One of the NBA’s more progressive ambassadors, Jason Collins, died from brain cancer at the age of 47, his family said Tuesday. The first openly gay NBA player announced his retirement in 2014 with two words in a compelling commentary to The Players’ Tribune: “I’m Out.” “When I decided to come out publicly with my...
Dozens of long-shot bets on Polymarket, from the war with Iran to the cryptocurrency market, have defied the odds, according to a New York Times examination.
Fervo Energy, which uses drilling techniques from the oil and gas industry to produce power from the earth’s heat, raised $1.9 billion in an initial public offering.
OpenAI and Anthropic are opening offices in Washington, hiring lobbyists and spending more than ever to win over federal lawmakers.
The start-up, which makes A.I.-backed weapons, was valued at $61 billion in the financing round, double what it was a year ago.
“If you think there’s a lot of money in politics now,” Marc Andreessen said in 2000, “you haven’t seen anything yet.” His firm is now the biggest known spender on this campaign cycle.
In the first of a two-part series with Kansas-bound McDonald’s All-American point guard Taylen Kinney, we focus on how he has changed the NIL space. A self-made millionaire before the age of 18, Kinney has set the standard for what elite players can look to do off the court. For part two, we will dive...
On the day in November 2024 that the Chicago Sky announced Tyler Marsh as their new head coach, he received a call from a friend who is a college coach. “Hey, congratulations,” the friend said, before delivering the first lesson Marsh learned after accepting his first head coaching role at any level. “No one likes...
The start-up, which recently released a powerful A.I. model called Mythos and is separately battling with the Pentagon, was previously valued at $380 billion.