Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Monday as China’s leaders began a major meeting expected to bring fresh pledges of help for the world’s second-largest economy. Oil prices gained more than $1 a barrel after the OPEC+ oil producing nations said they would extend production cuts until the end …

Referendum 434 would enshrine the state’s current ban after 12 weeks. Referendum 439 would create a right to abortion “until fetal viability.” Source link

As a part of TechCrunch’s ongoing Women in AI series, which seeks to give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved (and overdue) time in the spotlight, TechCrunch interviewed Sophia Velastegui. Velastegui is a member of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) national AI advisory committee and the former chief AI officer at Microsoft’s …

Two trends combine in this cool Advent calendar. Funko Pop figurines are popular collectibles, and Marvel and Spider-Man are still going strong. Twenty-four mini Marvel figures are included here, creating quite the menagerie. Kids will love discovering Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Black Panther, Hulk, Iron Man — and many more of …

New York is among the states where ballot selfies are banned, according to a recent report. Californians can snap away. Source link

If you like boring dividend stocks, then looking at utilities is a good place to start. But all utilities aren’t the same, which is why you’ll find Black Hills (NYSE: BKH), NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE), and Eversource Energy (NYSE: ES) all worth a closer look as November gets started. The …

“Our campaign has not been about being against something, it is about being for something,” Vice President Kamala Harris said, avoiding any mention of her rival by name. Source link

Investor Wesley Chan has shown a knack for making very early investments into multi-billion-dollar unicorns, such as Plaid, Gusto, Flexport, and, most recently, Canva. Chan comes from an unconventional background — he grew up in an immigrant family and had only middling grades in high school. But he landed a …

Looking for the most coveted toys of 2024 to gift for the holidays? Our CNET experts spent hundreds of hours researching the top toys and finding the ones worth placing under the tree this year. How did we do it? By playing with them, of course. It’s a tough job, …

Hollywood stars mingled with artists for a benefit honoring the artist Simone Leigh and the filmmaker Baz Luhrmann. Source link