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Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is out with a new plan, first shared with CNBC, to break up what he says are healthcare monopolies and bring down the cost of prescription drugs. And he's teaming up with entrepreneur Mark Cuban to launch it. Talarico, a member of

A year ago, wealthy Chinese families were souring on Singapore. Its rules felt onerous, its nightlife subdued. Other cities seemed easier or more exciting. Now they want to come back. Family-office advisers and wealth managers say they are seeing renewed interest in Singapore fro

Rohingya refugees face fierce new wave of hostility in Malaysia - Published Not long ago, Malaysia's then-prime minister urged his country to protect Rohingya Muslims - a stateless minority that has fled violence and discrimination in Myanmar for decades. "We must defend them, no

Jacob Elordi on why The Dog Stars had him asking 'What am I missing' in life? - Published A devastating pandemic, environmental destruction and a depleted society reduced to anarchy are the themes at play in Sir Ridley Scott's latest film The Dog Stars. Based on Peter Heller's 20

Venezuela is closely examining plans to leave OPEC, according to people familiar with the matter, delivering a fresh blow to the oil cartel it helped create more than six decades ago. The idea of an exit has been a topic in conversations with US officials, and no final decision h

AI hasn’t just changed how startups build; it’s broken how they sell, secure their data and customers, and scale it more rapidly than ever before. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the AI Stage is back to dig into the single hottest topic in the community for the past few years, presen

Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America - Published US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. The move comes after trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late last week, and the US

Hypermobility - the little-known 'bendy disease' that causes pain and fatigue - Published Vivienne Duval has always been flexible. She can do every yoga pose there is, but it was not until she turned 58 that she realised that this bendiness was not a good thing. In fact, it was t

Greens call for temporary ban on new data centres - Published Zack Polanski has called for a freeze on the approval of new data centres in England because of concerns about the amount of water and energy they use. The Green Party leader said the government should introduce strict

Artificial Intelligence Build agentic creative workflows with Amazon Quick and fal Creative teams face growing demand for more assets, formats, and revisions, while their scripts, references, models, and outputs often remain fragmented across tools. Creators must repeatedly trans

I was spending £700 a month: How I beat my late-night shopping addiction - Published You may well have been there. It's late, you're scrolling on your phone and suddenly feel a strong urge to buy something - only to wake up the next day and regret it. But what happens when those

'Town gripped by fear' and 'Nepal death toll climbs'Published5 hours agoImage caption, A number of Friday's papers are focusing on the situation in Middlesbrough following the A66 crash last weekend that killed seven. The Mirror describes a town "under siege". The past week has s

The Federal Reserve's cryptic chairman is set to deliver his much-awaited keynote address Friday in Jackson Hole, with markets trying to anticipate what, if anything, he will have to say on key matters affecting the economy and monetary policy. Kevin Warsh will speak during the F

The US campaign to inflict economic pain on Iran is squeezing the Iranian people, but is unlikely to move their leaders to end the war, analysts argued. The threat of sanctions triggered panic buying for food and fuel this week, The Wall Street Journal reported, sparking small la

Russian-speaking hackers used SpaceX’s Cursor AI agent to breach a Belgian chemical company and six other firms in recent months, in the latest instance of cybercriminals circumventing AI firms’ safety guardrails. The hackers recruited the agent for hundreds of attacks by telling

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said Thursday that the rapid rise of artificial intelligence is exposing gaps in corporate cybersecurity defenses and making older security tools increasingly inadequate. "A lot of companies are recognizing that legacy technology and technology they g

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said Thursday that the rapid rise of artificial intelligence is exposing gaps in corporate cybersecurity defenses and making older security tools increasingly inadequate. "A lot of companies are recognizing that legacy technology and technology they g

Alphabet’s stock is down more than 15% from its May peak, wiping out roughly $700 billion in value, as concerns rise over its mounting AI bills and failure to produce a decisive technological breakthrough. After leading the Magnificent 7 over much of the last 16 months, the tech

European soccer’s governing body is preparing a criminal complaint against FIFA President Gianni Infantino for alleged “criminal mismanagement,” following the spectacular collapse of his effort to sell private stakes in the World Cup. In Thursday’s court filings, UEFA attorneys a

As Shein prepares to go public in Hong Kong for $27 billion — roughly a fourth of its valuation four years ago — the Chinese fast-fashion giant is plotting an ambitious comeback through stepped-up dealmaking. Shein is pursuing what is internally described as a plan to become the

The News FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada is handing a political gift to Democrats in this pivotal battleground state. Democratic candidates across Michigan are unifying against Trump’s 50% tariffs on an array of Canadian goods, hitching Re

(Bloomberg) -- About one month after Japan and the US joined forces to prop up the yen, strategists say the intervention succeeded in slowing the currency’s short-term slide but did little to alter the forces driving its longer-term decline. After the coordinated intervention, th

Taiwan’s legislature approved a plan to spend more than $7 billion on drones over the next six years, part of the island’s push to deter a potential attack from China. President Lai Ching-te’s administration views drones as critical to Taiwan’s “porcupine strategy” — asymmetric w

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Thursday said strong earnings results from Nvidia and Salesforce shattered two of Wall Street's biggest tech bear narratives, sending both stocks soaring. "We were in the grip of some lies and damn lies, backed by chimerical statistics, and now both bear stor

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Thursday said strong earnings results from Nvidia and Salesforce shattered two of Wall Street's biggest tech bear narratives, sending both stocks soaring. "We were in the grip of some lies and damn lies, backed by chimerical statistics, and now both bear stor

The Russia-Ukraine war has entered a more dangerous and deadly phase, analysts said, as the countries’ degraded aerial defenses contend with intensifying missile and drone barrages. Deaths have mounted in recent weeks as Ukraine runs dry of Patriot interceptors and Russia increas

For all the interest in and uptake of agentic AI systems over the past year or so, the world of automated AI has thus far been primarily limited to text, images, code, and other data and actions that take place inside a computer. Anthropic is now aiming to change that somewhat wi

The US campaign to inflict economic pain on Iran is squeezing the Iranian people, but is unlikely to move their leaders to end the war, analysts argued. The threat of sanctions triggered panic buying for food and fuel this week, The Wall Street Journal reported, sparking small la

What we know after the big Grand Theft Auto 6 preview - Published After more than 18 months since the last official glimpse of Grand Theft Auto 6, developer Rockstar has shown fans a 26-minute preview of the upcoming blockbuster video game. Its "extended look" debuted on Netflix,