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US President Donald Trump’s relationship with the late, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has once again come under scrutiny, after United States lawmakers released more than 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein’s estate on Wednesday, including some that mention Trump’s name.US Democrats in the House Oversight Committee – a federal body that oversees government functions – released email exchanges between Epstein and some of his associates in which the former financier appeared to suggest that Trump knew about his conduct towards young girls.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listHours later, US Republicans released 20,000 documents from Epstein’s estate in…
Google is rolling out a series of AI shopping updates ahead of the holiday season. The company announced a number of new tools and features Thursday, including conversational shopping in Google Search, new shopping features within the Gemini app, agent checkout, and even an AI tool that lets you call your local store to see if the item you want is available. The company believes the additions will help improve the online shopping experience, which even today can involve a lot of grunt work, Vidhya Srinivasan, Google’s vice president and general manager of advertising and commerce, explained in a press…
Elon Musk announced his new company, xAI, and said it has the goal of understanding the nature of the universe.Jaap Ariens | Nurfoto | Getty ImagesElon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has raised $15 billion from investors, a person familiar with the matter tells CNBC’s David Faber. The funding adds another $5 billion to a $10 billion round that CNBC reported in September that valued the startup at $200 billion. Officials told CNBC that the bulk of the money will go toward funding graphics processing equipment to support large-scale language models.Artificial intelligence startups have reached sky-high valuations in recent months,…
Omar Marquez | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesSki season is approaching Uber I would love to take you to the slopes.The ride-hailing company on Thursday announced Uber Ski, which allows users to book round-trip rides to about 40 mountains in the U.S., Canada, Switzerland and France, according to a release. The service will be available until March.Uber has partnered with Vail Resorts to allow passengers to book Uber Reserves directly to the mountain resort company’s various destinations. Users can purchase the Epic Pass, which grants access to over 90 ski and snowboard resorts, directly in the app.Passengers can reserve an…
Brazil has some of the largest tropical forest areas on Earth, but they are under intense pressure. The Atlantic Forest on the country’s east coast once covered 350 million acres, but only 12 percent of that remains, according to the World Wildlife Fund. The Amazon rainforest, mostly located in Brazil, is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, but almost 20% of its forest area has been lost in the past 50 years. Brazilian environmental restoration company Re.green wants to restore these lost forests in an economically viable way and relies heavily on technology to do so. Last week,…
Luke Humphries has revealed he thought he would have to withdraw from the Grand Slam of Darts after suffering “terrible pain” ahead of Wednesday’s last-16 match.If you didn’t know about Humphries’ injury, you wouldn’t have known he was suffering from suspected back spasms other than a few grimaces throughout. Humphries, ranked No. 1 in the world, got off to a great start, averaging over an astonishing 117 points and leading 5-0. In the end he defeated debutant Jurgen van der Velde 10-3 to set up a quarter-final match against fellow injury-plagued Michael Smith, who survived 11 matches of ridiculous darts…
Two teenage founders walked into Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham’s backyard with an idea that no one in agriculture seemed to want: an AI model that could help design better pesticides. By the time they left, they had a new business model and a new company, eventually gaining support from Graham. Now, that reimagined company, Bindwell, has raised $6 million in a seed round co-led by General Catalyst and A Capital, with a personal check from Graham himself. Rather than selling AI tools to traditional agrochemical giants, the startup designs new pesticide molecules in-house using its own models and licenses…
The kilts and sporrans of Clan Wallace, members of the Lonach Highlanders, marching on the road to the Lonach Gathering and Highland Games in Strathdon, Scotland.Gannet 77 | iStock | Getty ImagesThe Scottish Government on Thursday announced plans to issue its first sovereign bond in 2026/27, aiming to raise funds for infrastructure investment.This is the first issue of a 1.5 billion pound ($1.97 billion) bond program that is expected to be rolled out during the next parliamentary term, starting with elections next May. But officials noted that the plan was dependent on the outcome of government elections.Although Scotland is part…
Joby Aviation’s hybrid aircraft.Provided by: Joby Aviationjoby aviation Three months after the company partnered with a government contractor, it completed its first test flight of a hybrid defense aircraft. L3 Harris on the project.The company announced Thursday that the launch was successful on Nov. 7 at Joby’s facility in Marina, California. Chairman Paul Sciara told CNBC that the flight demonstrates Joby’s ability to move quickly from “concept to demonstration” to meet growing military needs.Joby and L3Harris first announced in August that they were collaborating on developing military aircraft with autonomous and piloting capabilities.Under the Trump administration, the U.S. government has…
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are falling as Wall Street tries to figure out whether more news on the economy is good or bad. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% early Thursday, slightly off its all-time high reached late last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 41 points, and the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 0.7%. The U.S. government reopens after a six-week shutdown, the longest in history. Wall Street is bracing for potential volatility as the government returns to issuing important updates on the job market and other areas of the economy. Walt Disney Co. fell after reporting mixed…