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NEW YORK (AP) — She’s won a Grammy, collaborated with Barbra Streisand and performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Now Laufey is taking on a new challenge: creating a children’s story inspired by her mascot-alias, Mei Mei The Bunny.Penguin Workshop announced Tuesday that Laufey’s picture book, “Mei Mei The Bunny,” will be published April 21. Illustrated by Lauren O’Hara, the book tells of Mei Mei’s determination to become a professional musician even as she encounters some initial struggles.“I’m so excited to now share Mei Mei The Bunny in storybook form!” Laufey said in a statement. “Mei Mei has been a…

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, leaves the U.S. Capitol after a meeting with Republican members of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on the issue of de-banking on Feb. 13, 2025.Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesJPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Tuesday that bankruptcies in the U.S. auto market are a sign that lending standards grew too lax in the past decade-plus.Dimon, the longtime leader of the largest U.S. bank by assets, was speaking about the recent collapse of auto parts firm First Brands and subprime car lender Tricolor Holdings.”We’ve had a credit bull…

In an effort to protect its underage users from harmful content, Instagram is rolling out new restrictions to teen accounts. Users under 18 will now by default only see content that adheres to PG-13 movie ratings, avoiding themes like extreme violence, sexual nudity, and graphic drug use. Users under 18 won’t be able to change this setting without their parents or guardians’ explicit approval. Instagram is also introducing a stricter content filter, called Limited Content, that will prevent teens from seeing and posting comments on posts that have the setting turned on. The company said starting next year, it will…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 12:20 PM ET, Mon October 13, 2025 Oceania Cruises is sharing more details about the godparent of its newest ship, Oceania Allura.As previously announced, Oceania Cruises selected alumni from Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs program to be the godparent of the vessel, which debuted in July and will be christened in Miami on November 13.  Now, the company is sharing which alumni will represent the franchise at the ceremony. Tavel Bristol-Joseph, Katie Button, Calvin Eng, Aisha Ibrahim, George Mendes and Lawrence “LT” Smith will perform the time-honored tradition of breaking a Champagne bottle across…

Water quality is the most important thing for aquaculture farms to monitor to ensure their livestock remain healthy. While there are existing ways to monitor water quality — sensors and water testing kits — they are too expensive for many farmers in regions like Southeast Asia. Aquawise wants to offer aquaculture farmers in Southeast Asia a better way to monitor their water quality by using AI and existing satellites — no hardware purchases required. Bangkok-based Aquawise takes satellite images of fish and shrimp farms and feeds them into its physics-based AI model that monitors the water for things like temperature,…

Teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won’t be able to change their settings without a parent’s permission, Meta announced on Tuesday.This means kids using teen-specific accounts will see photos and videos on Instagram that are similar to what they would see in a PG-13 movie — no sex, drugs or dangerous stunts, among others.“This includes hiding or not recommending posts with strong language, certain risky stunts, and additional content that could encourage potentially harmful behaviors, such as posts showing marijuana paraphernalia,” Meta said in a blog post Tuesday, calling the update the most…

NEW YORK (AP) — Megha Majumdar’s “ A Guardian and a Thief,” already a finalist for the National Book Award and Kirkus Prize, is now Oprah Winfrey’s book club pick.Set in the near future, “A Guardian and a Thief” depicts a world of drought, flooding, crime and food shortages as it contrasts a woman whose family is about to emigrate from India to the U.S. with the resident of a shelter who has stolen her purse and the passports it contains. It’s Majumdar’s first novel since her acclaimed debut, “A Burning,” came out in 2020.“I was spellbound from Page 1,”…

Greg Fleming, Rockefeller Capital Management president and CEO, speaks during CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ on July 10, 2025.CNBCRockefeller Capital Management, the wealth manager born from John D. Rockefeller’s family office, has raised new funds from investment firms of other ultra-rich families, CNBC has learned.On Tuesday, Rockefeller plans to announce the financing and its new valuation of $6.6 billion, up from $3 billion in 2023. The terms of the recapitalization, which traditionally use equity or debt to fund growth, strengthen the balance sheet, or provide liquidity to investors, were not disclosed.The recapitalization was led by Mousse Partners, the family office of Chanel’s…

Google is making a $15 billion investment to set up a 1-gigawatt data center and AI hub in India, even as the Indian government pushes for reduced reliance on U.S. tech giants. On Tuesday, Google said it would build the data center in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, in the port city of Visakhapatnam. The investment will take place over the next five years through 2030, the company added. Notably, this marks Google’s largest investment in India and comes five years after it first announced a $10 billion commitment to the South Asian nation in 2020. Weeks after President…

Dana Walden and Josh D’Amaro.Michael Buckner | Errich Petersen | Getty ImagesAs 2025 enters its final months, Disney inches closer to the announcement the entire entertainment industry has been waiting for — who will take over for Bob Iger as the company’s next CEO.Disney has publicly stated it will name Iger’s successor in early 2026. Two internal candidates stand out as the most likely contenders: Disney Entertainment co-chairman Dana Walden and Disney Experiences chairman Josh D’Amaro. Walden brings decades of Hollywood expertise; D’Amaro worked in consumer products before his elevation in the theme parks division all the way up to…