Intuit signed a multi-year deal worth more than $100 million with OpenAI to bring TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks and Mailchimp into ChatGPT and expand its use of OpenAI models. With user permission, the apps can tap personal financial data to answer questions and complete tasks, from estimating refunds to sending...
Suisun City, a town of 30,000 in a neglected corner of the Bay Area, is facing another reinvention attempt: a proposal to annex 22,873 acres of agricultural land owned by California Forever, a developer backed by Silicon Valley billionaires. After decades of bouncing between insolvency threats and brief revitalizations, its...
At a defense summit in Fort Wayne, Navy Secretary John Phelan said the shipbuilding industry must raise wages to attract and keep skilled workers, noting it is hard to lure people into welding in tight spaces when pay matches jobs at Buc-ee's or Amazon. He called competitive pay central to...
Google launched Gemini 3 on Tuesday, its latest and most advanced foundation model, now live in the Gemini app and AI search. A research-intensive Gemini 3 Deepthink will follow for Google AI Ultra subscribers after more safety testing. "Massive jump in reasoning," said product lead Tulsee Doshi, as the model...
Amazon has dropped Sony’s WH-CH520 wireless headphones to $38, down from $69, in an early Black Friday deal marking an all-time low. The budget model promises up to 50 hours of battery life, quick charging via USB-C, and clear, well-balanced sound. Through the Sony Headphones Connect app, listeners get EQ...
After shrinking portions and skimping on salads, Panera Bread lost traffic and sales; now it’s reversing course. CEO Paul Carbone unveiled Panera RISE, a push to restore food quality, add value options, improve service and build restaurants, with backing from franchisees and JAB Holding. The chain has returned to romaine,...
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Jack Reed asked the Justice and Treasury departments to investigate World Liberty Financial, a crypto firm tied to President Donald Trump’s family, citing national security risks. In a letter obtained by CNBC, they point to watchdog findings that WLF sold $WLFI governance tokens to entities...
Fed Governor Lisa Cook’s lawyer rejected mortgage fraud claims from FHFA director Bill Pulte, saying they hinge on an innocuous 2021 notation and that Cook accurately disclosed her Ann Arbor, Atlanta and Cambridge homes. Cook, who sued to block an attempted firing amid Trump’s attacks on the Fed, remains in...
Sinclair disclosed an 8.2% stake in E.W. Scripps and said it wants to own the company, sending Scripps shares up 40%. Scripps pushed back, saying its board will take all appropriate steps to protect the company from opportunistic actions and will pursue only what best serves shareholders, employees, and the...
A sweeping AidData report says China’s state banks secretly funneled about $200 billion into U.S. companies over 25 years, often routed through shell firms in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and Delaware. Many loans aided Chinese acquisitions in sensitive sectors, including robotics, semiconductors and biotech, raising national security alarms. Globally, China...
