Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks during a “First Tool-In” ceremony at the TSMC facility under construction in Phoenix, Arizona, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022.Caitlin O’Hara | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWhen President Barack Obama asked the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs about making an iPhone in the U.S., Jobs didn’t mince words. “Those jobs aren’t coming back,” Jobs said at a dinner with Obama in 2011.The president of the U.S. and the CEO of Apple have changed, but the ambition of a “Made in the USA” iPhone remains. Defending its “reciprocal tariffs,” the White House on Tuesday said…
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Lynn Martin, NYSE President, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22, 2025.Gerry Miller | CNBC The great American entrepreneur Henry Ford once said, “The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.” In surveying the recent volatility in global financial markets from my perch as president of the New York Stock Exchange, I believe this notion remains as true today as it did 100 years ago.After 233 years, the New York Stock Exchange remains the beating heart of the global financial system.…
Post Malone is closing out the first weekend of the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Sunday night (April 13). This is the second time in Malone’s career that he’s played the Indio, California, festival, following a 2018 set, but this go-around marks his debut as a headliner and an accidental lineup leaker. The first weekend of his country-era showdown will likely include a few songs from F-1 Trillion, his latest album. Watch his performance live below.Led by the singles “I Had Some Help” and “Pour Me a Drink,” F-1 Trillion came out last summer and includes appearances…
1 / 5Ergonomic keyboard hand positionsA standard keyboard keeps your arms tight to your body and makes you splay your hands outward at the wrists. Staggered vs columnarThis decision seems to be one of the more hotly-contested among ergo enthusiasts. A conventional keyboard has staggered keys, with each row slightly offset to the rows above and below it — so the A key is about halfway between the Q and W above it. This is a holdover from vintage mechanical typewriters, in which each press activated a hammer that smashed ink onto paper in the shape of a letter. To…
Protestors gathered in March outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationChip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Trump administration aims to cut funding for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) by more than $1.6 billion relative to last year, according to an internal budget document obtained by New Scientist. The cuts would include the elimination of the agency’s office focused on climate and weather research. “Trump’s budget plan for NOAA is both outrageous and dangerous. They’re wholly destroying critical offices,… Read the original article here
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., questions Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Agriculture secretary, during her Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Thursday, January 23, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesA group of Senate Democrats on Friday asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate President Donald Trump and others for “potential violations of securities law” related to the president’s announcement this week of a pause in so-called reciprocal tariffs on imports from many countries.”Specifically, we ask the SEC to determine whether President Trump, any members of his cabinet, or…
These are the 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024 The American Library Association has released its list of the most challenged books of 2024. It’s part of the 2025 State of America’s Libraries Report, which also revealed that most of these bans and challenges are not initiated by students or parents. Pressure groups and government entities were responsible for a whopping 72% of censorship attempts. 2024 had the third highest number of challenges since ALA started tracking in 1990, but the organization emphasizes that book bans and challenges are underreported, so this number is likely higher. Many libraries are also now…
We independently evaluate all recommended products and services. Any products or services put forward appear in no particular order. if you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. There comes a time in every man’s life when summers become a seemingly endless succession of other people’s nuptials. If you haven’t reached that point yet, then rest assured: summer wedding season is coming. As is the constant deliberation over wedding attire. Sometimes, in the case of stricter dress codes, there’s a right answer. Sometimes there’s no definitive right answer, but definitely a lot of wrong ones. And sometimes there’s…
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Watson Season 1 Episode 9 “Take a Family History.”] Everything you ever wanted to know about Watson’s (Morris Chestnut) neurologist, Ingrid (Eve Harlow), is revealed in the latest episode. Watson had already teased that Ingrid has a dark secret that now Moriarty (Randall Park) knows about. But could you have guessed just how dark it actually is? “Take a Family History” reveals just that with flashbacks that go back to what put her sister in a wheelchair. Read below for insight from Harlow and Rochelle Aytes, whose Mary has a much longer history with…
