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The ongoing slugfest between tech players racing to get the most intuitive and powerful AI may have just gotten a brief knockout punch. The slammer that landed? A new version of DeepSeek’s increasingly impressive V3.1, which has a whopping 685-billion-parameter system and can deliver about $1.01 per complete coding task, compared to a beginning price of $70 for traditional systems. …

The SEC finally going to nine conference games is great for the fans, for the sport and for ESPN’s ratings. It could also help stave off a potential disaster. It could be the thing that gets Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti to back off his harebrained College Football Playoff proposals. At Big Ten Media Days last month, one coach after …

Rotation out of Big Tech sends S&P 500 on longest losing streak since January. How far will it run?  MarketWatch Stock Market Today: Dow Sinks As S&P 500 Extends Losing Streak; Palantir, Nvidia Make Opposite Moves (Live Coverage)  Investor’s Business Daily The S&P 500 heads for a fifth day of declines, but drug stocks are a bright spot  CNBC Stock Market Today: Walmart …

Vice President Vance speaks at Alta Refrigeration in Peachtree City, Ga., on Thursday to tout the Trump administration’s sweeping domestic policy agenda signed into law in July. Stephen Fowler/NPR hide caption toggle caption Stephen Fowler/NPR PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — Vice President Vance appeared in Georgia Thursday, promoting tax cuts included in President Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill signed into law …

The US government is aiming to take an equity stake in Intel in exchange for grants the company was already committed to receive under the Biden era CHIPS Act, according to comments US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick made in an interview with CNBC. The move is part of the government’s efforts to boost US chip manufacturing. “We should get an …

Key Takeaways Traders expect the S&P 500 to move about 0.8% in either direction through the end of the week, with Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech on Friday likely to be a driving force behind that move. Stocks jumped more than 1% the day of last year’s Jackson Hole speech, when Powell signaled the Fed was ready to cut interest …

Landing a job at PwC straight out of college just got tougher. The Big Four firm told Business Insider it was “decreasing our campus hiring goals,” after we obtained part of an internal presentation saying it plans to cut entry-level hiring in the US by almost a third over the next three years. The company did not comment on specific …

Google has started rolling out its latest batch of Android 16 features to beta testers, including expanded support for dark mode and themed app icons. The QPR2 beta 1 was announced yesterday alongside Google launching the Pixel 10 series, and is expected to get a full public release sometime in December, according to Google’s release timeline. The beta includes a …

Behind Powell’s Big Gamble in Final Jackson Hole Speech  The New York Times The Fed’s Jackson Hole conference: What you need to know  Axios Fed Chair Jerome Powell faces delicate balancing act in Jackson Hole speech on Friday  CBS News Bitcoin Traders Jittery Ahead of Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech  Bloomberg.com Fed’s Powell faces dilemma as he crafts message on interest rate cuts at Jackson …

Oct 12, 2024; Morgantown, West Virginia, USA; Iowa State Cyclones head coach Matt Campbell celebrates with quarterback Rocco Becht (3) after defeating the West Virginia Mountaineers at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ben Queen-Imagn Images  KILRUSH, Ireland — Iowa State nose guard Domonique Orange’s dreams center on shoring up his stamina; reshaping his body and brain to …