A logo of CLOUDFLARE sits outside the company’s house on the opening day of the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2025. Yves Herman | Reuters Cloudflare is acquiring artificial intelligence data marketplace Human Native, the company said Thursday, as it expands its push to develop transactions…
FIFA says it received more than 500 million ticket requests for the 2026 World Cup during its month-long Random Selection Draw application window, highlighting unprecedented global demand for the first-ever 48-team tournament across the United States, Mexico and Canada. The window ran from Dec. 11 through Jan. 13 following December’s World Cup draw and schedule…
Pedestrians walk past a Verizon store on Jan. 14, 2025 in New York City. Al Drago | Getty Images Verizon Communications said on Thursday it is offering a $20 credit to hundreds of thousands of customers impacted by its 10-hour outage on Wednesday that the U.S. wireless company said was caused by a software issue. Verizon said the…
Robust earnings results from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. just gave a huge lift to the artificial intelligence trade. TSMC on Thursday posted a 35% year-over-year increase in profit for its fourth quarter, handily beating Wall Street’s estimates and hitting a fresh record. Its high-performance computing division, which includes artificial intelligence and 5G applications, made up…
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images AI coding startup Replit is now letting users create and publish mobile apps for Apple devices using only natural language prompts, the latest evolution in so-called vibe-coding. The Mobile Apps on Replit feature, introduced on Thursday, allows creators and small business owners to go from…
We all remember the epic championship game of the 2023 World Baseball Classic when Shohei Ohtani struck out Team USA slugger Mike Trout to give Team Japan its third title in five editions of the tournament. Now we are gearing up for the 2026 WBC, which will see Ohtani and Japan try to defend their…
The U.S. and Taiwan have reached a trade agreement to build chips and chip factories on American soil, the Department of Commerce announced on Thursday. As part of the agreement, Taiwanese chip and technology companies will invest at least $250 billion in production capacity in the U.S., and the Taiwanese government will guarantee $250 billion…
Income investors should be well diversified owing to expectations of uncertain and rocky markets this year, according to UBS. The investment bank anticipates volatility will more than likely be much higher than what the market saw in 2025. “Given tight credit spreads and uncertainty around government debt, we think a diversified approach to yield generation…
Clayton Kershaw isn’t done pitching just yet, agreeing Thursday to join the U.S. team for this year’s World Baseball Classic. A left-hander who turns 38 two days after the March 17 championship game, Kershaw announced last September that he was retiring at the end of the season, his 18th in a stellar career for the…
For years, concerns over rising college costs and student loan debt have been driving some high schoolers away from a four-year degree in favor of shorter, less expensive alternatives. Now it’s clear that students are putting more emphasis on career training and post-college employment, as more opt for a two-year degree or even shorter-term credentials. The overall rate of…
