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Hong Kong — White wreaths are piled high at the entrance of a Hong Kong funeral home, a stark reminder of a city still housing its dead more than four weeks after the devastating fire. Outside Universal Funeral Home, thousands of mourners waited their turn to pay their respects to the firefighters who died battling the scorching sun that burned for nearly two days at a government-subsidized housing complex, killing at least 160 people. Friends, colleagues and members of the public bowed their heads and offered incense sticks in memory of Ho Wai Ho, 37, who died trying to extinguish…
Millie Bobby Brown says she feels ‘safe’ working with David Harbor on ‘Stranger Things’ setNo, you are not upside down. millie bobby brown and David Harbor were recently absent. stranger things event. Despite originally being scheduled to attend the Paley Museum of Art’s Stranger Things: The Final Season Celebration Event in New York City on December 18, both stars dropped out before the rest of the cast (Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Maya Hawke, Joe Keery, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, and Jamie Campbell Bower) appeared. At the event, the panel moderator addressed the elephant in the room.…
European stocks rose on Friday as investors digested a series of interest rate decisions, pushing the region’s benchmark to new highs. pan-european Stocks 600 Major regional stock exchanges rose, but sectors were mixed, with the index hitting a record high of 588.07 points, up more than 0.4% at the close in London. Looking at individual stocks, major sportswear companies puma and adidas They fell 3% and 1%, respectively, due to concerns about U.S. rivals. nike’s achievements spread to companies across the Atlantic. Nike’s second-quarter results beat Wall Street expectations, but investors were spooked by a weak Chinese market and the…
Celeste Amadon and Asher Allen were working on an app that uses AI to book restaurant reservations for dates when they came up with a bigger idea: encouraging people to meet up in person. And now it’s gaining attention among investors. The two created a voice-powered AI onboarding system for apps that lets users learn more about users without having to fill out forms. What they found: People like to talk, which is why app onboarding sessions are an average of 26 minutes longer. Thus, San Francisco-based dating startup Known was born. “We think this is the first time we’ve…
Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai during the Bloomberg Tech Conference on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 in San Francisco, California, USA. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAs the competition for AI talent intensifies among companies like OpenAI, meta And human, one-way traffic google has competed by aggressively rehiring former employees.According to a CNBC survey, about 20% of the software engineers working on artificial intelligence hired by Google in 2025 will be so-called boomerang employees, an increase from the previous year. A Google spokesperson confirmed that this statistic is still accurate as of December, with the company saying…
On Thursday, a guerrilla group attacked an army base with drones and explosives, killing at least seven Colombian soldiers and wounding 30 others, the military said. The attack, which took place on military base 27 in northern Cesar department, was blamed on the National Liberation Army (ELN), a Colombian group listed as a terrorist organization by the US State Department and the European Union. “In this terrorist attack, the criminals used a drone equipped with an improvised explosive device and fired unconventional explosive devices indiscriminately,” the army said in a statement. According to reports, the soldiers were resting in hammocks…
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has slammed ‘entitlements’ at Old Trafford as culture change remains a priority.Published December 19, 2025December 19, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareRuben Amorim says provocative social media posts by two Manchester United academy stars show a toxic “sense of entitlement” at the Premier League club.The United manager said last week that Harry Amath was “struggling” at Sheffield Wednesday, who are bottom of the Championship, pointing out that Chido Obi is not a regular starter in United’s under-21 side.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe 18-year-olds uploaded and later deleted Instagram Story posts.Amass…
A senior Justice Department official announced Friday that the department will not release all investigative files on notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, but will extend the release over several weeks.The plan unveiled by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to partially release the initial file, which includes hundreds of thousands of documents, appeared to run afoul of the Epstein File Transparency Act, which set a deadline for all files to be released on Friday.Hours after Blanche’s remarks, Democrats in Congress denounced the plan, as did President Donald Trump.”President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice are violating federal law,”…
In its latest effort to address growing concerns about the impact of AI on young people, OpenAI on Thursday updated its guidelines on how its AI models should operate with users under 18 and published new AI literacy resources for teens and their parents. Still, questions remain about how consistently these policies are translated into practice. The update comes as the AI industry in general, and OpenAI in particular, faces increased scrutiny from policymakers, educators, and child safety advocates following the alleged suicide deaths of several teenagers after lengthy conversations with AI chatbots. Gen Z, which includes those born between…
Jim Cramer’s CNBC Investment Club hosts a “Morning Meeting” livestream every weekday at 10:20 a.m. ET. A recap of Friday’s key moments. 1. Stocks rose on Friday, led by a rally in Big Tech stocks as AI trading looks to regain momentum. Nvidia shares rose nearly 3% after Bernstein noted that the company trades at a forward P/E ratio of 25 times, which puts it in the 11th percentile of valuation over the past 10 years. That’s cheap for the AI chip leader. The market strength spread across the semiconductor group, with Broadcom, AMD, and Micron all gaining. One stock…