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On Tuesday, AI company Recursive Superintelligence announced a $410 million computing deal with Amazon Web Services. The company, which came out of stealth with $650 million in funding in May, is focused on building open-ended, self-improving systems, a potentially compute-intensive approach to AI research. This multi-year agreement is intended to provide flexibility as the company seeks to scale up these systems. Recursive’s $410 million outlay represents the bulk of the company’s funding to date, but on a call with TechCrunch, founder and CEO Richard Socher emphasized that he expects this to be the first of many such deals. Today’s announcement…
Few countries in the world experience earthquakes as frequent and damaging as Japan. Japan is an island nation located on the border of four plates, a slab of the Earth’s crust that is constantly changing. It also lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a 45,000-mile arc around the Pacific Ocean that is home to the world’s most active volcanoes and produces the most earthquakes. The effects of these earthquakes were on full display after a deadly 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the southern part of Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture this week, sending thousands of emergency responders into search, rescue and rescue…
Who are Kaylee Gonsalves, Madison Morgen, Ethan Chapin, and Zana Kernodle?Kaylee Gonsalves,twenty one, Madison Morgen,twenty one, Zana Karnodol20 years old and her boyfriend ethan chapin20 were University of Idaho students who lived in off-campus apartments. On Nov. 12, 2022, the night before her body was discovered, Gonsalves and Morgen were at a nearby sports bar, while Kernodle and Chapin were attending the latter’s fraternity party. By 2 a.m. on Nov. 13, Chapin and his four roommates had returned to their three-story rental home. Gonsalves was a fourth-year general studies major in the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences. She…
Soccer’s world governing body has announced plans to sell up to 20% of its stake in the World Cup and other events.Published July 29, 2026July 29, 2026FIFA has proposed a plan to sell stakes in the World Cup and other events to private investors, sparking fierce opposition from European soccer governing body UEFA.Under plans announced by FIFA on Tuesday, a $20 billion subsidiary will be created to run the World Cup and other events.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listWorld soccer’s governing body announced that FIFA Forward Enterprises will retain a majority stake in the new company and offer…
On July 24, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement about U.S. nuclear innovation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. Mandel Gunn | AFP | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump said Monday that the United States has collected more than $13 billion in sales of Venezuelan oil since the overthrow of former President Nicolas Maduro.The United States took control of Venezuelan oil exports after capturing President Maduro in a military raid on January 3. Trump was responding to questions about a Financial Times report that estimated the amount his administration would collect from the sale.…
The market for AI-generated voice models is huge. Creative use cases require AI voice models to be more expressive, while companies looking to automate customer support and sales operations need AI voice models to be more usable. Palo Alto-based Fish Audio hopes to address all of these use cases with a library of over 15,000 natural language controls. Since its founding last year, the startup now has more than 8 million people using open source or hosted versions of its model and generates $21 million in annual recurring revenue. Adding to its momentum, the startup announced Tuesday that it has…
Amazon President and CEO Andy Jassy, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.Noah Berger | Manuel Orbegoso | Reuters | Peerapong Boonyakiat | SOPA Images | Light Rocket | Getty Imagesalphabet has long been a popular hyperscaler on Wall Street for its expertise in turning expensive capital investments into profits. But investors expressed displeasure at the internet giant’s plans to boost its 2026 capital spending forecast, announced Wednesday along with its second-quarter results, as it rushes to open new data centers for artificial intelligence. Shares of Google’s parent company fell 7% on Thursday; Amazon, meta and microsoft All…
At Château Smith Haut Lafitte on the outskirts of Bordeaux, France, winery staff are bracing for an unprecedented situation as wildfires rage nearby. “This is an experience unlike anything we’ve ever had before,” Ludovic Fradin, the winery’s deputy managing director, told CNN’s Paula Newton. Fradin said the winery, which houses a five-star hotel, had not yet been told to evacuate its premises, but staff were preparing for the worst. “Pending,” Fradin said. “It is a very frightening and disturbing situation, but we are ready to move if necessary and try to save people and animals.” Fradin said Château Smith Haut…
uber records show The car arrived at D4vd’s house around 10:10. afternoon, According to Preparatory documents filed by the prosecutor and reshared by the prosecutor court news service. Authorities believe she died between 10:10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., at which point D4vd sent the girl a text message asking where she was. Prosecutors said in their brief that the messages were “part of the defendant’s premeditated plan to cover up the murder, as by this time the defendant was already dead.” “In fact, the defendant drove to Santa Barbara County immediately after the victim’s death in an attempt to dispose…
The Indian Premier League has increased in value by 11% this year, solidifying its position as cricket’s number one T20 competition.Published July 29, 2026July 29, 2026The business value of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the world’s richest Twenty20 series, has surged more than 11% this year to $20.6 billion, according to US-based investment bank Houlihan Lokey.The increase reflects the second consecutive year of double-digit growth in IPL’s business value, Houlihan Lokey said in the 2026 IPL Brand Valuation Study on Wednesday.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listSince its inception in 2008, the competition, which currently consists of 10 teams,…