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Waymo co-CEOs (LR): Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri DolgovwaymoSelf-driving car company Waymo is in talks to raise $15 billion in funding in the new year.Robotaxi company plans to raise billions of dollars from alphabetThe company’s parent company and other outside investors value the deal at $110 billion, according to people familiar with the discussions.The latest funding discussions demonstrate Waymo’s position as the collective leader in the U.S. robotaxi market. The company is spending heavily to expand its fleet and continue expanding into more regions. Waymo currently operates robotaxis and has plans to launch or begin testing vehicles in 26 markets in…

Jared Kushner, Founder and CEO of Affinity Partners, speaks during Day 2 of the FII PRIORITY Summit held at the Faena Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida on February 20, 2025.Joe Radle | Getty ImagesJared Kushner’s company Affinity Partners leaves paramount skydancehostile takeover bid warner bros discovery.”With two strong competitors vying to secure the future of this unique American asset, Affinity has decided not to pursue any further opportunities,” an Affinity spokesperson said in a statement.“The dynamics of investing have changed significantly since we first began our involvement in October,” the spokesperson said. “We continue to believe there is a strong…

The order came a week after the U.S. military seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.Published December 17, 2025December 17, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareUS President Donald Trump has ordered a “total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from Venezuela.”Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest armada in South American history,” President Trump said in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of list”Due to the theft of our nation’s assets and numerous other reasons, including terrorism, drug smuggling, and human trafficking, the…

Alejandro Garnacho and Pedro Neto came on from the bench to help Chelsea save the day with a 3-1 win over Cardiff and a place in the Carabao Cup semi-finals.Manager Enzo Maresca had named a completely different Chelsea side to the one that beat Everton at the weekend, but was forced to return to the bench after the Ligue 1 outfit proved difficult to conquer. Moises Caicedo returned after a three-game domestic suspension, and Enzo Fernandes, Joao Pedro, Neto and Garnacho were among the players on the bench at a cost of nearly £400m, significantly more than the starting XI.…

LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky sees a lot of career advice on the site every day, but he doesn’t always agree with everything that’s shared.One common tip that Rozlansky said is “a little outdated” is that “you need to have a five-year plan.” He said this in an interview with content creator Erin McGough’s YouTube channel AdviceWithErin. In Rozlansky’s view, creating a five-year plan is “a little silly.” Considering how rapidly technology and the workplace are changing, it’s unrealistic to “plan what the next five years of your life will be like.”Instead, Roslansky advised employees to focus on what they want…

The Los Angeles County District Attorney announced Tuesday that Nick Reiner will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances in connection with the brutal murders of his parents, prominent Hollywood directors Rob Reiner and Michelle Singer Reiner.Nick Reiner, 32, could be sentenced to up to life in prison without parole if convicted of the murders that took place in his parents’ home.”These are some of the most serious charges that the DA’s office can bring against anyone,” Prosecutor Nathan Hockman said at a news conference.Hochman did not discuss a motive for the killing. He said the…

A private jet pilot narrowly avoided colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker near Venezuela on Saturday, a day after a similar accident occurred nearby, according to radio communications reviewed by CNN. The pilot of a Falcon 900EX business jet flying from Aruba to Miami reported to air traffic controllers in Curaçao shortly after the accident Saturday afternoon that he nearly collided with the plane, according to audio captured by LiveATC.net. “They were very close,” one of the pilots told air traffic controllers about the encounter at about 26,000 feet. “We were climbing steeply into him,” said the unidentified…

OpenAI is rolling out a new version of ChatGPT Images that promises better command following, more precise editing, and up to 4x faster image generation speeds. This new model, called GPT Image 1.5, will be available to all ChatGPT users via the API starting Tuesday. This is the latest escalation in Google’s competition with Gemini after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared a “code red” in a leaked internal memo last month. The memo details OpenAI’s plans to regain its position as an AI leader after Google began gaining market share following the release of its latest flagship model, Gemini 3,…

Brian Grazer first became a manager about 20 years ago and says he rose to a leadership position at JetBlue “overnight.”He had a lot to learn as a boss, and now, 20 years later, he’s Google’s chief learning officer, overseeing a team responsible for onboarding and training nearly 150,000 employees around the world.One of the biggest lessons he learned when going from being an individual contributor to overseeing other people’s work was to “trust others to get the job done,” Glazer tells CNBC Make It.“I remember what gave me a sense of fulfillment: getting the job done right, taking the…

Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at the Baker Library at Harvard Business School on the campus of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. A recent study conducted by Harvard Business School’s Institute for Digital Data Design examines where AI is most effective at improving productivity and performance, and where humans still have an advantage.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesData from Anthropic shows that the adoption of AI in the workplace is at an all-time high, but just because an organization is using AI doesn’t mean it’s effective.”No one knows the answer, even though many people say they do,” says Jen Stave,…