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Andy Konwinski, computer scientist and co-founder of Databricks and Perpelexity, announced on Monday that his personal company, Laude, is forming a new AI research institute backed with a $100 million pledge of his own money. Laude Institute is less an AI research lab and more like a fund looking to make investments structured similar to … Read more
Leeds have confirmed the signing of Slovenia defender Jaka Bijol from Udinese for an undisclosed fee, understood to be £15m. The 26-year-old centre-back has signed a five-year contract and is Leeds’ second summer signing since returning to the Premier League following the arrival of German striker Lukas Nmecha. A Leeds statement said: “Leeds United are … Read more
Early-stage founders, listen up! You will want a front row seat at the Builders Stage on Oct 27 at 1:00 pm. This session at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 brings together Nina Achadjian, partner, Index Ventures; Jerry Chen, general partner, Greylock; and Viviana Faga, general partner, Felicis, all of whom will share their 2026 investment priorities across … Read more
Crystal Palace’s hopes of playing in Europe next season appear to have been boosted after shareholder John Textor sold his stake in the club to New York Jets owner Woody Johnson. Textor’s shares in Palace threatened to be an obstacle to their participation in the Europa League next season because the American is a shareholder … Read more
While funding may be scarce for some, Europe’s fastest-growing startups still have their pick. The latest beneficiary of that investor appetite is Finom, a five-year-old, Amsterdam-based challenger bank that targets small and medium-size businesses across Europe. The company, which claims to have doubled its revenue in 2024, just closed a €115 million Series C equity … Read more
His grandfather, Muhammad Ali, was renowned as “The Greatest of All Time” but Biaggio Ali Walsh is a different kind of fighter. He is pursuing a career in mixed martial arts and will compete in PFL again on Friday but rather than trying to emulate his grandfather’s bombastic rhetoric Ali Walsh is taking his development … Read more
OpenAI has pulled a much-discussed video promoting the friendship between CEO Sam Altman and legendary Apple designer Jony Ive (plus, incidentally, OpenAI’s $6.5 billion deal to acquire Ive and Altman’s device startup io) from its website and YouTube page. Does that suggest something is amiss with the acquisition, or with plans for Ive to lead … Read more
Highlights from the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at PGA Frisco. Source link
Director Danny Boyle famously shot his post-apocalyptic classic “28 Days Later” on Canon digital cameras, making it easier for him to capture eerie scenes of an abandoned London, and giving the movie’s fast-moving zombies a terrifying immediacy. To make his decades-later sequel “28 Years Later” (which opened this weekend), Boyle turned to a different piece … Read more
England winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso will miss England’s two-Test series against Argentina having been handed a suspension following his sending off in the loss to a France XV at Twickenham on Saturday. Feyi-Waboso could now be cut from England coach Steve Borthwick’s final squad which will be announced on Monday after his dismissal for catching Antoine … Read more
