British bank Barclays on Wednesday reported slight beats on the top and bottom line in the first quarter, boosted by stronger investment bank performance. Pre-tax profit came in at £2.7 billion ($3.6 billion), up 11% year-on-year and ahead of analyst expectations of £2.49 billion, according to LSEG. Group revenues hit £7.7 billion, above an analyst…
On April 30, 1975, Vu Dang Toan commanded the first tank to smash through the main gate of Saigon’s Independence Palace. After seeing so many die — after grinding away his youth battling the Americans and the forces of South Vietnam — he was there, alive and surprised, for the war’s weary end. It was…
All about AI Scientists are working on AI technology that has brain-inspired hardware, architecture or algorithms. Such neuromorphic AI could be nimbler, more efficient and more capable than traditional AI, freelance writer Kathryn Hulick reported in “Making AI think more like your brain.” Hulick reported that mainstream computers, which currently run most AI, separate memory…
Giannis Antetokounmpo just lost what might wind up being his final game as a member of the Milwaukee Bucks in utterly heartbreaking fashion. Despite finishing Game 5 against the Indiana Pacers with 30 points, 20 rebounds and 13 assists, the Bucks blew leads at the end of both regulation and overtime to get eliminated in…
Eight years after joining Benchmark as the firm’s first woman general partner, Sarah Tavel announced on X that she is transitioning to a more limited role at the storied venture firm. In her new position as a venture partner, Tavel will continue to make investments and serve on existing company boards, but she will have…
Christina Applegate has shared the news her beloved father Robert “Bob” Applegate has died. The American actress, 53, broke down in tears as she shared the update on the new episode of her podcast, MeSsy with Christina Applegate and Jamie Lynn Sigler. As the pair sat down and discussed grief with fellow actress JoAnna García…
100 days like no other It was President Trump’s 100th day back in the White House yesterday, and tariffs were top of mind. At a rally at Michigan to mark the occasion, he made a speech focused on vilifying undocumented migrants, reveling in his use of executive power to remake the government and economy and…
CLIMATEWIRE | Time magazine selected Elon Musk as its “person of the year” in 2021 after the billionaire entrepreneur upended the car market, reinvigorated the space industry and funded a $100 million competition for climate technologies that would remove carbon dioxide from the air and sea. But Musk won’t attend Time’s event in New York…
Following this announcement, the company’s shares dropped by 9% in extended trading.
As center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs becomes the talk of Major League Baseball with his defense, junior center fielder James Tronstein of Harvard-Westlake remembers the time when he was a freshman and Crow-Armstrong stopped by to offer some tips. “Looking at him as an alumnus, I learn from him,” Tronstein said. Tronstein,…
