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[ad_1] CNN — It was horrifying enough for anyone when a door plug popped off an Alaska Airlines flight at more than 16,000 feet last year, causing an explosive decompression. But one mother’s nightmare was particularly acute, as she thought she lost her baby out of the gaping hole in the side of the plane. It’s an unimaginable horror, and one that safety regulators could have prevented by requiring that parents secure infants on board planes in a car seat, as they must be when riding in a car. But despite years of calls for just such a rule, none…
[ad_1] Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Jes Staley has failed to overturn a decision by the Financial Conduct Authority that he “recklessly” misled the UK regulator about his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in a major setback for the former chief executive of Barclays.In a judgment handed down on Thursday by the Upper Tribunal, Judge Timothy Herrington said Staley’s behaviour represented a “serious failure of judgment” and that he had “acted without integrity” by approving a misleading letter from the bank to its regulator that…
[ad_1] CNN — Bill Moyers, a former press secretary to President Lyndon B. Johnson who turned into a longtime broadcast journalist and champion of public media, has died at age 91, his family confirmed to CNN. The acclaimed journalist’s son, William Moyers, said he died of complications from a long illness. His wife of nearly 71 years, Judith Davidson Moyers, was by his side. Moyers, who was once described by Walter Cronkite as “the conscience” of the country, was a public television pioneer, leading multiple installments of “Bill Moyers’ Journal” on PBS stations in the 1970s and again in the…
[ad_1] Stocks have been shaking off threats from tariffs and tax policy as of late – and they’re likely to continue doing so, according to Barclays. Markets are poised to stop constantly responding to President Donald Trump’s tariff policy and the “One Big Beautiful” tax bill making its way through Congress, the bank said. Instead, traders’ attention will shift to macro economic data and the role of artificial intelligence in driving corporate growth. “In our view, financial markets will increasingly tune out tariff and tax headlines coming from Washington, DC,” Ajay Rajadhyaksha, the bank’s global chairman of research, wrote to…
[ad_1] Meta has hired a highly influential OpenAI researcher, Trapit Bansal, to work on its AI reasoning models under the company’s new AI superintelligence unit, a person familiar with the matter tells TechCrunch. OpenAI spokesperson Kayla Wood confirmed to TechCrunch that Bansal had departed OpenAI. Bansal’s LinkedIn page says that he left OpenAI in June. Bansal has worked at OpenAI since 2022 and was a key player in kickstarting OpenAI’s work on reinforcement learning alongside OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever. Bansal is listed as a foundational contributor on OpenAI’s first AI reasoning model, o1. Bansal could offer a significant lift to…
[ad_1] 2025-06-26T15:46:00Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. The Trump-branded smartphone might not be “Made in the USA” after all. Since its announcement, Trump Mobile has changed the wording of its gold-colored T1 smartphone listing. Now it says the $499 phone will be “brought to life right here in the USA” and ” The listing for the Trump-branded smartphone…
[ad_1] (This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh — Sean posted a mystery chart in our internal research chat without any labels and asked my group “Would anyone buy this?” It looked good and we all said yes. We were surprised to find out it was the iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF , more commonly known as IEMG (Disclosure: we own this for client accounts at Ritholtz Wealth Management): Up until recently, the emerging markets equity asset class has been fast asleep, but…
[ad_1] Suno, the AI music company currently in a legal battle with music labels, announced on Thursday the acquisition of WavTool, a browser-based AI digital audio workstation (DAW). This acquisition aims to improve Suno’s editing capabilities for songwriters and producers. WavTool, launched in 2023, offers several tools to musicians, such as stem separation, AI audio generation, and an AI music assistant. Suno will integrate WavTool’s technology into its new editing interface, which launched this month. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. A company spokesperson noted that “most” of the WavTool employees moved to Suno’s product and engineering…
[ad_1] CNN — It was horrifying enough for anyone when a door plug popped off an Alaska Airlines flight at more than 16,000 feet last year, causing an explosive decompression. But one mother’s nightmare was particularly acute, as she thought she lost her baby out of the gaping hole in the side of the plane. It’s an unimaginable horror, and one that safety regulators could have prevented by requiring that parents secure infants on board planes in a car seat, as they must be when riding in a car. But despite years of calls for just such a rule, none…
[ad_1] Nvidia shares hit a record high on Wednesday, closing at $154.31 and lifting the chipmaker’s market value to $3.77 trillion. The move allowed the AI titan to reclaim the title of the world’s most valuable company — but one firm thinks the rally isn’t even close to being over.The stock extended its record high on Thursday, rising about 1% to $155.The latest jump to record highs marks an impressive comeback for Nvidia after struggling against headwinds like the reveal of China’s DeepSeek AI and the impact of tariffs earlier in the year.But the party is just getting started, according…