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French company Mistral AI, last valued at $13.8 billion, has made its first acquisition. OpenAI’s competitors have agreed to acquire Koyeb, a Paris-based startup that simplifies the deployment of large-scale AI apps and manages the infrastructure behind them. Mistral is primarily known for developing large-scale language models (LLMs), but this deal confirms its ambitions to position itself as a full-stack player. The company announced its AI cloud infrastructure product, Mistral Compute, in June 2025, and expects Koyeb to accelerate this. Founded in 2020 by three former employees of French cloud provider Scaleway, Koyeb aimed to enable developers to process data…

Jetta Productions Inc. | Digital Vision | Getty ImagesIf you earned overtime in 2025, you could see an even larger refund in the 2026 filing season based on new tax cuts enacted by President Donald Trump’s “Big and Beautiful Bill.” But experts say missing details on tax forms like W-2s from employers could lead to confusion when filing taxes this year. The “overtime tax-free” deduction allows certain workers to deduct up to $12,500 annually from 2025 to 2028 for single filers and up to $25,000 for married couples filing jointly. The tax breaks phase out or begin to diminish once…

meta will spend millions Nvidia The sweeping new deal announced Tuesday gives Nvidia access to the company’s artificial intelligence data center chips, including new standalone CPUs and next-generation Vera Rubin systems.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement that the expanded partnership continues the company’s commitment to “bringing personal superintelligence to every person in the world,” a vision announced in July.Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Shares of Meta and Nvidia rose during extended trading Tuesday. advanced micro device The stock price fell about 4% on the news.In January, Meta announced plans to spend up to $135 billion on…

Walid Fidama was a lifelong Democrat, but the Yemeni-American activist supported Republican candidate Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election amid anger over Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza and the marginalization of the Arab-American community.But Fidama said Trump is making the same mistakes as his Democratic rivals in taking voters for granted, as the U.S. president expands and tightens immigration enforcement and recently revoked Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Yemenis.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listFidama, a Michigan native, told Al Jazeera that the rationality of those who continue to support Trump should be questioned as his “arbitrary and…

Tiger Woods still has hopes of competing in April’s Masters as the 15-time major champion continues his recent return from injury. The 50-year-old hasn’t played in an official PGA Tour event since missing out on the British Open in July 2024, and has made just 11 official starts since a car accident in 2021. Woods tore his Achilles tendon in March and underwent disc replacement surgery in October, causing him to miss the entire 2025 season. Ahead of his Genesis Invitational, Woods was asked if the Masters was “off the table.””No,” he told reporters. Use Chrome Browser for a more…

Anthropic has released a new version of its midsize Sonnet model to coincide with the company’s four-month update cycle. In a post announcing the new model, Anthropic highlighted improvements in how it codes, follows instructions and uses computers. Sonnet 4.6 will be the default model for users on the Free and Pro plans. The beta release of Sonnet 4.6 includes a 1 million token context window, which is twice the size of the largest window previously available in Sonnet. Anthropic described the new context window as “sufficient to hold an entire codebase, long contract, or dozens of research papers in…

Iranian navy soldiers board an armed speedboat in the Persian Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz, about 800 miles south of Tehran, on April 30, 2019.Morteza Nicobazul | Nur Photo | Getty ImagesIran partially closed the strategically important Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, state media reported, citing “security precautions” as Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards conduct military exercises in the strait.The move comes as the United States and Iran are holding talks in Geneva, Switzerland, aiming to resolve the ongoing dispute over Iran’s nuclear program.It is the first time Iran has blocked part of the Strait of Hormuz, a key international waterway…

palo alto networks Shares fell 6% after the bell on Tuesday after beating Wall Street’s fiscal second-quarter expectations but disappointing guidance.Here’s how the company performed against LSEG’s estimates:Earnings per share: $1.03 per share excluding items (94 cents expected) Revenue: $2.59 billion ($2.58 billion expected)The cybersecurity company expected fiscal third-quarter earnings to be lackluster in the range of 78 cents to 80 cents, falling short of LSEG’s forecast of 92 cents. Sales are expected to reach between $2.94 billion and $2.95 billion, exceeding expectations of $2.6 billion.The company said sales increased 15% from $2.3 billion in the same period last year.…

The U.S. Capitol Building photographed on February 17, 2026 in Washington, DC.Heather Deal | Getty ImagesOn Tuesday, a man armed with a shotgun and wearing a “tactical vest” got out of his car and ran towards the Capitol before being stopped by officers stationed outside the building, law enforcement said.Capitol Police Chief Michael Sullivan told reporters Tuesday afternoon that officers drew their guns and ordered the man to drop his weapon, which he complied with. Sullivan said the man was also wearing “tactical gloves” and was later taken into custody as he lay on the ground.Sullivan said officers searched the…

Warner Bros. Discovery, home to major series such as Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and DC Comics superheroes Batman and Superman, has rejected Paramount Skydance’s latest bid to acquire the company, as a deal with streaming giant Netflix looms.Warner Bros. on Tuesday rejected Paramount’s $30-per-share bid but remained open to additional offers, giving CBS News’ parent company seven days to make its “best and final offer.”Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of list”Our board does not determine that your proposal is reasonably likely to result in a transaction that is better than the Netflix merger,” Warner Bros. Chairman Samuel DiPiazza…