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Big tech companies want AI to be used not only for content generation and summarization, but also for shopping. OpenAI, Google, and Amazon are investing heavily in AI assistants that explore new product categories and suggest the right products to buy. Startups like Perplexity, Daydream, and Cherry are also building businesses around AI for product discovery. All of these efforts have led customers to increasingly use AI for shopping. Onton (formerly known as Deft), an AI-powered furniture shopping platform, says its user base has grown from 50,000 monthly active users to more than 2 million monthly active users, supporting millions…

National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman said he believes NHL teams remain undervalued. That’s despite the average value of an NHL team reaching $2.2 billion, up 15% from last year, according to CNBC’s Official NHL Team Valuation released Tuesday. The Toronto Maple Leafs top CNBC’s $4.3 billion value list for 2025, but Bettman said their value is still below the league’s most expensive team.”If you put the Toronto Maple Leafs on the market by themselves, they would sell for well over $4.3 billion,” Bettman said in an interview Tuesday morning on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “But it’s okay. We’ve grown over…

Foreign tourists visiting popular U.S. national parks will be required to pay extra fees and increase the price of annual passes next year, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced Tuesday. In a statement, the department welcomed “a new, resident-focused pricing structure that puts American families first,” saying that as of January 1, 2026, non-U.S. residents will have to pay $250 to obtain an annual pass, more than triple the standard $80 that U.S. residents will continue to pay. Foreign tourists who do not purchase a pass will pay an admission fee of $100 per person on top of the…

With two rounds left in the 2025 F1 season, Lando Norris leads the drivers’ championship with a 24-point lead over Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen.Norris could become world champion at this Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix if he beats his title rivals by two points during the Saturday sprint weekend. However, if either Piastri or Verstappen are within 25 points at the end of the Grand Prix, the title fight will be decided at the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi on December 7th. data wrapper This content is provided by data wrappercookies and other technologies may be used.…

A looming “cliff” in federal health insurance subsidies may discourage some people from working to save thousands of dollars on annual premiums, policy experts and financial planners say. Enhanced subsidies for health plans purchased in the Affordable Care Act marketplace are set to expire at the end of 2025, a policy issue at the center of the recent government shutdown. Federal subsidies, also known as the Enhanced Premium Tax Credit, reduce recipients’ out-of-pocket premiums in advance or in a lump sum at tax time. Approximately 22 million Americans, or approximately 92% of those who purchase insurance on the ACA marketplace,…

President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency said strict air quality standards were introduced without sufficient consideration.Published November 26, 2025November 26, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2sharePresident Donald Trump’s administration is moving to roll back strict limits on deadly soot pollution, drawing criticism from environmental groups.The Trump administration’s latest move to loosen environmental standards comes after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a lawsuit alleging that former President Joe Biden’s administration exceeded its authority when it tightened air quality standards in 2024.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listIn a motion filed Monday, lawyers for President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency…

AP — A fierce fire broke out at a high-rise residential complex in Hong Kong on Wednesday, killing four people and trapping others inside, authorities said. The city fire department announced that four people were killed and three were injured. Police earlier reported eight victims. The reason for the discrepancy was not immediately clear. Hong Kong media said one of the dead was a firefighter, but that could not be immediately confirmed. The raging fire sent columns of flame and thick smoke as it spread through bamboo scaffolding around the perimeter of the complex in the city’s Tai Po district.…

In an age where the invitations to Partiful seem endless, keeping up with all your friends’ parties and get-togethers can be exhausting, tiring, and expensive. Also, you may want to decline even though you said you would participate.But if a formal RSVP is involved, is it okay to change the response after it’s sent?”It’s a promise,” Diane Gottesman, national etiquette expert and founder of the Protocol School in Texas, told CNBC Make It. “If you decide to show up, you should stick to it unless there are extenuating circumstances.”Elaine Swan, founder of the Swan School of Protocol and author of…

Unmanned WeRide robotaxis for Uber.Provided by: UberUber Wednesday rolls out fully autonomous driving in fourth market, partners to launch service in Abu Dhabi we ridea Chinese self-driving car company. The ride-hailing company said the launch in the UAE capital will be the first driverless robotaxi service in the Middle East. In the U.S., Uber already offers robotaxi services in Austin, Phoenix, and Atlanta. of the alphabet Waymo.Passengers in Abu Dhabi can book a WeRide robo-taxi when requesting an UberX or Uber Comfort ride, the ride-hailing company said. WeRide, which is listed on Nasdaq, partnered with Uber in September 2024 and…

Ferrari team principal Frédéric Vasseur says he understands Lewis Hamilton’s recent weak comments after the Las Vegas Grand Prix and that what the driver said outside the heat of the moment was more important to him.Hamilton’s disappointing first season at Ferrari reached another low point in Sin City, with the seven-time world champion once again expressing disappointment with his form in a media interview. Hamilton finished last in wet qualifying and pushed up the grid on his own pace for the first time in his 19-season career, finishing 10th in the race behind Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg on the road (8th…