BEIJING — U.S. credit card giant Visa announced Tuesday it had received approval from the People’s Bank of China for setting up a bank card clearing business in the country. The news comes as the U.S. and Chinese presidents plan for their third meeting this year. “This marks an important milestone toward the company serving
Binance said Friday that a security incident impacted about $6.3 billion in client assets, with around $3 billion frozen on-chain, marking the largest crypto hack on record. The company later added it began recovering assets impacted by the breach after pledging to cover losses using its Secure Asset Fund for Users, which the company created
Book Riot Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz is a writer and former bookseller from San Diego, CA whose Spanish is even faster than her English. When not reading or writing, she enjoys dreaming up travel itineraries and drinking entirely too much tea. She is a regular co-host on the All the Books podcast who especially loves
Bob told many stories about Jessye Norman, but the one that always brought him and his listeners to tears was of the great singer attempting to get through a Winterreise concert just after 9/11. During the third song, Norman began to cry and had to stop singing. When she regained control, she stood for 10
Marcus Corp. chairman and CEO Greg Marcus wants studios to hold off marketing a film as available to watch at home during an exclusive theatrical run. Windows are now longer, he acknowledged, but the timing of messaging is just as important in boosting moviegoing. PVOD or TVOD, premium and transactional video on demand, follow theatrical
Queens of the Stone Age have released their new album Perfecth, the band’s 9th studio recording. Perfecth brings together elements of their early robot rock sound alongside the psychedelic and moody art rock of their middle period and a helping of the newly-founded dystopian crooner energy they cultivated on their Catacombs tour. Get Queens of the Stone
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Voluntary sector leaders criticise Autumn Budget’s lack of charity support The Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey presented his first Autumn Budget to the House of Commons this week, laying out a range of measures that aim to mitigate cost-of-living pressures. This includes increasing the threshold of Small Business Rate Relief to support retail, hospitality
Signage outside Rivian’s offices in Palo Alto, California, Dec. 10, 2025. Jason Henry | Bloomberg | Getty Images Rivian Automotive beat Wall Street’s third-quarter earnings expectations as it ramped up production of its new R2 entry-level SUV that the company has promised investors will lead it to profitability. Here’s how Rivian performed in the period
Intel delivered a solid quarter on Thursday, but its guidance underscored how heavily it still depends on the struggling PC market, sending shares sharply lower after hours. We’re not joining the sell-off just yet. Revenue in the third quarter increased 21% year over year to $16.513 billion, edging out the LSEG-compiled consensus estimate of $16.496
Every now and then a special book comes along that is delightfully different and memorable, and This Is a Door by Daniel Nayeri is one of them. It’s a heroic fairy tale about a boy named Nothing the Younger—Ing for short—who is alone, penniless and trying to pinpoint his purpose in life. Much like the
Selena Gomez just hit her first wedding anniversary with Benny Blanco. Days later, cameras caught her looking visibly mortified by him at her own Rare Impact Fund Benefit in LA. The internet immediately did what the internet does. Screenshots. Zoomed-in faces. “She’s already over him” takes by Thursday morning. And look, I get the appetite….
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Awkwafina has become very known specifically for her voice across the past decade, and with that comes some pros and cons. The pros is she’s consistently gotten a lot of awesome roles in animated movies and TV shows. One con
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The Charity Commission is “assessing information” about alleged charity law breaches by trustees at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Bafta trustees might have inadvertently breached charity and company law by accepting free tickets for guests at its award ceremonies, according to The Guardian newspaper. Michael Pritchett, chair of Bafta’s membership council, told
A premium moisturiser, a serum with a long ingredient list and a box of collagen powder can all cost roughly the same, and each promises younger-looking skin. When you decide where to spend, the question isn’t which product sounds more luxurious. It is which one has the best chance of delivering something you can see.
Image courtesy of Unsplash. Culture has never been easier to explain. A painting can be identified through a phone camera, a film ending decoded within minutes and the history of an unfamiliar object retrieved before a visitor has left the gallery. Yet some of the most enduring cultural experiences resist that speed. They leave something
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei looks on after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron during the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images A version of this article appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive
As Anthropic rushes to takes its shares public, the AI trade is showing cracks, and they are not confined to fringe players. We recently wrote about CoreWeave, which fell 15.5% on Oct. 14 as yields on its 2032 notes touched 15%, and its default-swap spreads nearly doubled in October. IREN is down more than 20%
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Hayden Panettiere’s death has been ruled an accident, and the investigation is now closed, South Carolina police announced Wednesday. “Based on the Medical Examiner’s determination and the findings of the investigation, Hayden Panettiere’s death has been ruled accidental. The Greenville Police Department has concluded its investigation,” the department told Global News in a statement Thursday.
Hello Kitty and her Sanrio friends are stepping into holiday gifting with a new limited-edition collaboration that pairs familiar character artwork with accessories designed for everyday use. The collection brings together Hello Kitty, Cinnamoroll, Pompompurin, and My Melody in original designs created with Sanrio. It is aimed at kids and tweens, but collectors and longtime
Before she embarked on her no-phones Lost Tour, Phoebe Bridgers held a series of no-phones gigs at intimate venues across the country. She closed things out at Madison Square Garden (a show our own Hattie Lindert described as a showcase of “bigger belts, more elastic vocal runs, and thornier topics” in “her oeuvre of quiet
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Julie Parker is to retire as the chief executive of Penhaligon’s Friends after more than 20 years at the charity. Penhaligon’s Friends is based in Cornwall and provides free bereavement support, advice and resources for children up to the age of 18, their parents and carers. Parker joined the charity in 2006 as its family
The future has always been one of life’s greatest mysteries. Despite the many ways we have learnt to anticipate, prepare and plan for what comes next, there are still questions that remain unanswered, particularly those concerning relationships, careers and personal fulfilment. Even wealth and social standing, which may offer greater control over material circumstances, cannot
John Williams, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, US, on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said Tuesday that he doesn’t see additional rate hikes in 2027 after
Microsoft shares rose 4% in extended trading on Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly results, driven by 48% growth in its Azure cloud infrastructure business. Here’s how the company fared relative to LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: $4.89 adjusted vs. $4.73 expected Revenue: $92.28 billion vs. $90.69 billion expected Microsoft’s revenue grew 19% year
For crafters up for some advanced activities, look no further than Zine Making and Bookbinding: A Beginner’s Guide in 25 Projects. Brooklyn, New York-based Lauren Simkin Berke is an artist, illustrator and educator who knows her stuff, having taught illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology, the School of Visual Arts and Parsons School of
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