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[ad_1] Being an influencer can be a lot of work. Instagram thinks A.I. can lend a big hand. Instagram is pitching popular influencers on a program that relies on artificial intelligence to interact with fans, the latest example of how Meta, Instagram’s parent company, is trying to expand the technology across its products. The program, … Read more

[ad_1] Shares of former President Donald J. Trump’s social media company plunged on Monday after the company filed to register the potential sale of tens of millions of additional shares. Trump Media & Technology’s stock fell 18 percent, erasing hundreds of millions of dollars from the company’s market value — and putting a dent in … Read more

[ad_1] It seems unlikely that north London denizen TS Eliot was an Arsenal fan, but his poetry suggests otherwise. “April is the cruellest month,” begins The Waste Land. “I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed,” laments The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. “This is the way the challenge ends; not with a bang … Read more

[ad_1] Maybe it’s the superior experience of sipping a crisp, carbonated beverage through a straw. Maybe it’s the rise of Stanley Cups, or the supremacy of cold brew even in the winter months. Whatever it is, straws have evolved beyond the single-use plastic straw-man argument for environmental personal responsibility into so much more. There are … Read more

[ad_1] Goldman’s share price rose 3 percent on Monday. Doesn’t a bank like Goldman always make lots of money? Err, no, not always. How have other banks fared? At the end of last week, some of Goldman’s competitors, including JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, reported weaknesses in some parts of their businesses in the first … Read more

[ad_1] The final day of the 2023-24 regular season saw several playoff teams jockeying for seeding, other teams trying to improve draft lottery odds and a few just hoping to end the campaign on a high note. The Houston Rockets, who had made an unsuccessful late charge for the Play-In Tournament, fell into the latter … Read more

[ad_1] Tesla plans to lay off more than 10 percent of its work force in an effort to cut costs, Elon Musk, the automaker’s chief executive, told employees on Monday. The job cuts, amounting to about 14,000 people, come as the company faces increasing competition and declining sales. “As we prepare the company for the … Read more

[ad_1] The Daily Beast has long been an outlier in the digital empire of the billionaire Barry Diller. As sites like Match.com and Expedia made millions over the years, Mr. Diller’s digital tabloid lost money, publishing scoop after scoop but struggling to turn a profit. Now, Mr. Diller is making a major push to change … Read more

[ad_1] An uneasy calm Investors are breathing a sigh of relief on Monday. Global stocks are in the green and oil prices have retreated from last week’s gains after Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel was mostly neutralized in the skies. But the calm could be short lived, as world leaders and markets … Read more

[ad_1] Oil markets shrugged off the growing tensions in the Middle East, after Iran launched a barrage of missiles and drones against Israel over the weekend. On Monday morning, prices for Brent crude oil, the international benchmark, fell by about 1 percent, to $89.49 a barrel. So far, there has been relief that the much-anticipated … Read more