Month: July 2025

AI virtual personality YouTubers, or ‘VTubers,’ are earning millions
Technology

AI virtual personality YouTubers, or ‘VTubers,’ are earning millions

One of the most popular gaming YouTubers is named Bloo and has bright blue wavy hair and dark blue eyes. But he isn’t a human — he’s a fully virtual personality powered by artificial intelligence. “I’m here to keep my millions of viewers worldwide entertained and coming back for more,” Bloo said in an interview […]

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Trump announces U.S. trade deal with Vietnam
World

Trump announces U.S. trade deal with Vietnam

A worker stitches apparels at a garment factory in Vietnam’s Thai Nguyen Province on July 2, 2025. Nhac Nguyen | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has struck a trade deal with Vietnam. Trump’s Truth Social post announcing that deal provided no additional information, but assured that more […]

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Elon Musk’s X is down for some users
Technology

Elon Musk’s X is down for some users

The X logo appears on a phone, and the xAI logo is displayed on a laptop in Krakow, Poland, on April 1, 2025. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s social media platform X was hit with an outage on Wednesday, leaving some users unable to load […]

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New Stellantis CEO taps Kuniskis to oversee American brands, brings back SRT division
Business

New Stellantis CEO taps Kuniskis to oversee American brands, brings back SRT division

Tim Kuniskis, head of NAFTA Passenger Car Brands for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, speaks during the reveal of the Fiat Chrysler 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon sports vehicle ahead of the 2017 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Mark Kauzlarich | Bloomberg | Getty Images New […]

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House Republicans race to pass Trump’s megabill amid GOP divisions
Politics

House Republicans race to pass Trump’s megabill amid GOP divisions

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks with reporters as he returns to his office after going to the House Rules Committee as it holds a hearing to consider the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol on July 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. House Republicans began their work on the legislation […]

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UK government borrowing costs spike amid tensions in ruling Labour party
World

UK government borrowing costs spike amid tensions in ruling Labour party

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks on the phone to U.S. President Donald Trump at a car factory in the West Midlands, Britain, Thursday, May 8, 2025. Alberto Pezzali | Via Reuters U.K. government borrowing costs spiked on Wednesday, amid mounting signs of division within the governing Labour party. The yield on benchmark 10-year government […]

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Tesla reports 14% decline in vehicle deliveries, marking second straight year-over-year drop
Technology

Tesla reports 14% decline in vehicle deliveries, marking second straight year-over-year drop

Tesla Model Y electric vehicles are collected from the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg by a car transporter. Patrick Pleul | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Tesla reported over 384,000 vehicle deliveries in the second quarter, a 14% decline from a year ago, and the second straight quarterly drop. Shares rose 5%. The electric vehicle maker reported 443,956 […]

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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Tesla, Centene, JPMorgan, Cava and more
Finance

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Tesla, Centene, JPMorgan, Cava and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Tesla — Shares of the electric vehicle maker jumped about 5% after second-quarter vehicle deliveries came in better than feared. Tesla delievered 384,000 vehicles during the period, a 14% decline from a year ago, but analysts were estimating 387,000 deliveries, according to FactSet. This is its […]

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A bare-bones deal is Europe’s best hope in trade talks with the U.S., sources say
World

A bare-bones deal is Europe’s best hope in trade talks with the U.S., sources say

The EU and US flags flutter next to the military hub for Ukraine, in Jasionka, south-east Poland on March 6, 2025. Sergei Gapon | Afp | Getty Images The clock is ticking in trade talks between Washington and the European Union, with European officials now saying their best hope is striking a “political” deal before […]

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London stock market could face its biggest blow yet if AstraZeneca exits
World

London stock market could face its biggest blow yet if AstraZeneca exits

AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot, pictured in London on June 28, 2023, reportedly wants to move the company’s stock listing from London to the United States. Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty Images Pressure is piling on London’s stock exchange, with reports that British pharma giant AstraZeneca may move its listing to the U.S. delivering yet […]

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