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AI data center provider Lambda announced Tuesday it raised $1.5 billion in a round led by TWG Global, a relatively new $40 billion investment firm formed by billionaires Thomas Tull, the former owner of Legendary Entertainment, and Guggenheim Partners founder and CEO Mark Walter. TWG holds a variety of the billionaires’ assets, including Walter’s stakes in the Los Angeles Lakers and the new Cadillac F1 racing team. The firm also has a $15 billion fund to invest in AI anchored by Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Capital. TWG previously invested in a partnership with Elon Musk’s xAI and Palantir to sell AI…

Mint Mobile is one of the long-standing frontrunners in the market for the best cheap cell phone plans. Its plans, which cost as low as $15/month, include unlimited calling and texting, access to high-speed data as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) on T-Mobile’s nationwide network in the US, and free calls and texts to Canada and Mexico. Mint Mobile’s prepaid plans allow users to manage their data in three, six, or 12-month installments at affordable monthly rates. While you’ll get the best value by signing up for an annual plan, new customers can start with a reduced rate through the…

An Indiana woman’s family claims she was wheeled out of a hospital in active labor, forcing her to give birth on the side of a road.Relatives of Mercedes Wells told ABC station WLS in Chicago she was discharged from Franciscan Health Crown Point Hospital in Crown Point on Sunday, as hospital staff told her to go home to wait for her labor to progress. She then gave birth eight minutes later on the side of the road, the family told the affiliate.Google Maps Street View – PHOTO: Franciscan Health Crown Point Hospital in Crown Point, Indiana.Wells’ sister-in-law, Cherise Thompson, confirmed to WLS that Wells’ husband Leon delivered the…

The question: Can the flu shot cause the flu?The science: You may be tempted to skip your flu shot this season because of scheduling issues, a fear of needles or another reason. But misconceptions and misinformation – including concerns that the vaccine actually causes the flu – shouldn’t be one of them, experts said. It is one of the biggest myths you will hear during cold and flu season and one that is particularly vexing to doctors, who do everything they can to counter the concern.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The…

Nvidia will be the last of the Magnificent Seven companies to report earnings for the third quarter, delivering results after the bell on Wednesday. To say the stakes are high would be an understatement. Investors are highly anxious heading into the report as the broader AI trade has come under pressure in the last month. The chip titan’s stock is still up 37% year-to-date, but it has fallen by about 5% in the last five days. Its decline has led the broader tech sector lower, and investors are increasingly questioning whether the premium valuations commanded by top AI names are…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department is breaking off several of its main offices and giving their responsibilities to other federal agencies, an early look at how President Donald Trump could fulfill his campaign pledge to close the department entirely.Offices that serve the nation’s schools and colleges would go to departments ranging from Labor to Interior. Education officials say the moves won’t affect the money Congress gives states, schools and colleges. They didn’t say whether current department staff would keep their jobs.Since he took office, Trump has called for the dismantling of the Education Department, saying it has been overrun…

Nearly 1 in 30 clinical trials were interrupted by funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health, affecting more than 74,000 patients and research into cancer, infectious disease and more, according to a paper published Monday.Clinical trials are the best way for researchers to study how medical interventions affect a patient population, doctors say.”The types of trials that are affected are among the most rigorous way that we generate scientific evidence: randomized clinical trials,” said Dr. Anupam B. Jena, a study author and professor at Harvard Medical School. “It would be one thing if studies affected by terminated grants focused…

A federal judge officially approved drug maker Purdue Pharma’s latest deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of the opioid epidemic and pay victims, according to multiple media reports.U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane on Tuesday, Nov. 18 approved OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harms of the opioids, the AP reported. The judge’s decision orders members of the Sackler family, who own the drug-making company, “to contribute up to $7 billion over 15 years.”The move comes on the heels of Reuters reporting last week that the New York-based judge said he would approve a…

Poe, Quora’s app that brings together different AI models into one platform, is launching group chat functionality. The company announced on Monday that users worldwide will be able to start group chats with up to 200 other people, then collaborate across more than 200 AI models — including text, image, video, and audio generators — within a single conversation. The launch comes just days after OpenAI’s ChatGPT began piloting group chats in markets like Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan. The move could potentially transform the chatbot from a one-on-one AI interaction into a collaborative space where users can…

NEW YORK (AP) — The MacArthur Foundation is awarding $100 million to a private pandemic prevention network across Africa, offering critical support to infectious disease surveillance at a time when governments are reducing global health spending.It was announced Tuesday that Sentinel — a project that creates cost-effective pathogen detection tests, monitors outbreaks with real-time tracking tools and trains local scientists to carry out community-led responses — won the MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change competition.Sentinel reports training more than 3,000 public health workers from 53 of Africa’s 54 countries. The award money will help expand its geographic reach over the next five years,…