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Simular, a startup developing AI agents for Mac OS and Windows, has raised $21.5 million in Series A led by Felicis, with participation from NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture arm), existing seed investor South Park Commons, and others. Simular is an interesting agent startup because, unlike other startups, it seeks to control the PC itself rather than the browser. (Agent AI refers to systems that can autonomously complete complex tasks with minimal human intervention.) “We can literally move a mouse and click on a screen, so we can repeat any human activity in the digital world,” co-founder and CEO Ang Lee told…

On a mild winter day in Arizona, 38-year-old Cami’s laundromat is crowded with customers loading clothes into washers and dryers and employees delivering laundry.For Kami, running her only job, a business, is a welcome change of pace, she says. From October 2020 until April 2023, when she quit her job as a nurse, she ran a coin laundry while working almost full-time as a nurse at a hospital. (Cami requested to be identified only by her nickname due to safety concerns for her cash-intensive business. Her identity and business name are known to CNBC Make It.)“Right now, I only work…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 17, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Pratt | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThis is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Pump in your breaks.Yesterday, the stock market recovery rally came to a halt. The culprit: the drop in cryptocurrencies that puts a damper on risk-on investments.Here’s what you need to know:All three major indexes broke their winning streaks on the 5th. Small-cap stocks also…

The United States is pushing for a non-aggression pact between Israel and Syria, but Netanyahu has shown little appetite for compromise.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a deal with Syria was achievable and outlined his expectation that Syrian authorities would establish a demilitarized buffer zone from Damascus, currently occupied by Israel, to Jabal al-Sheikh.Netanyahu’s comments on Tuesday came a day after US President Donald Trump said he hoped both Syria and Israel would “share a long and prosperous relationship.”Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listTalks over a security agreement between Israel and Syria have been going on for months,…

rome — Italian authorities appear to be treading on thin ice as a skating rink is built around a statue of Luciano Pavarotti and passersby are encouraged to “high-five” the famous tenor. This monument in the northern Italian city of Pesaro depicts Pavarotti wearing a tailcoat and holding his signature handkerchief. Pavarotti’s last wife, Nicoletta Mantovani, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2007 at the age of 71, complained that it was disrespectful to have an ice rink placed around a life-sized tribute to her late husband. “It’s unfortunate that the city allowed something like this, because it affects Luciano’s…

“Rand, I want you to remember me, I’ll see you in five years.”Those were the words of then-14-year-old British karting star Arvid Lindblad to Lando Norris as they shook hands in the paddock at Italy’s Adria Karting Raceway in 2021. Norris was there to start his own karting team, but the cheeky Lindblad, who will step up from F2 to F1 with Racing Bulls in early 2026, decided to send him a message. Lindblad, now 18, told Sky Sports: “It was just a spur-of-the-moment idea. I was talking to some mates at the track and I saw Lando.”“I said to…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is enhancing its AI agent platform, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, to make it easier for enterprises to build and monitor AI agents. AWS announced several new AgentCore features on Tuesday during the company’s annual AWS re:Invent conference. The company announced new tools for managing AI agent boundaries, agent memory capabilities, and agent evaluation capabilities. One of the upgrades is the introduction of policies to AgentCore. This feature allows users to use natural language to set the boundaries of their interactions with agents. These boundaries are integrated with AgentCore Gateway, which connects AI agents to external tools and…

Null Photo | Null Photo | Getty ImagesThe term digital asset treasury company, known as DAT or DATCO, has emerged as one of the biggest buzzwords in the digital currency industry this year, offering investors a new way to play with cryptocurrencies, but it also comes with new risks. DAT is effectively a publicly traded company that holds cryptocurrencies such as: Bitcoin or ether and provides investors with exposure to the underlying digital currency. DAT aims to outperform the price fluctuations of the cryptocurrencies it holds. However, DAT’s strategy has come under scrutiny after the cryptocurrency market has fallen sharply…

(The stream is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. ET. If you don’t see the player above at that time, please refresh the page.)President Donald Trump is holding a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, as his administration grapples with a number of major political issues that have surfaced in the less than eight weeks since senior administration officials last convened.The meeting came amid increased bipartisan scrutiny over the administration’s decision to launch multiple missile attacks on suspected Venezuelan drug-smuggling vessels in early September. The White House announced Monday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized Navy Adm.…

Hernandez, who was serving a 45-year sentence for drug conspiracy, received a “full and unconditional pardon,” his lawyer said.U.S. authorities have released former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was serving a long prison sentence for drug trafficking, after receiving a pardon from President Donald Trump.Hernandez’s lawyer, Renato Stabile, confirmed that the former Honduran president was released on Tuesday, the day after the pardon.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list“President Trump has issued a complete and unconditional pardon signed on December 1, 2025. President Hernandez was released from prison early this morning,” Stabile told Al Jazeera in an email.Hernandez…