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Anthropic on Wednesday announced an ambitious new data center partnership with UK-based neocloud provider Fluidstack, committing $50 billion to build facilities across the United States to meet growing computing needs. The data centers will be located in Texas and New York and are expected to be operational throughout 2026. The company described these sites as “custom-built for Anthropic with a focus on maximizing workload efficiency.” “We are moving closer to AI that will accelerate scientific discovery and help solve complex problems in ways never before possible,” Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei (pictured above) said in a statement. “To realize…

During a heated basketball game or when you’re rushing to meet a deadline at work, you may need to give constructive criticism quickly.Sonia Raman, head coach of the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, says taking the time to present feedback in a soothing way, such as using a “sandwich approach” where you share criticism between two compliments, is just not possible when you’re in a tight spot.In a basketball game, “when the ball goes out of bounds, it might take a few seconds to talk to the players before the ball comes in and they move on to the next play,” Raman…

Anthropic on Wednesday announced plans to spend $50 billion building out artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States, starting with custom data centers in Texas and New York.The facility is designed to support the company’s rapid corporate growth and long-term research agenda and will be developed in partnership with Fluidstack.Fluidstack is an AI cloud platform that provides large-scale graphics processing unit (GPU) clusters to clients such as Meta, Midjourney, and Mistral.Additional locations are planned, with the first scheduled to be operational in 2026. The project is expected to create 800 permanent jobs and more than 2,000 construction-related roles.This investment positions…

Emails sent by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2011 say US President Donald Trump “spent hours” with one of his victims, an allegation that could fuel further calls for the release of files on the disgraced financier.The email, made public Wednesday by Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee, was sent to Epstein’s ex-girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”I want you to understand that the dog that didn’t bark is Trump. (The victim) spent hours with him at my house and he was never mentioned,”…

Air travelers are having a rough time this fall due to the annual Thanksgiving crowds at airports, as well as flight cancellations and staffing shortages related to the U.S. government shutdown. Here’s what we know about air travel during the busy holiday season, when nearly 6 million Americans took to the skies last year, according to AAA statistics. Travel officials and analysts said it could take airlines one to two weeks to recover from the recent disruptions, and that depends on whether the groundings are resolved by the end of this week. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy suggested in remarks Tuesday…

Manager Thomas Tuchel has said Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden cannot play together in the same England team.England’s head coach made the bombshell remarks to talkSPORT after telling a press conference that he would only select players in the best positions and would not change his formation or system just to put star players on the pitch. Tuchel also said he had no intention of taking five No. 10 players to the World Cup. England have plenty of talent in that position, but it has been suggested they could make the tough decision to drop one or more…

WisdomAI, the new AI data analytics startup from Rubrik co-founder Soham Mazumdar, has raised $50 million in new Series A funding led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from new investor NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm). The round comes about six months after the startup announced a $23 million seed round led by Coatue. WisdomAI provides AI-driven data analytics that can answer business questions from structured data, unstructured data, and even “dirty” data that has not been cleaned of typos and errors. Business users can simply ask questions in natural language, such as, “How many customers do you have in your…

It will be a while before Nike returns to its glory, but CNBC’s Jim Cramer is willing to wait. “The reason I’m defending it is because I know most people who think Nike can turn around,” Kramer said Tuesday on “Squawk on the Street.” The stock rose 6.4% a day after the company announced on Sept. 30 that it beat fiscal 2026 first-quarter profit. But the stock has since fallen about 14%, including a 4% rise on Tuesday. “This is one of the better companies out there that went bankrupt,” Kramer added. Nike holds a stake in Kramer’s Charitable Trust,…

Waymo robotaxis will now carry passengers on highways in three major U.S. cities, marking a major milestone for the driverless ride-hailing company.alphabetWaymo, its subsidiary, announced Wednesday that it will begin offering these types of trips in the San Francisco, Phoenix and Los Angeles markets “where highways are significantly faster.” Over time, Google’s sister companies will gradually expand highway travel to more passengers and locations.Waymo’s self-driving cars have previously picked up passengers on small highways and side streets, but Wednesday’s expansion marks the first time the company will collect fares from regular passengers on highways with higher speed limits.”Highway driving is…

Notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said in an email to author Michael Wolff that his longtime friend, President Donald Trump, “knew the girls,” according to copies of April 2019 messages allegedly exchanged between the two that were released by House Democrats on Wednesday.It is unclear what is meant by “knew about the girls.”In another newly released email to his convicted co-defendant Ghislaine Maxwell in April 2011, Epstein wrote, “I want you to understand that the dog that didn’t bark is Trump.”In the same email, Epstein added that the person identified by Democrats as his victim (whose name is redacted in…