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Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a talk session with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at an event titled “Transforming Business with AI” held in Tokyo on February 3, 2025. Tomohiro Osumi | Getty ImagesOpenAI was launched as a nonprofit research organization on December 11, 2015, after Elon Musk and a group of prominent technologists, including Peter Thiel and Reid Hoffman, pledged $1 billion to develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity. The idea was that the project would be free from commercial pressures and the pursuit of money. Ten years later, its founding mission has been largely…
Twenty states objected to the end of the program, which aims to make communities more resilient to natural disasters.Published December 11, 2025December 11, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareA federal judge said President Donald Trump’s administration acted illegally by ending a program aimed at making communities more resilient to natural disasters.The Trump administration targeted the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program as part of a broader effort to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listBut on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns ruled that the government did not have the…
Nottingham Forest improved their chances of progressing into the top eight of the Europa League with a 2-1 away win at Utrecht.Sean Dyche’s side fought hard against a team that has yet to win in any competition this season, but former Swansea defender Mike van der Hoorn scored the equaliser, and goals from Arnaud Karimendo and Igor Jesus sealed their first away win in Europe since October 1995. Forest got off to a strong start and at one point it looked like the game would be more about how far they could get past Utrecht than whether they could break…
Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you the first information about tomorrow and the last information about today. Sign up for free to receive it straight to your inbox. Here’s what CNBC television producers were looking at Thursday and what they’re looking at for Friday’s session. Financials and Industrials Both S&P sectors hit 52-week highs on Thursday. The financial industry is up 13% in 2025. Industrials is up 19% in 2025. For comparison, the S&P 500 is up 17% year-to-date. The top industry so far this year is GE Vernova, up 114%. Howmet Aerospace, up…
Sopa Images | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesReddit, a popular community-based forum, has launched a legal challenge to Australia’s social media ban for under-16s, arguing the new law is ineffective and goes too far in restricting online political discussion.In an application to Australia’s High Court, the social news and aggregate platform said the law burdens political communication and is “invalid on the basis of the implied freedom of political communication”. Canberra’s ban took effect on Wednesday and targets 10 major services, including Alphabet’s YouTube, Meta’s Instagram, ByteDance’s TikTok, Reddit, Snapchat and Elon Musk’s X. All of the platforms targeted had…
Gen. David Petraeus, former CIA director, Fmr. Central Command and commander of U.S. forces in Iraq.Adam Jeffrey | CNBCThe White House’s new national security strategy sparked fear in Europe last week, warning that the region faces “annihilation of civilization” and questioning whether it can remain a geopolitical partner of the United States. The document, which criticized the continent’s leaders as “weak” and condemned the region’s stance on immigration, democracy and free speech, as well as adding to its decline in economic and military power, shocked the continent’s allies.”It is far from clear that some European countries have strong enough economies…
These are important developments since day 1,387 of Russia’s war against Ukraine.Published December 12, 2025December 12, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareHere’s what happened on Friday, December 12th.finding Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his gratitude to the Russian military after it was reported that they had captured the town of Siversk in eastern Ukraine. In response, the Ukrainian military said it continued to control the city. The news agency was unable to verify the claims on the battlefield around Siversk, a long-standing goal of Russia as it seeks to capture the entire Donetsk region of Ukraine. Russia’s state…
Crystal Palace increased their hopes of advancing to the Conference League finals with a comfortable 3-0 away win against Shelbourne in Dublin.Palace completely outclassed their opponents in the first half with goals from Cristanta Uche, Eddie Nketiah and Yeremi Pino. The only surprise was that there was no extra point for the second goal. Substitute Romain Esse hit both posts with a single shot, Jefferson Lerma headed into the roof of the net and Uche fired in a wonderful opening shot. With this win, coach Oliver Glasner’s team moved up to ninth place. That means they are just one point…
Google on Thursday introduced a new AI experiment for its web browser, the Gemini-powered product Disco. This is useful for turning open tabs into custom applications. Disco allows you to create what Google calls “GenTabs.” This tool proactively suggests interactive web apps that help you complete tasks related to what you’re viewing and lets you build your own apps through written prompts. For example, if you’re researching a particular subject, GenTabs might suggest building a web app to visualize your information. This will help you better understand the core principles. Image credit: Google Or, in a non-academic scenario, you can…
Oracle CEO Clay Magouik (center) speaks during a media tour of the Stargate data center in Abilene, Texas, on September 23, 2025. Stargate is a joint venture between OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank that is building data centers and other artificial intelligence infrastructure across the United States with promotional support from President Donald Trump.Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Imageson wednesday, oracle announced to investors that its capital expenditures for the current fiscal year will increase from the originally expected $35 billion to $50 billion, with new contracts with the following companies: meta and Nvidia. This isn’t the only time the…