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adobe CEO Shantanu Narayan will step down after a successor is appointed and said he will remain chairman of the design software company. Shares fell 7% in extended trading. Mr. Narayan joined Adobe in 1988 as vice president and general manager and became CEO in 2007. Under Narayan, Adobe has moved from software licensing to subscriptions for Creative Cloud application bundles and is currently expanding with generative artificial intelligence. He tried to buy a fast-growing design software company figmaBut regulators pushed back, and the two companies ended the deal, resulting in Adobe paying Figma a $1 billion penalty.”On behalf of…

WASHINGTON, DC – In September, the United States launched dozens of deadly military strikes against suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific Ocean.Nearly six months later, surprisingly little is known about the strike. The identities of the approximately 157 people killed have not been made public. No evidence against them has been made public.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listBut the United Nations and a group of international law experts hope to change that in testimony before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Friday.The international hearing is the first of its kind since the strike…

Dating app maker Bumble is venturing into generative AI. During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, Bumble introduced a new AI assistant it calls “Bee.” The assistant is designed to be a personal matchmaker, learning users’ “values, relationship goals, communication style, lifestyle, and dating intentions” through private chats. Then use those insights to find more relevant matches for your users. Bee is currently in the pilot phase and being tested internally, but Bumble founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd told investors that the company will soon launch a beta version. The company envisions that with Bee, it will be…

Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong.Yaolshen | Moments | Getty ImagesAs the Iran war challenges Dubai’s safe-haven image, expanding tax breaks for Hong Kong family offices could attract high-net-worth individuals reconsidering their exposure to the Middle East, lawyers and consultants told Inside Wealth.”There is a growing interest in Hong Kong. This interest has exploded, particularly in the last two weeks,” said Gaven Chong, partner and fund formation lawyer at Charles Russell Speechlies. Chong, who is based in Hong Kong, said he speaks almost every day with families considering setting up family offices in Hong Kong, including those who have previously left…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit in Washington, DC on March 11, 2026. Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesOpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he met with several members of Congress in Washington, D.C., and that Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) raised “serious questions” about the company’s approach to war and recent agreements with the Department of Defense.In an interview with CNBC’s Emily Wilkins, Kelly said the group discussed “in great detail” how artificial intelligence systems would be used within the surveillance and kill chain. He called it a “good argument.””We’ve got to put guardrails in place and we’ve…

Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is seen in Tehran, Iran, on December 14, 2016.Reza B | AFP | Getty ImagesIran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has opened a new “verified” account on the influential social media platform X, owned by Elon Musk.Khamenei, whose X handle is @Rahbarenghelab_, launched a tweetstorm Thursday about the U.S.-Israel war against Iran and the Islamic Republic’s response to it.”Dear combatant brothers! The desire of the masses of the people is the continuation of an effective and regret-inducing defense. Furthermore, the lever of closing the Strait of Hormuz must continue to…

No deaths have been reported so far, but the military said two planes were involved in the crash, one of which landed safely.listen to this article | 1 minuteinformationPublished March 12, 2026March 12, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareplus 2 googleAdd Al Jazeera to GoogleinformationThe United States has acknowledged that one of its planes crashed in western Iraq during a joint military offensive with Israel against Iran.U.S. Central Command, which oversees operations in the Middle East and parts of Asia, issued a brief statement Thursday announcing the plane crash.It was not immediately clear whether there were any fatalities…

Four days after his appointment as Iran’s new supreme leader, the world finally got a glimpse of Mojtaba Khamenei’s worldview. But Khamenei, now elevated to the status of ayatollah and referred to by his followers as the “noble leader” of the Islamic revolution, did not appear in the video or issue an audio statement. Instead, he issued a long written message outlining his views on the course of the war, praising the Iranian military and demanding reparations for those who attacked Iran, which was then purportedly read out on state television. This message was quickly disseminated through a new Telegram…

HOME BY THE LEE was fifth time lucky as Joseph O’Brien’s star finally won the Stayers Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.Partnered by JJ Slevin, the 11-year-old was always a standout, racking up points even as he finished a quarter of a length behind Ballyburn. Dan Skelton’s Cabral de Meissan ran strongly, but doubts about his stamina proved true when he struggled to climb the Cheltenham hill. Last year’s winner Bob Olinger remained in third place.Trainer O’Brien said: “We were expecting a good run and it was a great ride from JJ. We’re very happy that Sean O’Driscoll and his family…

Australian productivity software company Atlassian has cut jobs in a bid to put more money into AI. Atlassian announced on March 11 that it will cut 10% of its workforce, or approximately 1,600 people. The company said the decision will allow it to put more money into AI and enterprise sales, strengthening its finances. More specifically, Atlassian said that while it is performing well, it is choosing to adapt to market conditions. Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brooks said in a press release related to the layoffs: “The bar for what is great for software companies is rising: growth, profitability, speed and…