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City Detect, a company that uses vision AI to help local governments monitor the health of buildings and neighborhoods, announced Friday a $13 million Series A round led by Prudence Venture Capital. The startup was founded in 2021, with remaining co-founder Gavin Baum Blake serving as CEO. He said the company was founded in part because cities are struggling to deal with “urban blight and decay.” The idea was to use advanced computer vision and AI technology to help cities track and solve such problems. City Detect attaches cameras to public vehicles such as garbage trucks and street sweepers, takes…

Peter Lorenko | Moments | Getty ImagesStocks are volatile amid the war between the U.S. and Iran, and investors may be feeling anxious.However, volatility is a common feature of stock markets. In fact, drops of 1%, 2%, or even more in a single day, while nauseating at times, happen more often than you might think. of S&P500 For example, U.S. stock indexes have fallen by more than 1% on 1,001 days over the past 30 years, an average of about 33 days a year, according to Morningstar Direct, which analyzed market data since 1996. During the same period, the index…

Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) headquarters in Washington, DC.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesU.S. Customs and Border Protection told an International Trade Court judge on Friday that it cannot currently comply with President Donald Trump’s order to begin refunding reciprocal tariffs imposed last year, which the Supreme Court recently ruled illegal.In the same court filing, CBP told Judge Richard Eaton that as of Wednesday, the total amount of so-called IEEPA duties it had collected and the estimated customs duties associated with those duties was “approximately $166 billion.”The filing comes as Eaton is scheduled to…

Over the past two decades, China has quietly overtaken the United States as the dominant trading partner in parts of Latin America.But since taking office for his second term, US President Donald Trump has pushed to reverse China’s advances.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listThis includes offensive operations against China’s allies in the region.The Trump administration has already reportedly revoked U.S. visas from officials from Costa Rica, Panama, and Chile because of their ties to China.It has also threatened to take back the Panama Canal over suspicions that Chinese agents are operating it. Then, after invading Venezuela and kidnapping…

A mother and daughter were killed Thursday night in western Oklahoma when their car was struck by a tornado at the start of two days of severe storms across the Plains and Midwest. County Sheriff Major Tony Robinson told CNN that the two were traveling near Highways 60 and 243 west of Fairview, Oklahoma, when the tornado struck. A tornado warning was issued for parts of Major County between 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM PT. The storm also hit a semitrailer in the county, about 130 miles northwest of Oklahoma City, according to a National Weather Service report. Thursday night’s…

Harry Maguire’s lawyers insist the Manchester United defender has no previous convictions and has full freedom to travel despite being convicted in a Greek court and given a 15-month suspended prison sentence. Both of these factors are crucial to Maguire’s bid to make England’s World Cup squad in two months’ time, as either could prevent him from being granted a US visa and preventing him from entering the country. The Manchester United defender has been in excellent form for the club since Michael Carrick took over as head coach and has been linked with a call-up to the England squad,…

Since October 7, 2023, the United States and Israel have believed that continued diplomatic and military pressure on Iran will deter and reduce Iran’s combat capabilities. In the process, they completely degraded something else. This was Iran’s attempt to maintain restraint. The missiles and drones now attacking across the Gulf show that Iran is no longer holding back.Iran has long operated on the principle of “strategic patience.” This was a deliberate and calculated form of restraint that led to how the Iranian government and its network of allies confronted Washington and Tel Aviv.Rather than confronting Iran, it built and utilized…

The U.S. economy lost jobs in February, a month marred by severe winter weather and strikes at major health care providers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.The number of non-farm payrolls for the month was 92,000 fewer than the expected 50,000, and below the downwardly revised January total of 126,000. February’s payroll decline was the third in the past five months, following a sharp revision in December that showed a decline of 17,000 jobs.At the same time, the unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.4% as employment fell across major regions. The broader unemployment rate, which includes discouraged workers and…

Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Light Rocket | Getty Imagesunicure A senior official at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on a call with reporters Thursday that another study needs to be conducted to prove that the company’s gene therapy “actually helps people with Huntington’s disease.” The official, who requested anonymity before discussing sensitive information, confirmed that the agency has asked the company to conduct a placebo-controlled trial of the treatment, which is administered directly to the brain. UniQure said this type of research was unethical because it required people to be under general anesthesia for hours, but…

This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Friday. As if this week wasn’t newsworthy enough, the February jobs report will be released in just a few minutes.Stock futures fell this morning following a losing day.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Ups and downsTraders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as the opening bell rings on March 5, 2026 in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty ImagesInvestors have been on a roller coaster ride this week as…