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As rumors continue to swirl about OpenAI’s work on a personalized smart speaker and other hardware, the company is today rolling out its first branded device. The $230 Codex Micro is a specialized, RGB-lit mini-keyboard designed to let users monitor and quickly interact with multiple Codex agents with a glance and a few clicks. The device is described as a “limited-run collaboration” with Work Louder, which already sells a very similar-looking Creator Micro line of customizable square keyboards targeted at creative professionals. The Codex Micro differentiates itself from those mainly through six frosted keys in the top two rows, which…
Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., a member of the Senate banking committee, said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Thursday that Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh struck the right in an appearance before the panel this week.”I think his message was a good message. He started off by talking about the need to get inflation under control, the focus that the Fed had on that,” Rounds said. “So I think we’re on the same playing field as what Kevin Warsh wants to be.”Warsh, who took over as Fed chair in May, was on Capitol Hill for two days of testimony this week,…
This article is an on-site version of the Free Lunch newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Thursday and Sunday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newslettersOver the past month, the EU’s digital finance ecosystem has quietly taken several important steps into the future. In late June, the European parliament’s economics committee voted through a proposal to establish a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) for the euro area. Last week, the full legislature authorised negotiations over such a digital euro with the Council of the EU (where member…
The Eli Lilly logo appears on the company’s office in San Diego, California, Nov. 21, 2025.Mike Blake | ReutersEli Lilly will acquire psychedelic drugmaker AtaiBeckley for $2.8 billion up front, the company said Thursday, as momentum grows for using versions of the drugs as mental health treatments. The transaction gives Lilly access to AtaiBeckley’s experimental DMT-based drug that’s being studied in Phase 3 clinical trials for treatment resistant depression. AtaiBeckley is developing several other psychedelics for mental health conditions, including one related to MDMA, also known as ecstasy. AtaiBeckley’s lead drug, BPL-003, is related to dimethyltryptamine, or DMT. The nasal spray is…
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Fireworks founders pose for a photo at the startup’s headquarters in San Mateo, California. From left in front row: Chenyu Zhao, CEO Lin Qiao and Benny Chen. Back row: James Reed, Pawel Garbacki, Dmytro Ivchenko and Dmytro (Dima) Dzhulgakov.FireworksThe cost of the latest artificial intelligence models is increasingly breeding anxiety among finance executives, who have started directing employees to consider open-source alternatives.That’s boosting cloud startup Fireworks, which competes with Amazon and Google to host models that developers can weave into applications. The Nvidia-backed company said Thursday that it has exceeded $1 billion in annualized revenue, five times what it had…
They remain the subject of a sovereignty dispute between Britain and Argentina, with the two countries waging a brief but bitter war over the territory in 1982.A British military task force ejected Argentine forces, who had landed on the Falklands to stake a territorial claim.The 74-day conflict led to the deaths of 255 British military personnel, three islanders and 649 Argentine soldiers.The prime minister’s official spokeswoman said: “Our position is unchanged, self-determination rests with the islanders and our commitment to the Falklands will never waver.”She said any potential action against Argentina players who unveiled the banner was “a matter for…
Marc Chandler has been covering the global capital markets in one fashion or another for 40 years, working at economic consulting firms and global investment banks. A prolific writer and speaker he appears regularly on CNBC and has spoken for the Foreign Policy Association. In addition to being quoted in the financial press daily, Chandler has been published in the Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, and the Washington Post. In 2009 Chandler was named a Business Visionary by Forbes. Marc’s commentary can be found at his blog (www.marctomarket.com) and twitter www.twitter.com/marcmakingsense Source link
Omar Marques | Sopa Images | Getty ImagesAlphabet’s Google will have to help OpenAI and other AI rivals, as well as online search engine competitors, access its services to comply with EU rules curbing the power of Big Tech, EU regulators said as they set out the details of the requirements.The move by the European Commission, which acts as the EU competition enforcer, came six months after the regulator opened so-called specification proceedings to assist the world’s most popular internet search engine to comply with the Digital Markets Act.Google reiterated its criticism of the EU-mandated changes.”Today’s decisions risk undermining vital…