Amazon backs programmable optics startup Lumotive

Programmable optics startup Lumotive has added a few more strategic backers to its recent Series B round. Redmond, Washington-based Lumotive reopened its recent Series B funding round to bring in Amazon, through its Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, and ITHCA Group, the technology investment arm of Oman’s sovereign wealth fund, as investors. These fresh funds bring … Read more

First Nations & Pasifika XV vs British and Irish Lions LIVE! Score, match updates, team news, UK time, highlights, live on Sky Sports | Rugby Union News

Live score, team news, text commentary, video highlights, analysis from Melbourne where the British and Irish Lions face a First Nations & Pasifika XV in their seventh tour game in Australia; watch live on Sky Sports Action and Main Event from 10.30am or stream with NOW with no contract Source link

Gerwyn Price proud of composure during fiery clash with Daryl Gurney as Wayne Mardle says: There was a lot of machismo | Darts News

Gerwyn Price said he was focused on “not letting his emotions out” during his fiery clash with Daryl Gurney that ended with the pair exchanging tense words and an angry handshake at the World Matchplay. Price came through an ill-tempered contest as the 10-7 winner, with the catalyst for their friction coming in the ninth … Read more

OpenAI and Google outdo the mathletes, but not each other

AI models from OpenAI and Google DeepMind achieved gold medal scores in the 2025 International Math Olympiad (IMO), one of the world’s oldest and most challenging high school level math competitions, the companies independently announced in recent days. The result underscores just how fast AI systems are advancing, and yet, how evenly matched Google and … Read more

Figma’s Dylan Field will cash out about $60M in IPO, with Index, Kleiner, Greylock, Sequoia all selling, too

When Figma announced its initial hoped-for price range on Monday ($25-$28), it also revealed an unusual decision for its highly anticipated IPO.  It will allow existing shareholders to sell more shares than the company plans to sell, by a high ratio. The company plans to offer about 12.5 million shares. Yet existing shareholders will be … Read more

England vs India: Liam Dawson replaces injured Shoaib Bashir in hosts’ side for fourth Test match at Old Trafford | Cricket News

Liam Dawson will replace the injured Shoaib Bashir in the only change to England’s side to face India in the fourth Test match at Old Trafford. Left-arm spinner Dawson is set to play his first Test since July 2017, with a fractured finger having ruled Bashir out of the rest of the series. After sustaining … Read more