Timef 06/23/2025

Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha is acquiring German salary payment platform for seafaring workers, Kadmos.

Google's adding a slew of AI features to the Chromebook Plus line, including a search and text capture tool, NotebookLM, and a tool for simplifying text.

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After walking away from a CEO role in manufacturing, Becky Edgren launched a PuroClean franchise with no industry experience and turned it into a thriving family business.

Beijing is one of Tehran’s most important economic partners. But experts question how much China will help Iran if it retaliates against the United States.

The Strait of Hormuz, which connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea, is recognized as one of the world's most important oil chokepoints.

Unifi survived competition from China by helping fashion brands meet sustainability goals. But not everyone agrees that its polyester made from recycled plastic bottles should be produced in the US.

While the U.S. openly threw its military heft behind Israel, Beijing's support for Tehran appeared more nuanced, raising doubts over China's objectives.

Thousands of people are signing up to see the highly automated assembly lines of Chinese EV brands like Xiaomi and Nio.

India will produce a $100 billion tech company in the coming years, the CEO of Prosus told CNBC.

As of June 23, the 4K Fire TV Stick is on sale for $24.99 at Amazon. This is 50% off its list price of $49.99.

John Oliver dived into AI slop on "Last Week Tonight", and came up with a creative way to get revenge.

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Unmanned vehicles are increasingly becoming essential weapons of war. But with a potential conflict with China looming large, Taiwan is scrambling to build a domestic drone industry from scratch.

As of June 23, the Chefman Indoor Pizza Oven is on sale at Amazon for $249.99, 38% off its list price of $399.99.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is poised to discover billions of new astronomical objects, revolutionizing understanding of everything from the history of the solar system to the workings of dark energy.

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Tesla has launched its Robotaxi service in a small part of Austin, Texas.

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For a few short months, dozens of part-time importers in New Jersey relentlessly compete to get the fruit into the hands of an eager diaspora.

Ferries departing the dual-nation island of St. Maarten and St. Martin offer easy sailing to surrounding destinations at bargain prices.

Remote-sensing data and artificial intelligence are mapping the most heat-vulnerable buildings in cities like Delhi, in an effort to target relief from extreme temperatures at a granular level.

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Analysts say the dollar rally is masking concerns over U.S. fiscal policy, trade wars, and weakening international demand for U.S. assets.

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"Overall, Chinese merchants are relatively optimistic," says Bear Huo, China general manager at FundPark, a fintech startup.

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While Iran has helped ally Russia in its fight against Ukraine, there might be little that Moscow can or will do now to repay the favor.

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Finom, an Amsterdam-based challenger bank for SMBs that claims to have doubled its revenue in 2024, closed a €115 million Series C equity round (around $133 million).

The Straits are the only sea route from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean, and about 20% of the world's oil transits the waterway.

The United States on Saturday conducted airstrikes on three of Iran's nuclear sites, joining Israel's war against Tehran. The timing was unexpected.

Iran's response will be watched by the rest of the world, especially among oil traders.

NATO meets for its annual summit this week, and the U.S. is pushing for allies to sharply increase their defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product.

Investors are largely shrugging off escalations in the Middle East, with many strategists believing the conflict to be contained.

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Scenes from nebulas in the Milky Way and a cluster of galaxies are a teaser of how the observatory will transform astronomy, with more imagery expected later on Monday.

Promised a path to prosperity through hard work and education, China’s working class youths are hitting immovable ceilings.

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Trump on Sunday disputed Iranian attempts to downplay the strikes on its nuclear facilities, stressing that "obliteration" was an accurate description.

Any disruption to traffic in the Strait of Hormuz would have significant economic effects, especially for Asian nations dependent on oil from the Middle East.

Oil markets are entering a new phase of uncertainty after the U.S. entered the war between Iran and Israel, said industry watchers.

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The United States on Saturday conducted air strikes on three of Iran's nuclear sites, joining Israel's war against Tehran. The timing was unexpected.

His vision for how to ship packages overnight led to not just a new company, but also a new sector of the world economy and a now-familiar English verb.

Oil markets are reacting to the impact of a U.S. decision to directly enter the Iran-Israel conflict.

Bitcoin fell to its lowest level in over a month after U.S. airstrikes on Iran, fueled by inflation fears, institutional pullback, and forced liquidations.

The US concentrated its attack on Fordow, an enrichment plant built hundreds of feet underground. Aerial photos give important clues about what damage the “bunker-buster” bombs may have caused.

OpenAI appears to have pulled a much-discussed video promoting the friendship between CEO Sam Altman and legendary Apple designer Jony Ive (plus, incidentally, OpenAI’s $6.5 billion deal to acquire Ive and Altman’s device startup io) from its website and YouTube page.

Tesla has started giving rides in driverless Model Y SUVs in Austin. Details are still sparse, but limited service is open to vetted and invited riders.

