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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is “very optimistic” the Senate Agriculture Committee’s updated legislation to regulate cryptocurrencies will advance, even though Republicans have yet to reach a deal with Democrats. “Senators have been working on a bipartisan basis for the last six months pretty intensely, and we have two different bills,” Gillibrand told CNBC in an exclusive interview. One piece of legislation is in the Agriculture Committee, which oversees the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the second piece is at the Banking Committee, which oversees the Securities and Exchange Commission and banking issues, she said. “Because these types of digital assets have some characteristics of both commodities and securities, you need regulation under both those…

This Engineered Garments collection was all about hunting. It marked Kenta Miyamoto and Kunimasa Odagi’s third outing after they inherited control of the brand from founder Daiki Suzuki. It’s clear by now that the duo are careful custodians of the brand rather than mavericks of change. And hey, if it ain’t broke…The breadth and depth of the label’s considerable archive, which spans nearly 30 years, allows the designers a certain amount of freedom in that they have a wide range of hits from which to draw. This season they had found enough inspiration to yield some 600 styles that sprawled…

Water filters are a booming fear-based economy. But people have good reasons to be leery of their drinking water—chlorine, microplastics, PFAS everywhere, heavy metals in the groundwater, whatever else bothers me tomorrow.But while most water filters seem to make many promises, only some back them up with independent third-party lab tests—something I’ve been sad to discover while testing and researching countertop, under-sink, and shower water filters. I’m downright relieved when I see the letters NSF or IAPMO, two of the main independent labs and certifying bodies based in the United States.Those are the bodies that tested and certified filters from…

Kevin Durant scored 32 points, leading the Houston Rockets to a road win over the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons on Friday night, 111-104.Durant reached the 30-point mark for the second consecutive game and the third time in his past five games.AdvertisementAfter the two teams were tied at halftime, 52-52, the Rockets outscored the Pistons 34-20 in the third quarter with Reed Sheppard tallying 10 points during the surge.Detroit went on an 11-1 run powered by five points from Isaiah Stewart during the first two minutes of the fourth. That closed the margin to 87-83. But a 3-pointer by Jabari Smith…

Intel and AMD have split the Windows laptop market for years, but the x86 players may be getting outnumbered. It’s not just Apple MacBooks and MediaTek-based Chromebooks using Arm chips anymore. There are finally competent Qualcomm Snapdragon laptops running Windows, and — as soon as this spring — Nvidia will finally power Windows consumer laptops with Arm chips all by itself.They won’t have an Nvidia graphics chip next to an Intel CPU, but rather an Nvidia N1 system-on-chip at the helm — and overnight, a Lenovo leak revealed that the company has built six laptops on the upcoming N1 and…

Amid the dimly lit tables at Táma in Chicago slips a puzzling contradiction: a savory ice cream that is neither dinner nor dessert but is completely, confoundingly delicious.Táma’s head chef, Avgeria Stapaki, serves her salty manchego ice cream, funked up by the addition of shaved truffles, over a warm bubble of the restaurant’s signature focaccia. The whole dish is stabbed through the middle with a bread knife as if Stapaki were worried it might scamper off the plate. And in a way, it does, as the ice cream melts like butter over the steaming yeasty bread.Táma’s funky, cheesy delight is…

Internal documents revealed as part of a child safety lawsuit hint at Google’s plan to “onboard kids” into its ecosystem by investing in schools. In this November 2020 presentation, Google writes that getting kids into its ecosystem “leads to brand trust and loyalty over their lifetime,” as reported earlier by NBC News.The heavily-redacted documents, which surfaced earlier this week, are linked to a massive lawsuit filed by several school districts, families, and state attorneys general, accusing Google, Meta, ByteDance, and Snap of creating “addictive and dangerous” products that have harmed young users’ mental health. (Snap settled earlier this week).Google has…

The first UFC card of the year is one packed with must-see bouts, highlighted by the interim lightweight championship being on the line in the promotion’s debut on CBS and Paramount+. UFC 324 will take place on Saturday, with Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett battling for the UFC Lightweight Championship in the main event. Pimblett (23-3) is the -239 favorite in the latest UFC 324 odds as he’s riding a nine-fight win streak and aims for his first title in the promotion. Meanwhile, Gaethje (26-5) is a former interim lightweight champ and is at +195 to back in UFC bets after…

Here it comes. Up to two thirds of the US is facing down the threat of serious snow, cold, and ice this weekend, with the potential to snarl roads (and the businesses that depend on them) from Texas up to New York City. At this point, grocery stores, logistics experts, warehouse operators, and trucking companies have been prepping for days. Still, the effects on the supply chain—and the retail store shelves that depend on them—are yet to be determined.On one hand, this is winter business as usual. Snowstorms happen every year, and the freight industry has a playbook.“If you’re a…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer alerted investors on Friday that next week will be a consequential one for Wall Street, pointing to a heavy load of quarterly earnings and a Federal Reserve meeting.”Make no mistake, next week matters,” Cramer said. He later added, “The bottom line? Mag Sevens. Momentum pays. Red-hot industrials, and a Fed meeting. All in front of you. Keep your head up, [there’s] much more to come.”Monday brings earnings from steel manufacturer Nucor, which Cramer described as the “best steel company in the world.” Despite Nucor sharing a lackluster mid-quarter update in December, the stock has nevertheless rallied since…