From the Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels, to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, to the Last Generation protest in Berlin, and the protests against Russian President Vladimir Putin in Germany, dpa international presents its Pictures of the Week.
April's update on retail sales comes as economists are closely watching for any signs of weakening consumer demand amid sticky inflation and higher interest rates.
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson explains the "careful way" she portrayed Amy Winehouse in new biopic as critics take issue with how difficult subject matter is handled.
Google has open-sourced more code for Project Gameface, allowing developers to build Android applications that can use the hands-free "mouse" technology.
PayHOA, a previously bootstrapped Kentucky-based startup that offers software for self-managed homeowner associations (HOAs), is an example of how real-world problems can translate into opportunity. It just raised a $27.5 million Series A round in an environment where nearly $30 million Series A rounds are no longer common. PayHOA founder and CEO Mike Bollinger has been putting his finance degree to good use.
The current 2024 meme stock moment feels like a callback from 2021's big retail saga that resulted in a movie. But despite some big pops in GameStop and AMC, this time has some key differences.
Cargo ships docking at a commercial port incur costs called “disbursements” and “port call expenses.” Now, a startup that we last covered when it raised a €6.1 million seed round, has gone on to raise a $16m Series A funding round led by European VC Atomico. Harbor Lab, a Greek maritime software startup, says the costs that arise from a vessel’s port calls are the second largest expense for commercial vessels behind fuel, reaching around $2.2 million per vessel per year.
Clark set the Indiana Fever’s franchise record for turnovers (10), shot 5-of-15 from the floor and struggled with the Connecticut Sun’s physical defense.
Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's longtime chief scientist and one of its co-founders, has left the company. "This is very sad to me; Ilya is easily one of the greatest minds of our generation, a guiding light of our field, and a dear friend," Altman said. Replacing Sutskever is Jakub Pachocki, OpenAI's director of research.
Joe Biden told Yahoo Finance he thinks China will retaliate to sweeping new tariffs on Chinese imports, but he expects any trade conflict to be manageable.