Former President Donald Trump has consistently claimed credit for stock market rallies, attributing them to his potential electoral victory in the 2024 presidential election. However, he has been quick to deflect any responsibility for market downturns, blaming them on current President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. In several statements, Trump indicated that positive ... Read more ›
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Chinese electric vehicle startup Neta Auto is facing speculation about dissolving its research and development team amid financial difficulties. The company has yet to make an official statement regarding the rumored layoffs, which have sparked concerns among industry insiders about its future direction and ability to maintain its competitive edge. Neta Auto’s financial troubles have ... Read more ›
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Icertis, a contract management software company based in Bellevue, Wash., has raised $50 million in a new investment from existing backer B Capital. The company confirmed the funding on Wednesday and stated that the fresh cash will be used to pay down outstanding debt. Founded in 2009, Icertis has now raised more than $500 million ... Read more ›
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Female-led start-ups are facing a serious lack of funding. Studies show that women-led businesses get only a small part of the total venture capital money available. This hurts innovation and economic growth driven by women entrepreneurs. Several things contribute to this funding gap. Gender biases and not enough women in decision-making roles at venture capital ... Read more ›
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The U.S. stock market has lost about $5.28 trillion in value in just three weeks. The S&P 500 has gone from a record high on February 19, 2025, with a market value of around $52.06 trillion, to $46.78 trillion as of Thursday. This 10% drop has put the market in correction territory. Various factors have ... Read more ›
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Merck is planning to lay off 163 employees at its Cherokee manufacturing plant in Riverside, Pennsylvania. The job cuts will happen in three rounds, with the first set to occur in May 2025. The second round of layoffs will take effect in late June through July. The final round is set for “sometime in 2026,” ... Read more ›
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E-3 Tech, a startup led by Rudy Adolf and Rajini Kodialam, has acquired Sylvan Inc., a construction company. The deal will bring advanced technology to Sylvan’s operations. E-3 Tech has backing from venture capital firm Andreesen Horowitz. The acquisition gives E-3 Tech a controlling interest in Sylvan. A spokesperson for E-3 Tech said, “Bringing cutting-edge ... Read more ›
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A new feature, “What People Suggest,” organizes different perspectives from online discussions into easy-to-understand themes, helping users quickly grasp what people say on specific health topics. Google is introducing a new feature to its Search platform that incorporates user suggestions from online discussions to provide answers to health-related questions. When users search for queries like ... Read more ›
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President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies, intended to benefit the U.S., are paradoxically enhancing stock markets overseas. While the White House focuses on domestic concerns, Trump’s initiatives have led European nations to boost their military spending, revitalizing defense stocks and pushing international markets higher. European economies have seen a surge. The STOXX Europe 600 index, ... Read more ›
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Rajeev Dham, a partner at Sapphire Ventures, shares his perspective on the current trends in investment pitches, where more than 50% heavily rely on AI features. However, his analysis suggests that the future of software services isn’t solely tied to artificial intelligence. He argues that the maturation of the software environment requires a focus on ... Read more ›
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Bethesda Game Studios has launched a new update for Fallout 76, titled “The Ghoul Within,” which introduces player ghouls for the first time. The update is live now and coincides with the start of Season 20, significantly changing the game. In the world of Fallout, ghouls are humans mutated by the radiation of the nuclear wasteland. While some ... Read more ›
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Motion Ventures, a Singapore-based maritime venture firm, has launched a new $100 million fund. The firm claims it is the largest maritime-focused tech fund to date. The new fund, called Motion Ventures Fund II, plans to invest between $250,000 and $10 million in at least 25 companies over the next 18 to 24 months. It ... Read more ›
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Maju Kuruvilla, the former CEO of Bolt, has launched a new e-commerce startup called Spangle AI. The company aims to solve a common issue for online shoppers by creating custom landing pages based on their search or ad clicks. Kuruvilla explained that many users often land on pages that may not have the advertised products, ... Read more ›
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Lars Staack started selling his index funds in January, moving them into bond and Treasury funds. He had invested his retirement savings in S&P 500 index funds after the dot-com bubble burst in the early 2000s. This strategy brought him peace of mind for more than two decades until the election of President Trump. As ... Read more ›
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NVIDIA has released a playable demo of Half-Life 2 RTX, showcasing the game’s cutting-edge graphics enhancements. The demo is available for free to Half-Life 2 owners on Steam. The mod, developed using NVIDIA’s RTX Remix platform, brings features like DLSS 4 support, ray tracing, and improved textures to the classic game. The demo includes two ... Read more ›
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Roku users were surprised and frustrated this week when they encountered video ads playing automatically before they could even access their device’s home screen. The ads, which included a trailer for the upcoming movie “Moana 2,” appeared without warning and could not be skipped by some users. Roku confirmed that the autoplay ads are part ... Read more ›
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Specialty chemical startup Scimplify has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Accel and Bertelsmann India Investments. UMI and existing investors also participated in the round, bringing Scimplify’s total funding to $54 million. The company, founded in mid-2023 by Salil Srivastava, Sachin Santhosh, and Dheeraj Dhingra, aims to address gaps in ... Read more ›
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Google’s new AI model, Gemini 2.0 Flash, has sparked controversy because it can remove watermarks from images. Users on social media platforms have discovered that the model can effectively erase watermarks, including those from well-known stock media platforms like Getty Images. Last week, Google expanded access to Gemini 2.0 Flash’s image generation feature, which allows ... Read more ›
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Inside Real Estate has acquired ListAssist, a startup that offers AI-enhanced search as well as image and data automation and optimization. The acquisition is a significant milestone for Inside Real Estate, a Utah-based real estate software provider, aiming to revolutionize how consumers search for homes. “We are thrilled to welcome ListAssist to our ecosystem and ... Read more ›
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Sony recently unveiled a groundbreaking display technology that could revolutionize the TV industry. The new system, called “New RGB LED,” allows each of the three primary colors (red, green, and blue) in LEDs to emit light independently. This individual control results in higher color purity and enables images to cover 99% of the DCI-P3 color ... Read more ›
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