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Maps of the Republican proposal to redraw Alabama’s congressional districts are on display at the Alabama State Capitol on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Montgomery, Alabama.Kim Chandler | APAlabama asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to suspend a lower court’s order banning the use of controversial congressional district maps in the 2026 midterm elections.The order prohibits the map, which was submitted in 2023, from being used in Alabama’s next legislative election, citing the risk of diluting the black vote.The request to the state’s highest court came a day after a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court in Birmingham, Alabama, reiterated…
summary A German woman who was once on Europe’s most wanted list for her role in the Red Army faction has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. Daniella Klett was convicted of robbery and weapons offenses she committed while evading arrest for nearly 30 years. She was living in Berlin under a false name before her arrest and still faces other charges for her alleged activities in a left-wing extremist group in Germany. AI-generated summaries were reviewed by CNN editors. A suspected former member of a German left-wing extremist group once considered one of Europe’s most wanted women has…
Today is the last day to apply or nominate startups for the Startup Battlefield 200. When the clock strikes at 11:59 PM Pacific Time, the window closes for your chance to compete for $100,000 in equity-free funding, gain global visibility, connect directly with investors, and launch on the TechCrunch Disrupt stage. If you’re launching a breakthrough startup or know the founder of one, now’s the time to take action. Apply today for a chance to join 200 of the world’s most promising early-stage startups at TechCrunch Disrupt. Image credit: Kimberly White/Getty Images A final call to ambitious founders Founder, this…
Stock chart iconStock chart iconBoost Run’s year-to-date stock performance. boost run: “This is a very popular stock. Look, if you’re willing to guess, I’ll bless this.”Stock chart iconStock chart iconDoorDash’s year-to-date stock performance. door dash: “I think DoorDash is a buy. There’s a real stock group right now called Uber, DoorDash, and Reddit, and they’re going down. People want to own the hardware, but they don’t want to own anything else, they don’t want to own Zscaler, they don’t want to own software. They only want Semi. They only want Semi. That’s hurting DoorDash.”Stock chart iconStock chart iconLeidos stock price…
Signos combines a wearable blood sugar monitor with an app powered by artificial intelligence.Source: SignosHealth technology startup Synos on Wednesday announced a $20 million funding round to gain a foothold in the GLP-1-powered weight loss market and expand partnerships with medical device giants. dexcom. google Ventures, Dexcom, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama invested in this latest round. This includes a new distribution agreement to list Signos subscription plans on Dexcom’s direct-to-consumer site.”Dexcom’s investment truly reflects our shared belief in the future of glucose biosensing beyond diabetes management,” Sinos CEO Sharam Fooradgar Mercer told CNBC. “Their biosensors provide glucose…
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. As a rally in tech stocks pushes the S&P 500 index to new records, here’s what CNBC TV producers were watching and what they’re eyeing to trade next. Big Tech CEOs appearing on the big edition of “Mad Money” with Jim Cramer on Wednesday night. Both Snowflake and Salesforce will debrief afterward. Neither stock has performed as well as investors expected. Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy will…
Amazon devices on display at the Amazon Devices Launch Event in New York City on February 26, 2025.Brendan McDiarmid | ReutersAmazon has used proprietary artificial intelligence technology to help users compare products and buy or reorder items on their behalf. The company is currently licensing the technology to other retailers, with the aim of making it the backbone of AI shopping on the web. Amazon said in a blog post Wednesday that it is taking the “architecture, starter code, and learnings” from Alexa for Shopping and packaging it for the rest of the retail industry. Amazon says the new service…
summary Africa’s musical story extends far beyond the few genres the world currently recognizes, Tuma Basa said after quitting YouTube. Although Nigeria and South Africa have garnered global attention, genres such as kizomba and morna remain largely absent from mainstream musical conversations. Basa argues that building the infrastructure and securing artist ownership is just as important as streaming visibility. AI-generated summaries were reviewed by CNN editors. When people say that African music is having a “global moment,” they are often referring to only a small part of the continent. “Nigeria and South Africa are the most dominant,” said Tuma Basa,…
There’s a certain wildness to the technology industry these days, with both things that mimic previous eras of big change like cloud computing (huge initial costs) and things we’ve never seen before (record profits accompanied by mass layoffs). There are powerful theories that attempt to explain this phenomenon. Tech executives, especially CEOs, are collectively suffering from delusions of grandeur thanks to AI. And at least one technology CEO is saying it out loud. I’m Aaron Levie, founder of Box. “CEOs are uniquely susceptible to AI psychosis because they are sufficiently removed from the last-mile work needed to create the most…
Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong.Yaolshen | Moments | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Wednesday as investors assessed recent US military actions in Iran, the fragile state of the Washington-Tehran ceasefire and optimism that a deal could still be reached.Japanese Nikkei Stock Average The closing price was flat at 64,999.41, giving up its rise after hitting a new all-time high, with TOPIX falling 0.52%.South Korea’s Kospi rose 2.52% to close at 8,228.7, while the small-cap Kosdaq fell 3.36% to 1,133.13. Samsung Electronics shares rose 2.68% after the South Korean company’s labor union approved a provisional wage agreement, averting a potential…