Ready to catch the “Hangzhou New Wave” at the Beijing International Film Festival? If the term alone leaves you puzzled, the 15th edition of the fest, running April 18-26, has the perfect introduction for you. After all, it is presenting works by writer and director Zhu Xin in a “Filmmaker in Focus” program that describes him as “the young flag-bearer of the ‘Hangzhou New Wave’,” or Hangzhou New Cinema. Plus, Beijing 2025 will feature more up-and-coming Chinese filmmaker voices in its “Chinese New Wave” program, which organizers tout as “an important platform for discovering and promoting young filmmakers.” This year’s…
An oil pumpjack is seen in a field on April 08, 2025 in Nolan, Texas.Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesJust as many mission-driven fund managers have reconsidered their defense policy in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an analyst at Goldman Sachs says it is now time for sustainable investors to re-evaluate their approach to oil and gas companies.It comes at a time when European energy majors have slashed renewable spending and doubled down on fossil fuels in an effort to boost near-term shareholder returns.Investments focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors tend to…
David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 6, 2023.Win Mcnamee | Getty ImagesGoldman Sachs is scheduled to report first-quarter earnings before the opening bell Monday. Here’s what Wall Street expects:Earnings: $12.35 per share, according to LSEGRevenue: $14.81 billion, according to LSEGTrading Revenue: Fixed Income of $4.56 billion and Equities of $3.65 billion, per StreetAccountInvesting Banking Revenue: $1.94 billion, per StreetAccountGoldman Sachs may prove to be a beneficiary of the recent market environment.On Friday, rivals JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley each topped expectations for…
China’s Commerce Ministry called the U.S. tariff exemptions a “small step” and urged U.S. President Donald Trump to “completely abolish” the reciprocal tariffs, which include a 145% duty on imports from China.”We urge the U.S. to heed the rational voices of the international community and domestic parties, take a big stride in correcting its mistakes, completely abolish the wrongful action of ‘reciprocal tariffs,’ and return to the correct path of resolving differences through equal dialogue based on mutual respect,” the ministry said in an online statement, according to a CNBC translation.The ministry also said China is “evaluating the relevant impact”…
A VIX volatility index chart on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Federal Reserve officials held their benchmark interest rate steady for a second straight meeting, though they telegraphed expectations for slower economic growth and higher inflation.Photographer: Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAlready under pressure amid last week’s multitrillion-dollar stock market rout, the venture capital industry now faces an even tougher outlook amid ongoing uncertainty stemming from U.S. tariffs.A dearth of initial public offerings or mergers and acquisitions — coupled with the trend that startups are now…
Misfits played a blistering 20-song set at Coachella late on Saturday night (April 12) – check it out below. The horror punk greats, who now perform under the name The Original Misfits, headlined the Outdoor Theatre stage on weekend one of the California festival. The group is currently comprised of vocalist Glenn Danzig, bassist Jerry Only and guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, with the trio of original members having reformed in 2016. They had not played together since 1983 at the time. The set included seven tracks from their 1982 debut album ‘Walk Among Us’: ‘20 Eyes, ‘Astro Zombies’, ‘I…
Apple is said to be readying some big improvements for iPadOS that could bring it more in line with macOS. According to Mark Gurman in the newsletter, Apple’s iPadOS 19 will “focus on productivity, multitasking and app window management — with an eye on the device operating more like a Mac.” It won’t quite be macOS for iPad, but Gurman notes that “the changes will likely go far enough” to please those users who are looking to get more out of the tablet’s software.It’s expected to arrive later this year. Chances are we’ll hear all about it , which Apple…
Updated 10 p.m. Eastern with additional comments.DENVER — The White House is proposing steep cuts in NASA’s science program that, if implemented, would cancel several major missions, contradicting claims by the administration’s nominee to lead the agency.A draft of the White House’s budget proposal sent to NASA April 10 by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) would cut about 20% from the agency’s overall spending levels but reduce spending for the agency’s science programs by nearly 50%.The document, known as a passback, is not publicly released but is sent to agencies like NASA to allow them to make final…
U.S. President Donald TrumpNathan Howard | ReutersPresident Donald Trump and his top trade officials on Sunday added to the confusion over his administration’s tariff plans, including newly announced exemptions for reciprocal tariffs on electronic products such as phones, computers and semiconductors. Trump and his aides suggested the exemptions — which erased added tariffs of 145% on many Chinese electronics devices and components — would be partially or completely reversed in coming weeks. A separate 20% tariff on all Chinese goods is still in effect.The exemptions were first revealed in technical guidance issued late Friday evening without fanfare by U.S. Customs and…