PayPal is apparently still open to Stripe’s $53.4 billion takeover bid, but not at the price Stripe had offered. On the company’s second-quarter 2026 earnings conference call on Tuesday, PayPal CEO Enrique Lores did not completely rule out the idea of a deal, saying the company would consider a path that creates “superior value” for
Bernard Arnault, the 77-year-old billionaire founder and chief executive of LVMH, rarely participates in lengthy interviews. “Why give information?” He joked when Guillaume Pley, host of the French podcast “LEGEND,” mentioned how little is known about him. In a rare conversation lasting more than an hour and a half, published earlier this month, the man
Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud, a member of the Saudi royal family, bought a 5% stake in Lucid Motors, increasing the Kingdom’s overall ownership of the electric vehicle company. A new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission released Tuesday shows the billionaire prince recently purchased just over 19 million shares. In
“I think social media is the worst thing that’s happened in the last forty years,” Steve Krug tells me. A quarter of a century ago, Krug wrote “Don’t Make Me Think,” one of the founding books on Internet usability. It’s why sites have large bold text and are read vertically, without moving across the screen.
HBO Max is the latest streaming service to add TikTok-like short-form video to its platform to help users find something to watch. The service is also launching an experimental AI-powered conversational search experience, Warner Bros. announced Tuesday. HBO Max, like other streaming platforms, is rethinking content discovery as large libraries make it harder for viewers
The Trump administration has banned imports of new advanced robots from China. VCG/VCG via Getty Images The Trump administration has announced a ban on the entry of new Chinese humanoid robots into the United States. Officials say the robots pose “unacceptable security risks” to national security. Some policy experts have expressed full approval of the
