Israeli president Isaac Herzog lays wreath at Bondi at start of controversial visitWatch: Israel's president lays wreath at Bondi Beach to honour shooting attack victimsIsraeli President Isaac Herzog has laid a wreath and two stones from Jerusalem at Bondi Beach, the site of a shooting that targeted a Jewish festival in December, at the start of a controversial visit."When one Jew is hurt, all...

Under-fire Trump commerce secretary Howard Lutnick confirms he visited Epstein's islandUS Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has confirmed he visited Jeffrey Epstein's island in 2012, contradicting previous claims that he had cut ties with the sex offender years earlier, before he was convicted. "I did have lunch with him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation," Lutnick testified...

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio pulls out of a high-level meeting on Ukraine Secretary of State Marco Rubio pulls out of a high-level meeting on Ukraine Audio will be available later today. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Fiona Hill, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center on the United States and Europe, about the Trump...

Databricks CEO says SaaS isn’t dead, but AI will soon make it irrelevant On Monday, Databricks announced it reached a $5.4 billion revenue run rate, growing 65% year-over-year, of which more than $1.4 billion was from its AI products.  Co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi wanted to share these growth numbers because there’s so much talk about how AI is going to kill SaaS business, he told...