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This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Friday. In a saga of two viral hotspots, Polymarket is planning a pop-up bar in Washington, D.C., and a New York City pharmacy is booming after being featured on FX’s “Love Story.”Stock futures fell this morning after another losing day on Wall Street.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Dow in the dumpIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference as the conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran continues in Jerusalem, March 19, 2026.…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about artificial intelligence at the “Win the AI Race” summit held in Washington, DC, on July 23, 2025. Kent Nishimura | ReutersThe Trump administration on Friday announced a legal framework for a single national policy on artificial intelligence. The goal is to build uniform safety and security guardrails around the nascent technology, while preempting each state from enacting its own AI rules.The six-pillar outline broadly proposes a number of regulations for AI products and infrastructure, from introducing new child safety rules to standardizing AI data center licensing and energy use.It also calls on Congress to…
Ronnie O’Sullivan beat Ryan Day in the quarter-finals of the World Open in China, scoring 153 points and breaking Jamie Barnett’s World Snooker Tour record. Last updated: 20/03/26 12:53pm Ronnie O’Sullivan rewrites snooker history Ronnie O’Sullivan achieved the highest score in professional snooker with 153 points at the World Open in China. The 50-year-old achieved the feat after leaving his quarter-final opponent Ryan Day snookered at the start of the opening frame, with the Welshman’s escape attempt failing and handing the free ball to O’Sullivan.This allowed the seven-time world champion to start the break from the green and then earn…
Digital meeting note-taking tools like Read AI, Fireflies.ai, Fathom, and Granola can help you record and transcribe online meetings. However, for in-person or more versatile options, many people prefer physical recording devices. These physical note takers transcribe audio and use AI to provide meeting summaries and action items to users. Some of these devices are wearable, such as pins or pendants with dedicated microphones for recording, while others are credit card-sized with dedicated mobile apps to use AI to transcribe and extract insights. Some even offer live translation. The following is not a complete list of physical AI note taking…
Anyone who has lived in New York City for any length of time knows that it takes a lot of hard work, creativity, and maybe a little bit of luck to get there.The same goes for Ashley Alicia, who grew up in the city until her early teens and returned in 2020.Since then, Alicia has gone from making about $50,000 a year as a kindergarten teacher who couldn’t afford her own apartment to making $90,000 a year at a charter school and an additional $55 an hour with a side job in mental health counseling. She also enjoys the security…
Ashley King was in great shape. It was 2011, and the 18-year-old Canadian was taking a gap year. She had just spent a month in Bali on her way to a hiking trip to New Zealand. She enjoyed it so much that she considered deferring college for another year to work abroad. On her last night in Bali, she and some fellow backpackers went to a nightclub in Kuta’s party district, where they were served cocktails in plastic bottles. The next morning, she suffered what she believed was the worst hangover of her young life. She had just arrived in…
Trent Alexander-Arnold was left largely absent from England’s shocking 35-man squad, with Harry Maguire and Kobie Mainu receiving their first call-ups under Thomas Tuchel.Aston Villa’s out-of-form striker Ollie Watkins also missed out, despite manager Tuchel naming 10 forwards in an unusual selection process in which marginal players were given a final audition before the 2026 World Cup. Leeds’ Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Tottenham’s Dominic Solanke are two potential strikers who have been called up, along with Harry Kane, to compete for the captain’s substitute role in the Wembley friendly against Uruguay (March 27) and Japan (March 31). Key points about Tuchel’s…
Venture capitalists are increasingly betting big on AI startups, investing more than $5 trillion in the space over the past five years. But a report from Sightline Climate suggests that the smartest AI investment these days may be in energy. Researchers found that up to 50% of announced data center projects can be delayed. One of the biggest causes is access to power. Of the 190 gigawatts worth of data centers the company tracks, only 5 gigawatts are under construction. Last year, approximately 6 gigawatts of data center projects in Sightline’s database came online. A much larger proportion (approximately 36%)…
In the blur of adult life, it’s surprisingly easy to lose touch with people. When I was younger, I felt comfortable stopping by a friend’s house to say hello and see how they were doing. There is no plan, no pressure, no reason. In fact, not knowing the outcome was part of the fun. However, as life has gotten busier, I have noticed that there is often a small hesitation in my heart when I want to reach out to someone. I don’t want to interrupt…it’s too long…I have something important to talk about…so I instead decide to continue my…
Samuel Boivin | Null Photo | Getty ImagesAnthropic’s report, which surveyed nearly 81,000 people in 159 countries, found that people in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia are more optimistic about artificial intelligence than people in Western Europe or North America.The survey, published on Wednesday, found that economic benefits from the use of AI were the main aspiration of most respondents, but analysts also warned that not everyone would benefit equally.Humanities researchers invited users of the Claude large-scale language model to participate in a conversation centered around questions about their usage habits, hopes and fears for AI development.These conversations were conducted using…