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Last year, it felt like everyone was sleeping, breathing, and literally getting protein. But in 2026, textiles are poised to take center stage. At least some major food companies seem to think so. PepsiCo introduced new products to grocery store shelves this year, including fiber popcorn and potato chips, and Coca-Cola launched its own prebiotic soda in 2025, CNBC reports.Fibermaxxing is so popular with users on TikTok that the platform has a FAQ under the search term with its own explanation. Many of the videos mentioning this hack say that eating more fiber can help you lose weight and increase…
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, USA, on Tuesday, September 23, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesOpenAI sent a letter to its investors and banking partners on Thursday, warning that they can expect Elon Musk to make “deliberately outlandish and attention-grabbing claims” as the lawsuit against the AI Institute heads to trial in April. The case marks a public escalation in Musk’s long-standing feud with OpenAI, and the company’s letter serves as an attempt to pre-empt and alleviate investor concerns. OpenAI has raised billions of…
Chiara Ferragni, Italy’s most famous influencer, has been acquitted of criminal wrongdoing in a 2 million euro ($2.33 million) fraud case involving Christmas cakes, Easter eggs and children with cancer. A Milan judge ruled Wednesday that aggravated fraud charges against Ferragni related to her promise to donate proceeds from the sale of a limited-edition Pandoro Christmas cake in a pink box to a childhood cancer charity cannot stand trial. Prosecutors had asked for a 20-month prison sentence for the 38-year-old fashion and makeup influencer. “Everything we’ve done has been done in good faith, but none of us have benefited,” she…
Queen’s iconic frontman, whose story was brought to life on screen by Rami Malek in 2018’s Oscar-winning biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, started life not as Freddie Mercury but as Farrokh Bulsara. Mercury’s parents were born on September 5, 1946, on the island of Zanzibar off the coast of Tanzania, then a British protectorate. His parents were Parsis, followers of Zoroastrianism from Persia. His father, Bomi Bulsara, was a High Court Treasurer for the British government, allowing him, his wife Jah, Farrokh, and their younger daughter Kashmira to live in cultural privilege, in contrast to much of the population of their home…
Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you the first information about tomorrow and the last information about today. Sign up for free to receive it straight to your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV producers were watching for Thursday’s rise in the S&P 500 index and what they’re watching for next session. Bank PNC Financial’s quarterly results will be released on Friday. They will be featured on “Squawk Box” along with Becky Quick, Andrew Ross Sorkin and Joe Kernen. The stock is down 2.5% from last week’s high. The stock price has increased about 18% in…
A man walks past the TSMC logo at Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on April 15, 2025. Anne Wang | Reuters Thursday gave markets a rare respite from the constant geopolitical upheaval. Still, the week’s headlines still reflected larger global trends.Case in point: Taiwan’s $250 billion investment in chip production in the U.S. is not just a commercial vehicle for participating companies, but also part of a broader trade agreement with the U.S. government. The United States plans to reduce tariffs on Taiwanese imports from 20% to 15%, and completely eliminate tariffs on other products such as generic drugs…
Why Matthew McConaughey trademarked his famous “It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay” phraseMatthew McConaughey has plans for the future. In fact, the Wedding Planner star has taken steps to prevent artificial intelligence from using her image or likeness in the future. Matthew has filed eight trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing his lawyer, including the image of him smiling while saying his signature line, “Alright, alright, alright,” made famous by the 1993 film Dazed and Confused. According to Variety, the 56-year-old said, “Just keep living, right?” According to WSJ, all applications…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong gives an interview to CNBC on January 15, 2026, at the Russell Senate Office Building in the Capitol building in Washington, DC. Annabelle Gordon ReuterSenators have vowed to move forward with a major crypto bill that would give the crypto industry more control after a scheduled committee vote stalled at the eleventh hour. But the biggest impasse is an issue on which Democrats, Republicans, the crypto industry and banks have been trying to find common ground for months. The chances of the latest version of the bill, announced late Monday, gaining approval from the Banking Committee…
Newsrooms have been experimenting with AI for several years, but for the most part, those efforts have been nothing more than experiments. Symbolic.ai, a relatively unknown startup, wants to change that and has just signed a major deal with Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate News Corp. News Corp., whose major assets include MarketWatch, the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal, will begin using Symbolic’s AI platform on its financial news hub Dow Jones Newswires. Symbolic.ai, founded by former eBay CEO Devin Wenig and Ars Technica co-founder John Stokes, says its AI platform can “support the production of high-quality journalism…
Ryan Lochte addresses backlash over estranged wife Kayla and sale of Olympic gold medalRyan Lochte is working on his next chapter. The Olympic gold medalist revealed he moved in with girlfriend Molly Gilliam 10 months after his estranged wife Kayla Lochte filed for divorce. Ryan, 41, shared the news of the milestone in an Instagram post on January 14, which showed him and Molly lying in the middle of the living room of their new home, wearing matching sweatsuits. Ryan posted the photo with the hashtags “Home Sweet Home” and “Moving Day.” Ryan, who has children Kayden, 8, Liv, 6,…