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On Thursday, the Lord Institute announced its first batch of Slingshot grants aimed at “advancing the science and practice of artificial intelligence.” Designed as an accelerator for researchers, the Slingshots program aims to provide resources not available in most academic environments, including funding, computing power, and product and engineering support. In exchange, the recipient promises to create some kind of final product, whether it’s a startup, an open source codebase, or another type of work. The initial cohort is 15 projects, with a particular focus on the difficult problem of AI evaluation. Some of these projects are familiar to TechCrunch…
Let’s check out the companies that are becoming a hot topic for after-hours trading. Snap — The social media company soared 26% after announcing a $500 million buyback program and providing strong fourth-quarter earnings guidance. In addition to that, Snap said it will pay $400 million for Perplexity AI to integrate the AI startup’s search functionality into Snapchat. Arm Holdings — Shares of chip design company Arm Holdings rose nearly 3% after the company reported better-than-expected sales and bottom line profits. Arm earned 39 cents per share, excluding items, on revenue of $1.14 billion. Analysts surveyed by LSEG had expected…
Omar Marquez | SOPA Images | Light Rocket | Getty Imagesdata dog Shares rose 23% on Thursday after the company reported third-quarter sales that beat Wall Street expectations and issued a strong outlook for the fourth quarter.It was the second-best day on record, behind November 2023, when stocks rose 28%.The company’s revenue increased 28% year over year to $885.7 million, beating LSEG analysts’ expectations of $852.8 million.The cloud software company expects fourth-quarter revenue to be between $912 million and $916 million, well above Wall Street’s estimate of $887 million.As demand for artificial intelligence-powered cloud security products continues to grow, Datadog…
The 92-year-old president’s re-election has sparked deadly protests, which opponents say are “rigged”.Published November 6, 2025November 6, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareCameroon’s longtime leader, Paul Biya, was sworn in for a new seven-year term following his victory in last month’s presidential election, in what opposition parties called a “constitutional coup.”Addressing parliament on Thursday, the world’s oldest president pledged to remain true to the trust of Cameroon’s people and to work for a “united, stable and prosperous” country.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listDeadly protests erupted in several parts of Cameroon days after the Oct. 19 vote,…
Independiente del Valle’s coaching staff initially found this figure hard to believe. Preseason training has begun, and the senior players are losing to a 17-year-old with extraordinary physical ability. Clown Hincapie has arrived.”He was breaking the GPS data every day,” Miguel Ángel Ramírez, the club’s former manager who gave Hincapie his professional debut, told Sky Sports with a laugh. “Speed, sprints, acceleration, high-intensity action…” Hincapie’s natural talent saw him promoted to the first team faster than Chelsea’s Moises Caicedo and Paris Saint-Germain centre-back Willian Pacho, both of whom were older than him in the Ecuadorian club’s academy.”Piero was more ready,”…
Traders at work at the New York Stock Exchange on October 28, 2025. new york stock exchangeU.S. stocks fell on Thursday as companies that have benefited from artificial intelligence trade came under renewed pressure on concerns about eye-watering valuations.of Dow Jones Industrial Average It fell 398.70 points (0.84%) to close at 46,912.30. of S&P500 It fell 1.12% to settle at 6,720.32. Nasdaq Composite It fell 1.9% to end at 23,053.99. of Nasdaq 100 The stock is down more than 2% from last Friday’s close, its worst weekly pace since early April. The biggest downside impacts are: Nvidia, microsoft, Palantir Technologies,…
door dashThe company’s stock price plummeted 17%, its worst trading session in history, as investors rejected the company’s aggressive spending strategy.The food delivery platform said it plans to spend “hundreds of millions of dollars” next year on new product initiatives such as autonomous delivery and a new global technology stack.While these plans will improve the company’s products globally, they will have “direct and opportunity costs” in the short term, DoorDash said.CEO Tony Xu defended the company’s spending decisions on an earnings call with analysts, saying DoorDash continues to operate its business as usual to solve customer problems in the highest…
He said the Israeli raid that killed the US president, Iranian generals and scientists was “a great day for Israel”.Published November 6, 2025November 6, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareUS President Donald Trump claimed responsibility for Israel’s first attack on Iran, contrary to previous US claims that the Israeli government acted unilaterally.”Israel attacked first. That attack was very powerful. I was responsible for that,” Trump told reporters Thursday.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”When Israel first attacked Iran, it was a great day for Israel because that attack did more damage than all the other countries combined.”His…
Australia were all out at 119, chasing 168, with Sundar taking three wickets and Chakravarthy and Patel chipping in.Published November 6, 2025November 6, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareIndia’s spinners spearheaded the Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket series against Australia with the ball as the visiting nation crushed the home team by 48 runs on Queensland’s Gold Coast to take a 2-1 lead.After losing the toss and being sent into bat on Thursday, India reached 167-8 thanks to Shubman Gill’s brilliant 46 and useful contributions from Abhishek Sharma (28) and Shivam Dube (22).The world champion spin bowlers then took…
A Ukrainian court has convicted a Russian soldier of killing a Ukrainian prisoner in a January 2024 incident and sentenced him to life in prison in the first conviction of its kind. Dmitry Kurashov, 27, was found guilty in a court in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya for shooting dead a Ukrainian soldier who had just surrendered to his troops. Mr. Kurashov, who previously served time in a Russian prison for theft, signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense in November 2023 in exchange for a pardon, Ukrainian security officials said. The court found Kurashov guilty of…