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Donald Trump’s inauguration this month, the latest sign that the industry is trying to bolster its relationship with the president-elect ahead of his return to the White House. OpenAI chief executive officer (CEO) Sam Altman plans to go to the swearing-in ceremony on JanU 20, said a company spokesperson. Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg also plans to go to the event, according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private information. A spokesperson for Meta declined to comment. Uber Technologies Inc. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will be at some of the surrounding festivities, according to the company. Uber also plans to host an inauguration party in Washington with Elon Musk’s X social media firm and The Free Press, a media company.

Jeff Bezos' aerospace venture Blue Origin will at long last attempt to put a rocket into orbit. New Glenn, originally intended to launch as early as 2020, is slated to fly on Sunday out of Cape Canaveral, Florida, during a nearly four-hour launch window. The mission aims to put a Blue Origin test satellite into orbit and then land the rocket's lower portion on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Bryan Johnson, the 47-year-old tech entrepreneur who has spent millions on his quest to reverse his biological age, has ditched taking a medicine that he had been taking for years to increase his longevity. The millionaire, who gulps down 54 pills for breakfast, recently discovered a wrinkle in his meticulous approach to dodging death. In his attempt to live' forever', the tech millionaire consumes 13 milligrams of the immunosuppressant rapamycin, which transplant patients take to help prevent organ rejection. However, the US Food and Drug Administration has not approved rapamycin for anti-aging therapy, but physicians have been prescribing it off-label because it has been shown to extend the healthy lifespan of mice. Johnson, who undertook the «most aggressive rapamycin protocol of anyone in the industry», said it may have done more harm than good.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court refused to block President-elect Donald Trump’s criminal sentencing for covering up hush money paid to adult-film star Stormy Daniels, clearing the way for an unprecedented court proceeding Friday in New York.

artificial intelligence (AI).

Michelle Obama did not attend the state funeral Thursday for former President Jimmy Carter. Except for Michelle Obama, all of the living former presidents and their spouses were at the funeral, including Barack Obama, sitting in the front pews of Washington National Cathedral behind only President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses.

2025, at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. The ceremony is set to start at 10 a.m. Eastern Time and is expected to last about an hour. President Joe Biden will give a eulogy, as will Carter's grandson, Jason Carter. The sons of the former President Gerald R. Ford and former Vice President Walter Mondale will deliver eulogies their fathers wrote before their deaths.

Federal Reserve officials at their meeting Dec. 17-18 expected to dial back the pace of interest rate cuts this year in the face of persistently elevated inflation and the threat of widespread tariffs and other potential policy changes

The focus for markets in 2025 has been on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's policies as he steps back into the White House on Jan. 20, with analysts expecting his policies to both bolster growth and add to price pressures.

US President- elect Donald Trump might actually conduct his presidential duties from Mar-a-Lago which is his Palm Beach estate rather than spending significant time in Washington DC, reported People.

The impact of Justin Trudeau’s resignation on the Canadian dollar appears to be fading, as domestic politics take a backseat to systemic headwinds, including those caused by Trump tariffs and the expectation of more Bank of Canada rate cuts.

An independent watchdog finds the IRS has improved its overall taxpayer service through Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act but still faces delays processing claims from a coronavirus pandemic-era tax credit program and is slow to resolve certain identi...

A top policymaker at the US Federal Reserve says that he still supports reducing interest rates this year, despite elevated inflation and the prospect of widespread tariffs

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. At a Washington forum last month, a prominent Chinese economist raised doubts about Beijing’s economic management and said China’s economy might have grown at less than half the roughly 5% pace flaunted by authorities. When Xi Jinping found out, he was furious.

President Joe Biden's decision to reject a bid by Nippon Steel to acquire U.S. Steel isn't the first time friction over trade and investment has irked Washington's closest ally in Asia

Donald Trump is set to take charge as the US President even as security has been heightened ahead of the January 20 inauguration event. Officials are also on alert for potential clashes between Trump's supporters and opponents; there's an anti-Trump People's March scheduled for Saturday on January 18 and a pro-Trump rally planned for Sunday on January 19.

Cushman & Wakefield Inc. Chairman of Global Brokerage Bruce Mosler weighs in on the in-person office push happening in New York City. 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation after facing an increasing loss of support both within his party and in the country

Pacific rivals, state media reported Tuesday, as Washington's top diplomat visited the region.