University of Arizona President Robert Robbins announces resignation
University of Arizona President Robert Robbins has announced his resignation weeks after agreeing to take a pay cut.
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The U.S.-Mexico bid for the 2027 Women's World Cup was half-hearted. With a FIFA vote approaching, it has now been formally withdrawn, leaving two contenders.
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. Commerce Department agency that develops and tests tech for the U.S. government, companies and the broader public, on Monday announced the launch of NIST GenAI, a new program spearheaded by NIST to assess generative AI technologies including text- and image-generating AI. NIST GenAI will release benchmarks, help create "content authenticity" detection (i.e.
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The US Supreme Court rejects Elon Musk’s appeal in ‘funding secured’ tweet ruling
On Monday, the US Supreme Court dismissed Elon Musk’s appeal about a 2018 SEC settlement regarding a “funding secured” tweet. The conservative-majority court passed on Musk’s attempt to throw out the agreement.
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Tesla short sellers lose more than $5 billion in post-earnings rally
Bets against Tesla stock are still mounting even as short sellers lose billions following the stock's post earnings report surge.
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Toyota Highlander plant gets $1.4B to build a new EV and battery packs
Toyota invests $1.3B in the plant building the Highlander for new three-row EV and battery pack assembly lines. Thought to be for an electric Higlander.
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Google lays off staff from Flutter, Dart and Python teams weeks before its developer conference
Ahead of Google's annual I/O developer conference in May, the tech giant has laid off staff across key teams like Flutter, Dart, Python and others, according to reports from affected employees shared on social media. Google confirmed the layoffs to TechCrunch, but not the specific teams, roles or how many people were let go. "As we’ve said, we’re responsibly investing in our company's biggest priorities and the significant opportunities ahead," said Google spokesperson Alex García-Kummert.
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Patriots reportedly giving DT Christian Barmore huge raise with 4-year extension worth up to $92M
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Ahead of its annual GitHub Universe conference in San Francisco early this fall, GitHub announced Copilot Workspace, a dev environment that taps what GitHub describes as "Copilot-powered agents" to help developers brainstorm, plan, build, test and run code in natural language. Jonathan Carter, head of GitHub Next, GitHub's software R&D team, pitches Workspace as somewhat of an evolution of GitHub's AI-powered coding assistant Copilot into a more general tool, building on recently introduced capabilities like Copilot Chat, which lets developers ask questions about code in natural language.
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House to vote on antisemitism bill amid campus protests over the war in Gaza
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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of Mastodon's new US nonprofit
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Getir pulls out of US, UK, Europe to focus on Turkey — 6,000+ jobs impacted
True to its business concept, Turkey's "instant delivery" juggernaut Getir rose quickly. On Monday, the company -- once valued close to $12 billion -- announced it would shut down its operations the U.S., the U.K. and Europe to focus solely on its home market of Turkey. The move puts a bitter end to the company's very aggressive expansion strategy that saw it raise billions of dollars to grow organically and also snap up a number of equally aggressive, yet struggling, competitors to position itself as the market leader.