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Segra has completed a major network expansion connecting the Myrtle Beach Cable Landing Station to its inland network, delivering a new 600G route into Charlotte and Raleigh North Carolina. The newly completed route is designed as a direct inland path from the Myrtle Beach Cable Landing Station to Charlotte and Raleigh, with high-capacity network access extending to Atlanta and Ashburn, Virginia. This architecture provides carriers and hyperscalers with a more direct, scalable option for moving international traffic into key U.S. markets.

Bridget doesn't play prerecorded messages or read ads—she holds actual conversations, answering questions about gates, baggage claim, and lounges in real time. The hologram speaks English and Spanish, with more languages planned, and includes wheelchair-accessible controls and closed captioning.

Federal prosecutors are scrutinizing valuation practices at a BlackRock Inc. private credit fund, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The Manhattan US Attorney's office in recent months has been seeking information about BlackRock TCP Capital Corp., a publicly traded business development company, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing a private matter. Executives have been questioned as part of the probe, one of the people said.

After years working in the arts and getting my MBA at Oxford, I joined Goldman Sachs during the pandemic, living in my in-laws' attic and five weeks pregnant. Nobody knew about the pregnancy. I interned as a summer associate through my first trimester, turning my Zoom camera off, throwing up, and turning it back on. I got a return offer and eventually had to tell my teammates, who were super supportive.

Our outperformance in quarter one was fueled by stronger than expected seat expansion across entire organizations, driven by design's growing importance and adoption of our AI products including Figma Make, MCP, and Figma Weave,

“Enterprises are building for what comes next -more AI workloads, more distributed infrastructure, and more demand for low latency capacity in the right places,” said Lumen Chief Commercial Operations Officer Kye Prigg. “We're not just building routes; we're building a connected national fabric. NorthLine will deliver a new northern route paired with the predictable, high-capacity services customers need to make more confident infrastructure decisions.”

Netflix has been building a new internal studio called INKubator that aims to use AI to produce short-form animated content: The streamer is hiring for a wide variety of roles, including producers, software engineers, and CG artists to staff INKubator, according to a number of recently published job listings.

Netflix has launched a new studio called INKubator that will specialize in creating generative AI content. Based on the current job listings for the team, it appears this studio will be creating short-form animated content that centers gen-AI workflows and tools.

The Trian Fund Management cofounder is looking for outside investors to help with a takeover of Wendy's, the Financial Times reports. The news isn't exactly surprising-in February, Trian used its regulatory filing to announce it might sell its stake or attempt a takeover of Wendy's.

Wise began trading on Nasdaq on Monday under the ticker WSE. Shares opened at 15.96 dollars. The London-founded fintech, which went public on the London Stock Exchange in July 2021 via a direct listing that valued it at 11 billion dollars, has moved its primary listing to New York while keeping a secondary listing in London. Nearly 91 per cent of class A shareholders voted in favour of the move. The company will now report in US dollars under US GAAP.

Disney+ becomes the primary relationship between Disney and its fans, the place where everything comes together. This statement from CEO Josh D'Amaro reflects the company's strategic vision to position the streaming service as a central hub integrating all Disney experiences and services into one cohesive platform.

Nyobolt's batteries charge from zero to 80 percent in under five minutes, survive more than 20,000 charge cycles without degradation, and deliver 20 times the energy density of supercapacitors.

Novo beat its own expectations in the first quarter of the year, reporting a 32% pop in sales on a constant currency basis and a 65% boost in operating profit.

Spirit Airlines had built a massive following by offering fares that legacy airlines could not match, with roundtrip tickets often under $100. However, despite its popularity among price-sensitive consumers, the airline faced significant challenges, including a reputation for poor customer satisfaction and a business model that relied heavily on manageable fuel prices and strong demand.

Rare Earths Americas is an exploration stage company that aims to create a rare earth supply independent of China, focusing on heavy rare earth projects in the U.S. and Brazil.

Joby Aviation's eVTOLs promise to cut travel time from downtown Manhattan to metro airports like JFK and LaGuardia from more than an hour to fewer than 10 minutes, showcasing a significant advancement in urban transportation.

Richardson described the reversal as a rule change at 'the 11th hour' that left a room of supporters stunned and forced the company back into private status despite having, in his telling, followed the playbook.

Wendy's is continuing its push to close hundreds of locations as it seeks to stabilize profits and shed underperforming restaurants, resulting in a smaller U.S. footprint.

"The grid is aging, and a big reason why [utility] bills are going up is the infrastructure itself. More than half of most of our customers' bills is just the cost of delivering the power, and we want the grid to continue to be reliable while still being affordable."

In January 2025, Fortune Brands Innovations announced it was moving its company's portfolio from individual offices across the country to one central headquarters outside Chicago, which meant hundreds of employees would need to relocate, or else lose their jobs.

Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, Altman, and others accuses the ChatGPT-maker of straying from its founding non-profit mission: to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.