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The Coinbase logo will appear on your smartphone and the stock market percentage will appear in the background.Omar Marquez | SOPA Images | Light Rocket | Getty Imagescoinbase The company on Thursday announced new products that allow customers to provide price exposure to private companies before they go public, starting with a perpetual futures contract tied to SpaceX (better known as a “purp”).Pre-IPO Perps allow traders to speculate on the value of private companies without owning any shares. Coinbase’s first product is SpaceX Pre-IPO Perp, a USDC stablecoin-settled derivative that tracks the private market valuation of Elon Musk’s space company.…
Published June 4, 2026June 4, 2026According to US media, John Bolton, who served as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, plans to take a plea deal in a case related to his handling of classified documents.Bolton, now a prominent Trump critic, is reportedly planning to plead guilty to one count of illegally storing classified national security documents and has agreed to pay a fine of more than $2 million.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listCNN first reported the story on Thursday. Al Jazeera could not immediately confirm details.The former Trump official-turned-enemy was indicted by the Justice Department in October.He…
As Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, WWDC 2026, approaches, excitement is building to see what Apple has in store for us this year. From the Siri overhaul to the new Apple Intelligence update, there’s a lot to look forward to. The annual Worldwide Developers Conference begins Monday at 10am PT/1pm ET. For those who wish to attend, the event will be livestreamed through the Apple Developer app, Apple’s website, and the Apple Developer YouTube channel. Siri’s AI shake-up The most anticipated announcement is a major upgrade to Siri’s AI, turning Siri into a more conversational assistant that understands context, handles multi-step…
Ascent/pks Media Inc. | Photo Disc | Getty ImagesThe trust funds that Social Security relies on to pay benefits are running low.Based on August estimates from the Social Security Administration, trust funds dedicated to retirement benefits are expected to be depleted in 2032, when retirement benefits would need to be cut by 24%. The annual Social Security Administration Board report evaluating these schedules is expected to be released this month.In a new report, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget finds that cutting benefits by 24% immediately after the trust fund is exhausted would cut retirees’ average monthly pay by…
Supabase CEO and Co-Founder Paul Copplestone (left) and Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder Ant Wilson.Provided by: Spa Base Co., Ltd.Vibe coding requires infrastructure. Supabase is trying to provide that. The startup, which develops backend tools for building artificial intelligence apps, announced Thursday that it has raised $500 million at a valuation of $10.5 billion. This is the latest sign that venture investors are pouring money into every corner of the growing AI market. Supabase’s valuation has nearly doubled since its last funding round in October, riding the wave of AI-assisted coding that allows developers and people with no technical skills…
A statue of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama outside the Obama Presidential Center in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, on May 29, 2026.Joshua Lott | Washington Post | Getty ImagesThe public will get a first look inside the long-awaited Obama Presidential Center ahead of its June 10 opening on Chicago’s South Side. The sprawling 19.3-acre, $850 million campus combines exhibits chronicling former President Barack Obama’s political rise and presidency with contemporary art, public gathering spaces, athletic facilities, and a branch of the Chicago Public Library. The center is also poised to redefine the scale of modern presidential projects…
summary Thousands of claims by American citizens and companies against nationalized real estate in Cuba are now worth billions of dollars. Some Cuban Americans hope the Trump administration will help recover confiscated assets. The Helms-Burton Act of 1996 directly linked the lifting of the U.S. embargo to Cuba’s return of expropriated assets and its transition to representative democracy. But experts say it is highly unlikely that the Cuban government will reciprocate the diaspora. Some experts say the exiles’ claims are instead based on nostalgia for pre-revolutionary Cuba, when the landowning class held tremendous power over the island. AI-generated summaries were…
Meta announced Thursday that it is bringing a new AI creator assistant to Facebook that will provide creators with personalized recommendations based on their content style, performance, community, and goals. Creators often need to analyze charts and dashboards to understand performance, but with a new AI assistant, they can get instant answers to questions like “When should I post?” “What are people saying in my comments?” Because the AI assistant is conversational, you can ask follow-up questions and dig deeper into topics, such as how your audience has changed over time. The answers they receive are based on who they…
In recent weeks, Parker Taylor has reached a difficult milestone in his career.The 29-year-old has been employed consistently since he was a teenager, first on a factory floor and more recently in pharmaceutical sales. But the St. Petersburg, Florida, resident hasn’t been able to find a new job since losing his job just before Thanksgiving in 2025.Taylor is now one of more than 1.8 million Americans classified as long-term unemployed (defined by the government as having been unemployed for at least 27 weeks) in any given month this year. That number is up about 45% from 2019 and 55% from…
Here we will introduce companies that have become a hot topic in intraday trading. Quantum Computing Stocks — Quantum computing stocks fell on Wednesday as investors cashed out after stocks rose in pre-market trading. Rigetti Computing stock fell 10%, D-Wave Quantum stock fell 7%, and IonQ stock fell 4%. Shares of IBM, which recently announced plans to invest more than $10 billion in quantum computing, fell more than 7%, weighing on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. GameStop — The brick-and-mortar video game retailer’s stock rose 6%. GameStop reported first-quarter revenue of $835.3 million, reflecting a 14% year-over-year increase. The company’s…