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Shibuya Crossing, known as the busiest crosswalk in the world© Marco Bottigelli | Moments | Getty ImagesMarkets in the Asia-Pacific region gave up earlier gains and traded mostly lower on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the third time this year. The U.S. central bank cut the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 3.5% to 3.75%, signaling that easing is complete for the time being.Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said in a press conference after the board meeting that the latest rate cut puts the Fed in a comfortable position on interest rates.”We are in…
Norway-based browser company Opera has finally released its AI-powered browser Neon to the public after months of testing. However, you have to pay $19.90 per month to use it. Opera first announced Neon in May of this year and opened early access to some users in October. Like other AI-first browsers like Perplexity’s Comet, OpenAI’s Atlas, and The Browser Company’s Dia, Neon includes an AI chatbot in its interface that you can ask for answers about pages, use it to create mini-apps and videos, and perform tasks. Browsers use your browsing history as context, so you can ask your browser…
Google DeepMind, the tech giant’s AI arm, has announced plans for the UK’s first ‘automated laboratory’, inking a partnership that could lead to the introduction of its latest models in the country. An AI company plans to open a lab in the UK next year to experiment with AI and robotics. Alongside new materials for semiconductors, the focus will be on the development of new superconductor materials that can be used in the development of medical imaging technologies.The UK government said in an announcement that under the partnership British scientists will have “priority access” to some of the world’s most…
A friendly competition is underway between the world’s most luxurious hospitality brands. What about the prize? Command of the high seas, or at least bragging rights. Following The Ritz-Carlton’s introduction of yacht service in 2022, Four Seasons, Orient Express and Aman are also preparing to set sail with their luxury fleets. Four Seasons plans to launch Four Seasons I next March, Orient Express’ first ship Corinthian in June next year, and Aman’s Amangati in spring 2027. Four Seasons is building two follow-on ships, the first scheduled for completion in 2027, and Orient Express, with its second scheduled for completion in…
The odds of Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson returning to The Hunger Games franchise are always in their favor. After all, according to multiple news outlets, the former co-stars will be reprising their roles as Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark in the new Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, a prequel centered around Woody Harrelson’s Haymitch Abernathy. The pair will likely appear in a flash-forward scene at the end of the film. In the epilogue of Suzanne Collins’ novel, on which the film is based, Katniss and Peeta sit down with Haymitch and learn of his tragic backstory after the…
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 television producers were watching Wednesday and what they’re looking at for Thursday’s session. Post-Fed movers and shakers Stocks soared after a divided Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter and signaled little appetite for further easing. The Russell 2000 hit new intraday highs, but the Dow and S&P 500 were less than 1% shy of their all-time highs. Industrials and materials led…
oracle The company’s stock plunged 11% in premarket trading Thursday, extending yesterday’s losses after the company reported disappointing financial results. The cloud computing and database software maker reported lower-than-expected quarterly revenue on Wednesday despite surging demand for its artificial intelligence infrastructure. Sales came in at $16.06 billion, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.21 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.This also dragged down other AI-related names. chip darling Nvidia Last seen in pre-market trading was a 1.5% decline in memory and storage companies. micron Tech giants down 1.4% microsoft Cloud companies down 0.9% coreweave 3% down; AMD It fell into…
On Wednesday, the U.S. military seized an oil tanker named The Skipper off the coast of Venezuela. Here’s what we know about this ship: The captain, formerly known as the Adisa, was sanctioned by the United States in 2022 for facilitating oil deals between Hezbollah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force. The ship was heading to Cuba with Venezuelan crude oil. The shipments were routed through Cuban distributors before ending up in Asia, a senior U.S. official said. On November 18, the Skipper was seen anchored about 11 miles from the Venezuelan coastal city of Barcelona, according to…
The story of how Jelly Rolly and Bunnie Xo metBunny Zoe and Jelly Roll’s love story began in Las Vegas.As she recalled on Bussin’ With The Boys, she met the singer when they performed at a country saloon in Las Vegas in August 2015. This was before jelly rolls became famous. At the time, he was living in a van and estimated about 20 people came to the show.Instead, their spark took center stage.”When I met him, I tell people this is the craziest cliché, but literally my soul was like, ‘I’m there,'” Bunny said on a 2023 podcast. “And…
A Deere & Company tractor in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Monday, December 8, 2025 in New York, USA. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesRepublican lawmakers are pleading with President Donald Trump for more farm relief and aid to farm equipment manufacturers amid the tariff offensive, even as the president has provided $12 billion in relief to farmers hurt by his trade policies. Farmers say President Trump’s tariff policies are hurting their profits because they rely on exports to international trade competitors, including China, to survive. The blow comes on top of years of low…