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Venture capital firm tied to Donald Trump Jr weighs legal action against ABC News over botched report
ABC News could face significant consequences as the venture capital firm at the center of a botched report about the Trump family ponders legal action. 'We still have our attorneys completely plugged into this, and we're not taking options off the…
Labour pledges up to $50m a year for venture capital fund
Labour has released its economic plan, outlining a number of previous commitments and announcing that it will redirect up to $50 million a year into the state-backed Elevate venture capital fund. Labour's finance and economy spokesperson Barbara…
Exclusive: Stella & Dot Founder Raises $5M For Her Next Act, AI Marketing Startup Marklo
Jessica Herrin was pregnant with her first child and working at Dell when she began testing jewelry trunk shows in Austin on nights and weekends. The venture became Stella & Dot, a business that sold more than $2 billion in products through a…
Inside The AI Infrastructure Buildout
Madhurima Manchala, Founder of Maps.ai and Early Stage Venture Capital Investor. Ask an AI model to plan a three-day trip to Tokyo, and an itinerary appears in seconds. At the center of that seemingly effortless interaction is a data center, where…
Ilhan Omar's husband insists he has 'no concerns' amid federal immigration investigation
Rep. Ilhan Omar 's husband, Tim Mynett, insisted he has 'no concerns' about federal investigations into the Minnesota Democrat's immigration paperwork after Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents raided the couple's Washington, D.C., home.
FBI adds another name to new list of most wanted fraudsters
The FBI has added a Texas man accused of running a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, a type of investment fraud in which money from new investors is used to make earlier investors believe their investment is making money, to its new Most Wanted…
Abilene Christian University is giving Ivy League endowments a run for their money in the market
College and university endowments typically disclose their most recent fiscal year financial markets performance in the September to November period, and one surprising trend is showing up again in the data. Smaller endowment funds are rivaling Ivy…
Ashdod Port executive elected to lead international innovation committee
Roy Avrahami, head of innovation and the corporate venture capital (CVC) arm at Ashdod Port Company, has been elected president of the IAPORTS Innovation Committee for the 2026–27 term. Avrahami was elected by acclamation at the committee's…
JPMorganChase Names Shipbuilding Leaders Under $1.5 Trillion Industrial Initiative
JPMorganChase has appointed two senior leaders to help expand its support for U.S. shipbuilding and the maritime industry under its $1.5 trillion Security and Resiliency Initiative (SRI), a 10-year effort aimed at strengthening industries critical…
Industrial Next wants factory robots to switch tasks in minutes, not weeks
In most factories, automation is fixed: robots and machines are programmed for one specific task and product. Changing a line means reprogramming and physical retooling, or swapping out equipment, which can take weeks or months. San Francisco-based…
London cafe wars: Hampstead Heath tenants win right to challenge tender decision
Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. The tenants at the centre of a cafe war in…
Wall Street's big banks deliver mixed earnings. Executives bet the IPO lull won't last
Big week for Wall Street's largest banks and for finance nerds like myself. Morgan Chittum here. I'm Fortune's new senior finance reporter, and Allie's asked me to write Term Sheet a few days a week (Dream gig!) A bit about me: I love reporting on…
FBI arrests Saudi OpenAI employee accused of bugging office
While more information will likely come to light as the court case gets underway, here is what we know so far. Alfozan allegedly installed a listening device inserted into a USB port placed behind a television in a conference room at OpenAI's…
China is chipping away at America's AI advantage
Last week, Chinese AI giants Huawei and DeepSeek announced a new partnership to integrate DeepSeek's TileLang, a programming framework used for AI training and inference, into Huawei's Ascend chips. If successful, the deal could challenge one of…
Disrupt 2026: Day 2
Day 2 of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is here at San Francisco's Moscone West. Explore innovative startups and solution providers in the Expo Hall, discover emerging technologies through live startup pitches, and use AI-powered matchmaking to connect…
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