high computing demands. alphabet and microsoft. In recent weeks, Meta has signed deals with CoreWeave and CoreWeave worth a combined $48 billion. Neviusboth rent access to Nvidia…
An Israeli soldier was filmed pointing what appeared to be a hammer or ax at a statue of Jesus Christ in a village in southern Lebanon, which was replaced by Italian peacekeepers. After the images sparked outrage in Christian communities in Lebanon and around the world, Israel apologized and detained two soldiers. Six more soldiers are being questioned over the incident, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said was “completely inconsistent with the expected values” of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). On Wednesday, Italian peacekeepers escorted the Vatican’s ambassador to Lebanon, Archbishop Paolo Borgia, to the Christian-majority village of Debel,…
In October 2018, the American Pie star announced he had been sober for a year in a celebration and encouragement. Instagram post. “The first time I tried to get sober was over five years ago, when the weight of my obsession with alcohol and drugs became too much for me to bear,” he wrote. at that time. “In the end, this turned out to be difficult.” He continued, “After a few bouts, I managed to get through a year of sobriety. I’m the proudest of my life. If you’re struggling, I want you to know that there is help. There’s…
The circuit on the Asian side of Istanbul is popular with drivers and fans, but last hosted a race in 2021.Published April 24, 2026April 24, 2026Turkey’s presidential palace announced on Friday that Turkkiye’s Istanbul Park circuit will return to the F1 calendar for at least five years from 2027, the culmination of a years-long campaign for Turkkiye’s return to the sport.President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan formally announced the deal at an event in Istanbul on Friday afternoon, alongside F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali and sport governing body FIA president Mohamed Ben Sulayem.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listF1 cars departed from…
A lawyer for the struggling low-cost carrier said during a hearing Thursday that the money available to keep Spirit Airlines afloat will not last long and that a government bailout is being considered.”We’re looking at doing that, we’re going to support them, we’re going to bail them out or buy them out,” President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House late Thursday.President Trump told reporters that “if oil prices go down,” the government could “sell oil and make a profit.””I’d be happy if we could save those jobs. I’d be happy if we could save the airlines. I like…
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Friday. Congratulations to your first round NFL draft pick. CNBC’s Alex Sherman spoke with No. 1 pick Fernando Mendoza ahead of the big night.Stock futures were mixed this morning with all three major indexes in negative territory.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Dim the brightnessA ServiceNow Inc. sign on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Monday, March 16, 2026 in New York, USA. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images2. Peace negotiationsPresident Donald…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that he was secretly undergoing treatment for prostate cancer while releasing the results of his annual medical exam. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 76, said he had delayed for two months the publication of his annual medical report, which revealed his first cancer diagnosis, so that it would not be used as propaganda by Iran. Israel’s longest-serving leader underwent surgery for an enlarged prostate in December 2024, which the Prime Minister’s Office announced at the time. Prime Minister Netanyahu said in a statement on social media that doctors discovered a malignant tumor less than…