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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy passed for three touchdowns and ran for two more as his team defeated the Chicago Bears 42-38 in a thrilling game Sunday night.Running back Christian McCaffrey also played a starring role with 181 scrimmage yards and a score as the hosts improved to 12-4 on the season at Levi’s Stadium and remained one win ahead of the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC West, who have already secured a playoff berth. The Bears (11-5) advanced down the field to the 2-yard line on their final possession, including a 4-and-5 conversion from 26 yards, until Caleb…

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It’s been three years since OpenAI released ChatGPT and kicked off a surge in innovation and attention on AI. Since then, optimists have regularly claimed that AI will become a critical part of the enterprise software industry, and so enterprise AI startups mushroomed on the back of immense amounts of investment.   But enterprises are still struggling to see the benefit of adopting these new AI tools. An MIT survey in August found that 95% of enterprises weren’t getting a meaningful return on their investments in AI. So when will businesses start seeing real benefits from using and integrating AI? TechCrunch…

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General Motors CEO Mary Barra attends the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Media & Technology Conference at Sun Valley Resort on July 8, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho.David A. Grogan | CNBCDetroit — general motors The Detroit automaker’s stock is on track to become the top-traded automaker stock in the U.S. in 2025, as the company has had its best year since emerging from bankruptcy in 2009.GM stock was up more than 55% as of Friday’s close, hitting a record of more than $80 a share, outpacing the company’s annual gain of 48.3% last year. That includes a nearly…

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Welcome to The Debrief. In his Sky Sports column, Adam Bate combines data and opinion to examine the key stories from the latest Premier League matches. this week: Why Cherki could change title picture How Frimpong’s pace will help Liverpool Haven’s growing reputation at Manchester UnitedCherki’s creativity could determine the title fight Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Watch for free: Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City highlights It wasn’t until the beginning of November that manager Pep Guardiola left Rayan Cherki on the pitch for more than an hour during a Premier League match. He provided two…

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on December 17, 2025 in New York City, USA. Brendan McDiarmid | ReutersThis is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Green ChristmasJoy to investors! While some market participants feared the so-called Santa Claus rally might not materialize this year, major indexes across the board emerged victorious in last week’s shortened holiday trading period. of S&P500 It also gave traders the gift of hitting new all-time highs.Here’s what you need…

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london — Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing calls for the British-Egyptian human rights defender to be deported and stripped of his British citizenship after social media posts calling for the killing of “Zionists” surfaced, increasing criticism of successive British governments who have campaigned for his release from an Egyptian prison. Starmer said on Friday he was “delighted” that Alaa Abd El-Fattah, 44, had arrived in London, lifting a travel ban imposed on him by the Egyptian government after he was released in September from the country’s prisons where he spent more than a decade as a political prisoner. “I…

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Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher has taken stock of controversial moments from the weekend’s games, including the decision not to send off Ruben Dias in Manchester City’s match against Nottingham Forest.Should Dias have been sent off at Man City?Incident: Ruben Diaz avoided a second yellow card 18 seconds into the second half after being penalized by referee Rob Jones for a foul on Igor Jesus… Dermot: I feel sorry for him (Sean Dyche) but I think this is his second yellow card. Diaz takes him down. It doesn’t matter if it was an accident or not. That’s the second…

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Political and military signals are intensifying in Yemen’s already complex theater. In an unusually short period of time, three consecutive statements were issued in a single context, starting with an official request from Yemeni President Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, the internationally recognized governing body of the government. This was followed by an operational response by the Saudi-led coalition, followed by a political message by the Saudi defense minister that defined the movement on the ground and its direction.What happened cannot be interpreted as an isolated movement or as part of a routine ceasefire. The series…

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US President Donald Trump’s escalating threats against Venezuela may be easy to dismiss as another of his whims, but they are too closely linked to major conflicts to be considered a regional issue with limited global impact.Venezuela, along with Ukraine, is becoming a bargaining chip in the game between the world’s superpowers.Check out the opening chapters of Antony Beaver’s World War II history to learn how seemingly disparate conflagrations on different continents played a role in escalating some of the most horrific massacres in modern history: China’s Nanjing Massacre, Mussolini’s Invasion of Abyssinia, and the Spanish Civil War.This doesn’t necessarily…

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Antoine Semenyo’s agent is set to finalize the terms of his contract in Manchester as Manchester City begin negotiations with Bournemouth over a £65m release clause.City aim to sign the 25-year-old winger when the transfer window opens on January 1, and talks are expected to continue this week. Semenyo’s agent is also expected to agree personal terms on a long-term deal at the Etihad Stadium. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Antoine Semenyo scores Bournemouth’s equalizer in the Premier League match against Manchester United. City are the only club to have approached Bournemouth about a release clause…

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