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Gradium, a startup spun out of French AI research lab Kyutai (backed by French telecom billionaire Xavier Niel), launched in stealth on Tuesday with a $70 million seed round from investors who know better than most. The round was led by FirstMark Capital and Eurazeo, with participation from Niel, DST Global Partners, billionaire Eric Schmidt, and other investors. Gradium has developed a spoken language AI model designed to deliver audio at scale with ultra-low latency. That means an AI voice that responds almost instantly. It was founded just a few months ago in September 2025 by Neil Zeghidour, a founding…
NvidiaLuma AI, the video generation startup backed by , joins a growing wave of US tech companies setting up operations in the UK, with major plans to expand to London revealed on Tuesday.The Palo Alto-headquartered startup plans to employ around 200 people, or about 40% of its workforce, in research, engineering, partnerships and strategic development at its new London location by early 2027. The expansion comes two weeks after Luma announced a $900 million funding round led by Saudi Public Investment Fund-owned AI company Humane, valuing the company at more than $4 billion. The startup was previously backed by Nvidia.…
The FIFA World Cup draw is an event that only takes place once every four years, but it goes a long way in determining the morale of footballing nations heading into the sport’s most prestigious global tournament.A record 48 teams will participate in the 2026 tournament, which will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and the draw includes several new adjustments to spread out the participating teams from the contenders.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listHere’s what you need to know before assigning those all-important little plastic balls to your pots.When and where will the 2026…
On Thursday, November 20, 2025, a television broadcasts virtual currency market news on the Nasdaq Market site in New York, USA. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images After a strong end to last month, the market lost momentum and stumbled on Monday as cryptocurrencies fell. All three major U.S. indexes ended their five-day winning streaks as Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, fell about 6% to trade below $86,000, putting downward pressure on stock markets. This was Bitcoin’s worst day since March. The digital currency fell below $90,000 late last month for the first time since April and has struggled…
You know that feeling when you read something online and it seems intentionally provocative, almost designed to provoke anger? You may have just encountered “anger bait,” content that is intentionally designed to elicit anger in order to increase engagement. And the word is so widespread online that Oxford Dictionaries named “anger bait” its word of the year on Sunday. Usage of the term has tripled this year, suggesting people are aware that they are being “drawn into increasingly polarizing debates and debates in response to the addictive nature of social media algorithms and outrageous content,” the UK-based dictionary said in…
The Australian all-rounder is ending his 13-year association with T20, the world’s most popular and richest cricket league.Published December 2, 2025December 2, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareAustralian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has declined to take part in next month’s Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in Abu Dhabi, ending his 13-season run in the lucrative Twenty20 cricket competition.The explosive batsman was acquired by Punjab Kings for 42 million rupees (approximately $467,000) last season but was released by the franchise in November after returning for just 48 runs and four wickets in seven matches.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of…
Elon Musk reacts during a press conference with US President Donald Trump (not pictured) at the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.Nathan Howard | Reuterstesla CEO Elon Musk said the US is a beneficiary of talent from India, while adding that the H-1B visa program has been abused by companies.In a podcast with Indian entrepreneur Nikhil Kamath that aired on Sunday, Musk said that while some companies are hiring foreign workers on H-1B visas at “a fraction of the cost of American citizens,” his company is hiring to fill a “shortage of talented people.” In September, US…
The Apple Store logo is seen reflected on the glass exterior of Samsung’s flagship store in Shanghai, China, on Monday, October 20, 2025.Wang Gang | Featured China | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesAnalysts have recently warned that the AI boom could clog supply chains and drive up smartphone prices. Nvidia Using that product could make things worse.The AI data centers that tech giants around the world are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on require chips from suppliers like Nvidia, which taps a variety of components and companies to create the coveted graphics processing units.But so do other companies AMDlike…
Bangkok — Wassana Sooty tried to keep her nursing home open last week as floodwaters surged around her in the southern Thai city of Hat Yai, cutting off outside aid aside from a single helicopter dropping supplies onto the roof. Hat Yai city is one of hundreds of communities reeling from a combination of cyclonic storms and monsoon rains that have caused deadly floods and landslides from Indonesia to Sri Lanka. At least 1,250 deaths have been reported across the region, according to a CNN tally of national disaster authorities. Hundreds of people are still missing and more than a…
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ex-girlfriend says she fainted after reading Kathy Ventura’s lawsuitJane said this on the way. her testimony Part of Ventura’s November 2023 lawsuit-Finally settled-reflected her own experience with comb. “I almost passed out. In fact, I think I passed out,” she tearfully told jurors. “There were three specific pages that made harrowing references to what I was going through.” Jane, who attended “Night at the Hotel,” said she felt like she was reading “her own story.” That led her to confront Combs via text message. “I feel like I’m reading my own sexual trauma,” she wrote in a…