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OpenAI and broadcom On Wednesday, the ChatGPT maker announced its debut custom chip called Jalapeño, marking its first foray into artificial intelligence silicon. The chip will be manufactured by Broadcom and used by OpenAI for inference, the compute-intensive process that provides AI models to users in ChatGPT and other applications. OpenAI President Greg Brockman told CNBC’s David Faber on Wednesday that the chip was designed end-to-end in nine months with the help of the company’s AI models.”It was very surprising to us how much our model was able to accelerate that,” Brockman said.Broadcom has been one of the biggest beneficiaries…
A patient in France has tested positive for Ebola after returning from humanitarian work in an endemic area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the French Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday. This is the first case reported in France, and the first to test positive outside Africa, during the second major Ebola outbreak on record in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The outbreak is caused by Bundibugyo, a rare strain of the virus for which there is no vaccine or specific treatment. At least 267 people have died in the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…
Emilia Clarke’s brain aneurysmEmilia Clarke, who filmed battle scenes for Game of Thrones, published an essay in The New Yorker in 2019 titled “A Battle for My Life.”After suffering a severe headache at the gym, the actress writes, “I made it to the bathroom and fell to my knees feeling very, very sick.” “During that time, the pain was getting worse with shooting, stabbing, squeezing pain. On some level, I knew what was happening: my brain was damaged.”She was taken to the hospital for a brain scan.”The diagnosis was swift and ominous: a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a life-threatening type…
Remaining group schedules, teams, and top third round group matches for the tournament in North America.After 48 games in North America, the final round of the group stage of the 2026 World Cup is upon us.After these matches, 16 teams will be eliminated and 32 countries will advance to the final tournament.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe top two teams in each of the 12 groups and the top eight teams in third place will advance to the next phase.Here are the top 5 “must-see” matches for the second round from June 24th to June 27th.Neymar could return…
Check out the companies that made headlines after the bell: FedEx — Shares fell about 6% after fourth-quarter revenue narrowly beat Wall Street expectations. The company’s revenue was $25.01 billion, slightly above the $24.04 billion expected by analysts surveyed by LSEG. KB Home — According to LSEG, the home builder posted a 2% increase in fiscal second-quarter sales after posting $1.11 billion in revenue, beating analysts’ expectations of $1.1 billion. Meanwhile, KB Home’s earnings per share were 43 cents, below expectations of 45 cents. Cerebras — The semiconductor company fell 8% after releasing its first earnings report since going public…
There are only 3 days left to save up to $190 on passes to TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026. Early bird pricing ends June 26th at 11:59pm PT. Founders don’t scale alone. Fast-growing startups learn from peers facing similar challenges, gain insights from businesses that have gone through something similar before, and build relationships with investors that can help fuel their next stage of growth. More than 1,000 founders and investors will gather in Boston on November 4th for a full day of tactical learning, candid conversations, and meaningful networking designed to accelerate startup growth. Whether you’re raising capital, growing revenue,…
A visitor stands at a Qualcomm kiosk at the Bharat Mandapam, one of the venues for the AI Impact Summit, on February 18, 2026 in New Delhi, India. Barwika Chhabra | ReutersQualcomm announced Wednesday that it is acquiring infrastructure startup Modular to boost its artificial intelligence software capabilities in its data center expansion. This partnership strengthens Qualcomm’s position in the inference market and enables enterprises to run AI more efficiently.”We believe the future belongs to developer-friendly horizontal platforms that can run across diverse computing environments and give customers real choice in how and where they deploy AI,” Qualcomm CEO Cristiano…
Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia is still making gradual inroads into the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, where it is concentrating most of its forces, while continuing its efforts to encircle the main “fortress zone” cities of Kostiantynivka and the city of Ryman. However, outside experts and Ukrainian military personnel who spoke to CNN said Russia’s claims of progress were exaggerated and that the Kremlin was likely trying to stage a success story to counter the effects of the recent attacks on Ukraine inside Russia. Russian state media TASS claimed on Monday that Russian troops had “completely taken control” of eastern…
Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (Florida) speaks during the third day of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA on July 17, 2024. Mike Seeger | ReutersThe U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 358-32 in favor of an affordable housing bill aimed at lowering costs for homebuyers and reining in institutional investors, sending the bill to President Donald Trump’s desk.The bill, called the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, is a rare bipartisan measure in a deeply divided Congress. After months of debate and different versions bouncing between the House and Senate, it passed…
How did the accident investigation lead to the murder charges against Mackenzie Cirilla?Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Elliott Lawson said he was conducting a reconstruction of the crash and calculated that the car was traveling at an average speed of 97.8 mph as it approached the intersection where it struck the building. Toxicology tests later detected THC, the active chemical in marijuana, in MacKenzie’s blood, but there were no traces of alcohol or psilocybin, Tropp said. Police said forensic vehicle investigators determined the car was “not at fault” as “the brakes, steering, tires and accelerator were working properly.” Ohio State…