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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – SEPTEMBER 19: Customers line up outside the Apple Store ahead of the iPhone 17 series launch at Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) on September 19, 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The iPhone 17 line represents the next generation of iPhones and accessories coming to international markets. (Photo by Anise Lin/Getty Images)Anise Lin | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAnalysts expect the global smartphone market to see its worst decline on record in 2026 as device prices continue to rise due to reduced memory supply.According to a report by the International Data Corporation, the worsening memory crisis could…
nationalization of racingThe Republican Party has suffered losses since Trump returned to office last year.In the 2025 off-year elections, Democrats made several wins from Virginia to New Jersey. Wiles, a Trump aide, blamed the Republican Party’s defeat on Trump’s absence from voting.”Typically, midterm elections aren’t about who’s going to be in the White House; they’re about keeping elections local and keeping federal employees out of elections,” Wiles explained to The Mom View.”We’re actually trying to flip that and put him on the ballot, because a lot of those low-propensity voters are voting for Trump.”Her strategy aims to capitalize on the…
Douglas Luiz is delighted to be back at Aston Villa. Ask him what he forgot about this place and his answer comes right back. “Everything! I missed the players and the coaches. Villa Park was also very special to me. I had some of my best moments here. I missed everything.”The Brazilian told Sky Sports: “I’m really grateful to be back at Aston Villa. I played my best football in this team and under this manager, because I haven’t played very well for a year and a half since I left Aston Villa.” That’s his first answer. Just as it…
This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Is it what you see? You can subscribe here.In 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen coined the now-worn phrase, “Software is eating the world.”There is currently a lot of debate surrounding how much software AI consumes.Many of the world’s most valuable software stocks have fallen sharply in recent months as investors worried and worried about the future of the once-vaunted software-as-a-service (SaaS) business model.Investor concerns center on concerns that businesses will buy fewer software licenses as tasks performed by SaaS tools are taken over by AI.sales force It’s down 21% so…
A participant holds a “Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Mama” sign at the end of a press conference announcing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) intent to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation’s food supply at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC, on April 22, 2025. Elizabeth Franz | ReutersPresident Donald Trump is heading toward the iceberg of “bringing America back to health” after issuing an executive order to increase domestic production of a key herbicide called glyphosate. Democrats see an opportunity to bring the health movement back on their…
Reuters — Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labor Party suffered an embarrassing election defeat on Friday in the Greater Manchester region, which the party has dominated for almost a century, underscoring the collapse of Britain’s two-party politics. The loss of one of Labour’s safest seats in the first major electoral test in nearly a year has put further pressure on Mr Starmer to prove he can save his job after weeks of political turmoil, with calls for him to resign. In the race for the vacant seats of Gorton and Denton, Hannah Spencer of the left-wing Green Party won, Nigel Farage’s…
Sky Sports F1’s Martin Brundle says George Russell is “ready to go” to fight for his first F1 world championship in the 2026 season.As the countdown to next week’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix is broadcast live on Sky Sports, Mercedes’ Russell remains favorite for the bookmakers’ Drivers’ Championship, with the Silver Arrows enjoying a strong pre-season in their new W17 car. Brundle believes there is “no clear favorite” for the title based on the test results, but if pre-season predictions are correct, Russell will be one of the players in contention for the title. “I think he’s ready for it,”…
OpenAI announced Friday morning that it has raised $110 billion in private funding, kicking off one of the largest private funding rounds in history. The new funding consists of a $50 billion investment from Amazon and $30 billion each from Nvidia and SoftBank at a pre-money valuation of $730 billion. Of note, this round is still private, and OpenAI expects more investors to participate as the round progresses. “Frontier AI is entering a new phase as it moves from research to everyday use on a global scale,” OpenAI said. “Leadership depends on being able to scale your infrastructure fast enough…
Jonathan Ra | Null Photo | Getty ImagesIndividual investors flooded in Nvidia The announcement was made Thursday following the chipmaker’s latest earnings report, according to VandaTrack.Analyst Viraj Patel said retail traders had the highest level of net long positions in the company’s stock during the first 80 minutes of a trading day dating back to at least 2012. Patel said the slow response to blockbuster products was not the retailer’s fault.There are some caveats. Patel said there are strong buys and strong sells for the chipmaker. That would help explain the stock’s volatile movement in morning trading, he added.”The flow…
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Friday. I spent last night watching the love triangle that unfolds in the Broadway musical “Chess.” So it only makes sense that we bring you the latest updates. Netflix and paramount skydancebattle of warner bros discovery In this morning’s morning paper.Stock futures are falling ahead of the bell. of S&P500 and Nasdaq Composite My down days are over.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Plot twistAerial view of the Paramount logo displayed on the Paramount Studios water tower…