Dylan Field, once a college dropout, has now entered the elite ranks of tech billionaires after Figma’s explosive stock market debut. Like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Field shares early ties with billionaire investor Peter Thiel. In 2012, Field was awarded the prestigious Thiel Fellowship—a $100,000 grant for young innovators willing to leave college behind. Originally a […]
Alibaba has announced the launch of its first-ever smart glasses, powered by its in-house artificial intelligence, signaling the tech giant’s entry into the wearable tech market. The new device — called the Quark AI Glasses — is set to debut in China by the end of 2025 and will run on the company’s Qwen large […]
HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, reported a sharp 29% decline in second-quarter profits, falling short of analyst forecasts, largely due to significant impairment charges. In a bid to reassure investors, the bank also announced a $3 billion share buyback. For the quarter ending in June, HSBC posted a pre-tax profit of $6.3 billion — below the […]
Spotify’s stock took a sharp 11% dive on Tuesday — marking its worst trading day since July 2023 — after the music-streaming giant missed analysts’ revenue forecasts and offered weaker-than-expected guidance for the upcoming quarter. The company posted a Q2 loss of €86 million, or €0.42 per share, falling short of market expectations which anticipated […]
Cash App is making a major move in the peer-to-peer payment space with the introduction of a new feature called Pools, aimed at simplifying group payments. The launch marks the platform’s first major update to its P2P functionality in nearly two years and allows contributions from non-Cash App users via Apple Pay and Google Pay […]
Amid increasing calls from former President Donald Trump to bring more jobs back to American soil, Apple is rolling out a new manufacturing-focused initiative in downtown Detroit. The newly established Apple Manufacturing Academy—developed in partnership with Michigan State University—is set to open this August and will offer hands-on training in manufacturing and artificial intelligence, targeting […]
LG Energy Solution, a South Korea-based battery manufacturer, announced on Wednesday that it has secured a massive $4.3 billion battery supply agreement with a major global company—though the buyer’s identity remains confidential for now. According to a regulatory filing on the Korea Exchange, the agreement took effect Tuesday and is set to run through July […]
Gold prices jumped over 1% on Monday, reaching their highest level in five weeks as both the U.S. dollar and Treasury yields declined. The rise comes amid growing uncertainty over a looming August 1 deadline for countries to finalize trade deals with Washington or face new tariffs. Spot gold climbed 1.3%, hitting $3,394.23 per ounce […]
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick issued a stark warning on Thursday, stating that TikTok will be blocked in the United States unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, agrees to transfer control to American entities. “You can’t have something controlled by China living on 100 million American phones,” Lutnick said during an appearance on a financial […]
Nvidia issued a strong warning on Thursday about the use of unauthorized AI chips in underground data centers, calling the practice both technically flawed and economically unsustainable. The statement followed a recent investigative report alleging that over $1 billion worth of Nvidia’s high-performance chips have been illicitly funneled into China. “Building data centers using smuggled […]