U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday began his seventh diplomatic mission to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas war began more than six months ago. (Apr. 29, 2024)
When Jalen Brunson looks like Jalen Brunson, the Knicks win; when he doesn’t, they don’t.
Bronny James is one of the biggest variables in the 2024 NBA Draft.
Cargo ships docking at a commercial port incur costs called “disbursements” and “port call expenses.” Now, a startup that we last covered when it raised a €6.1 million seed round, has gone on to raise a $16m Series A funding round led by European VC Atomico. Harbor Lab, a Greek maritime software startup, says the costs that arise from a vessel’s port calls are the second largest expense for commercial vessels behind fuel, reaching around $2.2 million per vessel per year.
Last year, Ilya Sutskever admitted that he regretted the role he played in the sudden dismissal of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman.
Clark set the Indiana Fever’s franchise record for turnovers (10), shot 5-of-15 from the floor and struggled with the Connecticut Sun’s physical defense.
Accion, a global nonprofit, announced on Tuesday the launch of the Accion Digital Transformation Fund, a $152.5 million fund for large financial institutions, including microfinance serving small businesses currently excluded from the world’s financial system. The firm said in a statement that it will provide growth capital and strategic support to these companies for “digital transformation.” For over six decades, the nonprofit has been active in the financial services sector: first, by developing and scaling solutions tailored to small business orders, smallholder farmers, and women; second, by providing investments and advisory services to traditional financial institutions and microfinance companies, which in turn create accessible products.
Meta's newest social network, Threads, is starting its own fact-checking program after piggybacking on Instagram and Facebook's network for a few months. Instagram head Adam Mosseri noted that the company "recently" rolled out the ability for fact-checkers to rate and mark false content on Threads. It is also not clear which organizations are Meta's fact-checking partners for Threads.
Intuitive Machines is looking to help reshape the Mars Sample Return mission architecture with its own technology, based on architecture it has been developing for the moon, executives told investors during a quarterly earnings call Tuesday. “Intuitive Machines has engaged the agency and intends to provide a solution set based on technology architecture we have been developing for lunar material return,” Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus said. The Mars Sample Return (MSR) program is the agency’s $11 billion, 15-year mission to collect and return samples from the red planet, but NASA administrators finally admitted last month that the architecture had become too complex and too expensive.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket will take a crew to suborbital space for the first time in nearly two years later this month, the company announced on Tuesday. The NS-25 mission will launch from Blue’s launch site in West Texas on May 19. The launch window opens at 8:30 a.m. The six-person crew includes Ed Dwight, the first Black astronaut candidate (but for whom this would be the first visit to space), along with investor Mason Angel, who founded the space- and defense-focused Industrious Ventures.
Ronel Blanco, who threw a no-hitter earlier this year, is now likely facing a 10-game suspension.
At Google I/O 2024, Google gave us a glimpse at what next-gen AI could do, but after trying it out, it's clear it won't arrive anytime soon.
Barring a successful appeal, Gruden's dispute with the NFL will be settled behind closed doors.
In this bonus episode, Cherlynn and Devindra dive into the biggest Google I/O 2024 news.
It ran 110 minutes, but Google managed to reference AI a whopping 121 times during Google I/O 2024 (by its own count). CEO Sundar Pichai referenced the figure to wrap up the presentation, cheekily stating that the company was doing the "hard work" of counting for us. Gemini and its various iterations stole the spotlight (after preshow warmup act Marc Rebillet was finished with it).
It’s that moment you’ve been waiting for all year: Google I/O keynote day! Google kicks off its developer conference each year with a rapid-fire stream of announcements, including many unveilings of recent things it's been working on.
Here's all the big news that Google announced at I/O 2024 in a single place.
A 1954 Plymouth Belvedere 4-door sedan with flathead straight-six engine, found in a Colorado wrecking yard.
Kelce retired in March after 13 years in the NFL with the Eagles.
“I feel like people are going to have their opinion of me no matter what.”
The survey also shows a dip in the former president’s favorable rating — from 45% in March to 41% today.