Apple shares hit all-time high after unveiling AI features for iPhone
Apple shares rose 6% to a record high on Tuesday, a day after the company unveiled new artificial intelligence features to make its products, including the iPhone, more appealing. The gains offer a breather for Apple shares, which have been struggling with sluggish sales of premium consumer devices and have underperformed the benchmark S&P 500 […]
Consumers want credit products despite high interest rates: TransUnion
Consumers’ access to credit is expanding as their appetite for debt soars, according to a recent TransUnion report. (iStock) A recent report from TransUnion found that the high interest rate environment has done little to reduce demand for credit products. According to the report, there will be more than 543 million bank cards in consumers’ […]
NY high school students will no longer need to pass Regents exams to graduate under new plan
New York state teenagers will no longer be required to pass Regents exams to earn their high school diplomas, under a new plan announced Monday by the New York State Department of Education. The Department of Education plans to eliminate the requirement that students pass five Regents exams to graduate from high school, but will […]
Vermont high school students gossiped about sex lives of peers, faculty
A Vermont high school student is under fire for using a social media app targeted at Gen Z students to anonymously mock a classmate with a disability and make speculations about others’ sexual orientation, according to reports. FizzSocial, a private message board founded by two Stanford University students that billed it as “an uplifting digital […]
Seattle student shot and killed while trying to break up fight outside high school, police say
Seattle police say a 17-year-old student was shot and killed while trying to stop a fight outside his high school. Seattle Police Deputy Chief Eric Burden called Thursday’s incident outside Garfield High School an “extraordinary tragedy for our community.” “Unfortunately, today we had another incident of gun violence at our high school,” Mayor Baden said, […]
Bitcoin: Record high BTC accumulation by whales, will prices follow? – AMBCrypto News
Whales have accumulated large amounts of BTC in the past few days. Interest from retail investors was strong, and open interest surged. Whales have accumulated large amounts of Bitcoin [BTC] Data suggests that buying by large investors in Bitcoin has surged again over the past few weeks, hitting a two-month high. Their bitcoin holdings are […]
John Henry bemoans Red Sox fans’ high expectations
Red Sox owner John Henry spoke about the current state of the franchise in a rare interview. And he wasn’t thrilled with the fans’ continued World Series aspirations. The founder of Fenway Sports Group rarely speaks to the Boston media. He spoke a bit about his thoughts to the Financial Times this week.. In an […]
Christiaan Bezuidenhout “ready to laugh” at others fighting Memorial carnage, high winds
Christiaan Bezuidenhout played well in the second round of the Memorial Tournament in winds that reached 25 miles per hour. The wind caused confusion for many players and resulted in an average score of 73.4 in the second round. That wasn’t the case for Bezuidenhout, who shot a 5-under 67 in the morning wave to […]
Projected High NBA Draft Pick Nikola Topic Suffers Major Injury
Nikola Topic, projected to be a top-10 NBA Draft pick, has suffered a partially torn ACL, his agent, Misko Raznatovic, told ESPN. NEWS: Projected top-10 NBA draft pick Nikola Topic has a partially torn ACL, his agent, Misko Raznatovic, confirmed to ESPN. Topic is at the NBA’s Draft Combine in Italy, where he went through […]
EBay will no longer take American Express cards, citing 'unacceptably high fees', in the latest shot in the credit-card fee wars – Fortune
EBay is dropping American Express cards as a payment method due to “unacceptably high fees,” according to a statement from the online marketplace. EBay notified customers about the changes on Wednesday, which are set to take effect on Aug. 17. “After careful consideration, eBay has decided that as of August 17th, we will no longer […]