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President Trump praised Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, after their first telephone conversation since the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces.Published January 15, 2026January 15, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareVenezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has vowed to continue releasing prisoners held under President Nicolas Maduro’s regime and said her first phone call with President Donald Trump since the U.S. military’s abduction of President Maduro was positive.Maduro’s former vice president, Rodríguez, said on Wednesday that he had a long, productive and courteous telephone conversation with the U.S. president during which they discussed bilateral issues that benefit…
In the Premier League, goals from set pieces are on the rise.What’s behind the increased emphasis on dead-ball situations, and why do some teams excel while others struggle? This week’s ‘Between the Lines’ looks at one of the defining trends of the season as clubs battle for set-piece supremacy. A change of emphasis?The increase in set-piece goals other than penalties can also be seen in the numbers. This season, he averaged 0.8 games per game, up from 0.6 games in the previous term, and about 50% more than his average of 0.5 games per game in the 2020/21 season. The…
OpenAI announced Wednesday that it has reached a multi-year agreement with AI chip maker Cerebras. The company plans to provide 750 megawatts of computing to the AI giant from this year through 2028, Cerebras said. The deal is worth more than $10 billion, people with knowledge of the details told TechCrunch. Reuters also reported the size of the deal. The companies said the deal is aimed at providing faster output to OpenAI customers. OpenAI said in a blog post that these systems will speed up responses that currently take time to process. “Just like broadband transformed the internet, real-time inference…
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It was as if it had been written. Ben White delivered a cross and Victor Goqueres slotted the ball into the net from close range. Were you both teammates in Brighton’s youth team and one of the coaches? Liam Rosenia.But this wasn’t just a friendly reunion. Gokeres may have come into his own today, as he scored and provided an assist in Arsenal’s 3-2 victory over Rossenia’s Chelsea in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final. Gokeres’ goal was a tap-in with the goal open, and his assist to Martin Zvimendi looked like a simple flick. But there was…
Elon Musk said Wednesday that he was “not aware of any images of naked minors generated by Grok,” hours before California’s attorney general launched an investigation into xAI’s chatbot for “spreading non-consensual sexually explicit content.” Musk’s denial comes amid mounting pressure from governments around the world, from the UK and Europe to Malaysia and Indonesia, after X users began asking Grok to transform photos of real women and even children into sexualized images without their consent. Copyleaks, an AI detection and content governance platform, estimated that approximately one image is posted every minute on X. Another sample collected from January…
People emerge from the IRS building in Washington on February 20, 2025.Kent Nishimura | ReutersHouse members could vote this week to approve cuts to the IRS budget for this fiscal year as Congress races to avoid another government shutdown. Although the funding is higher than previous proposals, the budget cuts could still pose challenges for the agency, experts say. The spending agreement allocates $11.2 billion to the IRS for the remainder of fiscal year 2026, about 9% less than the IRS’s 2025 budget of $12.3 billion. In their brief, Republican lawmakers said the bill would “curb the IRS while investing…
Nicholas Cocobris | Null Photo | Getty ImagesElon Musk’s xAI announced late Wednesday that Grok will no longer be able to create sexual images of real people on X based on user prompts, following widespread backlash from domestic and international politicians.”We have taken technical steps to prevent Grok accounts from editing images of real people in revealing clothing, such as bikinis,” the X safety account said in a social media post. “This restriction applies to all users, including paid subscribers.”The announcement came hours after California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that he was investigating xAI for apparently “the large-scale production…
Iranians block a road and gather during a protest in Kermanshah, Iran, January 8, 2026. Kamran | AFP | Getty ImagesIran temporarily closed its airspace to most aircraft arrivals and departures late Wednesday in response to escalating tensions with the United States, according to a notice posted by the Federal Aviation Administration. The restrictions will be in place from 10:15 p.m. UTC Wednesday until 12:30 a.m. UTC Thursday, according to the notice. It was later extended from 1:14 a.m. UTC to 3:30 a.m. UTC.Live data provided by flight tracking device FlightRadar showed the aircraft making a detour around Iranian airspace…
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said talks with the Trump administration “did not change” the U.S. position.Published January 14, 2026January 14, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareThe foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland traveled to Washington DC to meet with members of US President Donald Trump’s administration.But on Wednesday, officials emerged saying they had made little progress in dissuading President Trump from taking over the autonomous Danish territory of Greenland.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”We were unable to change the US position,” Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told reporters after the meeting. “It’s clear…