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Editor’s note: The following is the fifth profile in a series of articles about startup founders from non-technical backgrounds who have launched successful venture-backed companies. Read the previous interviews with MagicSchool AI founder Adeel Khan here, Trunk Tools founder Sarah Buchner here, Tabs founder Ali Hussain here, and Craft founder Ilya Levtov here. When an executive at Replit suggested that Cecilia Ziniti seemed distracted by artificial intelligence, she was not an engineer working on the coding startup’s AI products. She was its general counsel. The executive told her ‘You’re a great GC and good at business development … but it…

The GM Defense Infantry Squad Vehicle was engineered to meet U.S. military specifications. It is based on the automaker’s off-road Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 midsize truck architecture.GM DefenseDETROIT — General Motors and Ford Motor have rivaled each other for more than a century in racing, vehicle sales and many other automobile-related activities.But their latest battlegrounds have moved to actual battlefields and the U.S. energy grid.Ford joined GM this year in seeking U.S. military contracts after the Trump administration approached U.S. companies about assisting the military with their expertise in mass manufacturing. The automakers’ efforts so far are largely focused on military…

It’s one of those days where “rates this week” headlines and “rates today” headlines are going to diverge. Most “rates this week” headlines are focused on Freddie Mac’s weekly survey, which comes out on Thursdays. Yesterday, that survey’s average rate hit its highest point since July 2025 — 6.71%. Daily’s a different story, and it’s one where rates fell a bit. The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage ticked down to 6.69% APR, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. This is four basis points lower than yesterday but 16 basis points higher than a week ago.…

A charity is hosting a music event to fund a project that helps families with the costs of Christmas.The Greenaway Foundation provides families in Kent, Sussex and Surrey with ingredients for a two-course Christmas dinner to help with the costs of the festive season.The organisation hosts a music festival, Greenaway Live, at Crawley Rugby Club from 15:00 BST on Saturday, with ticket sales helping fund its work for families struggling financially.Darren Greenaway, who founded the charity, said the Christmas project was “getting bigger and bigger, so this year we need to raise about £200,000”.As part of the charity’s festive work,…

The US may be the bigger trading partner, but Canada shouldn’t be counted out quite yet in the escalating trade war between the two countries.It is the top customer for 26 US states, including Maine, Michigan, and Wisconsin, as well as being in the top three for 45 of the 50 American states – suggesting Prime Minister Mark Carney has room to manoeuvre in a trade fight.BBC’s Jessica Murphy explains how Canada has more leverage than it may seem in the spiralling dispute.Read the latest on the escalating tariff fight here.Video by Eloise Alanna.

Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson has blamed flight price rises on “foolish leaders” starting wars, in a thinly veiled reference to the US-Israel conflict with Iran.Middle East tensions have choked the production and transportation of millions of barrels of oil, causing a surge in the price of car and jet fuels, which are made from oil.In May, Virgin Atlantic added a fuel surcharge to ticket prices in response.US President Donald Trump has repeatedly defended the conflict as necessary for peace and security long-term.However, Sir Richard said there was “no need” for the war. “The Iran conflict was completely unnecessary.…

Quantum computing company IonQ (IONQ +1.28%) hosts an investor day on Tuesday, Sept. 8. And I expect the event to produce something the company has never put in its guidance: a revenue forecast that reaches beyond the current year.Second-quarter revenue rose 287% year over year to about $80 million, the company’s fifth consecutive quarter of record results, up from about $65 million in the first quarter of this year. And management has raised its 2026 revenue guidance twice, from an initial range of $225 million to $245 million in February to $280 million to $290 million today.But every one of…

When it first happens to you, you think you’re crazy. You wander into a cafe and look at a menu with a variety of bagel sandwiches, but each illustration looks eerily flawless, precisely symmetrical, and oddly smooth, eliciting a visceral sensation that something isn’t right. You might think you’re paranoid, but you’re not losing your mind. Generative AI menus have hit the restaurant business courtesy of models trained on a narrow, “pleasing” aesthetic that feels wrong even when you can’t articulate why. Sometimes, these illustrations are egregiously fake, like a burrito with cheese so bubbly and melty that it looks…

Palo Alto Networks surpassed fiscal fourth-quarter estimates as mounting artificial intelligence risks boost demand for its cybersecurity tools. Shares dipped about 2% in extended trading, following a 5% drop during the regular session. Here’s how the company did versus LSEG estimates:Earnings per share: $1.02 adjusted vs. 98 cents expectedRevenue: $3.41 billion vs. $3.35 billion expected.Revenue jumped 34% during the quarter from $2.54 billion a year ago, the company said. Palo Alto reported a net loss of $282 million, or 35 cents per share, down from net income of $254 million, or 36 cents per share, a year ago.The acceleration of…

Key points:The US economy added 162,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in August, nearly triple economists’ consensus estimate of 56,000.Bitcoin sold off from $81,300 to local lows of $78,600 following the data, before recovering to $79,500.A rival Bitcoin fork using the Blake2b algorithm saw its first trading activity, with coins changing hands at $350 on exchange Neoxa.Labor market beats expectations threefoldAccording to data released on Friday, the US economy added 162,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in August, significantly outperforming economists’ consensus expectations of roughly 56,000 jobs. In response to the announcement, Bitcoin (BTC) sold off from $81,300 to local lows of $78,600. At…