Director Danny Boyle famously shot his post-apocalyptic classic “28 Days Later” on Canon digital cameras, making it easier for him to capture eerie scenes of an abandoned London, and giving the movie’s fast-moving zombies a terrifying immediacy. To make his decades-later sequel “28 Years Later” (which opened this weekend), Boyle turned to a different piece […]

Crude oil futures will begin trading at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, providing an early look at the market’s reaction to the U.S. strikes.

The company debuted its autonomous ride-hailing service Sunday. The limited program is invite-only and uses around 20 cars—signs that Tesla has a long way to go to catch up to its robotaxi rivals.

The vehicles will have safety monitors and may not operate in bad weather, making them more restricted than the fully autonomous vehicles promised by Elon Musk.

In 2018, when Bitcoin was trading around $4,000 and most Americans, at least, thought cryptocurrency was a fad, Katie Haun found herself on a debate stage in Mexico City opposite Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who had dismissed digital assets as near worthless. As Krugman focused on Bitcoin's wild price swings, Haun steered the conversation toward something else — stablecoins.

Iran's foreign minister warned earlier Sunday that the Islamic Republic "reserves all options to defend its sovereignty" after U.S. airstrikes.

Senate upholds ban on State AI laws in Trump's budget bill

Thirty people were injured and killed, though the exact number remains currently unknown, when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a Damascus church.

A Republican effort to prevent states from enforcing their own AI regulations cleared a key procedural hurdle on Saturday.

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The original space adventure sold about $21 million in tickets at domestic theaters from Thursday night through Sunday, putting new pressure on the once-unstoppable studio.

Apple is looking into buying Perplexity AI

For years many places across the United States have offered monetary incentives to move there.

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Markets across the Middle East ended mostly higher on Sunday after the U.S. entered the war between Israel and Iran.

Ronica Rupan creates stunning food content with pro-level cameras, lighting, and desktop editing.

While LinkedIn users seem to have embraced AI, there’s one area that’s seen less uptake than expected, according to CEO Ryan Roslansky: the AI-generated suggestions for polishing your LinkedIn posts.

Child psychologist Reem Raouda has studied more than 200 child-parent relationships. She found the five phrases that get kids to listen without throwing a tantrum. It's language that makes "children actually want to cooperate," she says.

The world's largest direct-membership organization for shipowners is warning about the rising threat to commercial shipping around the Arabian Peninsula.

Unexpected password reset alerts signal potential hacking attempts or phishing scams. Learn how to respond and establish stronger security measures for your accounts.

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Vice President JD Vance's remarks come after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Iran's "nuclear ambitions have been obliterated" following Saturday's strikes.

Brooke Ashley Hall creates viral content with help from her family, her iPhone, and a drone.

This recruiter created a brag doc roughly 10 years ago and says she's used it in every interview since.

Nicole Laeno, 19, creates content for millions using just her phone and a couple of key Canon cameras.

Answers to each clue for the June 22, 2025 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

Automated job search that works while you work.

AI is revolutionizing customer service in 2025, offering speed, personalization and efficiency. But to avoid frustrating users, businesses must ensure the following things.

The stylized and wide keycaps, paired with a deep and snappy typing experience, make for a competent mechanical keyboard, if you don’t mind the space-age aesthetics.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth echoed remarks made by President Donald Trump Saturday following strikes on three major nuclear enrichment facilities in Iran.

TipRanks' analyst ranking service reveals three stocks, including Chewy and Pinterest, favored by Wall Street's top pros.

From living matter to molecules to elementary particles, the world is made of “chiral” objects that differ from their reflected forms.

Maxar Technologies released satellite imagery on Sunday showing activity at Iran's Fordo nuclear facility prior to U.S. air strikes.

This sticky-note dodecahedron for your desk lets you color-code in style.

A historic electric airplane flight landed at JFK with passengers, marking a milestone as Beta Technologies demonstrates the practicality and efficiency of electric air travel.

YouTube at 20: From a simple zoo clip to a powerhouse platform shaping creators, culture, and AI innovation.

Android 16 launched months sooner than expected, and these six features make the upgrade worth the time.

A powerful new telescope will usher in a new era of cosmic discovery, but in a political climate vastly different from when it was named for a once overlooked female astronomer.

From a lone clinic in Texas to an entire school district in North Dakota, the virus is upending daily life and revealing a deeper crisis of belief.

Donald Trump’s presidency has turned this Florida island into the nightlife headquarters of MAGA, but the town’s old guard — much of it Republican — doesn’t love the new vibe.

Entrepreneurs in Brooklyn are opening laundromats that double as coffee shops, bars and hangout spots.

Most wedding dresses are made in China, so tariffs are a new worry for brides. At David’s Bridal, the largest seller of gowns in the United States, its chief executive, Kelly Cook, is trying to do something about it.

The firms say their First Amendment rights are being violated when cities and states sue and accuse them of spreading misinformation about climate change.

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