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Semiconductor giant Nvidia is reportedly looking to make a sizable investment in AI software development platform Poolside. Nvidia is looking to invest at least $500 million, and up to $1 billion, in Poolside, which builds AI models for software development, according to reporting from Bloomberg, which cited sources. This investment would be part of a $2 billion funding round Poolside is raising at a $12 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg. Nvidia’s investment could rise to $1 billion if the company successfully completes the rest of the funding round, Bloomberg reported. This wouldn’t be Nvidia’s first investment in Poolside. Nvidia previously…
(Corrects year of trial in paragraph 2)By Diana Novak Jones(Reuters) -A U.S. court reinstated a $185 million verdict against Bayer’s Monsanto unit over chemical contamination at a Washington state school on Thursday.The Washington state Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s ruling that vacated the verdict in a 2021 trial over claims brought by three teachers at Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Washington.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMonsanto has faced a string of trials over claims by teachers and others at Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Washington, who say they were sickened by exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs.More than 200 students, employees and…
A faculty adviser for Indiana University’s student newspaper filed a federal lawsuit Thursday arguing his free speech and due process rights were violated when he was fired for refusing to ensure no news stories appeared in the homecoming print edition earlier this month. A lawyer for the adviser, Jim Rodenbush, said it’s a case seeking “to have a court state that the First Amendment still matters.”Rodenbush, in a complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, seeks reinstatement to his job and monetary damages. He was dismissed Oct. 14 for his “lack of leadership and ability…
Let’s say you were scanning the recent headlines and wanted to know when the East Wing of the White House was constructed.You might ask ChatGPT. Or maybe you’d just google it.Either way, you’d get a good answer — although slightly different versions. (Google’s AI answers has a snippet from Wikipedia that notes the East Wing was originally constructed in 1902; ChatGPT offers the 1942 two-story version.)The point is, I don’t actually have to visit Wikipedia’s website to find out, even if the information is sourced from Wikipedia. That’s starting to become a real concern for people who care about Wikipedia.…
“Bro-science” has long claimed animal proteins are essential for serious gains. This seems to make sense when you consider that foods like beef, chicken, and eggs deliver a dose of protein and an amino acid profile that, on paper, is superior to what you would get from a can of beans. For this reason, the common belief is that feasting mostly on plants is a recipe for deflated pecs. Well, the latest research suggests that we can forgo the steak and whey and still pack on more lean mass. Reassurance that those choosing plant-based diets can reach their fitness goals…
Most people tracking their health today end up with scattered clues. Their smartwatch shows sleep duration. A fitness app logs steps. A nutrition app counts calories. Yet few tools help people understand how all of this fits together. Bevel, a New York–based startup, believes that’s the missing piece in the shift toward proactive health. The company has raised a $10 million Series A from General Catalyst to scale its AI health companion, which unifies data from wearables and daily habits across sleep, fitness, and nutrition into personalized insights. The investment follows a breakout year for the two-year-old health tech company.…
High school sweethearts Esther and Max Hackman wanted to start a family soon after they got married in 2023 – but after five months of negative pregnancy tests, they were concerned it would be more challenging than they initially thought.Esther visited her doctor to determine if she had any issues that may be causing infertility, but she was cleared. So she turned to her husband, Max, asking him to take an at-home sperm test.”I figured that it was a very small chance,” Max told “CBS Mornings” in an interview airing on Thursday, adding that having fertility issues never crossed his…
In a push to expand its AI footprint in emerging markets, Google has partnered with billionaire Mukesh Ambani–led Reliance Industries to bundle its AI Pro subscription with Jio 5G plans at no extra cost. On Thursday, Google announced a partnership with Reliance, India’s largest company by market capitalization, to offer its AI Pro subscription free for 18 months to eligible Jio users. The alliance comes just three months after Perplexity teamed up with Reliance’s arch-rival Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, to provide free access to Perplexity Pro for Airtel’s 360 million subscribers. India, the world’s most populous nation and…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has gone from a little-known tech executive to a globally famous AI superstar very, very fast — and one photo from his trip to South Korea this week shows it.During the trip — which coincides with President Donald Trump’s meeting with China’s leader, Xi Jinping — Huang did what many businesspeople do on trips and met some contacts for dinner.In this case, he met Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong and Hyundai Executive Chairman Chung Eui-sun on Thursday.As the trio sat down for food and beers at a Seoul fried chicken restaurant, a throng of journalists, photographers, and…
Go ahead and roll your eyes. Shrug your shoulders. Or maybe just juggle your hands in the air.Dictionary.com’s word of the year isn’t even really a word. It’s the viral term “6-7” that kids and teenagers can’t stop repeating and laughing about and parents and teachers can’t make any sense of.The word — if you can call it that — exploded in popularity over the summer. It’s more of an inside joke with an unclear meaning, driven by social media.Dictionary.com says its annual selection is a linguistic time capsule reflecting social trends and events. But the site admitted it too…