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BOSTON (AP) — Crowds wearing white packed the stands of a Massachusetts high school gymnasium Tuesday to support an 18-year-old volleyball player detained by federal immigration authorities.“Our game on June 3rd will be played in honor of Marcelo. We will continue to pray and fight for our brother,” the Milford High School boys volleyball team said in an Instagram post, hours before the game.Marcelo Gomes da Silva, a junior born in Brazil, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Saturday on his way to volleyball practice. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said Monday that agents were looking for the…
In just 2 days, TechCrunch Sessions: AI takes over UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall for a one-day summit built for the minds shaping AI. Expect hard questions, bold ideas, and real insight—designed to challenge your assumptions, sharpen your competitive edge, and maybe — just maybe — redefine the trajectory of your research, your product, or your company. Whether you’re an AI researcher, engineer, or founder, this summit offers insights into the forefront of AI development and its applications. Don’t miss the opportunity to engage with leaders shaping the future of artificial intelligence. Experience it all at a low rate while you…
It feels like AI companies want us all to talk to their products out loud more often. Meta, Google, OpenAI and Anthropic, to name a few, have added functionality to let users talk with their AI bots as naturally as they would with another person, taking advantage of advances in speech-to-text technology. A startup called Wispr Flow feels it can outdo the bigwigs, though, with its dictation tech that supports more than 100 languages. The company today augmented its existing Windows and Mac apps with a new iOS app that doubles as a keyboard, letting you use your voice to…
CNN — Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared to be living like a “shot-caller” referenced in his 1997 hit “It’s All About the Benjamins” right up until his arrest in September. Attorneys for the entrepreneur and music mogul told CNN at the time that they had been negotiating his voluntary surrender before he was taken into custody by Homeland Security Investigations. Among the evidence found Inside the Park Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan where Combs had checked in days before, investigators found bags of lubricant, $9000 in cash, a bottle of clonazepam, and two small bags with pink powder. The contents of the…
CNN — Nick Offerman has spoken out about the shooting death of his “Parks and Recreation” costar, actor Jonathan Joss. “The cast has been texting together about it all day and we’re just heartbroken,” Offerman said in a statement to People. “Jonathan was such a sweet guy and we loved having him as our Chief Ken Hotate. A terrible tragedy.” CNN has reached out to reps for Offerman for additional comment. On “Parks and Recreation,” Joss played the tribal elder of the Wamapoke Native American tribe and owner of the Wamapoke Casino. He was fatally shot near his homeover the…
The internet is abuzz with tributes to a liquid chemical called methylene blue that is being sold as a health supplement.Over the past five or 10 years, methylene blue has come to be touted online as a so-called nootropic agent – a substance that enhances cognitive function. Vendors claim that it amps up brain energy, improves memory, boosts focus and dispels brain fog, among other supposed benefits.Health influencers, such as podcaster Joe Rogan, have sung its praises. In February 2025, shortly before he was confirmed as health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared in a video squirting…
What’s on deckMarkets: Wall Street executives share tips for standing out when you’re getting started.Tech: The mounting anxiety over tech jobs is getting ugly.Business: We got our hands on a recording of a training session at Tesla discussing company culture.But first, no more freebies.If this was forwarded to you, sign up here.The big storyTimes up for TikTok sellers Tiktok; BI The “For You” page is now for a fee.TikTok is shifting away from sending traffic to US merchants for free. Instead, businesses will need to pay for TikTok ads to get the type of views they might have previously enjoyed,…
PARIS (AP) — Some tennis players, like plenty of people in other walks of life, absolutely hate waking up early to go to work. Not so Coco Gauff, who is just fine with competing at any time of day.Indeed, the 2023 U.S. Open champion prefers a morning match time to what she referred to as “the graveyard shift” — and at Grand Slam tournaments, there often are contests that stretch past midnight.So at the French Open, Gauff probably didn’t mind when she saw she was scheduled to face Australian Open champ Madison Keys at 11 a.m. local time (5 a.m.…
Golf is hard enough without having a famous father who set a standard hard to match even by the very best. Tiger Woods is certain to watch that unfold over the next several years.Jack Nicklaus already has seen it.A few hours before Scottie Scheffler set out to win the Memorial for the second straight year, Nicklaus was asked about another big win that week. Charlie Woods, the 16-year-old son of the biggest name in golf, won his first American Junior Golf Association title.It’s a wonder which win — Scheffler or Woods — got more attention on social media.“I think it’s…
AI has taken part in some unsettling behavior recently.Last week, Anthropic’s latest AI model, Claude Opus 4, displayed “extreme blackmail behavior” during a test in which it was given access to fictional emails revealing that it would be shut down and that the engineer responsible was supposedly having an affair.The situation didn’t transpire organically. Claude Opus 4 was baited — and it took it. However, the test scenario demonstrated an AI model’s ability to engage in manipulative behavior in an effort to self-preserve.It’s not the first time.Another recent experiment conducted by researchers said that three of OpenAI’s advanced models “sabotaged”…