OpenAI is seeking capital from new and existing investors, two people familiar with the company’s plans tell WIRED. The fundraising effort is part of a $40 billion round announced in March. The round will reopen on Monday, July 28, according to one of the sources, who has direct knowledge of the fundraising effort. The $40 billion round announced earlier this …
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Columbia University announced Tuesday that it had punished students for participating in two school protests, including one at the library over its financial ties to Israel. The university said in a lengthy statement that it was punishing an unspecified number of students who participated in a May pro-Palestinian protest at the university’s library, where nearly 80 people were detained, and …
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QUICK FACTS Where is it? Karakoram mountain range, Kashmir region, central Asia [35.50982304, 76.99307626] What’s in the photo? Three striated glaciers merging into a single ice mass Who took the photo? An unnamed astronaut on board the International Space Station When was it taken? Aug. 15, 2023 This intriguing astronaut photo shows a trio of “anomalous” ice masses merging in …
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By Carolyn Jones, CalMatters Students at the end of the school day at Cesar Chavez Elementary School in San Diego on March 19, 2025. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California after-school and summer programs will get some of their funding back after the federal government said on Friday …
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The American Athletic Conference has a new name. It’s now just the American Conference. The league announced a conference rebrand on Monday, which includes the new name, no acronym, a mascot, motto and more. The league took the name “American Athletic Conference” in 2013 amid a wave of realignment within the Big East, when the conference’s non-football schools broke off …
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Anyone on a weight loss jab journey will tell you ‘it’s a marathon, not a sprint’—but little has been said about how boring the shlep to the finish line can be. Mounjaro success stories bookended with photos showing off a staggering transformation can be seriously motivating for some, but for others still working towards their goal weight, it seems the …
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Digital Extremes is hosting its 10th TennoCon this weekend to celebrate 12 years of Warframe and the beginnings of its new IP, Soulframe. Ahead of the celebration, we saw a new gameplay demo of Soulframe presented by Digital Extremes CEO Steve Sinclair, Soulframe creative director Geoff Crookes, and senior community manager Sarah Asselin, and spoke with two members of the …
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NEW YORK — Mets legend David Wright stood atop a gold-plated third base after being introduced to a sold-out Citi Field crowd on Saturday. There, he turned to every corner of the stadium, waving at all of the fans assembled to watch him be enshrined in the Mets’ Hall of Fame, his number retired alongside the legends who came before …
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Astronomers have discovered that the Milky Way might be just a small piece of a much larger cosmic structure than previously believed. If confirmed by future observations, this research could suggest that our current model of how the universe evolves is still missing some crucial pieces. As we study the universe more, we have found ourselves to be part of …
Read More »Uber to invest $300 million in EV maker Lucid as part of robotaxi deal Reuters Uber, Lucid partner on new robotaxi service, taking on Waymo and Tesla Yahoo Finance Stock Movers: Lucid, Starbucks, Steve Madden Bloomberg.com Uber to buy at least 20,000 luxury robotaxis from Lucid Axios Uber Technologies, Inc. – Lucid, Nuro, and Uber Partner on Next-Generation Autonomous Robotaxi Program Uber Investor Relations Source …
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