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EarnOS raised $18.5M for its Ero app, paying users to engage with brands and verify human interaction. The funding targets the growing problem of AI bots dominating online engagement.
White Castle's new Garlic Parm Chicken Slider, topped with crispy onions and roasted garlic parm sauce, is available through August 23. The chain also brings back Garlic Cheese and adds a permanent Southwest Veggie Slider.
Karta raised $140M in Series A and debt funding to issue premium Visa cards to international travelers who lack U.S. credit histories. Revenue quadrupled quarter over quarter.
Verastem released positive RAMP-205 data and outlined a registration program for VS-7375. The stock faces binary risk from regulatory and clinical outcomes.
Lower duties on bulk Scotch imports cut costs for Indian bottlers such as United Spirits. Nuvama says margins and volumes should rise.
Daveigh Chase, who voiced Lilo in Disney's Lilo & Stitch and played Samara Morgan in The Ring, died Tuesday at 35 due to meningitis complications.
National Signage Industrial Co. extended three Ministry of Finance framework agreements by one year, covering SAR 213 million in potential purchase orders for vehicle plate materials.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei questioned OpenAI's safety commitments in a new interview, saying his company has prioritized building safeguards that rivals talk about but don't always follow.
Domestic distillers worry about competition from cheaper Scotch, while importers welcome the duty reduction. State-level tax rules remain the real barrier.
FINRA expelled Reid & Rudiger and barred its co-founders after clients paid $2 million in commissions and lost $2.7 million from high-volume trades pushed across 20 accounts.
Apple's AI features may slip to early 2025, risking the holiday iPhone upgrade cycle. Google and Samsung already ship on-device AI. The earnings call is the next marker.
At the G7 summit, Trump said he would blame Vice President Vance if the Iran memorandum fails, while taking credit if it works. Oil markets face new uncertainty.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and DeepMind's Demis Hassabis proposed a U.S.-led AI coalition at a G7 summit meeting with President Trump and tech leaders.
McKinsey projects $7 trillion in data center investment by 2030. Business interruption and untested catastrophe risks could reshape insurance costs for hyperscalers and colocation operators.
Dick's Sporting Goods invests $100M in RFID and digital tools ahead of the Olympics and Euro. Pilot stores saw 6% higher sales per square foot. Jefferies warns scaling 730 stores carries real risk.
L'Oréal and OpenAI announced a partnership to embed AI models into beauty R&D, marketing, and customer service. The deal gives OpenAI a foothold in consumer goods.
Leapfrog Engineering's IPO saw 1.28x day 1 subscription driven by QIBs at 12.48x. Institutional confidence rests on a Rs384cr order book with 85% export exposure to Gulf markets. Retail subscribed just 29%.
US annual interest bill could hit $1.8T if rates stay at 4.5%. Inflation, not deflation, is the real risk. Stocks need right entry; gold offers insurance. Here's the play.
Gujarat secured a ₹1 lakh crore funding line from HUDCO for metro, expressways, and Dholera. A separate IIM-A pact adds project evaluation support under Viksit Gujarat 2047.
The six-episode series premieres July 12 on Samsung TV Plus, following the ARCH Motorcycle co-founders as they build a bike for MotoAmerica racer Corey Alexander.
NordSpace's new 60,000-sq-ft Rocket Factory 1 in Markham consolidates design and production under one roof, backed by $8M in federal funding. CEO Rahul Goel says the campus makes Canadian sovereignty in space 'real.'
FDA now says three-year data supports accelerated approval for UniQure's Huntington's gene therapy, reversing March rejection. Shares jumped 70%. Submission planned for Q3.
Revolut enables Visa Click to Pay for 53M customers across UK and Europe, enrolling them automatically. The tokenized checkout works with biometrics and can lift authorization rates by over 10%.
A quantitative blog tested averaging weights from different shrinkage methods. The result: it does not beat shrinking inputs directly for portfolio optimization.
An investor who has held Rubrik since December says the market is pricing it for years of losses. Revenue grew 38% in the latest quarter. Free cash flow turned positive. The 6x revenue multiple is half the sector median.
Bay Area rents are climbing as AI firms expand hiring. ESS's mixed Alpha Score suggests the stock already reflects the improvement, with limited upside at current prices.
Proscia’s Fifth Generation Concentriq uses domain-specific AI models to reduce manual workload in pathology, aiming to speed drug discovery and case review for 12 million annual cases.
BTIG upgrades MFA Financial and MITT to Buy on deep book-value discounts; cuts Ellington Financial to Neutral on narrower margin of safety.
Alberta Innovates commits $14M to 12 organizations in defense, aerospace, and agri-food. The Crown corporation says the funding will unlock $48M in follow-on capital across the province.
Trump says he will cancel Jay Clayton's DNI confirmation hearing, imperiling FISA reauthorization. Cotton says the committee will proceed unless Trump withdraws the nomination.