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5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday
Tech This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. Microsoft added nearly $450 billion to its market cap yesterday as the stock climbed 15% — its best day since 2008. Stock futures are rising before the bell following Thursday’s rally on Wall Street. Here are five key things investors […]
Two new suspects questioned over allegedly aiding Al Fayed abuse
BBC News Two more people have been interviewed under caution as part of an investigation into former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed. A woman and a man, both in their 80s, were questioned between Monday and Wednesday on suspicion of aiding and abetting rape and sexual assault, and assisting the commission of sexual offences, the […]
Tecno shows off a bezel-less concept phone that looks achingly breathtaking
Digital Trends Say what you will about bezel-less phones, how bad they are for typing, and how they are a glorified ergonomics nightmare, but you can’t deny their charm. For over a decade, smartphone makers have made numerous attempts to reduce or eliminate those black borders. The likes of Vivo went with a sloping screen, […]
League has ‘genuine concern’ for club members over cheating claim
BBC News An amateur cricket league has expressed its “genuine concern for the welfare” of Saltburn Cricket Club members over a recent finger clicking controversy that has made global headlines. The North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League spoke out in the wake of worldwide interest in an alleged incident that has led to a […]
Samsung’s next tracker may look better while becoming harder to actually attach
Digital Trends Samsung appears ready to redesign its Galaxy SmartTag again. This time, the makeover could come at the expense of one of the SmartTag 2’s most practical advantages. SamMobile‘s latest report has shared the supposed design of the upcoming Galaxy SmartTag 3. The smart tracker can be seen with a compact squircle-shaped body that […]
Africa map: US admits ‘unfortunate error’ after mislabelling countries
BBC News Nigerians might be surprised to learn they live in a landlocked country and people in Ivory Coast shocked that they are East African not West African – but that is what a map used by a US official at a recent conference showed. Not only that, the cartographic malfunction included completely unrecognisable shapes […]
LG’s bonkers 1,000Hz gaming monitor is now available for $1,000
Digital Trends LG’s insanely fast UltraGear 25G590B finally has a price and a US release date. The 24.5-inch esports monitor is now available to preorder exclusively from LG for $999.99, with free expedited shipping scheduled to begin on September 1. The headline feature is a native 1,000Hz refresh rate at 1920 x 1080, making it […]
More consumer companies are staying private for longer, avoiding IPOs
Retail Signage at a Jersey Mike’s restaurant in Washington, July 20, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Five years after the initial public offering boom of 2021, public markets look a lot different as more companies are choosing to stay private for longer. In 2021, public markets saw a multitude of companies join […]
