The unemployment rate for recent graduates reached 5.8% in March 2025, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. baona | E+ | Getty Images Formal degrees aren’t cutting it anymore for some industries. Instead, many companies are prioritizing skills and experience-based hiring, Sarah Skelton, co-founder and managing director of staffing and recruiting firm…
Long-time market bull Tom Lee is considering two new themes for his Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap ETF. On CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week, he revealed sovereign security could soon make the cut. “It’s now evident to me that the mechanisms are in motion for companies to really fix their supply chains within a…
Billionaire entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban says that artificial intelligence has the potential to generate more wealth for a single person than any individual has ever accumulated before. Specifically, Cuban predicts that AI will help create the world’s first trillionaire, he said on a recent episode of the podcast “High Performance.” That person will be…
Pictured here is the Ernie bot mobile interface, with the Baidu search engine home page in the background. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images Chinese tech giant Baidu has bolstered its core search platform with artificial intelligence in the biggest overhaul of the product in 10 years. Analysts told CNBC the move was…
Founded in 2022, ElevenLabs is an AI voice generation startup based in London. It competes with the likes of Speechmatics and Hume AI. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images LONDON — ElevenLabs, a London-based startup that specializes in generating synthetic voices through artificial intelligence, has revealed plans to be IPO-ready within five years. The…
If the Trump administration is capable of passing the current version of its expense bill, the semiconductor industry can see a large tax profit. The latest draft of the “Big, Beautiful Bill” of the Trump administration, which was already passed in the Senate, will increase the tax credit for chipmakers for the manufacture of manufacturing…
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,” said Bloo in an interview…
Kobbie Mainoo of Manchester United during the Premier League match between Manchester United FC and Aston Villa FC at Old Trafford on May 25, 2025 in Manchester, England. Alex Livesey | Getty Images The English Premier League is bringing artificial intelligence to the soccer pitch through a new partnership with Microsoft. The five-year agreement will…
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Internet firm Cloudflare will start blocking artificial intelligence crawlers from accessing content without website owners’ permission or compensation by default, in a move that could significantly impact AI developers’ ability to train their models. Starting Tuesday, every new web domain that signs up to Cloudflare will be asked…
Elon Musk announced his new company xAI, which he says has the goal to understand the true nature of the universe. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images XAI, the artificial intelligence startup run by Elon Musk, raised a combined $10 billion in debt and equity, Morgan Stanley said. Half of that sum was clinched…
