Bipartisan legislation proposed to curb AI robocalls
NBC News· 2025-12-17 15:15
Senators John Curtis and Richard Blumenthal are teaming up to sponsor the quashing unwanted and interruptive electronic telecommunications or quiet act. The legislation would require rooc callers to alert consumers if AI is being used in their calls. It would also increase penalties for anyone who is using the calls to try to impersonate others.It comes as of every American was receiving around 200 automated calls and messages every year with many targeting older populations. ...
LIVE: Bessent unveils official Trump Accounts website
Yahoo Finance· 2025-12-17 15:12
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'I want to get a bill passed': Rep. Lawler blasts GOP leaders over impending ACA lapse
MSNBC· 2025-12-17 15:11
President Trump is set to deliver a live address to the nation tonight at 900 PM. One issue he might touch on is health care as subsidies for millions of Americans are all but certain to expire at the end of this year after House Speaker Mike Johnson said yesterday there would be no vote on extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits this week, which would be incredibly painful for many American families. However, one key House Republican is taking GOP leaders to task over allowing those subsidies to expi ...
Opening Bell: December 17, 2025
CNBC Television· 2025-12-17 15:08
celebrating the IPO and Medline provider of medical surgical products, biggest of the year, CEO on earlier today. We got some volume in the room today, Joe. >> I LIKE THAT. I LIKE EXCITEMENT AND SUBSTANCE.Uh these are this is an interesting company. It's I like a deal that's not priced well above and goes crazy. Uh but it's also, let's not forget, a PE deal.They're they're they need these deals to come public and they have to have some winners. >> They do. Obviously, typically in a PE deal, you will raise m ...
Which company do you think will be impacted? Presented by @T-Mobile
The Verge· 2025-12-17 15:00
Last year, The Verge's transportation editor, Andrew J. Hawkins, predicted that electric vehicles were going to get more expensive in 2025, and he was right. For 2026, he forsees another fate for EVs. Which company do you think will be impacted? Subscribe: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs Like The Verge on Facebook: https://goo.gl/2P1aGc Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XTWX61 Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/7ZeLvX Follow on TikTok: http://bit.ly/42VeCVU Watch The Vergecast on YouTube: https://bit.ly/40RFRkg The V ...
We almost passed on Waymo | #20vc with David George, a16z
20VC with Harry Stebbings· 2025-12-17 15:00
The biggest one was our original investment in Whimo. So we invested in early 2020. We were the only VC fund that invested in Whimo and it was extraordinary.I mean the product was magic even at the time. We did demo rides. This is obviously well before they were everywhere on the road.It could drive smoother than a human. They could do unprotected laughs. They could avoid construction sites.They they could do all these like really special things that you wouldn't think that an autonomous car could do. But a ...
Our boldest 2026 tech predictions
The Verge· 2025-12-17 15:00
Last year, we predicted that doorlocks will get smarter, asked The Verge reporters to see into the future once more to predict what will happen for tech and science trends 2026. Presented by @T-Mobile The Verge’s sponsors play an important role in funding our journalism, but do not influence editorial content. For more information about our ethics policy, visit https://www.theverge.com/ethics-state.... 0:00 Intro 0:35 Allison Johnson, senior smartphone reviewer 1:51 Andrew J. Hawkins, transportation editor ...
Medline CEO on IPO: This is the right time for us to expand our voice
CNBC Television· 2025-12-17 14:43
Joining us right now first on CNBC is Medline CEO Jim Bole. Good morning to you. >> Good morning.>> Congratulations. This been this has been a quite a road for you to get to to this point. Uh why go public now.What's the what's what's the thinking in terms of where you came from and where you are right now. >> And as you know, we've been a private company for 58 years. Um with 58 years of consecutive growth, uh we just feel like this is the right time for us to kind of expand our voice.Historically, we've d ...
LIVE: President Trump addresses the nation
Yahoo Finance· 2025-12-17 14:43
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Cramer's Mad Dash: Apple
CNBC Television· 2025-12-17 14:42
Back to Squawk on the Street. Time now for a mad dash. Of course, seven minutes before we get started with trading here at the New York Stock Exchange.Let's talk a bit about Apple. >> Right. Okay.Refreshing. Uh two pieces. One by Morgan Stanley.The other by Ben Rice at Melius talking about Well, here's one that the the price target too low. That's Morgan Stanley. They are taking that up to three uh 33.What. 335 from 315. >> Okay.But uh the most important thing I like Melius would just say is listen you want ...