Affirm shares pop more than 10% on revenue beat Affirm beats on earnings and revenue in fiscal second quarter.

Pinterest shares surge as much as 20% after company beats on fourth-quarter revenue, shows strong user growth Pinterest reported fourth-quarter sales of $1.15 billion, ahead of the $1.14 billion that Wall Street was expecting.

Gloo launches new open source initiative to drive rapid innovation of values-aligned AI Gloo The post Gloo launches new open source initiative to drive rapid innovation of values-aligned AI appeared first on RNS.

No Orders Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on my last post about improvements for my website. https://www.reddit.com/r/ecommerce/s/8VlfH5lveU Website: Echoes of Earth Candles This is the list of suggestions I took into account based off the feedback: Include an “About Us” page with story/why us More detailed product description Different font…

Do you use machine learning in your business? I’m building smolmodels, a fully open-source Python library that generates ML models for specific tasks from natural language descriptions of the problem. Here’s the repo: https://github.com/plexe-ai/smolmodels. I was thinking that the tool could potentially be used for making predictions about demand, customer behaviour and recommendations for …

How likely is it that an employee will steal my business idea? Hello, I sell various products on different platforms and source them from a local wholesaler. I am considering hiring an employee on a short-term basis to take product photos, upload listings, and manage data. However, there is a risk that the employee might realize they could buy the same products locally and sell them on the same platforms, t…

Alleged Foldable iPhone Specs Detailed in Questionable Rumor Foldable display technology could be the next major design change that Apple introduces for the iPhone, and we’ve been hearing rumors about an ‌iPhone‌ that folds in half for over eight years now. Rumors have been all over the place as Apple has experimented with different prototypes, and now one questionable source claims to have new details on…

Apple’s New Invites App Hints at iOS 19’s Rumored Redesign iOS 19 is rumored to feature a redesigned Camera app with visionOS-like menus and buttons, but the changes might go beyond that. As noted by Apple enthusiast Parker Ortolani, both the Apple Sports app from last year and the new Apple Invites app have a more visionOS-like design language with translucent or “glassy” buttons and user interface el…

Crypto and Boxing to Converge at Consensus HK in Lethal One-Two Combination Attendees at this year’s conference will be able to experience a unique live event that’s tapping into a cultural moment.

Czech Republic to Eliminate Taxes on Long-Term Crypto Gains The country’s central bank is also looking at whether or not to add bitcoin to its reserves.

Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade to Begin Testing in February Should a pair of major tests go well, developers expect the upgrade to hit Ethereum’s mainnet in April.

How To Fix Ethereum’s Fragmentation Problem With over 50 L2s and more in development, Ethereum has become a maze of isolated chains. Hart Lambur, Co-Founder of Risk Labs explains how a new standard, known as ERC-7683, could help make cross-chain actions easier.

Crypto’s Debanking Worries Hit Another Big Stage in U.S. House The industry’s U.S. banking crisis may be retreating as a second congressional committee sheds light on how crypto businesses have been treated by regulators.

Trump has California’s high-speed rail in his crosshairs again President Donald Trump has set his sights on California’s high-speed rail plan, calling it “the worst-managed project” with massive cost overruns that deserve to be investigated. “They have hundreds of billions of dollars of cost overruns,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles Times. “It’…

Deadline for government’s ‘Fork in the road’ mass resignation program delayed by court A federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” program, meant to push out career government workers as part of the Elon Musk-run Department of Government Efficiency’s alleged effort to cut federal spending, several outlets report. The program gave employees a deadline just before midnight o…

Sonos explored creating a MagSafe speaker for iPhones Not long before last year’s software quagmire thrust the company into controversy, Sonos tinkered with an idea that some employees believed might resonate with Gen Z customers. Engineers at Sonos prototyped a miniature speaker that could magnetically connect to the back of Apple’s recent iPhones.  At least conceptually, the since-abandoned p…

The Sonos app fiasco: how a great audio brand nearly ruined its reputation In May 2024, Sonos released a completely rebuilt and overhauled mobile app for Android and iOS. The new software was meant to improve performance, make the app feel more customizable, and allow for new features in the future. But customers immediately complained about countless bugs, degraded Sonos speaker system performance, and features that h…

Another bill wants to ban kids from social media Lawmakers’ efforts to limit the use of social media by kids are continuing into 2025 with the Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA). The bill, which would prevent kids under 13 from creating social media accounts, advanced through the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday, as reported earlier by Politico. Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Ted

Today is your last chance to snag a preorder deal on Samsung’s latest Galaxy phones Thousands of retailers and carrier stores in the US will be stocked with the Samsung Galaxy S25 ($799.99), S25 Plus ($999.99), and S25 Ultra ($1,299.99) on Friday, February 7th. Hardware-wise, the S25 series is a marginal improvement over last year’s S24 series, with the most noteworthy changes coming in the form of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8

AMC is upping the price for its A-List Stubs subscription Following AMC’s recent changes to its Stubs program — a set of perks that actually seemed like a solid way to get people to sign up — the theater chain is now planning to raise the subscription service’s prices. Variety reports that, beginning May 7th, a membership to Stub’s A-List tier — which currently allows