Google, Pentagon in talks to deploy Gemini in classified systems, report says
CNBC Television· 2026-04-16 16:42
Welcome back. A new report from the information says Alphabet and the Pentagon are discussing an AI deal. This is the military looks to revamp its ties to AI after that of course significant fallout it had with anthropic.McKenzie Sagalos is looking into all of that in today's tech check. Mac, >> hey David. So those deal talks between Google and the Pentagon would let the military use Gemini in classified settings.According to the information, Google has proposed contract language barring uses like mass dome ...
Trump says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire
NBC News· 2026-04-16 16:40
President Trump just announcing a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Now, this comes via a truth social post where Trump said that the ceasefire will formally begin at 5:00 p. m.Eastern time tonight after he had several quote excellent conversations with the leaders of Israel and Lebanon. The president is now adding that he is inviting both of those leaders to the White House. It will formally begin at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time tonight. That's the middle of the night here.We heard from Hezbollah actu ...
The BBC plans to cut 2,000 jobs to save 10% of its budget
NBC News· 2026-04-16 16:37
The UK public broadcaster says it could cut up to 2,000 jobs. It's all in an effort to save about 10% of its budget. The layoffs, which are the biggest in more than a decade, come as the BBC struggles with inflation, declining license fee revenue, plus a shift to streaming with most of the cuts expected to hit in the next fiscal year.NBC News has reached out for comment. ...
S&P 7000 Rally Fueled by AI Boom | Open Interest 4/16/2026
Bloomberg Television· 2026-04-16 16:37AI Processing
MATT: STOCKS HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS HIGH. DANI: BLOOMBERG OPEN INTEREST STARTS RIGHT NOW. MATT: STOCKS AT RECORD HIGHS, THE S&P TOPPING 7000 FOR THE FIRST TIME ON A CLOSING BASIS ON SIGNS THE U.S. AND IRAN MAY EXTEND THE CEASE-FIRE.DANI: THAT RALLY BOOSTED BY TSMC RESULTS. IT RAISED ITS OUTLOOK, REINFORCING CONFIDENCE IN AI DEMAND. MATT: IT IS SHOWTIME FOR NETFLIX.THE STREAMING GIANT REPORTS RESULTS AFTER LOSING THE BATTLE FOR WARNER BROS. BUT MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING INVESTORS WERE HAPPY ABOUT. DANI: PEPSI AN ...
World Central Kitchen founder @chefjoseandres says that they spend $1 million per day on gas!
Yahoo Finance· 2026-04-16 16:33
Food is not something like you can switch overnight. We see that the humanitarian donations are going down um in a big percentage and organizations like us world central kitchen um we are mainly supported by people in gas alone we are spending like a million dollar a day. uh the price the cost of food is going up for different reasons because the transportation itself but because the foods are going up because uh the fertilizers are going up and the more goes up is the less money at the end we have to feed ...
Trump Says Israel, Lebanon Agreed to 10-Day Ceasefire
Bloomberg Television· 2026-04-16 16:32
Tyler, give us the latest here when it comes to this apparent cease fire between Lebanon and Israel. Okay, Scarlett, so you mentioned it. President Trump posting on Drew social within the last half an hour, announcing that there will be a ten day cease fire between Israel and Lebanon.We should say that the White House has maintained throughout this conflict that Israel's offensive against the Iranian backed militant group Hezbollah is a separate operation. Yet importantly, it did risk derailing the talks be ...
Trump says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire deal
NBC News· 2026-04-16 16:31
President Trump just announcing a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Now, this comes via a truth social post where Trump said that the ceasefire will formally begin at 5:00 p. p.m. Eastern time tonight after he had several quote excellent conversations with the leaders of Israel and Lebanon. The president is now adding that he is inviting both of those leaders to the White House.NBC News international correspondent Matt Bradley joining us from Tel Aviv, Israel. Matt, this is obviously significant ...
LIVE: Artemis II crew holds a news conference on their mission to the moon | NBC News
NBC News· 2026-04-16 16:22
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Bloomberg Surveillance 4/16/2026
Bloomberg Television· 2026-04-16 16:19
>> U.S. EXCEPTIONALISM IS NOT GOING AWAY. >> THERE IS AN AWFUL GOOD AMOUNT ALREADY PRICED IN. >> THE EARNINGS POWER ARE THERE. >> CYCLICAL EARNINGS ARE MOST LIKELY TOO HIGH.>> THIS IS "BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE." JONATHAN: LIVE FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL, GOOD MORNING. COMING INTO THURSDAY FRESH RECORDS COME INVESTORS EQUITY S&P 500 TO ALL-TIME HIGHS. TSMC POSITIVE OUTLOOK IS REINFORCING COMPANIES IN AI CHIP DEMAND AND THE U.S. AND IRAN CONSIDERING A TWO-WEEK CEASE-FIRE EXTENSION.STUCK HOLDING STEADY SO FAR THI ...
'Incoherent war' that is 'making our allies nervous': Sen Duckworth
MSNBC· 2026-04-16 16:16
Duckworth of Illinois. She's a member of the Armed Services, Foreign relations veterans affairs and commerce committees she introduced the war powers resolution that didn't pass yesterday senator thanks for taking the time we are 48 days into this war no change in the war powers vote outcome are you SURPRISED. ALL THE POLLING SHOWS THIS WAR IS NOT POPULAR WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.I AM NOT AT ALL SURPRISED BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES CARE MORE ABOUT WHAT TRUMP THINKS OF THEM THAN THEY DO A ...