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The cancellation of the project comes as the US government increases pressure on Europe to increase its military independence.Published June 8, 2026June 8, 2026France and Germany have announced they are canceling a landmark project to jointly develop a sixth-generation fighter jet.French President Emmanuel Macron’s office confirmed on Monday that the project would be finished. The development is a major blow to efforts to strengthen defense cooperation among European Union countries, which has become a key issue amid uncertainty raised by President Donald Trump about the United States’ readiness to help defend NATO allies.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe…
Apple revealed at its WWDC 2026 event that it has leveraged AI to make its visual scripting tool Shortcuts easier to use in iOS 27. The Shortcuts app was built primarily for power users who want to automate repetitive tasks, create workflows, or set up actions for multiple apps. The new version of Shortcuts will instead allow users to create prompts and easily describe what they want to do. This new feature leverages Apple Intelligence to help you make sense of natural language descriptions and build the necessary steps. “Although very powerful, the process of creating these shortcuts can feel,…
Lavazza says its Tublitabs are made with 100% coffee, without any gelatin, coatings or binders.Source: LavazzaLavazza introduces espresso tablets to the US, aiming for relief keurig dr peppers Dominate the single-serve coffee category.The Italian coffee giant launched Tabli last year, making it the first in Italy to introduce a new brewing system. The tablets are made from compressed ground coffee without coatings, binders or gelatin and can only be used in Tablì coffee machines manufactured by Lavazza. Each tablet is marked with the words “100% Coffee.” At launch, the tablets come in five varieties: espresso, double espresso, decaf espresso, super…
Venture capital is tapping into the artificial intelligence transformation that enterprise software has not been able to deliver. Rather than selling AI tools to companies, startups are acquiring legacy companies outright and rebuilding them from within around AI. This bet will put VCs on the offensive and leave traditional private equity, which spent the last cycle buying enterprise software at the highest prices, on the defensive.In Silicon Valley, this strategy is known as an AI rollup. In the past six months, the company has entered the public market twice. General Catalyst and Trian took Janus Henderson (JHG) private in December…
Apple today announced a series of new Apple Intelligence updates across its apps at WWDC 2026, including Safari tab management, one-tap password updates, cross-app contextual awareness, and natural language AI-powered shortcut creation. Safari introduces AI-powered tab management that automatically groups tabs by topic. You can also suggest related tabs and add them to existing groups. The company also plans to add a page monitor to Safari that will notify you when it detects changes, which will help you keep track of prices, news articles, and other time-sensitive things. Apple says Safari also lets you create custom extensions to modify web…
Rohenrivoton | E+ | Getty ImagesWhen thinking about how much they should save for retirement, and then how to use that money wisely in retirement, many people worry about the risk of running out of money prematurely. They fear the possibility of overspending. But financial experts say there’s another danger that’s less recognized. That’s the risk of spending too much money. “Overspending is risky, but so is underspending,” says Zach Teutsch, a member of CNBC’s Financial Advisor Council and founder of Values Added Financial in Washington.Data shows that’s what’s happening to many retirees. A recent study by the Employee Benefit…
Apple delivered what Wall Street expected: a complete overhaul of artificial intelligence, leveraging Google’s Gemini with a new conversational Siri and updating its internal AI efforts. Apple shares were up more than 3% on Monday afternoon, just before the Siri news was announced at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). We know it’s not all about one-day stock price movements, but the stock was down more than 1% by the end of the event. Buy rumors and sell news? perhaps. Stocks have been soaring heading into WWDC, with Monday’s trading high hitting another intraday high. Whatever the reason, we’ve seen…
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche arrives to address a press conference at the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building on April 7, 2026 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Monday nominated Todd Branch to be attorney general, and he has been serving in the role on his behalf for more than two months.President Trump said he would ask the Senate to confirm Blanche as attorney general to replace Pam Bondi, who he fired on April 2.The nomination comes weeks after Blanche convinced the Justice Department to grant Trump, his family and the Trump…
Apple’s WWDC 2026 event kicked off this morning at 10am PT at Apple Park, kicking off a week packed with developer events and demos, as well as anticipated announcements about Siri, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence, and more. This year’s event is particularly noteworthy in several ways. This will be CEO Tim Cook’s last stint at the company, after he announced on September 1 that he would be handing over the reins to John Tarnas, senior vice president of hardware engineering. It’s also expected to play host to Apple’s attempt to give Siri and its overall AI efforts a major boost…
In this photo illustration, an online prediction market site’s app is displayed on an electronic device on February 25, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty ImagesAs prediction market volume continues to grow and platforms increasingly focus on engaging with institutional investors, one startup is looking to make it easier to move funds on event contract exchanges.EDGE Markets, which operates a banking platform designed for predicting gambling and market spending, is set to debut two products it shared exclusively with CNBC ahead of Monday’s announcement. It will also reveal a $29.2 million Series A funding round led by venture…