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Morgan Gibbs-White’s incredible second-half hat-trick gave Nottingham Forest a decisive 4-1 win at home to Burnley, boosting their hopes of staying in the league.Forest were trailing 1-0, but Gibbs-White’s heroics sparked a dramatic turnaround and moved Vitor Pereira’s side into the top spot, five points behind 18th-placed Tottenham, who occupy the final relegation spot, with five games remaining. Gibbs-White’s first 15-minute hat-trick of his career was another blow to Spurs, who tried to sign him last summer. Forest’s come-from-behind victory at the City Ground left second-placed Burnley on the brink of an immediate return to the Championship, with the Clarets…
OpenAI has been all over the news lately, whether it’s about acquisitions, competition with Anthropic, or the larger conversation about AI’s impact on society. In the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I do our best to round up all the latest news in OpenAI. While the company’s latest acquisition appears to be a classic acquisition, Sean suggested it also addresses “two big existential problems that OpenAI is currently trying to solve.” First, in collaboration with the team at personal finance startup Hero, the company may be hoping to come up with a product that…
A cursor logo placed on a smartphone in New Hyde Park, New York, November 20, 2025.Gabby Jones Bloomberg | Getty ImagesArtificial intelligence startup Cursor is in talks to raise a $2 billion funding round at a valuation of more than $50 billion, which does not include any investments, people familiar with the matter told CNBC.Andreessen Horowitz will co-lead the new investment round. Nvidia The company and Thrive Capital will also participate, said the person, who was not authorized to discuss the investment publicly. All three companies have supported the AI coding startup in the past.Bloomberg News first reported that Cursor…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One bound for Virginia at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., April 10, 2026.Evelyn HochsteinReuterPresident Donald Trump announced Sunday that the U.S. Navy opened fire on an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman, after which Marines boarded and seized the ship. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said the guided missile destroyer USS Spruance had intercepted the Iranian ship Towska and “gave it reasonable warning to stop.””Because the Iranian crew wouldn’t listen, our naval vessels drilled a hole in the engine room to stop them,”…
Mark Carney said Canada needs to build economic relationships with other countries as its relationship with the United States changes.Published April 19, 2026April 19, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said after decades of cooperation with the United States, the two countries’ close economic ties had become a “weak spot” that needed to be corrected.Carney spoke out about Canada-U.S. relations in a 10-minute video Sunday, suggesting Canada needs to move away from over-reliance on one country.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”The world is becoming more dangerous and divided,” Carney said. “The United States has fundamentally changed its approach to…
Tammy Abraham’s 94th-minute goal forced Aston Villa to beat Sunderland for the second time, sealing a 4-3 win in the Premier League classic. This was right after their two-point lead collapsed in just 58 seconds.The Villans were looking for a routine win at home, other than to seal their spot in next season’s Champions League, but they led 3-1 with four minutes remaining thanks to two goals from Ollie Watkins and a third from Morgan Rodgers. But Troy Hume provided a strong consolation after taking out substitute Jadon Sancho and the Man United loanee stunned Villa Park shortly after the…
Virgil van Dijk scored the winning goal in the 100th minute as Liverpool defeated Everton 2-1 in the first-ever Merseyside derby at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.The Liverpool captain stood over James Tarkowski in the most dramatic of finals, as Arne Slott’s big players rose to his feet, nodding to his team’s victory. Mohamed Salah put the Reds ahead in the first half, but Beto equalized early in the second half. Manager David Moyes would have felt that was the bare minimum his team deserved after such a combative performance, but when Dominik Szoboszlai waved in a corner and Van Dijk…
On a recent episode of the excellent podcast “No Priors,” co-hosted by AI investors Sarah Guo and Elad Gil, Gil made a point about exit timing, which is no doubt familiar to founders who have spent time with him, but seems particularly useful in this moment of a deal. For most companies, Gill says, there is about a 12-month period in which the business reaches peak value, and then “then it crashes” and the window closes. Companies that reap generational benefits are often those that have someone spying on them, rather than assuming that good times will get even better.…
FBI Director Kash Patel arrives at the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 2026 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesFederal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel announced Sunday that he is suing The Atlantic over a recent article that reported on frequent alcohol overdoses.Patel said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” that he would file a defamation lawsuit on Monday.”We have no intention of retracting this story,” Patel said. “You want to attack my character? Come and bring it to me. I’ll see you in court.”Asked if he planned to sue the magazine, Patel said: “There will definitely be…
Manchester City secured a landslide victory in the Premier League title race with an epic 2-1 win at the Etihad Stadium, moving to within three points of long-time leaders Arsenal and holding the game advantage to close the gap.City, who have been top of the table for just six days all season, will have the chance to overtake Arsenal by defeating penultimate Burnley on Wednesday. The rest of the season will be decided by a series of tense five-game matches, with Mikel Arteta’s side having to balance the demands of Europe at the same time. The outcome of this fascinating…