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Amazon on Monday introduced a new feature that allows anyone to design products using AI, posing further challenges to online product platforms such as Redbubble, Bonfire, Spring, and Fourthwall. The company announced that you can now create new products using AI prompts through the shopping app’s Alexa feature. That way, anyone can turn their ideas into designs and feature them on items from apparel to tumblers and more that can be purchased through Amazon’s print-on-demand service, Merch on Demand. Amazon suggests that the service could be useful for printing one-off designs, such as creating T-shirts for family gatherings, some types…

novo nordisk and Eli Lilly covered the fight against GLP-1 drugs at this weekend’s preeminent Obesity Conference in preparation for the next big change in how patients receive their medications.Novo Nordisk announced Sunday that more than 3 million people have prescribed Wigovy tablets since entering the U.S. market about five months ago. The Danish drugmaker’s CEO, Mike Doesder, celebrated the milestone in an interview with CNBC, saying Novo was able to accelerate prescribing, even though Lilly launched its own GLP-1 pill in April.”If that’s not acceleration, I don’t know what is,” Dusdar told CNBC at this weekend’s American Diabetes Association…

Corning CEO Wendell Weeks at Corning’s cable factory in Hickory, North Carolina, on January 9, 2026.Magdalena Petrova | CNBCAmazon paying corning It’s the latest mega-deal involving two companies at the center of the artificial intelligence boom, spending billions of dollars on fiber optics to power and connect America’s rapidly expanding data centers.The agreement, announced Monday, will last for several years and will create 1,000 jobs at Corning’s North Carolina plant, the companies said. Corning fiber optic cables and networking solutions are becoming an essential part of AI infrastructure by enabling high-speed connectivity between data centers and the racks and chips…

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) speaks during a press conference after the House Republican Conference caucus meeting at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call Inc. | Getty ImagesThe U.S. House of Representatives has voted on a $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies, poised to send it to President Donald Trump’s desk after months of partisan fighting.The package would provide funding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, two branches of the Department of Homeland Security that were left out of the previous spending bill over…

“Kenya is not an American colony!” That was the chorus echoing in Nairobi and other Kenyan cities last week as angry protesters vented their anger over a U.S.-funded isolation ward program for Americans exposed to Ebola abroad. The controversial proposal raised concerns that Ebola could enter the country, which has never recorded a case of the deadly disease. The closest outbreaks are more than 2,500 miles away in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where Ebola was first detected, and neighboring Uganda. Critics argue that the facility would expose Kenya to risks that the United States would not accept…

“Kenya is not an American colony!” That was the chorus echoing in Nairobi and other Kenyan cities last week as angry protesters vented their anger over a U.S.-funded isolation ward program for Americans exposed to Ebola abroad. The controversial proposal raised concerns that Ebola could enter the country, which has never recorded a case of the deadly disease. The closest outbreaks are more than 2,500 miles away in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where Ebola was first detected, and neighboring Uganda. Critics argue that the facility would expose Kenya to risks that the United States would not accept…

A shopper looks at the beverage display at the Market 32 ​​supermarket on June 4, 2026 in South Burlington, Vermont. Robert Nickelsburg Getty ImagesU.S. households are increasingly concerned about their financial situation, with the highest percentage in nearly four years saying they see their financial situation as much worse than it was 12 months ago, according to a New York Fed survey.The central bank’s monthly consumer expectations survey released on Monday showed the inflation outlook largely unchanged, but public perception of the situation worsened.The percentage of people who think the current situation is “much worse” than a year ago jumped…

A rapid decline in China’s oil imports has prevented oil prices from rising further since the outbreak of the US-Iranian war, but analysts warn that prices will need to rise as market balance gradually returns.The Middle East conflict has entered its 100th day. But even though global oil supplies have fallen by 14% since fighting began on February 28, fears of a $200 a barrel price hike did not materialize.Market strategists say China is acting as a key pressure valve in energy markets, and Beijing’s move to cut oil imports from 11.7 million barrels per day in February to just…

1. 100 daysSmoke rises from southern Lebanon after an Israeli attack, as seen from Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, June 6, 2026.Stringer | ReutersPresident Donald Trump told Iran and Israel to “immediately cease ‘shooting'” in a post on Truth Social this morning after the two countries carried out their first attack since the start of a fragile cease-fire in April. Here’s what you need to know:Following Iran’s attack on Israel on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces said it had carried out a “major attack on strategic defense systems” in Iran, a flare-up of tensions that could put the ceasefire in jeopardy. In a…

apple The company typically doesn’t release new iPhones in the summer, but the software update revealed at WWDC on Monday will be released along with new hardware in the fall. Apple also plans to reveal more about its artificial intelligence strategy, including updates to Siri and partnerships for its use. googleGemini model. Apple shares have been near record highs in recent weeks as investors and analysts approved of Google’s AI partnership announced in January and as the latest iPhone shows strong continued sales momentum.But Apple needs to tell investors it has a strong plan to win in AI, and it…