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It was a sunny Thursday evening in New York’s Washington Square Park. People gathered there for one reason, and one reason only: a Labubu fashion show.On June 12, Labubu lovers strutted down the sidewalks with the tiny toy monsters clipped to their purses, backpacks, beltloops — even their dogs’ harnesses. The model with the best flair won a new toy and, naturally, a purse to hang it on.The evening provided a glimpse into a seemingly sudden worldwide obsession with the blind-box stuffed animal toy, which retails for about $30 and is sold by Chinese collectible company Pop Mart. A Labubu…
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins, known as the GENIUS Act, this week as part of its self-dubbed “Crypto Week.”The House will also consider two other crypto-related bills this week: The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, which aims to regulate crypto by establishing roles for the Securities Exchange and Commodity Futures Trading Commissions in regulating digital tokens, and the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, which would prevent the Federal Reserve from issuing a digital U.S. dollar.The GENIUS Act passed the Senate in June with bipartisan support. House leaders…
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In this photo illustration, a man seen holding a smartphone with the logo of US artificial intelligence company Cognition AI Inc. in front of website.Timon Schneider | SOPA Images | Sipa USA | APArtificial intelligence startup Cognition announced it’s acquiring Windsurf, the AI coding company that lost its CEO and several other senior employees to Google just days earlier.Cognition said on Monday that it will purchase Windsurf’s intellectual property, product, trademark, brand and talent, but didn’t disclose terms of the deal. It’s the latest development an AI talent war, as companies like Meta, Google and OpenAI fiercely compete for top…
Is the housing market on the verge of a meltdown? One economist seems to think so — and he blames 7% mortgage rates. Source link
A person walks on campus at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. March 26, 2025. Hannah Beier | ReutersWhy is the interest-free forbearance ending?Former President Joe Biden rolled out the SAVE plan in the summer of 2023, describing it as “the most affordable student loan plan ever.”But millions of borrowers who signed up for the plan were caught in limbo after GOP-led lawsuits led to a block on the plan last year. The Biden administration put these borrowers in a forbearance while the legal challenges played out, and stopped interest from accruing on people’s debts in the meantime. Forbearances are a…
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Market update: Stocks are kicking off the new week in positive territory, bouncing back from an early dip sparked by fresh tariff threats targeting Mexico and the European Union. The market is largely brushing off the trade drama for now, anticipating trade agreements will be reached ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline. More Meta AI spend: Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined some of his ambitious AI infrastructure plans to support…
The Grok logo is being displayed on a smartphone with Xai visible in the background in this photo illustration on April 1, 2024. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesThe European Union on Monday called in representatives from Elon Musk’s xAI after the company’s social network X, and chatbot Grok, generated and spread anti-semitic hate speech, including praise for Adolf Hitler, last week.A spokesperson for the European Commission told CNBC via e-mail that a technical meeting will take place on Tuesday. xAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Sandro Gozi, a member of Italy’s parliament and member of the…
Tim Cook is Apple’s longest-serving CEO. But what industry gossipers want to know is will happen if and when he’s replaced? Source link