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Oura smart ring and charging case at MWC Barcelona 2026 on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 in Barcelona, Spain. Angel Garcia | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesOura, the maker of the eponymous smart ring that tracks the wearer’s health and sleep, has confidentially filed a draft IPO prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company announced Thursday. Oura did not specify a timeline for the IPO, saying it would take place after the SEC’s review process is completed, depending on market and other conditions.Launched in 2015, Oura’s smart ring products have evolved far beyond sleep tracking and now include a range…
U.S. Senate Republicans voted to fund immigration enforcement efforts ahead of the long weekend, in an unprecedented political pushback against President Donald Trump.On Thursday, the Republican-led House of Representatives was planning to vote on a $72 billion funding bill to further President Trump’s mass deportation campaign.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listBut two recent decisions by the Trump administration have led to backlash from within the president’s own party.The first concerned a newly announced “anti-weaponization” fund that the Trump administration announced Monday as part of a lawsuit settlement.Mr. Trump had sued the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), part of his…
Check out the companies that made headlines after the bell: Estee Lauder Companies – Shares of this cosmetics company rose nearly 12%. Estée Lauder and Puig confirmed Thursday that they have concluded discussions about a potential merger. Workday — Shares of Workday rose as much as 11% in after-hours trading Thursday after the finance and human resources software provider reported better-than-expected results and raised its full-year profit outlook. Workday co-founder Aneel Bhusri returned as CEO during the quarter. Zoom Communications — The video conferencing company’s stock rose 7% after investors welcomed the company’s latest financial results. Zoom posted better-than-expected revenue…
Aneel Bhusri, co-founder and executive chairman of Workday, speaks at the 5th Annual Workday Charity Classic in partnership with Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. learn. play. August 28, 2024 at Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, California.Noah Graham | Getty Imagesworking day Shares rose as much as 14% in after-hours trading Thursday after the finance and human resources software maker reported better-than-expected results and raised its full-year profit forecast.The company’s performance against LSEG Consensus is as follows:Earnings per share: $2.66 adjusted vs. $2.51 expected Revenue: $2.54 billion vs. $2.52 billion expectedWorkday’s revenue increased 13% in the fiscal first quarter ended April…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.new york stock exchangeStock futures rose in overnight trading Thursday as Wall Street looked to end a strong week despite heightened volatility.futures tied to Dow Jones Industrial Average It rose by 67 points (0.1%). S&P500 futures 0.1% increase; Nasdaq 100 futures It increased by 0.3%.of S&P500 Despite the market volatility, the index is up 0.5% week to date, putting the benchmark on an eight-week upward trajectory. of Dow The stock is up 1.5% this week, heading for its third positive week in four weeks. of Nasdaq Composite rose 0.3%, marking…
People walk on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, on August 11, 2025 in Los Angeles.Daniel Cole | Reutersbroadcom, Meta, applied materials, global foundries and synopsis is collaborating to launch a $125 million “semiconductor hub” at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. The new partnership aims to accelerate AI-powered chip technology research and talent development and support innovation across chip design, equipment, software, manufacturing and other parts of the chip ecosystem, according to a UCLA press release.The research hub, based on the UCLA Samueli Campus, will launch as a five-year effort. Ah-Hyung “Alissa” Park, dean of engineering…
The Trump administration had previously sanctioned the human rights expert for criticizing Israel, but was forced to change course after the court ruling.Published May 21, 2026May 21, 2026The United States denies that lifting sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, constitutes a change in government policy.On Thursday, the State Department revealed that President Donald Trump’s administration only removed Albanians from the sanctions list because of a recent court ruling.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe State Department added in a statement that “the government has appealed the court’s order” and reaffirmed its intention to…
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) sign on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Monday, December 8, 2025 in New York, USA. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesQuantum computing stocks soared Thursday after the U.S. government announced it would give $2 billion in subsidies to nine companies operating in the field.The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced the signing of the letter of intent in a release, saying it will acquire a minority non-controlling stake in both companies.The Wall Street Journal first reported on the deal.The biggest beneficiary of the package is IBM, with the…
Chinese technology consultant Kenneth Ren is training the workers of the future.The only thing is that they are not human.”We’re basically teaching robots to think for themselves,” Ren, an overseas solutions specialist at RealMan Intelligent Technology, told CNBC recently at the Beijing-based Humanoid Robot Data Training Center.Ren helps run what Chinese state media describes as a “humanoid robot school” as China seeks to develop robots from entertainment to employment.Humanoid robots are part of the Chinese Communist Party’s broader industrial strategy. Just as the Chinese government has targeted electric vehicles and artificial intelligence as key technologies for the future, policymakers have…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei looks on during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026. Ludovic Marin | AFP | Getty Imagesmicrosoft is in talks to supply custom artificial intelligence chips to Anthropic, CNBC confirmed Thursday. The partnership would represent a win for Microsoft, which has lagged behind its cloud rivals. Amazon and google If you provide special purpose AI silicon to your clients. Microsoft announced its second-generation Maia AI chip in January, but has not yet made it available through the Azure cloud. The company said the Maia…