DNA testing service 23andMe has undergone serious upheaval in recent months, creating concerns for the 15 million customers who entrusted the company with their personal biological information. After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March, the company became the center of a bidding war that ended Friday when co-founder Anne Wojcicki said she’d successfully … Read more
George Russell takes a dig at Max Verstappen after beating him to take pole in Montreal. Source link
Meta’s big investment in Scale AI may be giving some of the startup’s customers pause. Reuters reports that Google had planned to pay Scale $200 million this year but is now having conversations with its competitors and planning to cut ties. Microsoft is also reportedly looking to pull back, and OpenAI supposedly made a similar … Read more
Follow live updates and watch the best video from the Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Watch live on Sky Sports. Source link
Meta’s deal to partially acquire the AI startup Scale, giving it 49% ownership, is certainly unusual. What Scale officially announced is that the deal values the company at over $29 billion and that it will “distribute” proceeds to shareholders and vested equity holders (aka employees) granting them with “substantial liquidity” while allowing them to continue … Read more
Henry Pollock is the youngest Lions forward since 1968 and it’s been quite a year for Pollock, who only turned 20 in January. The Northampton Saints back row’s rise has surprised many, but not those who know him. Source link
Clay, a sales automation startup, has raised a Series C round at an approximate $3 billion valuation, led by CapitalG, according to three sources with knowledge of the deal. Clay and CapitalG didn’t respond to a request for comment. The new round comes just a month after the New York startup announced that it will … Read more
Highlights from the second round of the US Open at Oakmont Country Club as Sam Burns fired a five-under-par 65 to lead the tournament by one shot. Source link
New York state lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday that aims to prevent frontier AI models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic from contributing to disaster scenarios, including the death or injury of more than 100 people, or more than $1 billion in damages. The passage of the RAISE Act represents a win for the AI … Read more
George Russell was fastest from Lando Norris in a confusing second practice at the Canadian Grand Prix on Friday. Mercedes appear to be in the hunt for pole position as Kimi Antonelli was third on his first outing in Montreal but it is unclear how the pecking order really stacks up due to variation on … Read more
