Author: Chloe Mitchell
The United Nations will minimize 1 / 4 of its world peacekeeping drive in coming months attributable to US funding reductions, a senior UN official stated Wednesday. Hundreds of troops will depart missions worldwide as Washington aligns its contributions with President Donald Trump’s “America First” coverage, the official added.
The all-or-nothing moonshot pay plan was a gambit so dangerous even Axon Enterprise CEO Rick Smith’s spouse was in opposition to it. However Smith had began getting antsy round 2016, as he was approaching three a long time on the firm, Axon compensation committee chair Hadi Partovi instructed Fortune. Smith was speaking extra significantly to the board about his succession plan, who was subsequent to guide the corporate, and what he would do subsequent. Partovi knew Smith might make much more cash if he launched a startup than if he made Axon value 10 occasions as a lot below his…
October Prime Day is sort of over, but there’s nonetheless a slew of reductions throughout the whole lot of Amazon’s on-line storefront. As anticipated, Amazon’s web site is fairly overwhelming for the time being and shall be for the following few hours. Even for those who got here ready with a wishlist of things you hope to purchase on sale, it may be simple to get distracted by the hundreds of different offers out there throughout this members-only occasion. If any of the gadgets in your record occur to be tech or tech associated, Engadget has you coated. We’ve scoured…
Senior officers from the US and Qatar’s prime minister joined the third day of oblique peace talks between Israel and Hamas, with figures from each side of the battle expressing cautious optimism with the negotiations’ progress. Hamas handed over a listing of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons that the militant group desires launched in trade for releasing the remaining hostages in Gaza.
This yr, Fortune’s Asia workforce is highlighting a number of ladies leaders who’re displaying affect and energy past the company boardroom. Right here’s who made it onto Fortune’s first-ever “Most Influential Ladies” rating: Twelve ladies from popular culture, policymaking {and professional} sports activities, who collectively present the varied ways in which energy will get expressed throughout the Asia-Pacific. Blackpink Hallyu, the Korean wave, is taking on the world—and lady group Blackpink has been at its crest. Lisa, Jennie, Rosé, and Jisoo have damaged quite a few information since their debut in 2016: the primary to promote a million, then two…
Shark has plenty of similar-looking robotic vacuums, however the AV2501S stands out from the pack with its lengthy battery life, user-friendly app and extremely correct residence mapping. It is also simply a superb vacuum, with an amazing report of slicing in-home allergens to close zero. Should you’re able to put AI to work cleansing your flooring, that is an superior place to start out.
France’s caretaker Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu stated he’d current a draft invoice subsequent Monday, including that there was “loads to debate” on the invoice. Among the many sticking factors is President Emmanuel Macron’s signature pension reform handed in 2023. So may it presumably be suspended? If that’s the case, at what value? Additionally within the phase, as the worth of gold surges previous $4,000/oz, we check out the explanations behind the file rally.
Ladies lead 9 of the businesses featured on the lately revealed Fortune AIQ 50 list, a rating of the highest Fortune 500 corporations which are most superior of their adoption of synthetic intelligence, particularly in gentle of how a lot their tech leaders worth AI investments in contrast with rivals. These women-led corporations come from all corners of the economic system, starting from aerospace and protection to banking and retail. They account for 18% of the AIQ checklist, in contrast with girls operating simply 11% of all companies on the Fortune 500 list in 2025. AI use circumstances which were deployed by…
Whilst you can usually discover reductions on Echo audio system, Fireplace tablets, Kindles and different Amazon gadgets all year long, Amazon Prime Day is the very best time to purchase them, interval. Prime Day is mainly Black Friday for all Amazon-made gear, supplied you’re a Prime member who can truly take part within the members-only buying occasion. Lately, October Prime Day reductions on these devices have been the identical and even higher than these we’ve seen throughout the vacation buying season. For October Prime Day, you’ll discover most of Amazon’s gadgets on sale for record-low costs (or near them). These…
Talking with FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney, Dr. Joseph Downing, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Worldwide Relations at Aston College, says that Emmanuel Macron has confronted ‘generation-defining challenges’ throughout his time as French President and that ‘sooner or later folks will look again virtually nostalgically at Macron’ as a result of ‘what’s coming subsequent shouldn’t be essentially going to work that properly, both’.