Upon hearing rumors that House Speaker Mike Johnson was planning to change the rules to make it more difficult to remove him from the speakership, conservative Republican members organized a "Floor Action Response Team" or FART, to monitor the House floor to make sure no rules changes slipped by that would undermine their ability to threaten the speaker's job over any legislation they don't like.
As interest rate cuts get pushed into the future, investors fear potential rate hikes. Fed Chair Jerome Powell, however, appears not to share these worries.
The biggest news stories this morning: TikTok might be trying to circumvent Apple’s in-app purchase rules, Batman: Arkham Shadow is the first big exclusive VR game for the Quest 3, Rabbit denies claims its R1 virtual assistant is a glorified Android app.
It's almost time for the 150th annual Run for the Roses!
These are today's mortgage rates. The Fed opted not to cut the federal funds rate yesterday, so high rates are here to stay. Lock in your rate today.
The Met Gala is days away. Here's what to know, from the theme to the A-listers in attendance.
Apple will report its Q2 earnings after the bell on Thursday, as Wall Street braces for a slowdown in iPhone sales.
Over a year after announcing it would acquire Mint Mobile for up to $1.35 billion, T-Mobile has closed the deal.
WhatsApp is introducing a new way for people to organize events in Communities, the company announced on Wednesday. The feature makes it easier to plan get-togethers and events directly in WhatsApp, whether it's setting up a PTA meeting or a birthday dinner. WhatsApp is also adding the ability for users to reply to messages in Announcement Groups, which is where admins in a Community send updates to all community members.
Anthropic, one of the world's best-funded generative AI startups with $7.6 billion in the bank, is launching a new paid plan aimed at enterprises, including those in highly regulated industries like healthcare, finance and legal, as well as a new iOS app. Team, the enterprise plan, gives customers higher-priority access to Anthropic's Claude 3 family of generative AI models plus additional admin and user management controls. "Anthropic introduced the Team plan now in response to growing demand from enterprise customers who want to deploy Claude's advanced AI capabilities across their organizations," Scott White, product lead at Anthropic, told TechCrunch.
This one's a bummer.
BookTok has become the most influential platform in the literary space, but it might not be around for long.
When Keith Rabois announced he was leaving Founders Fund to return to Khosla Ventures in January, it came as a shock to many in the venture capital ecosystem — and not just because Rabois is a big name in the industry. It was surprising because unlike in many other fields, venture capitalists don't traditionally move around very much — especially those that reach the partner or general partner level as Rabois had.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell offered a strong defense Wednesday of central bank independence as the 2024 presidential election approaches.
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The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University is suing Meta on behalf of a researcher who wants to release a browser extension that would allow people to “effectively turn off” their algorithmic feeds.
Jimmy Fallon asked Tiger Woods all about his incredible handshake with Verne Lundquist at the Masters on Tuesday night.
Werth's horse, Dornach, is 20-1 to win Saturday's Run for the Roses.