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Bryson DeChambeau said he would prioritize his YouTube channel over a potential return to the PGA Tour if LIV Golf were to fail.Last week, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced it would cut funding to segregated golf leagues after the end of the 2026 season. “As the Fund’s investment strategy moves forward, the large investments required are no longer consistent,” PIF said in a statement Thursday. DeChambeau’s future is now one of great interest as one of LIV Golf’s biggest stars, along with Spain’s Jon Rahm, who reached an agreement with the DP World Tour on Tuesday to pay…
QuTwo, the Finnish AI lab founded by former AMD Silo AI CEO Peter Sahlin, has raised an angel round of 25 million euros (about $29 million) and is now valued at 325 million euros (about $380 million). This reflects continued tailwinds for AI, quantum computing, and sovereign technology, particularly for European-made companies. Although QuTwo’s name suggests quantum computing, it is not entirely committed to quantum. Its core product, QuTwo OS, is an orchestration layer that directs tasks to classical, quantum, or hybrid architectures. The idea is that enterprise use cases are often best served by “quantum-inspired” computing, which uses classical…
BEIJING, CHINA – JULY 15: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (not visible) hold talks on the sidelines of the 2025 Council of Foreign Ministers of South African Countries on July 15, 2025 in Beijing, China.Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Anadolu | Getty ImagesChina on Wednesday hosted Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for the first time since the outbreak of the US-Israel war in Tehran, days before US President Donald Trump’s scheduled visit to Beijing.China’s top diplomat Wang Yi met with Araghchi on Wednesday morning, state news agency Xinhua said. Chinese state media…
China’s artificial intelligence race has no finish line. deep seek, moonshot AI, alibaba And even home appliance companies xiaomi In recent weeks, companies have announced new models and are vying for a spot on the leaderboard.From native AI startups to platform giants, companies in all sectors face increasing pressure to innovate, grow their user bases, and find ways to generate revenue. At the same time, huge R&D costs must be managed as computing power and hardware spending increases.SenseTime, one of China’s earliest AI companies, pivoted to stay relevant in the generative AI era. Long known for facial and image recognition,…
Disney Experience Chairman Josh D’Amaro speaks at the grand opening ceremony for the Zootopia-themed land at Shanghai Disney Resort on December 19, 2023 in Shanghai, China.Video Visual China Group | Getty Imagesdisney is expected to report second-quarter results before the bell on Wednesday. This will be Josh D’Amaro’s first earnings release since the former Park executive took over as CEO in March. Under a new CEO, who replaced Bob Iger after two stints totaling nearly 20 years at the helm, Disney has already cut jobs and is facing increased political pressure over late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel. “This earnings release…
A close-up of the Samsung logo at a research building in Silicon Valley, Mountain View, California, October 28, 2018.Smith Collection/Gado | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesSamsung Electronics shares rose more than 15% on Wednesday, pushing the semiconductor giant’s market capitalization above $1 trillion as investors continued to pile into artificial intelligence stocks.Samsung became the second Asian company to cross the $1 trillion mark after TSMC. The company surpassed the $1 trillion market cap threshold for the first time on February 26, according to FactSet data.The company’s stock hit a new all-time high and is on track for its biggest single-day…
madrid — Major cities of value usually boast their own exclusive areas. New York has Fifth Avenue, Paris has the Champs-Élysées, and Madrid features a prominent area known as the Golden Mile. The Golden Mile is a network of streets in the Salamanca district of Spain’s capital that is home to some of the world’s most exclusive clothing and jewelry brands. It is an environment that attracts foreigners keen to invest in housing, the majority of whom come from Latin America. “This is like an open-air shopping mall,” Cristina Lanzarotto, director of Madrid’s Salamanca Neighborhood Merchants Association, which has about…
Kimi Antonelli’s victory in Miami continued Mercedes’ unbeaten start to the 2026 season on Sunday, with the Silver Arrows taking four of the opening four grand prix wins of F1’s new rules era.But that doesn’t mean the weekend in Miami went smoothly as Mercedes returned to racing after F1’s enforced five-week hiatus. In the end, McLaren started the event with pole and win in a sprint format, ending Mercedes’ perfect start to the season with a competitive session, while Red Bull returned to the fray at the front and Ferrari also showed strong speed in the points for the weekend.…
Companies working in batteries, semiconductors, and medical devices generate vast amounts of data, much of which ends up scattered in spreadsheets and legacy systems, making it difficult to use to improve products or understand failures. San Francisco-based startup Altara, which just secured $7 million in seed funding, says it has built an AI layer designed to bridge these data gaps and unify fragmented technical information into a single platform. The round was led by Greylock with participation from Neo, BoxGroup, Liquid 2 Ventures, and Jeff Dean. Altara was founded in 2025 by Eva Tuecke (pictured right), who previously conducted particle…
President Trump suspends US plan to divert ships from Strait of Hormuz, citing progress on Iran deal
Ship in the Strait of Hormuz near Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 4, 2026. Amirhossein Khorgoy | Isna | Wana | via ReutersPresident Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he would suspend Project Freedom, the U.S. military’s effort to guide commercial ships out of the Strait of Hormuz, a day after the operation began.In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said the decision was based in part on “the fact that we have made significant progress toward a full and final agreement” with Iran.President Trump wrote that Project Freedom “will be suspended for a short period of time to determine whether…