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Runway is moving beyond building AI video models to shaping what is built on top of them. The AI video generation startup has launched a $10 million venture fund to invest in early-stage companies building AI, media and world simulations, its founders told TechCrunch. It’s also rolling out a Builders program that provides seeds for free to Series C startups, a move that signals Runway wants to build an ecosystem around what it calls “video intelligence.” Runway has become one of the leading companies in AI video generation, with its tools used across film, advertising, and marketing. But with the…
microsoft The company is facing new scrutiny of its business software ecosystem from the UK’s competition regulator as Europe ramps up efforts to diversify its technology stack and expand its digital sovereignty. Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority announced on Tuesday that it will launch a “strategic market situation (SMS) investigation” into the tech giant’s enterprise software suite from May. The regulator said in a statement that hundreds of thousands of businesses and public sector organizations in the UK use Microsoft business software every day, including Windows, Word, Excel, Teams and the AI platform Copilot. “The SMS designation allows us to…
Metula, northern Israel — The rooftops of a Lebanese village in an area currently set aside by the Israeli government as a “security buffer zone” can be seen from a border community in northern Israel. And for more than 60,000 Israelis living in remote towns, war with Hezbollah is not a distant reality. Here, when a Hezbollah rocket fires an air raid siren, there is no gap between the warning and the shock. Unlike other parts of Israel, residents have only seconds to evacuate. On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a further expansion of Lebanon’s internal military buffer…
whitney leavitt is waltzing to the beat of fan-submitted ideas. The Secret Life of a Mormon Wife The star shared a light-hearted reaction to the rumors about her and her husband Connor Leavitt is set to star in its own spinoff of the Hulu series. In a March 31 TikTok video, Whitney, 32, dramatically removed her coat while dancing. village people“In the Navy.” Connor also showed off his dance moves and clapped in the background. Whitney aptly captioned the clip, adding, “How does it feel to know that you guys want a Levitt spinoff?” Although the couple shares a child,…
The head of international soccer’s governing body said the war between the United States and Israel against Iran will not affect the 2026 World Cup schedule.Published March 31, 2026March 31, 2026FIFA president Gianni Infantino has insisted that Iran will play its 2026 World Cup matches as scheduled at venues in the United States.Earlier this month, the Iranian Football Federation announced that it was “in negotiations” with FIFA to move the World Cup from the United States to Mexico, citing the war between the United States and Israel against Iran.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listMexican President Claudia Sheinbaum also…
In 1973, OPEC declared an oil embargo on the United States, which decided to supply the Israeli military during the Yom Kippur War. The embargo lasted until March 1974, during which time oil prices quadrupled. To control supply, the federal government under Nixon rationed oil to states up to 1972 levels. By February 1974, the American Automobile Association estimated that 20 percent of gas stations were out of fuel to sell. The second energy crisis in the past decade was in 1979, after the Iranian revolution.Photo: Associated PressThe U.S. economy has made a surprising recovery recently, confounding forecasters who have…
To build future autonomous machines, you may need a model. Companies developing self-driving cars, robots that manipulate physical environments, and autonomous construction equipment are collecting thousands, if not millions, of hours of video data for evaluation and training purposes. It’s now a human job to organize and catalog that video, and humans have to watch all the videos. Even if I fast forward, the scale doesn’t match. NomadicML, a startup founded by CEO Mustafa Bal and CTO Varun Krishnan, wants to solve a problem for customers where 95% of their fleet data is stored in archives. This challenge becomes even…
A consumer browses a Huawei mobile phone at a shopping mall in Yantai, Shandong Province, China, March 8, 2026. Photo | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesAs Chinese companies seek to close the gap with the U.S. in AI, Huawei is pushing ahead with development of its own artificial intelligence chips, but it has yet to match the double-digit revenue growth of its peers.Huawei said cloud computing revenue from external customers fell 3.5% to 32.16 billion yuan ($4.6 billion) in 2025. The company is the second largest cloud provider in mainland China.Overall cloud revenue, including internal customers, increased by 4.8% to…
Gear Isle is removing chocolate from shelves. The California-based company has recalled its Gold Lion Aphrodisiac Chocolate Male Enhancement Sachet and Ilumsex Chocolate Male Enhancement Booster after realizing that Viagra contained potentially harmful amounts of pharmaceutical ingredients. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a recent press release, “The use of products containing the undeclared active ingredients sildenafil and tadalafil may pose a threat to consumers because the active ingredients can interact with nitrates found in some prescription drugs (such as nitroglycerin) and cause a significant drop in blood pressure that can be life-threatening.” “Among the adult men most…
The NFL shield logo is displayed on the field during a preseason game between the Los Angeles Rams and Houston Texans at NRG Stadium in Houston on August 24, 2024.Rick Tapia | Getty Images Sports | Getty ImagesThe NFL is asking prediction market operators to remove certain event contracts from their platforms that the league deems “obnoxious bets.” In a letter obtained by CNBC, the league outlines examples of event contracts that can be easily manipulated by one person, are objectionable in nature, involve officiating, or have prior knowledge, and asks operators to refrain from offering such deals. The NFL…