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A powerful multi-day Kona storm is hitting Hawaii with its first heavy rains, reinvigorating the threat of major flooding as the state is still recovering from March’s devastating floods. A flood watch is in effect across Hawaii through Friday afternoon, warning of the possibility of major flooding and landslides, as some places could record months’ worth of rain in just a few days. The storm is expected to dump 4 to 8 inches of rain over a wide area by Friday evening, with locally more than 10 inches possible. The Big Island and Kauai are the most likely to see…
Liverpool travel to Paris on Wednesday and head coach Arne Slott will need to find answers to a number of questions if they are to survive a disappointing season.Slott’s team will face Paris Saint-Germain in a tough Champions League quarter-final. They were crowned European champions for the first time about 12 months after losing to the Parisians on penalties in the last 16 stage. A lot has changed for the Reds during that time. This time last year, Slott was on the verge of being crowned Premier League champions in his debut season in charge at Anfield. I missed the…
Software giant Atlassian on Wednesday announced new AI tools and agents focused on turning data into visual assets and applications. This includes deploying the visual tool Remix in open beta. Remix allows businesses to transform data and information stored in Atlassian’s content collaboration software Confluence into assets such as charts and graphics. Remix recommends the visual format that best suits the data and information at hand, and allows users to create these visual assets without having to open another application or software. The company also announced three new third-party agents that run within Confluence using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).…
Want to know what’s next for the economy if the U.S.-Iran war continues? CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday’s stock market moves gave investors a warning.Despite making a small profit at the last minute, S&P500 As the deadline for President Donald Trump to cut a deal with Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz approached, the session remained sluggish for much of the session with little sign of progress and hopes for a solution between the two countries waned. President Trump has threatened to destroy Iranian bridges and power plants if a deal is not reached by 8pm ET on Tuesday.…
Israel is considering a two-week cease-fire announced by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday night in its war with Iran, making it appear weakened in the eyes of its adversaries and critics. Its arch-enemy, Iran, is still alive and well. Israel’s defense missile stocks are depleted and the prime minister faces a political backlash.Following news of the Pakistan-brokered ceasefire, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office issued a statement in English saying he supported the U.S. decision and asserted that “Iran no longer poses a nuclear, missile, or terrorist threat to the United States, Israel, Iran’s Arab neighbors, or the world.”Recommended stories…
You don’t come to TechCrunch Disrupt to sit in the audience. You go for influence. Whether 2026 is the year of construction, financing, hiring, or scale, this is where the momentum builds. With three days left until these great discounts end on April 10th at 11:59pm PT, it’s your chance to save up to $500 on your pass and secure your spot at the heart of the tech ecosystem. Register here to save. What you get with TechCrunch Disrupt Held at Moscone West from October 13th to 15th, more than 10,000 founders, executives, and venture capitalists will engage in three…
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 18, 2026, in New York City, USA, as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s press conference after the Fed’s interest rate announcement is broadcast on a screen. Brendan McDiarmid | ReutersTraders are eyeing the possibility of a rate cut by the end of the year after the US and Iran agreed to a ceasefire.The probability of a rate cut rose sharply on Wednesday morning to about 43%, according to CME Group’s FedWatch tool, which uses 30-day federal funds futures contracts to calculate market expectations for Fed…
Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you the first information about tomorrow and the last information about today. Sign up for free to receive it straight to your inbox. As the S&P 500 edged higher on Tuesday, here’s what CNBC television producers were watching and what they’re eyeing to trade next. Airline earnings accelerate Delta Air Lines kicks off earnings season for major airlines on Wednesday morning. Delta Air Lines announced Tuesday that it will join other airlines in increasing its checked baggage fees to compensate for rising fuel prices. DAL is down 5.5% in…
An underappreciated step in the chip manufacturing process is becoming the next bottleneck for artificial intelligence.Any microchip used to power artificial intelligence must be built into hardware that can interact with the outside world. But currently, almost all of this chip manufacturing process, known as advanced packaging, is done in Asia, where production capacity is lacking.Now, the center stage is the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Two new Arizona factories and Elon Musk Tap prepare to break ground intel for his ambitious custom chip plans.”If people aren’t aggressively investing in capital to prepare for the surge in fab production that’s…
U.S. President Donald Trump watches a press conference on the Iran conflict in the James S. Brady Press Conference Room at the White House on April 6, 2026 in Washington, DC.Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States will impose a 50% tariff on “any” goods imported from “any country that supplies military weapons to Iran.” Trump said in a post on Truth Social that any country found to be supplying weapons to Iran would be subject to the tax “immediately” and there would be no “exclusions or exemptions.” “Countries supplying military weapons…