The NBA Cup jerseys for all 30 NBA teams were unveiled early last week. While some teams are already doomed in their quest to earn the trophy in Las Vegas next month, there are five teams that can at least take home the very meaningful consolation prize: my approval of their special jersey. If you’re...
The Carman family saga captivated public attention from the moment Nathan Carman was rescued at sea in 2016, but the story that unfolded afterward revealed a much darker tale than anyone initially imagined. What began as a search-and-rescue mission off the coast of Rhode Island eventually became a criminal investigation into two deaths within one...
Denver Nuggets forward Cameron Johnson has experienced the highest of highs playing in the NBA Finals. The seven-year NBA veteran also has encountered the low life, playing parts of three seasons for the struggling Brooklyn Nets. Now that Johnson is back on the winning side of the NBA, he is trying his best to fit...
Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp did not illegally stifle competition in social networking, a judge found, a major win for the tech giant.
The new artificial intelligence model is the second the company has released this year. OpenAI and Anthropic made similar updates a few months ago.
To avoid regulatory scrutiny, big tech companies had steered clear of buying start-ups outright. Meta’s antitrust win may change that thinking.
On Tuesday, Microsoft and Nvidia announced plans to invest in Anthropic under a new partnership that includes a $30 billion commitment by the Claude maker to use Microsoft’s cloud services. Nvidia will commit up to $10 billion to Anthropic and Microsoft up to $5 billion, with both companies investing in Anthropic’s next funding round. The...
With the arrival of Amazon’s Zoox robot taxi in San Francisco to compete with Waymo, autonomous services are gaining momentum. But there are pros and cons.
As Kent Halliburton stood in a bathroom at the Rosewood Hotel in central Amsterdam, thousands of miles from home, running his fingers through an envelope filled with 10,000 euros in crisp banknotes, he started to wonder what he had gotten himself into. Halliburton is the cofounder and CEO of Sazmining, a company that operates bitcoin mining...
On Tuesday, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai warned of “irrationality” in the AI market, telling the BBC in an interview, “I think no company is going to be immune, including us.” His comments arrive as scrutiny over the state of the AI market has reached new heights, with Alphabet shares doubling in value over seven months...