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Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesThe private technology market is hotter than ever, with valuations for companies like OpenAI, SpaceX, Anthropic, and Stripe rising to astronomical levels.PitchBook, one of the top providers of data about startups, wants to give users easy access to information about these companies and many others. On Monday, Pitchbook introduced an artificial intelligence-powered tool that provides market insights based on user prompts.Rather than having to find a company’s profile page and search for specific information, subscribers can ask questions of an AI assistant called PitchBook Navigator to get facts and figures…
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) speaks during a press conference on the 41st day of the federal government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 10, 2025. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesHouse Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday called on members of Congress to begin traveling to Washington, D.C., so that they can vote as soon as possible on the Senate agreement that would end the longest U.S. government shutdown in history.Johnson, R-Louisiana, spoke to reporters a day after the Senate narrowly approved the first phase of a deal to reopen government offices for…
The head of Britain’s British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and a top news executive resigned from the organization on Sunday after a memo criticizing the editing of US President Donald Trump’s 2021 speech was leaked shortly before protesters stormed the US Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021.The BBC said its director-general Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness had chosen to resign after the memo was published.The memo comes from former adviser Michael Prescott, a former journalist who served as an independent adviser to the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines and Standards Board for three years before resigning in June. He claimed…
Hong Kong — A Chinese coffee chain has apologized and changed its name after state media promoted it as misusing a word respected by China’s Communist government. People’s Cafe is decorated mostly in bright red, often with stars painted on its storefronts, reminiscent of the Chinese Communist Party’s aesthetic. It also uses a typeface inspired by the calligraphy of China’s first communist leader, Mao Zedong. The company apologized on Saturday, days after state media named it as participating in a “contraption economy.” As in many officially communist states, the term “people” (“people” in Mandarin) is used liberally and seriously by…
Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher has explained why Virgil van Dijk’s header against Manchester City was not recognized as a “clear mistake”, but Jay Bothroyd believes Liverpool’s goal should have stood. Read the latest from Ref Watch…Man City 3-0 LiverpoolIncident: Virgil van Dijk’s header against Manchester City was ruled out after Andy Robertson was ruled to have blocked the goalkeeper’s line of sight from an offside position. Dermot said: “This is definitely subjective and a gray area as it’s all about interpretation.”Everyone sees things a little differently, so you can take what happened last year or earlier this season…
Today, the United States marks the 41st day of a federal government shutdown that has left federal workers without pay, air travel suspended, and millions of poor Americans without food assistance.To be sure, this is not the first time that the government of the world’s reigning superpower has intentionally shut down, but the current shutdown recently set the dubious record of being the longest in modern U.S. history.And this time, the political spectacle is beyond dystopian.In other words, the government shutdown came as a result of budget disagreements between Republicans and Democrats over strict health care cuts supported by President…
For many people, reaching out to strangers can be a daunting prospect, but Carly Valancy has a “really special love” for networking, she says.Valancy, 30, has had an extensive career. Before co-founding Momentum Growth, a growth consulting firm for female founders, she worked in technology, theater, and marketing.Through each professional axis, she says networking has been the key to her success.When Valancey faced a career crossroads in her early 20s, she challenged herself to contact one new person every day for 100 days, an idea inspired by Molly Beck’s networking strategy book, Reach Out.The experience “completely changed my life,” she…
Tourists walk past the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on November 7, 2025, more than a month into the U.S. government shutdown. Nathan Howard | ReutersThis is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Is there light at the end of the tunnel?All eyes were on Capitol Hill last night as the Senate approved the first phase of an agreement to end the federal government shutdown. The effects of the 41-day shutdown expanded last week, with the FAA ordering airlines…
Reuters — At least eight people were killed in an explosion near the landmark Red Fort in a densely populated area of India’s capital, New Delhi, city police said. The explosion occurred inside a car near the Red Fort, but the exact cause was not immediately known and investigation was underway, city police spokesperson Sanjay Tyagi said. Local television stations said at least 11 people were injured. Footage from local media showed flames and smoke billowing from several vehicles on a busy street near a metro station in Old Delhi. At least six vehicles and three auto-rickshaws were set on…
Billionaire serial entrepreneur Mark Cuban says tomorrow’s leaders may be today’s kids obsessed with artificial intelligence.”Students who use AI will produce better, more creative work and develop the technology and partnerships needed in the workplace of the future,” Cuban told CNBC Make It, adding, “Students who use AI will be best equipped to lead.”The students who will have the greatest success with AI now and in the future will be those who use it to enhance their own critical thinking skills, rather than to replace it, Cuban said.According to the billionaire, “students who use AI effectively know how to ask…